Html 4 for Dummies

by Tittel, Ed; Pitts, Natanya; Wooldridge, Mike; Valentine, Chelsea; Pitts-Moultis, Natanya

• ISBN13: 9780764507236
• ISBN10: 0764507230
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Summary

Your step-by-step guide to cool Web pages ¿ no experience required! Create interesting page layouts, test and debug your pages, and attract visitors Building a Web page isn't difficult! This friendly book gets you going and shows you how to use the HTML markup language ¿ in plain English. It even includes practical HTML projects you can really use, such as an "about me" page, a marketing page, and a product catalog. Discover how to Plan your Web site to prevent problems Format Web pages with (X)HTML Build an eBay® auction page Format text, apply styles, and lay out your page with CSS Integrate scripts with HTML

Author Biography

Ed Tittel, a 20-year veteran of the computer industry Natanya Pitts is a writer, trainer, Web guru, and HTML instructor

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(6)
Part I: Getting Started with HTML	7	(40)
Okay, What's HTML?	9	(14)
What's in a Page?	23	(18)
Your First HTML Page	41	(6)
Part II: Cranking Out Web Pages	47	(62)
Cracking the (HTML) Code	49	(12)
Text Pages Are Tried and True	61	(24)
Grabbing Graphics Gusto	85	(16)
High-Impact Pages	101	(8)
Part III: Formatting Your Data	109	(76)
HTML Document Structure	111	(18)
Presentation Controls	129	(12)
Text Controls	141	(14)
Listward Ho!	155	(12)
Character Actors	167	(18)
Part IV: Shaping Your Design	185	(76)
Going High-Rise: Linking Complex Pages	187	(20)
Using HTML Tables Effectively	207	(22)
The Map's the Thing!	229	(14)
HTML Frames	243	(18)
Part V: Advanced HTML Topics and Techniques	261	(56)
Forms, Feedback, Scripting, and Beyond	263	(30)
Style Is Its Own Reward	293	(10)
XHTML: The Next Generation of HTML	303	(14)
Part VI: The Part of Tens	317	(24)
Ten HTML Do's and Don'ts	319	(8)
Ten Design Desiderata	327	(8)
Ten Ways to Kill Web Bugs	335	(6)
Part VII: Appendixes	341	(46)
Appendix A: HTML 4 Tags	343	(6)
Appendix B: Glossary	349	(14)
Appendix C: Tools of the Trade	363	(16)
Appendix D: About the CD-ROM	379	(8)
Index	387	(20)
IDG Books Worldwide End-User License Agreement	407	(2)
Installation Instructions	409