A new edition of a bestseller covers the latest advances in web development! HTML5 and CSS3 are essential tools for creating dynamic websites and boast updates and enhanced features that can make your websites even more effective and unique.

Introduction 1 Part I: Creating the HTML Foundation 7 Chapter 1: Sound HTML Foundations 9 Chapter 2: It’s All About Validation 19 Chapter 3: Choosing Your Tools 33 Chapter 4: Managing Information with Lists and Tables 51 Chapter 5: Making Connections with Links 67 Chapter 6: Adding Images, Sound, and Video 77 Chapter 7: Creating Forms 105 Part II: Styling with CSS 129 Chapter 1: Coloring Your World 131 Chapter 2: Styling Text 149 Chapter 3: Selectors: Coding with Class and Style 175 Chapter 4: Borders and Backgrounds 197 Chapter 5: Levels of CSS 225 Chapter 6: CSS Special Effects 245 Part III: Building Layouts with CSS 263 Chapter 1: Fun with the Fabulous Float 265 Chapter 2: Building Floating Page Layouts 285 Chapter 3: Styling Lists and Menus 309 Chapter 4: Using Alternative Positioning 327 Part IV: Client-Side Programming with JavaScript 353 Chapter 1: Getting Started with JavaScript 355 Chapter 2: Talking to the Page 375 Chapter 3: Decisions and Debugging 399 Chapter 4: Functions, Arrays, and Objects 429 Chapter 5: Getting Valid Input 459 Chapter 6: Drawing on the Canvas 483 Chapter 7: Animation with the Canvas 511 Part V: Server-Side Programming with PHP 527 Chapter 1: Getting Started on the Server 529 Chapter 2: PHP and HTML Forms 549 Chapter 3: Using Control Structures 569 Chapter 4: Working with Arrays 587 Chapter 5: Using Functions and Session Variables 605 Chapter 6: Working with Files and Directories 617 Chapter 7: Exceptions and Objects 639 Part VI: Managing Data with MySQL 653 Chapter 1: Getting Started with Data 655 Chapter 2: Managing Data with MySQL 679 Chapter 3: Normalizing Your Data 705 Chapter 4: Putting Data Together with Joins 719 Chapter 5: Connecting PHP to a MySQL Database 741 Part VII: Integrating the Client and Server with AJAX 759 Chapter 1: AJAX Essentials 761 Chapter 2: Improving JavaScript and AJAX with jQuery 775 Chapter 3: Animating jQuery 795 Chapter 4: Using the jQuery User Interface Toolkit 819 Chapter 5: Improving Usability with jQuery 841 Chapter 6: Working with AJAX Data 859 Chapter 7: Going Mobile 883 Part VIII: Moving from Pages to Sites 909 Chapter 1: Managing Your Servers 911 Chapter 2: Planning Your Sites 933 Chapter 3: Introducing Content Management Systems 953 Chapter 4: Editing Graphics 977 Chapter 5: Taking Control of Content 995 Index 1015

Creating the HTML FoundationStyling with CSSBuilding Layouts with CSSClient-Side Programming with JavaScript®Server-Side Programming with PHPManaging Data with MySQL®Integrating the Client and Server with AJAXMoving from Pages to Sites Create a great-looking website with your own content, using free tools The Internet is not only cool and increasingly essential to our way of life, it’s also open to everyone! With this book and the free software tools on the companion website, you have everything you need to create great-looking, interactive web pages that take advantage of technologies such as JavaScript, PHP, and AJAX. What are you waiting for? The web untangled — learn to build basic HTML web pages, manage information, work with fonts, and add images, sound, and videoGo for style — use CSS to style text, define borders and backgrounds, work with animations, and build floating page layoutsBe a data diva — discover how databases are created; then set up and manage a reliable one with MySQLClean up with AJAX — build AJAX connections and use jQuery to enhance the user interface and improve usabilityTurn pages into sites — plan a site, work with content management systems, edit graphics, and more Open the book and find: The basic structure of web pagesTips on toolsWays to manage informationWeb standards and how to use themWhat to do with selectors, classes, and stylesBasic and alternative layout strategiesHow to set up and manage a databaseHelp clarifying what you want your website to do