HTML : The Definitive Guide,9781565924925

HTML : The Definitive Guide

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Edition: 3rd
ISBN13: 9781565924925
ISBN10: 1565924924
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1998-09-01
Publisher(s): Oreilly & Associates Inc
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Summary

The third edition of "HTML: The Definitive Guide, updated to cover HTML 4.0, is chock full of examples, sample code, and practical hands-on advice to help you create truly effective Web pages and master advanced features. Learn how to insert images and other multimedia elements, create useful links and searchable documents, use Netscape extensions, design great forms, and lots more. This complete guide describes basic syntax and semantics and shows how to create beautiful, informative, and dynamic Web documents. The third edition covers the most widely used version of the HTML standard (HTML version 4.0), Netscape 4.5 and Internet Explorer 4.0, plus all the common extensions. The authors cover every element of the currently accepted version of the language and explain how each works and interacts with all the other elements. They've also included a style guide that shows how to best use HTML to accomplish a variety of tasks, from simple online documentation to complex marketing and sales presentations.

Table of Contents

Preface xi
1. HTML and the World Wide Web
1(15)
The Internet, Intranets, and Extranets
1(4)
Talking the Internet Talk
5(2)
HTML: What It Is
7(2)
HTML: What It Isn't
9(2)
Nonstandard Extensions
11(2)
Tools for the HTML Designer
13(3)
2. HTML Quick Start
16(22)
Writing Tools
16(1)
A First HTML Document
17(1)
HTML Embedded Tags
18(1)
HTML Skeleton
19(1)
The Flesh on an HTML Document
20(1)
HTML and Text
21(4)
Hyperlinks
25(4)
Images Are Special
29(2)
Lists, Searchable Documents, and Forms
31(2)
Tables
33(1)
Frames
34(2)
Style Sheets and JavaScript
36(1)
Forging Ahead
37(1)
3. Anatomy of an HTML Document
38(21)
Appearances Can Deceive
38(2)
Structure of an HTML Document
40(1)
HTML Tags
40(4)
Document Content
44(2)
HTML Document Elements
46(3)
The Document Header
49(4)
The Document Body
53(1)
Editorial Markup
54(3)
The [bdo] Tag
57(2)
4. Text Basics
59(58)
Divisions and Paragraphs
59(8)
Headings
67(6)
Changing Text Appearance
73(2)
Content-based Style Tags
75(7)
Physical Style Tags
82(6)
Expanded Font Handling
88(6)
Precise Spacing and Layout
94(14)
Block Quotes
108(4)
Addresses
112(3)
Special Character Encoding
115(2)
5. Rules, Images, and Multimedia
117(52)
Horizontal Rules
117(8)
Inserting Images in Your Documents
125(27)
Document Colors and Background Images
152(8)
Background Audio
160(2)
Animated Text
162(4)
Other Multimedia Content
166(3)
6. Document Layout
169(24)
Creating Whitespace
170(5)
Multicolumn Layout
175(6)
Layers
181(12)
7. Links and Webs
193(56)
Hypertext Basics
193(1)
Referencing Documents: The URL
194(16)
Creating Hyperlinks
210(10)
Creating Effective Links
220(5)
Mouse-Sensitive Images
225(11)
Creating Searchable Documents
236(4)
Establishing, Document Relationships
240(5)
Supporting Document Automation
245(4)
8. Formatted Lists
249(21)
Unordered Lists
249(3)
Ordered Lists
252(4)
The [li] Tag
256(3)
Nesting Lists
259(2)
Directory Lists
261(1)
Menu Lists
262(2)
Definition Lists
264(5)
Appropriate List Usage
269(1)
9. Cascading Style Sheets
270(49)
The Elements of Styles
271(7)
Style Syntax
278(7)
Style Properties
285(29)
Tag-less Styles: The [span] Tag
314(1)
Applying Styles to Documents
315(4)
10. Forms
319(51)
Form Fundamentals
320(1)
The [form] Tag
320(9)
A Simple Form Example
329(1)
Using Email to Collect Form Data
330(2)
The [input] Tag
332(14)
Multiline Text Areas
346(2)
Multiple Choice Elements
348(5)
General Form Control Attributes
353(3)
Labeling and Grouping Form Elements
356(3)
Creating Effective Forms
359(4)
Forms Programming
363(7)
11. Tables
370(34)
The HTML Table Model
370(2)
Table Tags
372(19)
New HTML 4.0 Table Tags
391(11)
Beyond Ordinary Tables
402(2)
12. Frames
404(21)
An Overview of Frames
404(1)
Frame Tags
405(2)
Frame Layout
407(5)
Frame Contents
412(4)
The [noframes] Tag
416(2)
Inline Frames
418(2)
Named Frame or Window Targets
420(5)
13. Executable Content
425(37)
Applets and Objects
425(4)
Embedded Content
429(17)
JavaScript
446(8)
JavaScript Style Sheets
454(8)
14. Dynamic Documents
462(11)
An Overview of Dynamic Documents
462(2)
Client-Pull Documents
464(4)
Server-Push Documents
468(5)
15. Tips, Tricks, and Hacks
473(16)
Top of the Tips
473(2)
Trivial or Abusive?
475(1)
Custom Bullets
476(1)
Tricks with Tables
476(8)
Transparent Images
484(2)
Tricks with Windows and Frames
486(3)
A. HTML Grammar
489(12)
B. HTML Tag Quick Reference
501(31)
C. Cascading Style Sheet Properties Quick Reference
532(8)
D. The HTML 4.0 DTD
540(17)
E. Character Entities
557(6)
F. Color Names and Values
563(4)
Index 567

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