Creating Web Pages Weekend Crash Course

by Morris, Charlie

• ISBN13: 9780764548710
• ISBN10: 0764548719
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Summary

Learn to build Web pages -- FAST! With Creating Web Pages Weekend Crash Course, you'll get up to speed on how to create dynamic Web pages in a single weekend! This book covers all the skills necessary to create a simple but full-featured Web site that includes attractively formatted text and graphics, animation, audio and video, as well as automated user feedback. The author discusses several different WYSIWYG editors (not just one), and their pros and cons, but will also offer a good grounding in correct, standard HTML. The book includes simple explanations and practical examples of current technologies such as XML, dynamic page generation, and streaming media.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xv
FRIDAY	2	(2)
Part I---Friday Evening	4	(46)
Creating Web Pages Using HTML	5	(12)
Building a Simple Web Page	17	(8)
Publishing on the Web	25	(10)
Creating Hyperlinks Using the Anchor Tag	35	(15)
SATURDAY	50	(2)
PART II---Saturday Morning	52	(62)
Using Text-Formatting Tags	53	(16)
Setting Font Attributes	69	(10)
Adding Graphics	79	(8)
Combining Graphics and Text	87	(10)
Creating Quality Graphics	97	(8)
Optimizing Graphics for the Web	105	(9)
PART III---Saturday Afternoon	114	(58)
Using Tables	115	(12)
Advanced Formatting with Tables	127	(10)
Using Frames	137	(8)
Advanced Frame Techniques	145	(8)
Enabling User Feedback	153	(8)
Building Interactive Forms	161	(11)
PART IV---Saturday Evening	172	(42)
Controlling Presentation with Cascading Style Sheets	173	(8)
Advanced CSS	181	(10)
Using CSS for Positioning: the DIV Tag	191	(12)
Designing a Functional Web Site	203	(11)
SUNDAY	214	(2)
PART V---Sunday Morning	216	(46)
Creating Animations	217	(8)
Building a Graphic Navbar	225	(8)
Audio and Video for the Web	233	(6)
Adding Audio and Video to a Site	239	(8)
Using Scripting to Make Your Pages More Interactive	247	(6)
More Scripting Techniques	253	(9)
PART VI---Sunday Afternoon	262	(37)
Maintaining and Promoting a Web Site	263	(8)
Exploring Dynamic Page Generation	271	(8)
Overhauling a Web Site	279	(10)
Go Forth and Multiply	289	(10)
Appendix A-Answers to Part Reviews	299	(10)
Appendix B-What's on the CD-ROM?	309	(8)
Index	317	(16)
Hungry Minds, Inc. End-User License Agreement	333	(3)
CD-Rom Installation Instructions	336