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.ca code, meaning of, 95

cache attribute, using with QuickTime, 257

Cache-Control value of http-equiv attribute, example of, 527

caching on Web, overview of, 526-527

<caption> (table caption) element

example of, 197-199

overview of, 608-610

CaptionText color value in CSS2, intended rendering of, 351

cascade in CSS, meaning of, 287

case sensitivity

and HTML, 18-20

of JavaScript, 446

case statements, using with JavaScript, 447

CBE cross-browser library Web address, 461

&ccedil; (lowercase c with cedilla) HTML character entity, description of, 805

CD-quality sound, samples per second of, 247, 255

CDATA section, example of, 90

&cedil; (cedilla) HTML character entity, description of, 802

cellpadding and cellspacing attributes, using with tables, 206

cells

aligning in tables, 207

coloring, 207

&cent; (cent symbol) HTML character entity, description of, 800

center alignment, example of, 59-62

<center> (center alignment) element

example of, 64-66, 174

overview of, 610-611

center.html file example of frame layout, 241-242

centering and divisions, overview of, 64-66

certificates, using with ActiveX controls, 480

CFML (ColdFusion Markup Language), overview of, 424-428

CGI applications, examples of, 408

/cgi-bin directory, contents of, 542

CGI (Common Gateway Interface), explanation of, 408

CGI language choices, table of, 418

CGI module for Python Web address, 417-418

CGI programming

browser-server interaction in, 408-411

difficulties of, 418

overview of, 408

performance problems with, 419

sample HTTP dialog in, 409-411

using environment variables for input, 413-416

using form data for input, 416-418

using MIME types for output, 411-412

CGI programs

buying or borrowing , 418-419

example of, 412

executing with URLs, 103

CGI Resource Index Web address, 418

CGI variables, table of, 413-414

CGI.PM Web address, 418

changing rectangles optimization, relationship to GIF animation, 147

chapter rel value, explanation of, 129

character encoding values for URLs, table of, 101

character entities. See HTML character entities

characters and elements, overview of, 17-18

check boxes, using with forms, 380-382

circle attribute, using with <area> tag, 122-123

circumflex accents, HTML character entities for, 802-807

citations, element associated with, 83

<cite> (citation) element

example of, 66-67

overview of, 611-612

citestyle.css file example, 272-273

class attribute

example of, 56-57

overview of, 579

using with <span> tag, 65

class rules, using with CSS, 280-282

.class selector, description and example of, 285

classid attribute

using with ActiveX controls, 482-483

using with Java applets, 492

clear attribute, using with <br/> tag, 159, 161

clear property, using with CSS1, 322-324

client-pull form of <meta> tag, using, 527-528

client/server programming, overview of, 405-407

client-side image maps

characteristics of, 120

combining support for server-side image maps, 125

example of, 121-125

overview of, 165

client-side programming, alternatives to, 407

clip property in CSS2, overview of, 340-341

clipping rectangle, explanation of, 340

clipping region, example of, 340-341

close tags, using with elements, 20

Coast WebMaster Web address, 539

code and codebase attributes, using with <applet> element, 488-489

&code; format, explanation of, 18, 86

<code> (code listing) element

explanation of, 83

overview of, 612-613

<col> (table column) element

overview of, 613-614

using with char value for align attribute, 226

ColdFusion server-side scripting, overview of, 423-428

<colgroup> (table column group ) element, overview of, 614-616

color attributes, using with body element, 190-192

color CSS1 color property, overview of, 308

color depth

of GIF images, 143-144

of JPEG images, 147-148

color intensity conversion table, 827

color names

CSS1 support for, 307

and hex values, 190

and numerical equivalents, 829-835

colors. See also browser-safe colors

defining for links, 191

integrating with user preferences in CSS2, 351-352

using in HTML, 189-192

colspan attribute, using with tables, 199-201

columns , specifying text in, 178

.com code, meaning of, 95

comma (,) logical connector, explanation of, 839

comment element (<!-- and -->)

