David A. Crowder - Creating Web Sites Bible

Crowder ffirs.tex V1 - 05/27/2008 1:27am Page iii Creating Web Sites Bible Third Edition Philip Crowder with David A. Crowder Wiley Publishing, Inc. Crowder ffirs.tex V1 - 05/27/2008 1:27am Page i Creating Web Sites Bible Third Edition Crowder ffirs.tex V1 - 05/27/2008 1:27am Page ii Crowder ffirs.tex V1 - 05/27/2008 1:27am Page iii Creating Web Sites Bible Third Edition Philip Crowder with David A. Crowder Wiley Publishing, Inc. Crowder ffirs.tex V1 - 05/27/2008 1:27am Page iv Creating Web Sites Bible, Third Edition Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 10475 Crosspoint Boulevard Indianapolis, IN 46256 www.wiley.com Copyright 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada ISBN: 978-0-4702-2363-5 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 646-8600.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Crowder, Philip. Creating web sites bible / Philip Crowder with David Crowder. 3rd ed. p. cm. Includes index.

ISBN 978-0-470-22363-5 (paper/website) 1. Web site development. 2. Web sites Design. I. II. Title. Title.

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Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Crowder f01.tex V1 - 05/27/2008 1:28am Page v About the Authors Philip Crowder of Bristol, Tennessee, is the director of the Computer and Information Management (CIM) program at Virginia Intermont College where he teaches future Web designers and programmers the ins and outs of HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, and a variety of other Web languages and technologies. He has also done funded research into computer-based human language translation systems. David A. Crowder is a professional Web developer, and the author or coauthor of more than 20 books on Web design and development. He has been involved in the online community for more than a decade, and has helped to teach hundreds of thousands of readers to create their own cutting-edge Web sites.

Crowder f01.tex V1 - 05/27/2008 1:28am Page vi Crowder f02.tex V2 - 05/27/2008 1:28am Page vii Credits Executive Editor Vice President and Executive Group Chris Webb Publisher Richard Swadley Development Editor Kevin Shafer Vice President and Executive Publisher Technical Editor Joseph B. Wikert Auri Rahimzadeh Project Coordinator, Cover Production Editor Lynsey Stanford Debra Banninger Proofreader Copy Editor David Parise (Word One) Foxxe Editorial Services Editorial Manager Indexer Mary Beth Wakefield Jack Lewis Production Manager Tim Tate Crowder f02.tex V2 - 05/27/2008 1:28am Page viii Crowder flast.tex V2 - 05/27/2008 1:29am Page ix From Philip Crowder (Third Edition): Christ Jesus is my personal Savior and all that is done is done through Gods saving Grace and abiding love. I should acknowledge my editors above all others, for it was through their strenuous efforts that this book was brought about. They were always professional and gentlemanly, and wonderful exemplars of the highest ideals of publishing. I should wish to especially single out Mr. Chris Webb, the Executive editor, for his excellence, followed closely by the very, very patient Mr.

Kevin Shafer for his brilliant editorial work, and the very astute technical editor, Mr. Auri Rahimzadeh, whom I should one day soon hope to see write a book himself. Mr. Robert Diforio, my literary agent and patient tutor, is the man who guided me, with lively humor and wisdom, from the beginning to the successful conclusion of this book, and I thank him very much for all he has done. To my brother, the bold and brave, who early took his way and will always be one of the flag bearers and great heralds of the Information Age. and is a generous, loving, and inspiring brother. and is a generous, loving, and inspiring brother.

Parents: This book is in honor of my father, the greatest man I have ever met, and my mother, who shared in his vision and worked with him every step of the way to achieve it. His success is equally hers. One could not ask for finer parents and one may only strive to be as good, as wise, and as loving as they are. To my wife, HuRim, whose life and faith have touched millions, who could have had so much more in her life, and yet who, in her boundless love, took me (as I was) and made me as I am, I joyously and lovingly dedicate this book. To my daughters Etosha and Elysha whom I once carried so lightly and lovingly in my arms: may God ever bless you with your mothers faith, wisdom, love, courage, and strength. And God bless Jordan and precious Aaiden, too.

To Gene Wine (Godfather), who imparted without measure equal amounts of love and wisdom. To the extent that the world is better, it is so because you have uncompromisingly fought to make it so. ix Crowder flast.tex V2 - 05/27/2008 1:29am Page x Acknowledgments To Rainer Rackl, Karl Pilger and Eric Harmsen, I have never had greater friends than you. God bless you in all you do. To Ahn Byong Man, hyungnim, and Ma Young Sam, Kim Man Bok, and Park Dong Sun, my students, in whose shadows I will ever stand. It has been a blessing to have had you in our lives and may God continue to bless Korea and continue to provide her sincere servants of your unequalled excellence: of faithfulness, honor, integrity, insight, and wisdom.