Accessible XHTML and CSS Web Sites Problem Design Solution

• Shows Web developers how to make the transition from HTML to XHTML, an XML-based reformulation of HTML that offers greater design flexibility
• Demonstrates how to work with CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)-now supported by ninety percent of browsers and integral to new site-building tools from Macromedia and others-and implement a consistent style throughout and entire site
• Explains how to make a site accessible to people with impaired vision, limited hand use, dyslexia, and other issues-now a legal requirement for many sites in the U.S. and the U.K.

For developers with knowledge of HTML, this manual explains how to use XHTML and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) to build websites that are accessible and meet current requirements. Via the update of a fictional site, Duckett demonstrates how to create websites that will work in different browsers, page presentation, and compliance with Section 508 accessibility guidelines developed by the US government and the World Wide Web Consortium. He describes the differences between HTML and XHTML; CSS style, positioning, properties, and layout; tables and forms; testing the website; and future technology. There is no bibliography. Duckett is a freelance developer and consultant in London. Annotation © 2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Jon Duckett published his first Web site in 1996 while studying for a BSc (Hons) in psychology at Brunel University, London. Since then he has helped create a wide variety of Web sites and has coauthored more than ten programming-related books on topics from ASP to XML (via many other letters of the alphabet) that have covered diverse aspects of Web programming, including design, architecture, and coding.
After graduating, Jon worked for Wrox Press, first in their Birmingham (U.K.) offices for three years and then in Sydney (Australia) for another year. He is now a freelance developer and consultant based in a leafy suburb of London, working for a range of clients spread across three continents.
When not stuck in front of a computer screen, Jon enjoys writing and listening to music.