example of, 89-90

meaning of, 47-48

overview of, 586

<comment> element, overview of, 616

comments

adding to style sheets, 270

in DTDs (document type definitions), 841

indicating in JavaScript, 439

using with HTML documents, 47-48, 89-90

compact attribute, using with <ol> tag, 70

compact value of display property in CSS2, explanation of, 343

comps , slicing to build templates for Web site projects, 42

conditional markup inclusion, script for, 462-463

conditional page generation Web address, 463

content inclusion and exclusion in SGML, overview of, 839-840

content management, overview of, 541-544

content model, overview of, 20

content negotiation, explanation of, 542

content, positioning arbitrarily, 178-179

content proofing, performing for Web site projects, 50

content property, using with CSS2 pseudo-elements, 331

CONTENT_* variables in CGI, descriptions of, 413

contenteditable attribute, overview of, 581

contents rel value, explanation of, 129

contextual selection, using with CSS, 283-284

Contextual selector, description and example of, 285

continue statements, using with JavaScript, 448

controller attribute, using with QuickTime, 257

controls, explanation of, 480

coords attribute, using with <area> tag, 122

&copy; (copyright symbol) HTML character entity, description of, 87, 800

copyright rel value, explanation of, 130

counter properties in CSS2, using, 342

cross-browser JavaScript, overview of, 459-461. See also browsers

crosshair value of cursor property in CSS2, description of, 349-350

CSE Validator Web address, 46

CSS (cascading style sheets). See also external style sheets; style sheets

adding comments to, 270

displaying XML documents with, 560-561

example of, 288-290

explanation of, 287

and form presentation, 400-402

and HTML elements, 277-278

linking to external styles with, 46

Microsoft extensions to, 781-788

printing in, 346

and scripting, 458-459

specifying link changes in, 112

Web address for, 358

white space used with, 270

CSS color values, overview of, 835

CSS comments, example of, 274-275

/css directory, contents of, 542

CSS measurements, overview of, 290-292

CSS property names, format of, 270

CSS rules, example of, 272-273

CSS1

properties of, 289-292

selectors used with, 285

CSS1 and CSS2

color measurement units for, 738-739

embedded styles in, 735

imported styles in, 736-737

inline styles in, 736

length measurement units for, 738

linked styles in, 736

CSS1 and CSS2 properties

background, 741-742

background-attachment , 742

background-image, 742-743

background-position, 743

background-repeat , 743-744

border, 744

border-bottom, 744

border-bottom-color, 745

border-bottom-style, 745

border-bottom-width, 745

border-collapse, 745-746

border-color , 746

border-left, 747

border-left-color, 747

border-left-style, 747

border-left-width, 747-748

border-right, 748

border-right-color, 748

border-right-style, 748-749

border-right-width, 749

border-spacing , 749

border-style , 749-750

border-top, 750-751

border-top-color, 751

border-top-style, 751

border-top-width, 751-752

border-width , 752

bottom, 752

caption-side, 752-753

clear, 753

clip, 753

color, 753-754

content, 754

counter-increment, 754-755

counter-reset, 755

direction, 757

display, 757-758

empty-cells, 758

float, 758-759

font, 759

font-family, 759-760

font- size , 760

font-size-adjust, 760

font-size-stretch, 761

font-style, 761

font-variant, 761

font-weight, 762

height, 762

left, 762-763

letter-spacing , 763

line-height, 763

list-style, 764

list-style-image, 764

list-style-position, 764-765

list-style-type, 765

margin, 765-766

margin-bottom, 766

margin-left, 766

margin-offset, 767

margin-right, 766

margin-top, 767

marks, 767

max-height, 767-768

max-width, 768

min-height, 768

min-width, 768

orphans, 769

outline, 769

outline-color, 769-770

outline-style, 770

outline-width, 770

overflow, 770-771

padding, 771

padding-bottom, 771

padding-left, 771-772

padding-right, 772

padding-top, 772

page, 772

page-break-after, 773

page-break-before, 773

page-break-inside, 773-774

position, 774

quotes, 774

right, 774-775

size, 775

table-layout, 775

text-align, 775-776

text-decoration, 776

text-indent, 776

text-shadow, 776-777

text-transform, 777

top, 777-778

unicode-bidi, 778

vertical-align , 778-779

visibility, 779

white-space , 779

widows, 779-780

width, 780

word-spacing, 780

z-index, 780-781

CSS1 background properties

background, 310-311

background-attachment, 309

background-color , 308

background-image, 308-309

background-position, 309-310

background-repeat, 309

CSS1 box properties

border properties, 314-318

height, 320-322

margin properties, 313-314

for padding, 318-321

width, 320-322

CSS1, color specifications supported by, 307-308

CSS1 font properties

font, 295-297

font-family, 292-293

font-size, 293-294

font-style, 294

font-variant, 294-295

font-weight, 294

CSS1 list properties

list-style, 306

list-style-image, 305

list-style-position, 305

list-style-type, 304-305

CSS1 properties

clear, 322-324

display, 324-325

float, 322-324

CSS1 selectors

class rules for, 280-282

contextual selection with, 283-284

id rules, 279-280

overview of, 278-284

pseudo-elements, 283

pseudoclasses, 282-283

purpose of, 269

table of, 285

CSS1 text properties

example of, 301-303

letter-spacing, 299

line-height, 300

text-align, 299

text-decoration, 298

text-indent, 300

text-transform, 298

vertical-align, 299

white-space, 300-303

word-spacing, 298

CSS2

development of, 327-332

and media-type support, 344-346

media types defined under, 737

support for foreign language counting systems, 341

Web address for, 289

CSS2 aural improvements, 781

azimuth property, 357

cue properties, 356

elevation property, 357

pause properties, 355-356

pitch properties, 354

play-during property, 356-357

richness property, 355

speak properties, 357-358

speak property, 355

speech-rate property, 354

stress property, 354-355

voice-family property, 354

volume property, 355

CSS2 clip property, overview of, 340-341

CSS2 cursor properties, table of, 756-757

CSS2 display properties, changes in, 343-344

CSS2 list properties, changes to, 341-343

CSS2 max-width and max-height properties, overview of, 339-340

CSS2 overflow properties, overview of, 338

CSS2 properties

counter, counter-increment, and counter-reset, 342

position, 333

for positioning and sizing of regions , 333-336

visibility, 337-338

z-index, 336-337

CSS2 selectors

* (asterisk), 327

+ (plus sign), 328

> (greater than symbol), 328

adjacent-sibling selector, 328

lang attribute used with, 329

matching attributes with, 328-329

overview of, 327-329

pseudo-elements, 331-332

pseudoclasses, 329-331

summary of, 740

CSS2 specification Web address, 327

CSS2 text and font properties, improvements in, 341

CSS2 user-interface changes

cursor property, 349-351

integrating colors with user preferences, 351-352

integrating fonts with user preferences, 352-353

outline properties, 352-353

CSS3, future of, 358

&curren; (currency symbol) HTML character entity, description of, 800

cursor property in CSS2, overview of, 349-351

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