Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML, 5th Edition

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XHTML Basics

●The development of HTML

●The transition from HTML to XHTML

●XHTML syntax, elements, and document type

definitions

●The anatomy of a Web page

●Formatting the body of a Web page

●Formatting the text on a Web page

●Physical and logical style elements

●Special characters

●Using the anchor element to link from page to

page

●Creating absolute, relative, and e-mail links

This chapter introduces Hypertext Markup Language

(HTML),the language used to create Web pages, and eXtensible Hypertext

Markup Language (XHTML), the most recent standardized version of HTML.

The chapter begins with an introduction to the syntax of XHTML, continues

with the anatomy of a Web page, and introduces block-level and inline format-

ting and demonstrates hyperlinks as sample pages are created. You will learn

more if you work along with the sample pages in the text. Coding XHTML is

a skill and every skill improves with practice.

Chapter Objectives In this chapter, you will learn about ...

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