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

<p><b>Andy Harris</b> taught himself programming because it was fun. Today he teaches computer science, game development, and web programming at the university level; is a technology consultant for the state of Indiana; has helped people with disabilities to form their own web development companies; and works with families who wish to teach computing at home.</p>

<ul> <li>Creating the HTML Foundation</li> <li>Styling with CSS</li> <li>Building Layouts with CSS</li> <li>Client-Side Programming with JavaScript®</li> <li>Server-Side Programming with PHP</li> <li>Managing Data with MySQL®</li> <li>Integrating the Client and Server with AJAX</li> <li>Moving from Pages to Sites</li> </ul> <p><b>Create a great-looking website with your own content, using free tools</b></p> <p>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?</p> <ul> <li>The web untangled — learn to build basic HTML web pages, manage information, work with fonts, and add images, sound, and video</li> <li>Go for style — use CSS to style text, define borders and backgrounds, work with animations, and build floating page layouts</li> <li>Be a data diva — discover how databases are created; then set up and manage a reliable one with MySQL</li> <li>Clean up with AJAX — build AJAX connections and use jQuery to enhance the user interface and improve usability</li> <li>Turn pages into sites — plan a site, work with content management systems, edit graphics, and more</li> </ul> <p><b>Open the book and find:</b></p> <ul> <li>The basic structure of web pages</li> <li>Tips on tools</li> <li>Ways to manage information</li> <li>Web standards and how to use them</li> <li>What to do with selectors, classes, and styles</li> <li>Basic and alternative layout strategies</li> <li>How to set up and manage a database</li> <li>Help clarifying what you want your website to do</li> </ul>

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