Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML (4th Edition) [Paperback]

Terry Felke-Morris (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0321530195 | ISBN-13: 978-0321530196 | Publication Date: February 2, 2008 | Edition: 4

  Using Hands-On Practice exercises and Web Site Case Studies to motivate readers, Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML, 4e, includes all the necessary lessons to guide students in developing highly effective Web sites. Key topics include: The Internet and the World Wide Web; XHTML Basics; Configuring Color & Text with CSS; Visual Elements & Graphics; Web Design; Page Layout with CSS; More on Links, Lists & Layout; Tables; Forms; Web Site Development; Web Multimedia & Interactivity; E-Commerce Overview; Promotion for Web Developers; A Brief Look at JavaScript. In the Fourth Edition, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are introduced earlier in the text. Both XHTML and CSS topics receive increased prominence, and are integrated throughout the text. Ethics and accessibility issues receive increased coverage, and a new Design Activities supplement offers hands-on design projects to supplement those presented in the text. For all readers interested in Web design.

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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™. 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® Dreamweaver® 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® tutorial, as well as examples, links, and updates for each chapter.

About the Author

Terry Felke-Morris is an associate professor at William Rainey Harper College, where she helped to develop the Web Developer certificate and degree programs. She holds a Master of Science degree in Information Systems and various certifications, including Microsoft^® Certified Professional and Master CIW Designer. Terry has over fifteen years of industry experience and received the 2006 Blackboard Greenhouse Community of Practice Award for use of Internet technology in the academic environment.

Product Details

• Paperback: 672 pages
• Publisher: Addison Wesley; 4 edition (February 2, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321530195
• ISBN-13: 978-0321530196
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #86,221 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #28 in Books > Computers & Technology > Programming > Languages & Tools > XHTML

More About the Author

Dr. Terry Felke-Morris teaches web development, computer information systems, and e-learning instructional technology courses at William Rainey Harper College in Illinois. In addition to being a Professor at Harper College, she has over 20 years of information technology experience -- working with the Web since 1996.

Dr. Morris is an innovative instructor and was awarded the 2002-2003 Glenn A. Reich Memorial Award for Instructional Technology in recognition of her efforts. She received the 2006 Blackboard Greenhouse Exemplary Online Course Award for use of Internet technology in the academic environment. She was chosen by the Instructional Technology Council (ITC) as the recipient of their 2008 Outstanding e-Learning Faculty Award for Excellence.

In addition to a number of industry certifications, academic credentials include a Master of Science in Information Systems from Roosevelt University, Master Online Teacher Certificate from the Illinois Online Network at the University of Illinois, and a Doctor of Education from Northcentral University.

For more information, visit http://terrymorris.net.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely well-written, September 28, 2009

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This review is from: Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML (4th Edition) (Paperback)

This book is very well laid out and clear to understand with logical excercises. It provides website support with additional learning files. Although not inexpensive, it provides an excellent way to learn XHTML and cascading style sheets. It is the text used for my website development college class.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Hands-On Approach!, February 12, 2008

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This review is from: Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML (4th Edition) (Paperback)

We use this book in a community college course for both online and face-to-face classes. The students really like the hands-on approach with examples, practice exercises and case studies. The 4th Edition of this popular textbook integrates XHTML and CSS topics so students learn from the beginning how to use both XHTML and CSS to configure text, color, and page layout. There is also excellent coverage of web design best practices, accessibility, usability, and Web standards. A bonus is the textbook's companion website at webdevfoundations.net that has a page for each chapter with chapter links, additional information, flash review puzzles, iPod review quizzes, and chapter updates.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's cool, February 28, 2010

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This review is from: Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML (4th Edition) (Paperback)

I like the book. It goes into a lot of detail on how yo write XHTML. It starts you off from the beginning any really describes everything to you down to them meaning of every text.

The book however is cluttered with words. I didn't expect to see it full of pictures or anything, after all it's an XHTML book. But even math text book writers are finding more and more ways to make reading the text book interesting and easier to read.

The writer does however engage the reader with most of the stuff you will learn, so that's a big plus.

But, lump after lump of long winded paragraphs are a good way to make readers get really tired, really fast.