Errata

Web Design in a Nutshell

Errata for Web Design in a Nutshell, Third Edition

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The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".

The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.

Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update

Version Location Description Submitted By Date submitted Date corrected
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Page 82-83
Table 6-2 column headings

Country
->
Language

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 82-83
Table 6-2

Columns flow incorrectly between pages 82 and 83
->
Columns flow correctly from page 82 to page 83

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 82-83
Table 6-2 column headings

Country
->
Language

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 82-83
Table 6-2

Columns flow incorrectly between pages 82 and 83
->
Columns flow correctly from page 82 to page 83

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 136
-1

"Providing Meta Data section
->
"Providing Meta Data" section

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 136
-1

"Providing Meta Data section
->
"Providing Meta Data" section

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 167
Table 10-3 Character column, row 6 and row 7

straight quotes
->
smart (curly) quotes

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 167
Table 10,3 Entity column, row 6

&lddquo;
->
“

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 167
Table 10-3 Character column, row 6 and row 7

straight quotes
->
smart (curly) quotes

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 167
Table 10,3 Entity column, row 6

&lddquo;
->
“

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 181
-4, below Fig 12-2

...but such behavior is nonstandard is not something to
depend on.
->
...but such behavior is nonstandard and is not something to
depend on.

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 181
-4, below Fig 12-2

...but such behavior is nonstandard is not something to
depend on.
->
...but such behavior is nonstandard and is not something to
depend on.

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 223
Code example

<td></td>
->
<td> </td>

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 223
Code example

<td></td>
->
<td> </td>

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 234
the markup example should be replaced with the following

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Frameset//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/frameset.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>Simple Framed Document</title>
</head>

<DEFANGED_frameset cols="*,*">
<DEFANGED_frame src="left.html">
<DEFANGED_frame src="right.html">

<noframes>
<body>
<p>Your browser does not support frames.</p>
<p><a href="left.html">Go to the left document.</a></p>
<p><a href="right.html">Go to the right document.</a></p>
</body>
</noframes>

</frameset>

</html>

 Anonymous   
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Page 236
-4 (below "Attributes)

The noframes element should be placed after the frameset element. This is the noframes element provided in the example.
->
The noframes element must be placed within the frameset element in order
to be valid.

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 236
-4 (below "Attributes)

The noframes element should be placed after the frameset element. This is the noframes element provided in the example.
->
The noframes element must be placed within the frameset element in order
to be valid.

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 258
Paragraph under attributes for 'input type="file"'

The third sentence in the paragraph begins with "As for other text fields...", but I think you meant to say "As with other text fields...".

 Anonymous   
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Page 258
Paragraph under attributes for 'input type="file"'

The third sentence says "...you can set the size and maxwidth values...", but there is no 'maxwidth' attribute - I think you meant the 'maxlength' attribute.

 Anonymous   
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Page 268
+3 ("In the form..." section)

<input type="text" name="last" size="30" class="required" /></p>
<p>Phone Number: <br />
<input type="text" name="number" size="12" class="required" /></p>
->
<input type="text" name="last" size="30" class="required" value="Last name required" /></p>
<p>Phone Number: <br />
<input type="text" name="number" size="12" class="required" value="required field" /></p>

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 268
+3 ("In the form..." section)

<input type="text" name="last" size="30" class="required" /></p>
<p>Phone Number: <br />
<input type="text" name="number" size="12" class="required" /></p>
->
<input type="text" name="last" size="30" class="required" value="Last name required" /></p>
<p>Phone Number: <br />
<input type="text" name="number" size="12" class="required" value="required field" /></p>

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 294
-1 (under "Online Resources")

www.w3c.com/Style/CSS)
->
www.w3c.org/Style/CSS

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 294
-1 (under "Online Resources")

www.w3c.com/Style/CSS)
->
www.w3c.org/Style/CSS

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 301
-3

Example: img[title="grade"] {border: 3px red;}
->
Example: img[title~="grade"] {border: 3px red;}

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 301
-3

Example: img[title="grade"] {border: 3px red;}
->
Example: img[title~="grade"] {border: 3px red;}

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
Printed
Page 305
About half way done

The descriptions for A[att="val"] and A[att~="val"] reference "element B", even though there is no element B in the selector.

 Anonymous   
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Page 311
Description for "monospace"

There is no font called "New Courier"; the name is "Courier New".

 Anonymous   
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Page 312
Table 18-1

"Arial" and "Arial Black" appear on the same row instead of on separate rows.

