Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook

by Dan Cederholm (Author), Drew McLellan (Technical Reviewer), and Jeffrey Zeldman (Foreword)

Web Standards are the standard technology specifications enforced by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to make sure that web designers and browser manufacturers are using the same technology syntax. It is important that these implementations are the same throughout the Web, otherwise it becomes a messy proprietary place, and lacks consistency. These standards also allow content to be more compatible with multiple different viewing devices, such as screen readers for people with vision impairments, cell phones, PDFs, etc. HTML, XML, and CSS are all such technologies.

This book contains questions and answers on markup and style topics for Web Standards. It explores the multiple ways you can handle a situation when building with Web Standards – and the advantages and disadvantages of those methods. Additionally, each chapter goes a step further, with "extra credit" sections to give the reader extra tips and tricks based on the topic. The reader is empowered to make better decisions based on well-rounded information.

Reviews

Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook

Reviewed by Nate Klaiber on November 27th, 2006 @ 06:35PM

Though this book was published a few years ago, the principles still apply to many of the modern techniques used to solve problems.

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