XHTML Essentials

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Summary: A word from the author
Review: As one of the authors of this book I feel that the previous reviewer has missed the point of the book. Its title "XHTML Essentials" should not lead one to expect a complete or bible-like work. It is designed to cover the essentials that everyone needs to know to move from HTML to XHTML. Yes, there are more complete books, but they will cover many things that many Web authors don't want or need to know.

Rating:
Summary: A word from the author
Review: As one of the authors of this book I feel that the previous reviewer has missed the point of the book. Its title "XHTML Essentials" should not lead one to expect a complete or bible-like work. It is designed to cover the essentials that everyone needs to know to move from HTML to XHTML. Yes, there are more complete books, but they will cover many things that many Web authors don't want or need to know.

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Summary: Some good content, but very incomplete
Review: While this book is clearly aimed at migration from HTML to XHTML, and does contain some good content (not many books mention that tfoot should come before tbody!), it's very incomplete, and the quickref manages to mention only tags - no attributes at all!

There are much better and more complete books for those who are faced with conversion to XHTML, such as 'Mastering XHTML' by Ed Tittel, Chelsea Valentine, Lucinda Dykes and Mary Burmeister (ISBN 0782128203).