For readers who want to design Web pages that load quickly, are easy to update, accessible to all, work on all browsers and can be quickly adapted to different media, this comprehensive guide represents the best way to go about it. By focusing on the ways the two languages--XHTML and CSS--complement each other, Web design pro Patrick Griffiths provides the fastest, most efficient way of accomplishing specific Web design tasks. With Web standards best practices at its heart, it outlines how to do things the right way from the outset, resulting in highly optimized web pages, in a quicker, easier, less painful way than users could hope for! Split into 10 easy-to-follow chapters such as Text, Images, Layout, Lists, and Forms, and coupled with handy quick-reference XHTML tag and CSS property appendixes, HTML Dog is the perfect guide and companion for anyone wanting to master these languages. Readers can also see the lessons in action with more than 70 online examples constructed especially for the book.

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Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 9 Ratings

Excellent guide to using CSS with XHTML Strict - 2008-02-28
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This book is not a comprehensive encyclopedia of every CSS nuance, but it presents all the main areas in a very clear, but not dumbed-down manner. Basically it answered my three questions:
1. I wanted to re-write an older web site using CSS and modern HTML web stds, so where do I start?
2. What is my best approach?
3. Why would I want to do it that way?
So along the way it clarified for me how I should use divs for page structure, improve my navigation lists, specify font size in the best manner, and most of all how to use css in a structured way with minimal rewriting of styles etc for subtle changes in page requirements.
The book is probably most useful if you want to follow his emphasis and use XHTML Strict with CSS.
Very nicely written, very cleanly laid out. The associated website is useful, but the book stands alone as a very useful reference or starter for someone wanting to design their pages in an effective standards-based way.

Not for a beginner - 2009-02-19
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This book serves as a great reference, but if you don't know what css and xhtml is leave this book alone. The book only has about 100 pages of material. He goes through the differnt aspects of xhtml and css, but if you have never heard what he is talking about its very hard to understand. I would say this book is meant as a reference NOT!! a leraning guide.

fast and easy - 2008-08-31
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thank you very much. delivery made in very short time, used book in excellent conditions.

great,

thank you

Best Practice XHTML & CSS - 2008-06-28
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A well thought out book, easy to read and understand without knowing HTML or CSS. This is one of those book you cannot trash but only keep in your packet.

Great Book - 2008-05-17
Reviewer Rating:
HTML Dog is an amazing book for those who works with web sites development. Easy to read, easy to use, cheap to buy!

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