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HTML, XHTML, and CSS, Sixth Edition

ISBN: 0321430840
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2004
Pages: 340

Authors: Elizabeth Castro

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• HTML, XHTML, CSS, Sixth Edition: Visual QuickStart Guide
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Special thanks to
• Chapter i. Introduction
• The Internet, the Web, and HTML
• Open but Not Equal
• The Browser Wars
• The Push for Standards
• CSS and Browser Support
• XHTML vs. HTML: What Should You Use?
• How This Book Works
• What s Changed in the Sixth Edition
• The HTML VQS Web Site
• Chapter 1. Web Page Building Blocks
• Markup: Elements, Attributes, and Values
• A Web Page s Text Content
• Links, Images, and Other Non-Text Content
• File Names
• URLs
• HTML vs. XHTML
• Versions, Flavors, and DOCTYPE
• The Default Display of (X)HTML
• Chapter 2. Working with Web Page Files
• Designing Your Site
• Creating a New Web Page
• Saving Your Web Page
• About Microsoft Word and Web Pages
• Specifying a Default or Home Page
• Editing Web Pages
• Organizing Files
• Viewing Your Page in a Browser
• The Inspiration of Others
• Chapter 3. Basic (X)HTML Structure
• Starting Your Web Page
• Creating the Foundation
• Declaring the Encoding
• Creating a Title
• Creating Section Headers
• Starting a New Paragraph
• Naming Elements
• Breaking up a Page into Divisions
• Creating Inline Spans
• Creating a Line Break
• Adding Comments
• Labeling Elements in a Web Page
• Chapter 4. Basic (X)HTML Formatting
• Making Text Bold or Italic
• Changing the Size of Text
• Using a Monospaced Font
• Using Preformatted Text
• Quoting Text
• Creating Superscripts and Subscripts
• Marking Changed Text
• Explaining Abbreviations
• Centering Elements on a Page
• Chapter 5. IMAGES
• About Images for the Web
• Getting Images
• Choosing an Image Editor
• The Save for Web Command
• Inserting Images on a Page
• Offering Alternate Text
• Specifying Size for Speedier Viewing
• Scaling an Image
• Making Images Smaller
• Making Images Float
• Stopping Elements from Wrapping
• Adding Space around an Image
• Aligning Images
• Adding Horizontal Rules
• Adding an Icon for Your Web Site
• Chapter 6. Links
• Creating a Link to Another Web Page
• Creating Anchors
• Linking to a Specific Anchor
• Targeting Links to Specific Windows
• Setting the Default Target
• Creating Other Kinds of Links
• Creating Keyboard Shortcuts for Links
• Setting the Tab Order for Links
• Using Images to Label Links
• Linking Thumbnails to Images
• Dividing an Image into Clickable Regions
• Creating a Client-Side Image Map
• Chapter 7. Style Sheet Building Blocks
• Constructing a Style Rule
• Adding Comments to Style Rules
• The Cascade: When Rules Collide
• A Property s Value
• Chapter 8. Working with Style Sheet Files
• Creating an External Style Sheet
• Linking External Style Sheets
• Offering Alternate Style Sheets
• Creating an Internal Style Sheet
• Importing External Style Sheets
• Using Media-Specific Style Sheets
• Applying Styles Locally
• The Importance of Location
• The Inspiration of Others: CSS
• Chapter 9. Defining Selectors
• Constructing Selectors
• Selecting Elements by Name
• Selecting Elements by ID or Class
• Selecting Elements by Context
• Selecting Part of an Element
• Selecting Link Elements Based on Their State
• Selecting Elements Based on Attributes
• Specifying Groups of Elements
• Combining Selectors
• Chapter 10. Formatting with Styles
• Choosing a Font Family
• Specifying Alternate Fonts
• Creating Italics
• Applying Bold Formatting
• Setting the Font Size
• Setting the Line Height
• Setting All Font Values at Once
• Setting the Color
• Changing the Text s Background
• Controlling Spacing
• Adding Indents
• Setting White Space Properties
• Aligning Text
• Changing the Text Case
• Using Small Caps
• Decorating Text
• Chapter 11. Layout with Styles
• Structuring Your Pages
• The Box Model
• Changing the Background
• Setting the Height or Width for an Element
• Setting the Margins around an Element
• Adding Padding Around an Element
• Offsetting Elements in the Natural Flow
• Positioning Elements Absolutely
• Affixing an Element to the Browser Window
• Making Elements Float
• Controlling Where Elements Float
• Positioning Elements in 3D
• Setting the Border
• Changing the Cursor
• Determining Where Overflow Should Go
• Aligning Elements Vertically
• Chapter 12. Dynamic Effects with Styles
• Displaying and Hiding Elements
• Creating Rollover Buttons
• Creating Pop-ups
• Creating Drop-Down Menus with Lists
• Replacing Headers with Images
• Chapter 13. Style Sheets For Handhelds
• Mobilize vs. Miniaturize
• Looking at Your Site
• XHTML and CSS for Handhelds
• Creating Style Sheets for Handhelds
• Hiding Extraneous Elements
• Creating and Using an Image Header
