THE BOOK S STRUCTURE

THE BOOK'S STRUCTURE

Each chapter of the book describes a certain bulletproof guideline. We'll start by looking at an existing design from the Web, and we'll note why it isn't bulletproof. We'll then rebuild the example using XHTML and CSS, with the goal of improving its flexibility and decreasing its code.

Many of these examples are specific components of the page, which makes it easier to talk about how they might be bulletproofed in chunks. In the final chapter, "Putting It All Together," we'll round up all of the techniques from previous chapters to create a full-page templatereminding ourselves along the way why we've chosen the bulletproof techniques, and illustrating how they all can work together in one place.

The step-by-step nature of each chapter's examples should make it easy to follow alongeven if you are new to using XHTML and CSS in your daily work. Along the way, I'll explain why these Web standards are beneficial, and specifically how each chapter's guideline can improve a Web site's bulletproofness.