Errata
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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Printed | Page Ch.8 |
Typo with use of "ToDo" appears on multiple pages in chapter 8. |
Anonymous | Mar 19, 2009 | Mar 01, 2009 |
Printed | Page 11 |
NDQ answer 2: "Don?t skip IA, as it can often determine parts of the |
brittany2784 | Mar 19, 2009 | Mar 01, 2009 |
Printed | Page 13 |
The heading should be in sentence case. |
Anonymous | Mar 19, 2009 | Mar 01, 2009 |
Printed | Page 28 thought bubble |
"Come on, Writing is writing." |
Anonymous | Mar 19, 2009 | Mar 01, 2009 |
Printed | Page 30 Exercise |
"Rework the copy so that follows the scannability checklist." You left out the word "it" Note from the Author or Editor: |
Kevin Olson | Mar 30, 2009 | May 06, 2011 |
47,48 Sharpen Your Pencil instructions |
theme's (Write down two possible central theme's for Mark's site.) should read "themes". |
Anonymous | Mar 19, 2009 | Mar 01, 2009 | |
49 |
layout (How you layout your site will affect the overall visual Metaphor...) - in this case should be 'lay out' |
Anonymous | Mar 19, 2009 | Mar 01, 2009 | |
50 |
breaks (Whitespace helps to breaks up...) should be 'break' |
Anonymous | Mar 19, 2009 | Mar 01, 2009 | |
51 |
it's (Not every site needs a gorilla-themed metaphor or a snazzy newspaper layout to reinforce it's content.) - remove apostrophe |
Anonymous | Mar 19, 2009 | Mar 01, 2009 | |
58 |
"I really can't tell where you guys are going for here." |
Anonymous | Mar 19, 2009 | Mar 01, 2009 | |
64 |
layout (Grids also provide a foundation that allow you to layout your site with solid order and visual logic.) |
Anonymous | Mar 19, 2009 | Mar 01, 2009 | |
65 |
- "let tell them" (and let tell them to give you as much feedback as possible...) |
Anonymous | Mar 19, 2009 | Mar 01, 2009 | |
Printed | Page 79 handwritten note beneath 'Home' category |
'...under the cateogy headings...' should be |
koster | Dec 09, 2009 | Mar 01, 2009 |
Printed | Page 79 card beneath 'Products' category |
'Oudoor' should be |
koster | Dec 09, 2009 | Mar 01, 2009 |
87 2nd paragraph |
In the 2nd paragraph, the word "that" is used instead of "than". Note from the Author or Editor: |
Anonymous | May 04, 2009 | May 06, 2011 | |
Printed | Page 128 rpm.css code |
background property of #026dc0 outputs a blue background, not the beige as shown on the next page. Note from the Author or Editor: |
Josh Feck | Jan 11, 2009 | Mar 01, 2009 |
Printed | Page 178 second code highlight @ #header |
It seems that the printed visuals are not correlating to the hexadecimals in the code. Where #adbc49 produces a light to mustard beige brown, the printed example and text revere to a dark brown. Like the character says: "The site feels heavy and oppressive." Note from the Author or Editor: |
Frank Klaver | Mar 19, 2009 | May 06, 2011 |
Printed | Page 180 text linked with color wheel figure |
*Comment linked with left yellow circles Note from the Author or Editor: |
Santiago Martin Alfageme | Apr 21, 2009 | May 06, 2011 |
Printed | Page 200 handwritten note above ul code |
'...may appear om the site.' should be |
koster | Dec 09, 2009 | Mar 01, 2009 |
Printed | Page 212 3rd paragraph |
"The nice thing about blocks-and why they are great for navigation elements-is that they all automatically line up horizontally." Note from the Author or Editor: |
Frank Klaver | Mar 26, 2009 | May 06, 2011 |
Printed | Page 218 Bottom right "handwritten" note. |
The note reads, "Each link has it's [sic] own class. so we can assign the right icon to the background." |
Joseph Lockett | Feb 28, 2009 | Mar 01, 2009 |
Printed | Page 228 2nd paragraph |
The exercise asks to read the text at "www.headfirstlabs.com/books/hfwd/chapter06/text" and to keep track of how long it takes. However, no such site appears to exist. Additionally, this link refers to 'chapter06' when in fact the exercise occurs in Chapter 7. Note from the Author or Editor: |
shred22 | Jan 21, 2009 | Mar 01, 2009 |
Printed | Page 237 link rel in sample html |
The "don't forget to link your css file!" side note points to the red lantern.css from chapter 1. Note from the Author or Editor: |
Frank Klaver | Mar 30, 2009 | May 06, 2011 |
Other Digital Version | 237 exercise files |
The href="redlantern.css" also apears in all exercise files related to this chapter. Correction would be: "hipster.css". Note from the Author or Editor: |
Frank Klaver | Apr 01, 2009 | |
Printed | Page 286 handwritten note beneath googlestory.html listing |
'...is still and HTML file...' should be |
koster | Dec 09, 2009 | May 06, 2011 |
Printed | Page 292 handwritten note on right side of Exercise Solution |
"...don't worry, there's still in our...' should be |
koster | Dec 09, 2009 | Mar 01, 2009 |
Printed | Page 317 first paragraph of email message |
'...forward with distribuint our tax...' should be |
koster | Dec 09, 2009 | |
Printed | Page 332 Revised question 1 |
'Do you agree of disagree that...' should be |
koster | Dec 14, 2009 | May 06, 2011 |
Printed | Page 348 First printed paragraph (Frank) |
'...to figure it out a design problem...' should be |
koster | Dec 14, 2009 | May 06, 2011 |
Printed | Page 351 'Space' paragraph |
'...a quite coffee shop...' should be Note from the Author or Editor: |
koster | Dec 14, 2009 | May 06, 2011 |
Printed | Page 370 Bottom annotation |
"Audio2Go" should read "Audio-2-Go" |
Anonymous | Mar 19, 2009 | Mar 01, 2009 |
Printed | Page 413 Handwritten note underneath image |
'...surprised what and email can do.' should be Note from the Author or Editor: |
koster | Dec 14, 2009 | May 06, 2011 |
Printed | Page 414 The Foo Bar email message |
'...we appologize for the misunderstanding...' should be Note from the Author or Editor: |
koster | Dec 14, 2009 | |
Printed | Page 417 Bottom gray box |
The Job Poll has 8 questions and then you look at the answer key to see where you fit in the design world. Note from the Author or Editor: |
JollyvilleChick | Mar 26, 2010 | May 06, 2011 |
Printed | Page 439 First paragraph |
"...its note really a chapter, its more..." should be Note from the Author or Editor: |
koster | Dec 14, 2009 | Mar 01, 2009 |
Printed | Page 447 TOP |
"All ... even in the smaller content hAAders (headers ?)" Note from the Author or Editor: |
Patrick | Apr 30, 2009 | Mar 01, 2009 |