Web Design in a Nutshell

Errata for Web Design in a Nutshell

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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.


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

Country -> Language ########################################

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 ########################################

Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 136
-1

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

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 ########################################

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

&lddquo; -> “ ########################################

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. ########################################

Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 223
Code example

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

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. ########################################

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> ########################################

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

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

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;} ########################################

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..." ########################################

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; } ########################################

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

fuschia -> fuchsia (occurs twice in the line) ########################################

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

</div>> -> </div> ########################################

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; ########################################

Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007
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Page 454
+2

(see Table 25-1) -> (see Table 25-2) ######################################## 470) last example in Strings section my_string = "This string's "quotes" are escaped'; -> my_string = "This string's "quotes" are escaped"; ########################################

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 ()( ########################################

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 725
Entity column, 4th symbol

&Aring -> &Aring; ########################################

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

&Egrave -> &Egrave; ########################################

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

&#376 -> &#376; ########################################

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

&#919 -> &#919; ########################################

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

&#8207 -> &#8207; ########################################

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

&hellep; -> &hellip; ########################################

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

&#8713 -> &#8713; ########################################

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

&rfloor -> &rfloor; &clubs -> &clubs; &diams -> &diams; ########################################

Anonymous    Mar 01, 2007