Creating Web Pages All-in-One For Dummies, 4th Edition

652 Pages·2011·16.183 MB·English

by  Richard Wagner

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Richard Wagner is Lead Product Architect, Web/Mobile at MAARK ISBN 978-0-470-64032-6
• Adobe® Dreamweaver®
and author of several Web and mobile-related books, including Safari
• Adobe® Flash®
and WebKit Development for iPhone OS 3.0, XSLT For Dummies, Web Design
Before & After Makeovers, and more.
Richard Wagner
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About the Author
Richard Wagner is Lead Product Architect, Web/Mobile at MAARK and
author of several Web and mobile-related books, including Safari and WebKit
Development for iPhone OS 3.0, XSLT For Dummies, Web Design Before & After
Makeovers, and more. Richard has also authored several books outside of the
fi eld of technology, including The Myth of Happiness and The Expeditionary Man.
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To Kimberly and the boys
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