• Creating Extra Links to the Top
• Adjusting for the Small Screen
• Chapter 14. Style Sheets for Printing
• Creating a Style Sheet for Print
• How Print Style Sheets Differ
• Controlling Page Breaks
• Printing Link URLs
• Controlling Widows and Orphans
• Chapter 15. Lists
• Creating Ordered and Unordered Lists
• Choosing Your Markers (Bullets)
• Choosing Where to Start List Numbering
• Using Custom Markers
• Controlling Where Markers Hang
• Setting All List-Style Properties at Once
• Creating Definition Lists
• Styling Nested Lists
• Chapter 16. Tables
• Mapping Out Your Page
• Creating a Simple Table
• Adding a Border
• Setting the Width
• Centering a Table
• Wrapping Text around a Table
• Combining Tables
• Aligning a Cell s Contents
• Changing the Background
• Controlling the Space
• Spanning a Cell across Columns
• Spanning a Cell across Rows
• Dividing Your Table into Column Groups
• Dividing the Table into Horizontal Sections
• Choosing Which Borders to Display
• Controlling Line Breaks in a Cell
• Speeding up Table Display
• Chapter 17. Forms
• Creating a Form
• Processing Forms
• Sending Form Data via Email
• Organizing the Form Elements
• Creating Text Boxes
• Creating Password Boxes
• Formally Labeling Form Parts
• Creating Radio Buttons
• Creating Menus
• Creating Checkboxes
• Creating Larger Text Areas
• Allowing Visitors to Upload Files
• Creating Hidden Fields
• Creating the Submit Button
• Resetting the Form
• Using an Image to Submit Data
• Setting the Tab Order in a Form
• Adding Keyboard Shortcuts
• Disabling Form Elements
• Keeping Elements from Being Changed
• Chapter 18. Video, Audio, and Other Multimedia
• Of Plugins and Players
• Getting Players for Your Visitors
• Getting Multimedia Files
• Linking to Multimedia Files
• Embedding QuickTime Movies for Windows
• Embedding QuickTime Movies for Everyone besides IE
• Embedding QuickTime Movies for All
• Using JavaScript to Call a Movie
• Scaling a QuickTime Movie
• Changing the Movie s Background Color
• Looping a QuickTime Movie
• Offering a Preview Movie
• Adding Attributes to Secondary Movies
• Offering a Sequel
• Embedding MP3 Audio on a Page
• Embedding Windows Media, Part 1
• Embedding Windows Media, Part 2
• Embedding Flash
• Embedding Google and YouTube Video
• Inserting Java Applets
• Embedding Other Multimedia Files
• Creating an Automatic Slide Show
• Chapter 19. Scripts
• Adding an Automatic Script
• Calling an External Automatic Script
• Triggering a Script
• Creating a Button that Executes a Script
• Adding Alternate Information
• Hiding Scripts from Older Browsers
• Hiding Scripts from XML Parsers
• Setting the Default Scripting Language
• Chapter 20. A Taste Of Javascript
• Adding the Current Date and Time
• Setting a New Window s Size
• Changing an Image When a Visitor Points
• Loading Images into Cache
• Chapter 21. Symbols And Non-English Characters
• About Character Encodings
• Declaring Your Page s Character Encoding
• Declaring a Style Sheet s Encoding
• Saving Your Page with the Proper Encoding
• Editing a Page with the Proper Encoding
• Adding Characters from Outside the Encoding
• Specifying A Page s Language
• Chapter 22. Testing and Debugging Web Pages
• Some Debugging Techniques
• Check the Easy Stuff First
• Checking the Easy Stuff: HTML
• Checking the Easy Stuff: XHTML
• Checking the Easy Stuff: CSS
• Validating Your Code
• Testing Your Page
• When the Browser Displays the Code
• When Images Don t Appear
• Differences from Browser to Browser
• Still Stuck?
• Chapter 23. Publishing Your Pages on the Web
• Finding a Host for Your Site
• Getting Your Own Domain Name
• Transferring Files to the Server
• Chapter 24. Getting People to Visit
• About Keywords
• Explicitly Listing Keywords
• Providing a Description of Your Page
• Controlling Other Information
• Keeping Visitors Away
• Keeping Pages From Being Archived
• Creating a Site Map Manually
• Using Google Sitemaps
• Submitting Your Site to a Search Engine
• Improving Your Ranking by Getting Linked
• Writing Pages That Are Easy to Index
• Other Techniques for Publicizing Your Site
• Chapter 25. Syndication and Podcasting
• What a Feed Looks Like
• Getting Ready for Syndication
• Starting an RSS Feed
• Describing Your Site in the Feed
• Adding Items to a Feed
• Add an Enclosure
• Creating Podcasts for iTunes
• Validating a Feed
• Submitting a Podcast to iTunes
• Publishing your RSS Feed on Your Site
• Subscribing to an RSS Feed
• Subscribing to a Podcast with iTunes
• Appendix A. (X)HTML Reference
• Appendix B. CSS Properties and Values
• Appendix C. Intrinsic Events
• Appendix D. (X)HTML Symbols and Characters
• Appendix E. Hexadecimals
• Appendix F. (X)HTML Tools
• (X)HTML Editors
• (X)HTML Editors
• Images and Graphics
• Graphics Tools
• Colophon
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