Html 4 Unleashed

HTML 4 Unleashed, Professional Reference Edition, is the expert-level, exhaustive reference that offers every HTML 4 element in one book. Integrate images, applets, plug-ins, and ActiveX controls with a single tag to increase your programming abilities. Create such things as cascading style sheets for advanced page control; JavaScript style sheets for interactive page appearance; hyperlinks and image maps for easy user navigation; and sophisticated page layouts with frames and tables. Uncover the advanced techniques for internationalizing your HTML, as well as use style sheets, events, and scripting to create Dynamic HTML effects.

Introduction

xxxvii

Part I Introducing HTML 4.0

3

(68)

1 HTML 4.0 Overview

3

(6)

2 What Is Hypertext Markup Language?

9

(14)

3 Structure of an HTML Document

23

(8)

4 The HTML Document Type Definition

31

(16)

5 Get Started Now

47

(24)

Part II Structural and Navigational Elements of HTML 4

71

(112)

6 Structuring Text

71

(18)

7 Text Alignment and Formatting

89

(22)

8 Using Lists to Organize Information

111

(20)

9 Organizing Data with Tables

131

(20)

10 Table Layout and Presentation

151

(18)

11 Adding Images to Your Web Page

169

(14)

Part III Basic HTML 4.0 Interactivity

183

(86)

12 Understanding Uniform Resource Locators

183

(14)

13 Hyperlinking and Anchors

197

(12)

14 Creating Menus with Image Maps

209

(22)

15 Building and Using HTML Forms

231

(24)

16 Embedding Objects in HTML

255

(14)

Part IV Presentation Techniques

269

(118)

17 Simple Style with Text

269

(10)

18 Using Cascading Style Sheets

279

(38)

19 Cascading Style Sheets and Element Positioning

317

(16)

20 Creating Frames

333

(18)

21 Using JavaScript Style Sheets

351

(16)

22 Layers

367

(20)

Part V Programming Languages for HTML

387

(76)

23 JavaScript at a Glance

387

(20)

24 Using VBScript

407

(24)

25 Understanding the Common Gateway Interface

431

(32)

Part VI Dynamic HTML

463

(98)

26 In Search of a Standard

463

(14)

27 The Document Object Model

477

(12)

28 Working with the User: Events

489

(18)

29 HTML and Scripting: The DHTML Combination

507

(24)

30 Data Binding

531

(30)

Part VII Effective Web Page Design

561

(126)

31 Creating an Effective Interface

561

(24)

32 Navigation and Layout

585

(22)

33 Managing Web Color and Graphics

607

(22)

34 Using Space, Shape, and Type

629

(28)

35 Putting It All Together: The DisAbilities Forum on MSN

657

(30)

Part VIII XML

687

(74)

36 What Is XML?

687

(22)

37 How XML Compares with HTML

709

(10)

38 Using XML

719

(14)

39 Understanding XSL

733

(28)

Part IX Advanced Techniques

761

(56)

40 Internationalizing Your HTML

761

(22)

41 Creating Widely Accessible Web Pages

783

(20)

42 Strategies for Indexing and Search Engines

803

(14)

Part X Appendixes

817

(320)

A HTML 4.0 Reference

817

(64)

B Cross-Browser Reference Table

881

(92)

C Cascading Style Sheets Level 1 Quick Reference

973

(14)

D XML Quick Reference

987

(12)

E JavaScript Reference

999

(42)

F VBScript Reference

1041

(12)

G Development Resources

1053

(72)

H What's on the CD-ROM?

1125

(12)

Index

1137

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