Practical Apache Struts 2 Web 2.0 Projects

Apache Struts has long provided Java developers with a powerful framework for building extensible, maintainable web applications. Yet the latest version 2 release takes developers’ capabilities to the next level, having integrated Ajax support, the ability to easily integration with the Spring framework, and the ability to take full advantage of POJOs. Practical Apache Struts 2 Web 2.0 Projects shows you how to capitalize upon these new features to build next-generation web applications that both enthrall and empower your users.

• Gain an in-depth understanding of the Struts framework, with special attention paid to key version 2 features.
• Learn how to take advantage of Web 2.0 concepts alongside Struts 2 to build next-generation web sites.
• Follow along with the introduction of important concepts and development techniques by way of a web site project closely resembling what you might encounter in any enterprise environment.

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Learning Web Design: A Beginner’s Guide to (X)HTML, StyleSheets, and Web Graphics

Everything you need to know to create professional web sites is right here. Learning Web Design starts from the beginning — defining how the Web and web pages work — and builds from there. By the end of the book, you’ll have the skills to create multi-column CSS layouts with optimized graphic files, and you’ll know how to get your pages up on the Web.
This thoroughly revised edition teaches you how to build web sites according to modern design practices and professional standards. Learning Web Design explains:

* How to create a simple (X)HTML page, how to add links and images
* Everything you need to know about web standards — (X)HTML, DTDs, and more
* Cascading Style Sheets — formatting text, colors and backgrounds, using the box model, page layout, and more
* All about web graphics, and how to make them lean and mean through optimization
* The site development process, from start to finish
* Getting your pages on the Web — hosting, domain names, and FTP

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Web Photo Posting 1.0

Web Photo Posting, A tool help you get perfect JPEG photos for web use, with quality, file-size and image-size in control.
Not like other normal JPEG optimizing tools, Web Photo Posting provides a friendly and easy-to-understand interface, to manage JPEG, called ‘Saving Scheme’. In which, you can specify the limits of image size and file size, and leave the program to find the best settings for you, automatically and precisely. The scheme can be applied to different photos to get expectable outputting.
For users who often upload photos for sharing, a simple drag drop mode will saving them lots of time. In this mode, original big photos are dragged into a float window to start the processing. After done, simply drag the result out to any ‘File Uploading’ window of website to complete uploading. For advanced users, the classic batch-processing mode is provided too.
Features
* Most flexible and advanced JPEG settings and optimizing.o Support Quality adjusting and preview.o Support YCbCr 44 mode and auto-set,o EXIF includingo Blurringo Optimizingo Adaptive quantyo Optimized Huffman coding inside JPEG core.* Support accurate controlling of final file size and image size. [What is this?]o User can specify limits of image-size, file-size and trade-off policy between file-size and qualityo Program find best trade-off point automatically.* Unique drag drop operation with automatically background processing will save your time a lot. [See how it works]* Support batch processing with multiple copies of different file size and dimensions.

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Design Accessible Web Sites: 36 Keys to Creating Content for All Audiences and Platforms

It's not a one-browser web anymore. You need to reach audiences that use cell phones, PDAs, game consoles, or other "alternative" browsers, as well as users with disabilities. Legal requirements for assistive technologies as well as a wide array of new browsing experiences means you need to concentrate on semantics, alternate access paths, and progressive enhancement.
Give your audience the power to interact with your content on their own terms. It's the right thing to do, and with a $100 billion a year market for accessible content, new laws and new technologies, you can't afford to ignore accessibility.
With this book, you'll learn basic principles and techniques for developing accessible HTML, audio, video, and multimedia content. In addition, you will understand how to apply the principles you learn in this book to new technologies when they emerge.
You'll learn how to:
Use best practices of accessibility to develop accessible web content
Build testing into projects to improve results and reduce costs
Create high quality alternative representations for your audience
Add accessibility features to external media like PDF and Flash
Negotiate the terrain of accessibility standards
Apply principles of accessiblity to new technologies as they emerge
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