Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML by Terry Felke-Morris

“Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML, Fourth Edition, “includes everything you need to develop highly effective Web sites. In addition to comprehensive coverage of XHTML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and Web design best practices, this book presents information on accessibility, ethics, e-commerce, Web site promotion strategies, and JavaScript(TM). CSS has become a standard for Web design, so this edition introduces CSS early on and integrates the topic throughout the text, including CSS-based page layouts. This book explains important Web development and design concepts and provides step-by-step presentations that show you how to implement them. With Web design focus activities, as well as Hands-On Practices, Hands-On Exercises, Web site Case Studies, and valuable reference material, this book has everything a beginning Web developer needs. This text is appropriate for a one-semester Web development course. Topics include:

• XHTML
• Cascading Style Sheets
• Accessibility standards
• Web site design best practices
• The Web development process
• Multimedia and interactivity
• E-commerce
• Web site promotion
• JavaScript

Additional Web develloper reference material, including an XHTML Reference, a CSS Property Reference, a Comparison of HTML and XHTML, and an overview of the Section 508 Standards, is included in the Web Developer’s Handbook Appendixes. Supporting materials, including Adobe(R) Dreamweaver(R) CS3 tutorials, an introduction to FTP, a bonus chapter on XHTML frames, and student starter files for all chapters, are available at www.aw.com/felke. A complimentary access code for this Web site is included with a new copy of this book. Subscriptions may also be purchased online. Further resources are available on the author’s Web site at www.webdevfoundations.net. This site provides a useful color chart and an Adobe Flash(R) tutorial, as well as examples, links, and updates for each chapter.