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SAMS Teach Yourself HTML and CSS in 24 Hours, SEVENTH EDITION
By Dick Oliver, Michael Morrison
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Publisher: Sams
Pub Date: December 14, 2005
Print ISBN-10: 0-672-32841-0
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-672-32841-1
Pages: 576
 



Table of Contents  | Index

   Copyright
   About the Author
   Acknowledgments
   We Want to Hear from You!
   Reader Services
   Introduction
      Put Your HTML Page Online Today
      Beyond HTML
      How to Use This Book
      Visual Examples
      Special Highlighted Elements
      Q&A, Quiz, and Exercises
      The Sams Publishing Website
   Part I.  Your First Web Page
      Hour 1.  Understanding HTML and XHTML
      What Is a Web Page?
      How Web Pages Work
      The Pieces and Parts of a Web Page
      The Many Faces of HTML
      The Scoop on HTML, XML, and XHTML
      Summary
      Q&A
      Workshop
      Exercises
      Hour 2.  Create a Web Page Right Now
      Getting Started with a Simple Web Page
      HTML Tags Every Web Page Must Have
      Organizing a Page with Paragraphs and Line Breaks
      Calling Out Text with Headings
      Peeking at Other People's Pages
      Validating Your Pages
      Summary
      Q&A
      Workshop
      Exercises
      Hour 3.  Linking to Other Web Pages
      Linking to Another Web Page
      Linking Between Your Own Pages
      Addressing Web Pages
      Opening a Link in a New Browser Window
      Linking to Google Maps
      Adding Links to a Practical Example
      Summary
      Q&A
      Workshop
      Exercises
      Hour 4.  Publishing Your HTML Pages
      Setting Up Web Space on the Internet
      Transferring Pages to a Web Server
      Making a File Available for Downloading
      Other HTML Publishing Options
      Testing Your Web Pages
      Summary
      Q&A
      Workshop
      Exercises
   Part II.  Building Practical Web Pages with HTML
      Hour 5.  Basic Text Alignment and Formatting
      The Old Way Versus the New Way
      Aligning Text on a Page
      The Three Types of HTML Lists
      Placing Lists Within Lists
      Boldface, Italics, and Special Text Formatting
      Tweaking the Font
      Working with Special Characters
      Summary
      Q&A
      Workshop
      Exercises
      Hour 6.  Creating Text Links
      Linking Within a Page Using Anchors
      Linking to a Specific Part of Another Page
      Linking Your Email Address into a Page
      Linking to Wikipedia
      Summary
      Q&A
      Workshop
      Exercises
      Hour 7.  Creating Your Own Web Page Graphics
      Choosing Graphics Software
      The Least You Need to Know About Graphics
      Preparing Photographic Images
      Creating Banners and Buttons
      Reducing the Number of Colors in an Image
      Interlaced GIFs and Progressive JPEGs
      Creating Animated Web Graphics
      Assembling Images into an Animation
      Generating Transitions and Text Effects
      Summary
      Q&A
      Workshop
      Exercises
      Hour 8.  Putting Graphics on a Web Page
      Placing an Image on a Web Page
      Describing an Image with Text
      Turning Images into Links
      Aligning Images
      Specifying Image Width and Height
      Summary
      Q&A
      Workshop
      Exercises
      Hour 9.  Custom Backgrounds and Colors
      Exploring Background and Text Colors
      Specifying Custom Colors
      Using Background Image Tiles
      Working with Transparent Images
      Creating Your Own Tiled Backgrounds
      Summary
      Q&A
      Workshop
      Exercises
      Hour 10.  Graphical Links and Imagemaps
      Why Imagemaps Aren't Always Necessary
      Mapping Regions Within an Image
      Creating Client-Side Imagemaps
      Summary
      Q&A
      Workshop
      Exercises
   Part III.  Creative Web Page Design
      Hour 11.  Using Tables to Organize and Lay Out Your Pages
      Creating a Simple Table
      Controlling the Size of Tables
      Alignment and Spanning Within Tables
      Table Backgrounds and Spacing
      Creative Page Layout with Tables
      Summary
      Q&A
      Workshop
      Exercises
      Hour 12.  Formatting Web Pages with CSS Style Sheets
      Understanding CSS
      A Basic Style Sheet
      A CSS Style Primer
      Using Style Classes
      Internal Style Sheets and Inline Styles
      A Quick Style Sheet Recap
      Summary
      Q&A
      Workshop
      Exercises
      Hour 13.  Digging Deeper into Style Sheet Formatting
      Advanced Text Formatting with CSS
      Changing the Appearance of Links
      Commenting CSS Code
      CSS Tips and Tricks
      Revisiting the Hockey Player Example
      Summary
      Q&A
      Workshop
      Exercises
      Hour 14.  Using Style Sheets for Page Layout
      The Whole Scoop on Positioning
      Controlling the Way Things Stack Up
      Working with Margins
      A Little Padding for Safety
      Keeping Everything Aligned
      Managing the Flow of Text
