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.
| Version |
Location |
Description |
Submitted By |
Date Submitted |
Date Corrected |
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Page cover
says "Covers HTML 4.0," however, some of the more esoteric tags are |
not covered. This should be changed.
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Anonymous |
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Page ii
The word "bear" was removed. |
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Anonymous |
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Sep 01, 2000 |
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Page 2
The last sentence in the first paragraph did read: "...Valerie Quercia." |
Should read "...Robert Eckstein."
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Anonymous |
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Apr 01, 2000 |
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Page 3
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The values following the "rel" attribute now read:
alternate|stylesheet|start|next|prev|contents|index|glossary|
copyright|chapter|section|subsection|appendix|help|bookmark
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 2000 |
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Page 7
In the <applet> section, under "hspace=number", it did read: "Holds n |
pixels..."
Now reads:
"Holds a specified number of pixels..."
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Anonymous |
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Apr 01, 2000 |
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Page 8
In the <applet> section, under "vspace=number", it did read: "Holds n |
pixels..."
Now reads:
"Holds a specified number of pixels..."
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Anonymous |
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Apr 01, 2000 |
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Page 9-10
3rd line |
<base> entry now precedes <basefont> entry alphabetically.
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 2000 |
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Page 11
description of <big> tag |
"It is equivalent to <font size="+1">" was deleted.
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Anonymous |
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Jan 01, 2001 |
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Page 14
top (browser support for <button>) |
Netscape 4 is now listed as unsupported (grayed out).
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 2000 |
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Page 15
1st paragraph |
The <caption> element does NOT take the attribute "summary". This error probably
arose from a mis-reading of the W3C specification, which refers to the application of
the "sumary" attribute to the <TABLE> element, not to the <caption> element.
AUTHOR: Corrected in Second Edition.
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Anonymous |
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Page 16
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The first entry under the "Attributes" section did read:
"align=left|right|center"
Now reads:
"align=left|right|center|char"
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Anonymous |
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Apr 01, 2000 |
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Page 17
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The first entry under the "Attributes" section did read:
"align=left|right|center"
Now reads:
"align=left|right|center|char"
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Anonymous |
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Apr 01, 2000 |
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Page 24
enctype=encoding |
"The value multi-part/form-data" now reads "The value multipart/form-data."
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 2000 |
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Page 41
Under <layer> 3rd sentence |
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Anonymous |
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Sep 01, 2000 |
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Page 44
Under the "value=number" section, it did read: "...you can specify the |
number (n) that..."
Now reads:
"...you can specify the number that..."
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Anonymous |
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Apr 01, 2000 |
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Page 44
Under the "rel=relationship" section, a sentence has been added at the |
end to read:
"For example, rel=stylesheet is used to create a relationship with
an external stylesheet."
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Anonymous |
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Apr 01, 2000 |
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Page 45
The third section on the page did read: "type=resource". |
Now reads:
"Type=MIME-type"
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Anonymous |
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Apr 01, 2000 |
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Page 45
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The last sentence in the first paragraph of the "<map>" section did read:
"Client-side imagemaps are discussed later in this chapter."
Now reads:
"See the tag-structure section 'Client-side Imagemaps' in this
reference for more information."
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Anonymous |
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Apr 01, 2000 |
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Page 46
The entry under the "hspace" section did read: "Holds n pixels..." |
Now reads:
"Holds a number of pixels..."
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Anonymous |
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Apr 01, 2000 |
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Page 47-48
top |
<menu> entry should precede <meta> entry alphabetically.
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Anonymous |
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Page 47
Under "scheme=text" |
Paragraph beneath "scheme=text" was indented properly and the blank space was
removed to show that the paragraph goes with the attribute.
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Anonymous |
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Sep 01, 2000 |
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Page 47
example |
In the example, http-eqiv= was changed to http-equiv=.
