HTML, XHTML, and CSS, Sixth Edition
HTML, XHTML, and CSS, Sixth Edition
ISBN: 0321430840
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 340
Pages: 340
Authors: Elizabeth Castro
- 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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HTML, XHTML, and CSS, Sixth Edition
ISBN: 0321430840
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 340
Pages: 340
Authors: Elizabeth Castro