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<h1> through <h6> (Headings) elements

examples of, 58-59, 61

explanation of, 6

overview of, 638-639

hand value of cursor property in CSS2, description of, 350

hash symbol (#)

in CFML example, 426

using with HTTP URLs, 103

using with marker names , 113-114

using with URLs, 100

HEAD method in HTTP requests , description of, 511

<head> (document head) element

elements of, 14-17

example of, 8-9

explanation of, 6

overview of, 16-17, 639-640

headings, overview of, 58-61

height attribute

using with <img> tags, 161-162

using with QuickTime, 258

height properties for boxes in CSS1, controlling, 312, 320-322

help rel value, explanation of, 130

help value of cursor property in CSS2, description of, 351

hex values and color names, table of, 190

hexadecimal, converting RGB to, 828-829

hexadecimal values specification, CSS1 support for, 307

hidden <input> type, using with forms, 385-387

hidden attribute, using with QuickTime, 258

hidden value

of CSS2 visibility property, 337-338

of overflow CSS2 property, 338

hidefocus attribute, overview of, 581

Highlight color value in CSS2, intended rendering of, 351

HighlightText color value in CSS2, intended rendering of, 351

HomeSite HTML development tool, overview of, 43

horizontal rules, overview of, 77-78

hosting, outsourcing, 501-503

Hover link state, explanation of, 112

:hover pseudoclass in CSS2, example of, 330

<hr> (Horizontal Rule) element

example of, 4, 77-79

explanation of, 6

overview of, 640-641

href attribute

using with <a> tag, 91, 109

using with <area> tag, 122

using with QuickTime, 258

value and description of, 113

hspace attribute

imitating with style sheets, 322-324

using with images, 158-159

using with QuickTime, 258

.htm versus .html file extension, 6, 46-47, 98

HTML 4.0

events defined in, 442-443

example of, 5

HTML 4.0 character entities

arrows, 814

geometric shapes , 817

Greek, 810-813

Latin Extended-A and B, 808

letter-like symbols, 813-814

mathematical operators, 815-817

miscellaneous symbols, 817

punctuation, 809-810

spacing modifier letters , 808

technical symbols, 817

HTML character entities

for acute accents, 802-807

´ (acute accent ) HTML character entity, description of, 801

æ (lowercase ae ligature), 805

&, 790

¦ (broken vertical bar), 800

ç (lowercase c with cedilla), 805

¸ (cedilla), 802

¢ (cent symbol), 800

for circumflex accents, 802-807

¤ (currency symbol), 800

° (degree symbol), 801

÷ (division symbol), 806

Ð (capital ETH), 804

ð (lowercase eth), 806

½ (one-half fraction), 802

¼ (one-quarter fraction), 802

¾ (three-fourths fraction), 802

for grave accents, 802-807

> (greater than symbol), 792

¡ (inverted exclamation point), 800

¿ (inverted question mark), 802

« (opening double-angle quote), 801

< (less than symbol), 792

¯ (macron), 801

µ (micron), 801

· (middle dot), 802

  (non-breaking space), 800

¬ (logical "not" symbol), 801

ª (feminine ordinal indicator), 801

º (masculine ordinal indicator), 802

overview of, 86-88

¶ (paragraph symbol), 802

± (plus/minus symbol), 801

£ ( pound sterling symbol), 800

" (double quote), 790

» (closing double-angle quotes), 802

® (registered trademark symbol), 801

§ (section symbol), 800

 (soft hyphen), 801

¹ (superscript 1), 802

² (superscipt 2), 801

³ (superscipt 3), 801

ß (SZ ligature), 805

table of, 790-807

Þ (capital thorn), 805

þ (lowercase thorn), 806

for tilde (~) accents, 803-807

™ (trademark symbol), 798-799

¨ (umlaut), 800

for umlaut accents, 802-807

¥ (Japanese Yen), 800

HTML development tools

Dreamweaver, 43

FrontPage, 43

GoLive, 43

HomeSite, 43

HTML documents. See also HTML pages

adding styles to, 270-272

deriving templates for, 8-9

formatting for consistency and maintenance, 48-49

inserting blank lines in, 62-63

using comments with, 47-48

validating, 45-46

HTML elements. See elements

HTML errors, catching with validators, 46-47

HTML files, naming, 46-47

HTML (Hypertext Markup Language). See also DHTML (Dynamic HTML)

advisory about using slice and save features with, 40

and case sensitivity, 18-20

colors in, 189-190

content model of, 20

form presentation with, 397-399

hand-coding of, 26

limitations of, 26

linking in, 109-112

logical and physical types of, 23-24

myths about, 25-26

overview of, 3-10

parse tree for, 449

phasing out, 25

producing for Web site projects, 41-44

as programming language, 25

referencing DTDs for, 548

rules of, 18-22

standards versus practice, 24-25

structure of, 8-10

table specifications defined for, 222-223

transforming XML to, 555-560

versions of, 577

as WYSIWYG design language, 25

HTML images. See images

HTML markup, reading, 6

HTML pages. See also HTML documents

adding ActiveX controls to, 482-485

centering with tables, 210-213

crunching for delivery, 48-49

displaying in browsers, 6-7

troubleshooting display of, 6

using templates with, 48

HTML production

methods of, 42-43

tips for, 44-49

HTML tags. See elements; individual elements; markup tags; tag pair

HTML versions, descriptions of, 12

<html> (HTML document) element

example of, 8-9

explanation of, 6

overview of, 14, 641-642

HTTP 1.1

request methods in, 511

server response headers for, 518-519

status codes for, 514-517

HTTP dialog sample in CGI, 409-411

http-equiv attribute, using with <meta> element, 526-527

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)

explanation of, 98

and MIME, 519-522

overview of, 509-522

HTTP request headers, overview of, 510-513

HTTP requests, overview of, 509-510

HTTP responses, overview of, 514-519

HTTP URLs

examples of, 102-104

using <a> (anchor> tags with, 109

HTTP_* variables in CGI, descriptions of, 414

hyperlinks . See linking; links

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