HTML5 and CSS3 All-in-one for Dummies

Andy Harris taught himself programming because it was fun. Today he teaches computer science, game development, and web programming at the university level; is a technology consultant for the state of Indiana; has helped people with disabilities to form their own web development companies; and works with families who wish to teach computing at home.

Introduction 1

Part I: Creating the HTML Foundation 7

Chapter 1: Sound HTML Foundations 9

Chapter 2: It’s All About Validation 19

Chapter 3: Choosing Your Tools 33

Chapter 4: Managing Information with Lists and Tables 51

Chapter 5: Making Connections with Links 67

Chapter 6: Adding Images, Sound, and Video 77

Chapter 7: Creating Forms 105

Part II: Styling with CSS 129

Chapter 1: Coloring Your World 131

Chapter 2: Styling Text 149

Chapter 3: Selectors: Coding with Class and Style 175

Chapter 4: Borders and Backgrounds 197

Chapter 5: Levels of CSS 225

Chapter 6: CSS Special Effects 245

Part III: Building Layouts with CSS 263

Chapter 1: Fun with the Fabulous Float 265

Chapter 2: Building Floating Page Layouts 285

Chapter 3: Styling Lists and Menus 309

Chapter 4: Using Alternative Positioning 327

Part IV: Client-Side Programming with JavaScript 353

Chapter 1: Getting Started with JavaScript 355

Chapter 2: Talking to the Page 375

Chapter 3: Decisions and Debugging 399

Chapter 4: Functions, Arrays, and Objects 429

Chapter 5: Getting Valid Input 459

Chapter 6: Drawing on the Canvas 483

Chapter 7: Animation with the Canvas 511

Part V: Server-Side Programming with PHP 527

Chapter 1: Getting Started on the Server 529

Chapter 2: PHP and HTML Forms 549

Chapter 3: Using Control Structures 569

Chapter 4: Working with Arrays 587

Chapter 5: Using Functions and Session Variables 605

Chapter 6: Working with Files and Directories 617

Chapter 7: Exceptions and Objects 639

Part VI: Managing Data with MySQL 653

Chapter 1: Getting Started with Data 655

Chapter 2: Managing Data with MySQL 679

Chapter 3: Normalizing Your Data 705

Chapter 4: Putting Data Together with Joins 719

Chapter 5: Connecting PHP to a MySQL Database 741

Part VII: Integrating the Client and Server with AJAX 759

Chapter 1: AJAX Essentials 761

Chapter 2: Improving JavaScript and AJAX with jQuery 775

Chapter 3: Animating jQuery 795

Chapter 4: Using the jQuery User Interface Toolkit 819

Chapter 5: Improving Usability with jQuery 841

Chapter 6: Working with AJAX Data 859

Chapter 7: Going Mobile 883

Part VIII: Moving from Pages to Sites 909

Chapter 1: Managing Your Servers 911

Chapter 2: Planning Your Sites 933

Chapter 3: Introducing Content Management Systems 953

Chapter 4: Editing Graphics 977

Chapter 5: Taking Control of Content 995

Index 1015

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