Errata
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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 "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
| Version | Location | Description | Submitted By | Corrected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Printed | Page xix 1st paragraph |
"We're going put" should be "We're going to put" |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page xx Weekly Elixir Specials image |
In the description of Chai Chiller, "mateé" should be "maté" (an |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page xxxii 3rd paragraph down under We begin... heading |
complaint HTML or XTHML should be compliant |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page xxix 6th paragraph (The faster way is to do anything...) |
At the end of the third phrase on the 6th paragraph: |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page 32, 42 In "WHO DOES WHAT?" |
It should be "gray" instead of "grey" in |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page 35 Top of page |
"HTML" & "CSS" Fireside Chat column headings are missing on page 35. |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page 36 Last bullet points, left column |
"Opening tags can have attributes. We've seen a couple: type and align." Note from the Author or Editor: |
Anonymous | Jul 2009 |
| Printed | Page 37, 42 crossword puzzle |
6 Down should have 9 spaces, not 8 (it's "50sKitsch," not "50sKitch"). |
Anonymous | Jan 2009 |
| Printed | Page 44 2nd (smaller, "directions") html page |
Continue on Stucture Ave S - go 0.2 mi |
Anonymous | Jan 2009 |
| Printed | Page 50 second graphic (html/browser rendition of "dirctions.html") |
Continue on Stucture Ave S - go 0.2 mi |
Anonymous | Jan 2009 |
| Printed | Page 60 Bottom diagram |
In the diagram, "elixirs.html" should read "elixir.html" |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page 72 crossword clues |
The clue for 8 Down should read, "The 'HT' in HTML," (not "The 'H' in HTML") |
Anonymous | Jan 2009 |
| Printed | Page 107 1st paragraph |
The 2nd sentence in the 1st paragraph reads: "You'll find it in his July 14th entry." |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page 115 Q&A at the top of the page, first "A", third sentence. |
The sentence reads, "So, while you can probably count on the basic |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page 127 One minute hosting guide, 2nd line. |
Change "getting an hosting company" |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page 128 "There are a couple of reasons ..." paragraph, lines 2-3. |
Change "you're going need your own domain name" |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page 128 Last paragraph of the page |
As with finding an hosting... |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Safari Books Online | 166 2nd paragraph |
The 2nd (& last) sentence of the 2nd paragraph is incomplete. It seems to end in mid thought. |
Anonymous | Jan 2009 |
| Printed | Page 272 Next-to-last paragraph, 2nd line. |
Change "...is going to be a fast for you." |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page 272 Sixth item in "The XHTML 1.0 checklist" |
The sentence, "All attribute values must be surrounded by double quotes |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page 323 First line of Exercise regarding classes |
I'm just confirming that the file that we are instructed to open to do this exercise (lounge.html) is incorrect, and that it should have been printed with "elixir.html". Someone else has already submitted this error, but I'm confirming that lounge.html does not include any info regarding class details as we were instructed to change. Note from the Author or Editor: |
Anonymous | Jul 2009 |
| Printed | Page 386 Last phrase on "The lounge gets an upgrade" paragraph |
"On the next page .... that we're going create by the end...." |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page 386 "What's playing at the Lounge" section of the sample page |
Le Roi..., *Engima* should be Le Roi..., *Enigma*. |
Anonymous | Jan 2009 |
| Printed | Page 388 Bullet 1 |
There is no block quote in the sample html page (the text says there is) |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page 404 2nd paragraph |
The "chapter10/lounge/images" folder with the file "background.gif" is a |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page 419 First question |
"So why did you make the sector" |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page 419 Dumb questions: first question |
The first question in Dumb Questions reads: "So why did you make the sector #guarantee rather than p#guarantee? Note from the Author or Editor: |
Anonymous | Jan 2009 |
| Printed | Page 423 Exercise |
The paragraph mentions a file "print/print.css" that does not exist in |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page 425 Crossword clue 4 Across |
The clue is incorrectly worded. The intended answer, Georgia, is |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page 435 Label in bottom half |
"it is also shows" should be "it also shows" |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page 456 "What we really want..." paragraph, lines 8-9. |
Change "...you can use a just a number instead..." |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page 465 2nd paragraph |
The 2nd paragraph reads: |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page 471 #elixirs a:hover "Skippy Sharp annotation", 5th line. |
Change "Give it try!" |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page 477 Question in upper right |
"readers" should be "reader's" |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page 477 Annotation near middle |
"figure out how display" should be "figure out how to display" |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page 481 Item Number 2 |
"Move the entire ..... to top the of the file ....." |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page 486 First line in Sharpen your pencil: Solution |
"Try your hand at calculating these the specificity of these selectors..." |
Anonymous | Jan 2009 |
| Printed | Page 502 Last two annotations |
Annotations point at the wrong sections of code. Second arrow from |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page 553 title line of browser graphic |
The <title> definition in the sample code (including the downloaded sample) defines |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page 569 lower right hand "handwritten" paragraph, beginning "Then in the second |
row..."; |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page 595 |
the "form.html" links to "www.headfirstlabs.com/contest.php". |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page 598 "text input" box |
Handwriting-style comment talks about ending the element with " />", but |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page 599 checkbox input box |
In the checkbox input box, the example displayed shows capitalized checkbox values (Salt, Pepper, Garlic), while the HTML code have non-capitalized values (value="salt", value="pepper", value="garlic"). These should be one or the other and agree. Note from the Author or Editor: |
Anonymous | Jul 2009 |
| Printed | Page 607 Question in upper right |
"Didn't you say that the names for each form element needs to be unique?" |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page 621 line of code and annotation at top |
At the end of the line of code, to adhere to strict XHTML, the method="GET" should be method="get". The annotation pointing to this should therefore be changed to: "Just change the method from "post" to "get"." Note from the Author or Editor: |
Anonymous | |
| Printed | Page 626 2nd paragraph |
"Also notice that the we've used" |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |
| Printed | Page 633 "Multiple selection" paragraph, 3rd phrase |
"Instead of a .... you'll get a the multiple choice..." |
Anonymous | Oct 2007 |