Whether you're an aspiring Web developer or veteran Webmaster, attain absolute mastery of Web document design with HTML 4! Web experts Pfaffenberger and Gutzman take you from concept to finished product - providing step-by-step guidelines for building a Web page from scratch, enhancing your presentations with cascading style sheets, and incorporating interactive multimedia
Author(s): Bryan Pfaffenberger, Bill Karrow
Edition: 2nd ed
Publisher: I.D.G. Books Worldwide
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 740
City: Foster City, CA
Preface......Page 9
Contents......Page 14
Introduction......Page 37
Ch. 1 - HTML Basics......Page 43
Ch. 2 - The HTML 4 Way......Page 56
Ch. 3 - Creating Your First Web Page......Page 68
Ch. 4 - Going Public!......Page 86
Ch. 5 - Introducing HTML......Page 108
Ch. 6 - What About XML/XSL?......Page 127
Ch. 7 - Introducing XHTML: HTML's Future......Page 130
Ch. 8 - Choosing an HTML Editor......Page 135
Ch. 9 - Writing For The Web......Page 163
Ch. 10 - Considering Special Needs - Web Accessibility......Page 169
Ch. 11 - Understanding Server Options......Page 172
Ch. 12 - Understanding HTML 4 Document Architecture......Page 188
Ch. 13 - Specifying the HTML Version and Document Title......Page 200
Ch. 14 - Specifying Metadata......Page 203
Ch. 15 - Structuring Lines and Paragraphs with Block-Level Elements......Page 208
Ch. 16 - Creating Lists......Page 216
Ch. 17 - Using Inline Elements and Special Characters......Page 223
Ch. 18 - Adding Hyperlinks......Page 233
Ch. 19 - Inserting Graphics and Other Objects......Page 242
Ch. 20 - Adding Tables......Page 250
Ch. 21 - Creating Forms and Inserting Scripts......Page 266
Ch. 22 - Creating Frames......Page 289
Ch. 23 - Grouping Elements With DIV and SPAN......Page 300
Ch. 24 - Testing and Validating Your HTML......Page 304
Ch. 25 - Introducing Cascading Style Sheets......Page 312
Ch. 26 - Learning CSS Syntax......Page 319
Ch. 27 - Adding Styles to Your Web Pages......Page 331
Ch. 28 - Adding Colors and Backgrounds......Page 340
Ch. 29 - Formatting Paragraphs......Page 347
Ch. 30 - Formatting Tables......Page 356
Ch. 31 - Adding Fonts......Page 367
Ch. 32 - Essentials of Web Page Design......Page 376
Ch. 33 - Understanding CSS Positioning Options......Page 406
Ch. 34 - Positioning Graphics and Text......Page 416
Ch. 35 - Cool CSS Positioning Tips and Tricks......Page 428
Ch. 36 - Structuring Multipage Sites......Page 436
Ch. 37 - Creating Still Graphics for the Web......Page 456
Ch. 38 - Creating Animated Graphics for the Web......Page 468
Ch. 39 - Designing and Implementing Imagemaps......Page 476
Ch. 40 - Producing and Adding Sounds......Page 483
Ch. 41 - Producing and Adding Video......Page 492
Ch. 42 - Incorporating Plug-Ins and ActiveX Controls......Page 500
Ch. 43 - Adding Java Applets......Page 515
Ch. 44 - Creating Subscriptions with the Channel Definition Format......Page 523
Ch. 45 - Accessing External Databases......Page 530
Ch. 46 - Building a Community: Incorporating Discussion Groups and Chat......Page 538
Ch. 47 - Introducing Dynamic HTML and the Document Object Model......Page 544
Ch. 48 - Cross-Browser Basics in JavaScript......Page 555
Ch. 49 - Frames, Layers, and the Shell Game......Page 573
Ch. 50 - Doing Windows with JavaScript......Page 587
Appendix A - HTML 4 Data Types......Page 595
Appendix B - HTML 4 - Elements Reference......Page 598
Appendix C - HTML 4 Attributes Reference......Page 667
Appendix D - HTML 4 Character Entities Reference......Page 679
Appendix E - Cascading Style Sheets Reference......Page 683
Appendix F - LAnguage Codes Reference......Page 727
Appendix G - Hex Notations Reference......Page 732
Appendix H - About the CD-ROM......Page 736
