After years of using spacer GIFs, layers of nested tables, and other improvised solutions for building your web sites, getting used to the more stringent "standards-compliant" design that is de rigueur among professionals today can be intimidating.

With standards-driven design, keeping style separate from content is not just a possibility but a reality. You no longer use HTML and XHTML as design tools, but strictly as ways to define the meaning and structure of web content. And Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are no longer just something interesting to tinker with, but a reliable method for handling all matters of presentation, from fonts and colors to page layout. When you follow the standards, both the site's design and underlying code are much cleaner. But how do you keep all those HTML and XHTML tags and CSS values straight?

Jennifer Niederst-Robbins, the author of our definitive guide on standards-compliant design, Web Design in a Nutshell, offers you the perfect little guide when you need answers immediately: HTML and XHTML Pocket Reference. This revised and updated new edition takes the top 20% of vital reference information from her Nutshell book, augments it judiciously, cross-references everything, and organizes it according to the most common needs of web developers. The result is a handy book that offers the bare essentials on web standards in a small, concise format that you can use carry anywhere for quick reference. This guide will literally fit into your back pocket.

Inside HTML and XHTML Pocket Reference, you'll find instantly accessible alphabetical listings of every element and attribute in the HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0 Recommendations. This is an indispensable reference for any serious web designer, author, or programmer who needs a fast on-the-job resource when working with established web standards.

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Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 15 Ratings

Necessary for Web Developers - 2010-01-12
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I have read this reference book twice through in preparation for an exam. I know it's not set up to be read from cover to cover like a normal book, but it worked great for a quick and easy to carry around review for the exam.

This book covers all of the fundamental concepts of (X)HTML, including the differentiation between HTML and XHTML. You will get a complete list of elements (a.k.a. tags) along with all attributes that apply to each element. This book also does a good job of identifying the elements and attributes that are deprecated for XHTML. Examples of each element are included, but they are very generic and simplistic. Overall, you get the essentials of what you need to know about (X)HTML; therefore this book is a must have for web developers.

This book does not contain an index. As far as the elements are concerned, an index is not necessary. They are in alphabetical order, so an index of the elements would be redundant. Honestly, every time I needed to reference this book, I was able to locate exactly what I was looking for without the need of an index.

it's okay, i guess - 2009-01-20
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I feel like I'm the only person who isn't nuts about the style of O'Reilly books, so take this review with a grain of salt.

This is a basic and dry dictionary of HTML and XHTML tags. It's really okay, although I can't really see the benefit of having this little book over googling the tag and seeing examples of its use etc.

Maybe, I could see having the ebook version and searching through that when you want to look up a tag.

HTML and XHTML Pocket Reference (Pocket Reference (O'Reilly)) - 2008-03-15
Reviewer Rating:
Una GRAN peque-ña gu-ía de referencia. A lo mejor se echan en falta algunas palabras reservadas pero por lo general es una maravilla poder consultar de forma r pida y ordenada la duda que buscas.

Great little reference book! - 2009-12-30
Reviewer Rating:
Guaranteed to be a permanent fixture on your desk, this book is great for those times you forgot a little piece of syntax, or just need a little reminder on how to do something you haven't covered in a while.

Used book review - 2009-12-15
Reviewer Rating:
Although the book was sold as being in used condition it, in fact, appeared to be brand new and unused. The shipping was very prompt, I received the book about 4 days after I ordered it. In all, a very satisfactory experience.

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