* Preparing readers for the key Web authoring standards of HTML, XHTML, and CSS, this book shows the role of each of these topics in Web 2.0 type pages such as blogs and social networks
* Shows the way to the future with the role of HTML, XHTML, and CSS in social networking sites, Web 2.0, and the coming modernization of XHTML 2.0
* Engages the reader through its approachable writing, visual examples showing the results of the code being discussed, and an improved organization that reduces the need for extensive cross-referencing
* Some of the specific topics covered include validating HTML and XHTML; dynamic content with CSS; the relationship between HTML, XHTML, XML, and XHTML 2.0; creating Web pages for mobile devices with XHTML Basic; and helpful solutions to common Web coding problems
* Covers a gamut of HTML topics, such as: documents, elements, entities, values and units, META tags and headers, links, images, tables, frames, forms, multimedia, and internationalization/localization

• An expanded, updated, and retitled edition of HTML Bible, examining HTML, XHTML-a set of extensions to HTML to make it more like XML-and cascading style sheets (CSS), which provide a simple way to add consistent formatting to HTML Web documents
• Focusing on reader feedback and changing industry trends, this new edition is a major overhaul that addresses the extensive changes in Web development
• Shows readers the best, most efficient way to use HTML and examines which peripheral technologies are worth learning for the long run
• Features "before and after" pictures that show the results of improved Web page coding
• Offers continued coverage of key topics, including site administration, dynamic data-driven pages, and many others, in addition to new sections on hot new topics such as blogs and content management