WEB DESIGN IN A NUTSHELL Other web design resources from O’Reilly Related titles oreilly.com Head Rush Ajax Ajax Hacks™ Learning Web Design HTML and XHTML Pocket Reference Creating Web Sites: The Missing Manual Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide CSS Pocket Reference Head First HTML with CSS and XHTML CSS Cookbook™ Dreamweaver 8: The Missing Manual oreilly.com is more than a complete catalog of O’Reilly books You’ll also find links to news, events, articles, weblogs, sample chapters, and code examples oreillynet.com is the essential portal for developers interested in open and emerging technologies, including new platforms, programming languages, and operating systems Conferences O’Reilly brings diverse innovators together to nurture the ideas that spark revolutionary industries We specialize in documenting the latest tools and systems, translating the innovator’s knowledge into useful skills for those in the trenches Visit conferences.oreilly.com for our upcoming events Safari Bookshelf (safari.oreilly.com) is the premier online reference library for programmers and IT professionals Conduct searches across more than 1,000 books Subscribers can zero in on answers to time-critical questions in a matter of seconds Read the books on your Bookshelf from cover to cover or simply flip to the page you need Try it today for free WEB DESIGN IN A NUTSHELL Third Edition Jennifer Niederst Robbins Beijing • Cambridge • Farnham • Kưln • Paris • Sebastopol • Taipei • Tokyo About the Author Jennifer Niederst Robbins was one of the first web designers As the designer of O’Reilly’s Global Network Navigator (GNN), the first commercial web site, she has been designing for the Web since mid-1993 Soon thereafter, she became Creative Director of Songline Studios (a subsidiary of O’Reilly) and went on to form her own design and consulting company, Littlechair, Inc., in 1996 In addition to this Nutshell book, Jennifer writes and maintains Learning Web Design and (X)HTML Pocket Reference, both published by O’Reilly Media She has taught courses on web design at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, MA, and at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, RI She has been a regular on the speaker circuit, presenting at South by Southwest Interactive, AIGA events, Seybold Seminars, and the GRAFILL conference in Norway Jennifer combines her passions for cooking, indie rock music, and making stuff in her project, The Jenville Show (a.k.a “Cooking with Rockstars”) available at www.thejenvilleshow.com Her latest production is a son named Arlo, who doesn’t leave her much time for all of the above You can visit Jennifer online at littlechair.com and jenville.com Colophon The animal on the cover of Web Design in a Nutshell is a least weasel (Mustela nivalis) There are 67 species of weasel, including the mink, ermine, ferret, otter, and skunk Weasels, which are characterized by long, slender bodies and short legs, are found on all continents except Antarctica and Australia, and in a vast variety of habitats The least weasel is the smallest of the 67 species of weasel Weighing in at approximately two ounces and measuring less than 10 inches long, the least weasel is the smallest carnivore on Earth It is found throughout the world in northern climates In warm weather this weasel’s coat is brown, with a white underside In winter it turns completely white Thanks to its camouflage abilities and its speed and agility, the least weasel is rarely caught The diet of the least weasel is made up primarily of voles and mice, which, because of the weasels’ high metabolism, they hunt constantly One family of these little weasels can consume thousands of rodents each year, making them important in controlling pest populations Because it is so small, the least weasel can follow mice into their burrows and eat them there Like other weasels, they will occasionally then make their victim’s home their own, lining it with the fur of the former resident when preparing to nest Least weasels can produce two litters a year, with three to five young per litter The cover image is an original illustration by Lorrie LeJeune The cover font is Adobe ITC Garamond The text font is Linotype Birka; the heading font is Adobe Myriad Condensed; and the code font is LucasFont’s TheSans Mono Condensed ... WEB DESIGN IN A NUTSHELL Other web design resources from O’Reilly Related titles oreilly.com Head Rush Ajax Ajax Hacks™ Learning Web Design HTML and XHTML Pocket Reference... Niederst Robbins was one of the first web designers As the designer of O’Reilly’s Global Network Navigator (GNN), the first commercial web site, she has been designing for the Web since mid-1993 Soon... and went on to form her own design and consulting company, Littlechair, Inc., in 1996 In addition to this Nutshell book, Jennifer writes and maintains Learning Web Design and (X)HTML Pocket Reference,