Using a visual approach to demonstrate the XML code, XML: Your visual blueprint" for building expert Web pages with CSS, XHTML, and XSLT offers visual learners a solid reference that employs straight forward examples to teach users to create Web sites with impact. XML (Extensible Markup Language) allows Web developers to enhance database connectivity, enrich pages with specialized data elements, and otherwise move beyond the limitations of HTML. This highly visual tutorial demonstrates over 100 different XML operations, from setting up styles with Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSLT) to migrating HTML websites to XHTML. "Apply It" and "Extra" sidebars highlight useful tips and high-resolution screen shots clearly illustrate each task while succinct explanations walk readers through the examples. Step-by-step, two-page lessons break topics into bite-sized modules that are easy to digest and the associated website contains all the code needed to follow the author’s examples in the book.

Using a visual approach to demonstrate the XML code, XML: Your visual blueprint? for building expert Web pages with CSS, XHTML, and XSLT offers visual learners a solid reference that employs straight forward examples to teach users to create Web sites with impact. XML (Extensible Markup Language) allows Web developers to enhance database connectivity, enrich pages with specialized data elements, and otherwise move beyond the limitations of HTML. This highly visual tutorial demonstrates over 100 different XML operations, from setting up styles with Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSLT) to migrating HTML websites to XHTML. "Apply It" and "Extra" sidebars highlight useful tips and high?resolution screen shots clearly illustrate each task while succinct explanations walk readers through the examples. Step?by?step, two?page lessons break topics into bite?sized modules that are easy to digest and the associated website contains all the code needed to follow the author?s examples in the book.

Using a visual approach to demonstrate the XML code, "XML: Your visual blueprint[tradermark] for building expert Web pages with CSS, XHTML, and XSLT" offers visual learners a solid reference that employs straight forward examples to teach users to create Web sites with impact.XML (Extensible Markup Language) allows Web developers to enhance database connectivity, enrich pages with specialized data elements, and otherwise move beyond the limitations of HTML. This highly visual tutorial demonstrates over 100 different XML operations, from setting up styles with Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSLT) to migrating HTML websites to XHTML. "Apply It" and "Extra" sidebars highlight useful tips and high-resolution screen shots clearly illustrate each task while succinct explanations walk readers through the examples. Step-by-step, two-page lessons break topics into bite-sized modules that are easy to digest and the associated website contains all the code needed to follow the author’s examples in the book.

Welcome to the only guidebook series that takes a visual approach to professional?level computer topics. Open the book, and you will discover step?by?step screen shots that demonstrate over 100 key XML techniques, including

• Choosing a text editor

• Adding entities and CDATA to XML documents

• Restricting the recurrence of elements

• Generating XML using Access or Excel

• Creating an XHTML transitional page

• Looping and sorting with XSLT

• Changing font and text color with CSS

• Applying styles with class or ID selectors

• Converting XML to XHTML using Dreamweaver

• Debugging with Firebug

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• "Apply It" and "Extra" sidebars highlight useful tips

• High?resolution screen shots demonstrate each task

• Succinct explanations walk you through step by step

• Two?page lessons break big topics into bite?sized modules

Rob Huddleston has been developing Web pages and applications since 1994. Since 1999, he has been a full?time instructor and has taught Web and graphic design to thousands of students. Rob is an Adobe User Group Manager and was recently named as an Adobe Community Expert for his volunteer work answering user questions in online forums. Rob lives in Northern California with his wife and two children.

If you’re a visual learner, you’ll love the only guidebook series that takes a visual approach to professional-level computer topics. High-resolution screen shots demonstrate over 100 key XML techniques, including choosing a text editor, adding entities and CDATA to XML documents, restricting the recurrence of elements, and generating XML using Access or Excel. Learn to create an XHTML transitional page, loop and sort with XSLT, debug with Firebug, and much more. Succinct explanations walk you through step by step.

Using a visual approach to demonstrate the XML code, XML: Your visual blueprint™ for building expert Web pages with CSS, XHTML, and XSLT offers visual learners a solid reference that employs straight forward examples to teach users to create Web sites with impact. XML (Extensible Markup Language) allows Web developers to enhance database connectivity, enrich pages with specialized data elements, and otherwise move beyond the limitations of HTML. This highly visual tutorial demonstrates over 100 different XML operations, from setting up styles with Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSLT) to migrating HTML websites to XHTML. "Apply It" and "Extra" sidebars highlight useful tips and high-resolution screen shots clearly illustrate each task while succinct explanations walk readers through the examples. Step-by-step, two-page lessons break topics into bite-sized modules that are easy to digest and the associated website contains all the code needed to follow the author’s examples in the book.

* Shows Web developers how to harness XML (Extensible Markup Language) to enhance database connectivity, enrich pages with specialized data elements, and move beyond the limitations of HTML
* Revised and expanded with new and updated coverage of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), XSLT, and XHTML
* Demonstrates more than 100 different XML operations, from formulating Document Type Definitions (DTDs) to using CSS to format and display data, creating data islands, and setting up styles with Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL)
* Helpful sidebars highlight useful tips, high-resolution screen shots clearly illustrate each task, and succinct explanations walk readers through the examples
* The companion Web site contains all the code examples from the book

Using a visual approach to demonstrate the XML code, XML: Your visual blueprint™ for building expert Web pages with CSS, XHTML, and XSL offers visual learners a solid reference that employs straight forward examples to teach users to create Web sites with impact.XML (Extensible Markup Language) allows Web developers to enhance database connectivity, enrich pages with specialized data elements, and otherwise move beyond the limitations of HTML. This highly visual tutorial demonstrates over 100 different XML operations, from formulating Document Type Definitions (DTDs) to setting up styles with Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL). The website associated with the book contains code examples and an e-version of the book. "Apply It" and "Extra" sidebars highlight useful tips and high-resolution screen shots clearly illustrate each task while succinct explanations walk readers through the examples. Step-by-step, two-page lessons break topics into bite-sized modules that are easy to digest and the associated website contains all the needed code to learn XML.

Using a visual approach to demonstrate the XML code, XML: Your visual blueprint™ for building expert Web pages with CSS, XHTML, and XSL offers visual learners a solid reference that employs straight forward examples to teach users to create Web sites with impact.XML (Extensible Markup Language) allows Web developers to enhance database connectivity, enrich pages with specialized data elements, and otherwise move beyond the limitations of HTML. This highly visual tutorial demonstrates over 100 different XML operations, from formulating Document Type Definitions (DTDs) to setting up styles with Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL). The website associated with the book contains code examples and an e-version of the book. "Apply It" and "Extra" sidebars highlight useful tips and high-resolution screen shots clearly illustrate each task while succinct explanations walk readers through the examples. Step-by-step, two-page lessons break topics into bite-sized modules that are easy to digest and the associated website contains all the needed code to learn XML.

Good starting place for xml.
This book presents some good, simple information. The screen shots are nice except they are hard to read if you want to try to recreate them on your own. My biggest objection to the book is its use of XMLSpy as an application of creating the XML. XMLSpy, as the book indicates, is very expensive and not at all necessary for successfully completing an exercise in xml. This is particularly true for such an elementary book as this.