      Taking Advantage of a Style Sheet Template
      Summary
      Q&A
      Workshop
      Exercises
      Hour 15.  Creating Print-Friendly Web Pages
      What Makes a Page Print-Friendly?
      Applying a Media-Specific Style Sheet
      Designing a Style Sheet for Print Pages
      Viewing a Web Page in Print
      Summary
      Q&A
      Workshop
      Exercises
      Hour 16.  Multipage Layout with Frames
      What Are Frames?
      Building a Frameset
      Linking Between Frames and Windows
      Nesting Frames Within Frames
      Controlling Frame Margins, Borders, and Scrolling
      Summary
      Q&A
      Workshop
      Exercises
   Part IV.  Dynamic Web Pages
      Hour 17.  Web Page Scripting for Nonprogrammers
      The Least You Need to Know About Scripting
      Jazzing Things Up with Interactive Highlighting
      Preloading Images for Speed
      Creating an Animated Banner Ad
      Displaying a Random Quote
      Creating a Virtual Fish Tank
      Cashing In with Google Ads on Your Site
      The Wide World of JavaScript
      Summary
      Q&A
      Workshop
      Exercises
      Hour 18.  Gathering Information with HTML Forms
      How HTML Forms Work
      Creating a Form
      Accepting Text Input
      Identifying Each Piece of Form Data
      Including Hidden Data in Forms
      Exploring Form Input Controls
      Submitting Form Data
      Using a PayPal Buy Now Button
      Summary
      Q&A
      Workshop
      Exercises
      Hour 19.  Embedding Multimedia in Web Pages
      Placing Multimedia Content on a Web Page
      Linking to Multimedia Files
      Embedding Video with Windows Media Player
      Embedding Audio with RealPlayer
      Automatically Embedding the Appropriate Player
      Summary
      Q&A
      Workshop
      Exercises
      Hour 20.  Jazz Up Your eBay Auctions with HTML and CSS
      Why Use HTML and CSS on eBay?
      Understanding How HTML Fits into eBay
      Creating an eBay Item Listing in HTML
      Providing a Link to Your About Me Page
      Altering the Background of an Item Page
      Creating a Slide Show Item Listing
      Summary
      Q&A
      Workshop
      Exercises
      Hour 21.  Create Your Own Blog
      What's a Blog?
      Creating a Blog on Blogger.com
      Creating Your First Blog Entry
      Using CSS to Dress Up Your Blog
      Tying Your Blog to Your Web Site
      Updating Your Blog
      Summary
      Q&A
      Workshop
      Exercises
   Part V.  Building a Web Site
      Hour 22.  Organizing and Managing a Web Site
      When One Page Is Enough
      Organizing a Simple Site
      Organizing a Larger Site
      Writing Maintainable HTML Code
      Summary
      Q&A
      Workshop
      Exercises
      Hour 23.  Helping People Find Your Web Pages
      Publicizing Your Web Site
      Listing Your Pages with the Major Search Sites
      Providing Hints for Search Engines
      Auto Loading Another Web Page
      Documenting the Full Address of a Page
      Summary
      Q&A
      Workshop
      Exercises
      Hour 24.  Beyond Traditional Web Sites
      HTML Beyond the Web
      From Calculators to Wireless Communicators
      HTML as the New User Interface
      The Digital Media Revolution Will Not Be Televised
      Preparing Yourself for Tomorrow
      The Future of HTML Applications
      Summary
      Q&A
      Workshop
      Exercises
   Part VI.  Appendixes
      Appendix A.  Readers' Most Frequently Asked Questions
      The 24 Top Questions from Readers of Sams Teach Yourself HTML and CSS in 24 Hours
      Appendix B.  HTML and CSS Resources on the Internet
      General HTML, XHTML, and CSS Information
      Web Page Design
      Software
      Graphics
      Multimedia
      Advanced Developer Resources
      HTML Validators
      Directories with HTML Information
      Web Site Services
      Free Web Site Hosting
      Appendix C.  Complete XHTML 1.1 and CSS 2 Quick Reference
      XHTML Structure
      XHTML Text Phrases and Paragraphs
      XHTML Text Formatting Elements
      XHTML Lists
      XHTML Links
      XHTML Tables
      XHTML Frames
      XHTML Embedded Content
      XHTML Style
      XHTML Forms
      XHTML Scripts
      XHTML Common Attributes and Events
      CSS Dimension Style Properties
      CSS Text and Font Style Properties
      CSS Background Style Properties
      CSS Border Style Properties
      CSS Margin Style Properties
      CSS Padding Style Properties
      CSS Layout and Display Style Properties
      CSS List and Marker Style Properties
      CSS Table Style Properties
      Appendix D.  Migrating from HTML to XHTML
      Differences Between XHTML 1 and HTML 4
      XHTML and Document Validity
      Declaring XHTML Namespaces
      Converting HTML Documents to XHTML
   Index



SAMS Teach Yourself HTML and CSS in 24 Hours
Sams Teach Yourself HTML and CSS in 24 Hours (7th Edition)
ISBN: 0672328410
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 345

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