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Anonymous |
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Jan 01, 2001 |
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Page 47
attributes |
now reads:
http-equiv=text
Specifies information to be included in the HTTP header that
the server appends to the document. It is used in conjunction
with the content attribute. http-equiv can be used in place of
the name attribute.
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Anonymous |
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Jan 01, 2001 |
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Page 51
Under the "hspace=number" section, it did read: "Holds n pixels..." |
Now reads:
"Holds a number of pixels..."
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Anonymous |
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Apr 01, 2000 |
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Page 51
Under the "vspace=number" section, it did read: "Holds n pixels..." |
Now reads:
"Holds a number of pixels..."
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Anonymous |
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Apr 01, 2000 |
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Page 52
Under the "start=number" section, it did read: "...of the list at n,..." |
Now reads:
"...of the list at the specified number,..."
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Anonymous |
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Apr 01, 2000 |
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Page 54
Under the "Attributes" section, the heading for |
"valuetype=data|ref|object" has been changed so "data|ref|object" is not set
in italics.
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Anonymous |
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Apr 01, 2000 |
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Page 58
middle of page |
description of a <style> tag should be included.
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Anonymous |
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Page 73
"Text Tags: Physical Styles" section |
The <font>, <s>, <strike>, and <u> tags are now marked as "depricated."
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Anonymous |
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Jan 01, 2001 |
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Page 74
7th line |
<tr> inserted after <th>.
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 2000 |
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Page 78
17th line |
HREF=http
now reads
HREF="http
opening quotation mark was missing
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 2000 |
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Page 81
#132: |
description now reads: "Right double quote (N)"
should read:
"Low left-rising double quote"
and the symbol needs to change to reflect this.
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Anonymous |
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Page 81
#133 |
"Elipsis" should be "Ellipsis."
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Anonymous |
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Page 82
#138: |
description did read: "Underscore (N)"
The glyph and description were changed to read "Capitol S, caron (N)."
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Anonymous |
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Sep 01, 2000 |
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Page 82
#139: |
description did read: "Less than sign (N)"
now reads:
"Left single angle quote"
and the symbol was changed to reflect this.
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Anonymous |
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Sep 01, 2000 |
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Page 82
#154: |
description did read: "Underscore (N)"
The glyph and description were changed to read: "Small S, caron (N)."
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Anonymous |
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Sep 01, 2000 |
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Page 82
#155: |
description did read: "Greater than sign (N)."
now reads:
"Right single angle quote"
and the symbol was changed to reflect this.
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Anonymous |
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Sep 01, 2000 |
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Page 83
The "Name" entry for #197 did read: "Å". |
A semi-colon has been added. It now reads:
"Å"
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Anonymous |
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Apr 01, 2000 |
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Page 84
The description for #215 did read: "sign-4.0". |
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Anonymous |
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Apr 01, 2000 |
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Page 85
The description for #247 did read: "sign-4.0". |
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Anonymous |
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Apr 01, 2000 |
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Page 85
The "Name" entry for #254 did read: "þ". |
A semi-colon has been added. It now reads:
"þ"
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Anonymous |
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Apr 01, 2000 |
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Page 85
The "Name" entry for #255 did read: "ÿ". |
A semi-colon has been added. It now reads:
"ÿ"
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Anonymous |
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Apr 01, 2000 |
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Page 87
list of color names |
"fuschia" should be "fuchsia."
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Anonymous |
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Page 88-91
Color name table RGB, Hex, and Web-safe values |
There were inconsistancies between the RGB and Hexadecimal values given for the
following colors: blanchedalmond, gray, ivory.
blanchedalmond: HEX value now reads "FFFFCB"
gray: HEX value now reads "808080"
ivory: HEX value now reads "FFF0F0"
The Nearest Web-safe Color values were incorrect for the following colors:
darkslategray, navy.
darkslategray: Nearest web safe now reads "336666"
navy: Nearest web safe now reads "000099"
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Anonymous |
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Jan 01, 2001 |