 Anonymous   
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Page 333
above Figure 18-19

"Figure 18-19 shows an example of a style sheet rule that adds 3 pixels of extra..."
->
"Figure 18-19 shows an example of a style sheet rule that adds 8 pixels of extra..."

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 333
above Figure 18-19

"Figure 18-19 shows an example of a style sheet rule that adds 3 pixels of extra..."
->
"Figure 18-19 shows an example of a style sheet rule that adds 8 pixels of extra..."

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 341
Example towards the bottom

The example uses the CSS properties 'position' and 'left' before they are introduced in the book.

 Anonymous   
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Page 345
-4 (paragraph that begins "The four margin properties...")

{ margin: 3px 20px 2px 20px; }
->
{ margin: 3px 20px 3px 20px; }

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 345
-4 (paragraph that begins "The four margin properties...")

{ margin: 3px 20px 2px 20px; }
->
{ margin: 3px 20px 3px 20px; }

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 357
-3 (HTML in middle of page)

fuschia
->
fuchsia

(occurs twice in the line)

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 357
-3 (HTML in middle of page)

fuschia
->
fuchsia

(occurs twice in the line)

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 364
last line of 2nd paragraph from bottom

This is (the) also the way background....

remove the first 'the', in parenthesis above.

 Anonymous   
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Page 368
table, below third paragraph

'bottom' is in the table twice.

 Anonymous   
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Page 414
first line of code example

closing brace "}" is missing.

 Anonymous   
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Page 421
4th line from bottom

</div>>
->
</div>

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
Printed
Page 421
4th line from bottom

</div>>
->
</div>

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 428
lines 14 and 19

right: 0px; ;
->
right: 0px;

and

margin:0 160px; ;
->
margin: 0 160px;

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 428
lines 14 and 19

right: 0px; ;
->
right: 0px;

and

margin:0 160px; ;
->
margin: 0 160px;

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 454
+2

(see Table 25-1)
->
(see Table 25-2)

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470) last example in Strings section

my_string = "This string's "quotes" are escaped';
->
my_string = "This string's "quotes" are escaped";

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 454
+2

(see Table 25-1)
->
(see Table 25-2)

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470) last example in Strings section

my_string = "This string's "quotes" are escaped';
->
my_string = "This string's "quotes" are escaped";

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 481
Two last code samples

element.onlick = change;
->
element.onclick = change;

and

element.onlick = function ()(
->
element.onclick = function ()(

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 481
Two last code samples

element.onlick = change;
->
element.onclick = change;

and

element.onlick = function ()(
->
element.onclick = function ()(

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 510
Middle text above Example 2: Ajax with Nodes

The given URL does NOT connect:
To see this script in action, visit
easy-designs.net/books/WDN3/27/Ajax1/index.php

 Anonymous   
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Page 511
Last line on page

The given URL does NOT connect:
The end result can be seen at
easy-designs.net/books/WDN3/27/Ajax2/index.php

 Anonymous   
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Page 589
Middle of the page

The Flash section is missing the section heading.

 Anonymous   
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Page 725
Entity column, 4th symbol

&Aring
->
&Aring;

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 725
Entity column, 7th symbol

&Egrave
->
&Egrave;

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 725
Entity column, 4th symbol

&Aring
->
&Aring;

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 725
Entity column, 7th symbol

&Egrave
->
&Egrave;

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 727
Decimal column, 7th symbol

&#376
->
&#376;

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 727
Decimal column, 5th symbol from end

&#919
->
&#919;

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 727
Decimal column, 7th symbol

&#376
->
&#376;

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 727
Decimal column, 5th symbol from end

&#919
->
&#919;

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 729
Decimal column, 10th symbol

&#8207
->
&#8207;

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 729
Entity column, 6th symbol from end

&hellep;
->
&hellip;

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 729
Decimal column, 10th symbol

&#8207
->
&#8207;

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 729
Entity column, 6th symbol from end

&hellep;
->
&hellip;

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 731
Decimal column, 5th symbol

&#8713
->
&#8713;

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 731
Decimal column, 5th symbol

&#8713
->
&#8713;

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 732
Entity column, 8th, 13th, and 14th symbols

&rfloor
->
&rfloor;

&clubs
->
&clubs;

&diams
->
&diams;

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 732
Entity column, 8th, 13th, and 14th symbols

&rfloor
->
&rfloor;

&clubs
->
&clubs;

&diams
->
&diams;

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 Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007