HTML : The Definitive Guide

by Chuck Musciano; Bill Kennedy; Mike Loukides

• ISBN13: 9781565924925
• ISBN10: 1565924924
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-09-01
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

The third edition of "HTML: The Definitive Guide, updated to cover HTML 4.0, is chock full of examples, sample code, and practical hands-on advice to help you create truly effective Web pages and master advanced features. Learn how to insert images and other multimedia elements, create useful links and searchable documents, use Netscape extensions, design great forms, and lots more. This complete guide describes basic syntax and semantics and shows how to create beautiful, informative, and dynamic Web documents. The third edition covers the most widely used version of the HTML standard (HTML version 4.0), Netscape 4.5 and Internet Explorer 4.0, plus all the common extensions. The authors cover every element of the currently accepted version of the language and explain how each works and interacts with all the other elements. They've also included a style guide that shows how to best use HTML to accomplish a variety of tasks, from simple online documentation to complex marketing and sales presentations.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
1. HTML and the World Wide Web	1	(15)
The Internet, Intranets, and Extranets	1	(4)
Talking the Internet Talk	5	(2)
HTML: What It Is	7	(2)
HTML: What It Isn't	9	(2)
Nonstandard Extensions	11	(2)
Tools for the HTML Designer	13	(3)
2. HTML Quick Start	16	(22)
Writing Tools	16	(1)
A First HTML Document	17	(1)
HTML Embedded Tags	18	(1)
HTML Skeleton	19	(1)
The Flesh on an HTML Document	20	(1)
HTML and Text	21	(4)
Hyperlinks	25	(4)
Images Are Special	29	(2)
Lists, Searchable Documents, and Forms	31	(2)
Tables	33	(1)
Frames	34	(2)
Style Sheets and JavaScript	36	(1)
Forging Ahead	37	(1)
3. Anatomy of an HTML Document	38	(21)
Appearances Can Deceive	38	(2)
Structure of an HTML Document	40	(1)
HTML Tags	40	(4)
Document Content	44	(2)
HTML Document Elements	46	(3)
The Document Header	49	(4)
The Document Body	53	(1)
Editorial Markup	54	(3)
The [bdo] Tag	57	(2)
4. Text Basics	59	(58)
Divisions and Paragraphs	59	(8)
Headings	67	(6)
Changing Text Appearance	73	(2)
Content-based Style Tags	75	(7)
Physical Style Tags	82	(6)
Expanded Font Handling	88	(6)
Precise Spacing and Layout	94	(14)
Block Quotes	108	(4)
Addresses	112	(3)
Special Character Encoding	115	(2)
5. Rules, Images, and Multimedia	117	(52)
Horizontal Rules	117	(8)
Inserting Images in Your Documents	125	(27)
Document Colors and Background Images	152	(8)
Background Audio	160	(2)
Animated Text	162	(4)
Other Multimedia Content	166	(3)
6. Document Layout	169	(24)
Creating Whitespace	170	(5)
Multicolumn Layout	175	(6)
Layers	181	(12)
7. Links and Webs	193	(56)
Hypertext Basics	193	(1)
Referencing Documents: The URL	194	(16)
Creating Hyperlinks	210	(10)
Creating Effective Links	220	(5)
Mouse-Sensitive Images	225	(11)
Creating Searchable Documents	236	(4)
Establishing, Document Relationships	240	(5)
Supporting Document Automation	245	(4)
8. Formatted Lists	249	(21)
Unordered Lists	249	(3)
Ordered Lists	252	(4)
The [li] Tag	256	(3)
Nesting Lists	259	(2)
Directory Lists	261	(1)
Menu Lists	262	(2)
Definition Lists	264	(5)
Appropriate List Usage	269	(1)
9. Cascading Style Sheets	270	(49)
The Elements of Styles	271	(7)
Style Syntax	278	(7)
Style Properties	285	(29)
Tag-less Styles: The [span] Tag	314	(1)
Applying Styles to Documents	315	(4)
10. Forms	319	(51)
Form Fundamentals	320	(1)
The [form] Tag	320	(9)
A Simple Form Example	329	(1)
Using Email to Collect Form Data	330	(2)
The [input] Tag	332	(14)
Multiline Text Areas	346	(2)
Multiple Choice Elements	348	(5)
General Form Control Attributes	353	(3)
Labeling and Grouping Form Elements	356	(3)
Creating Effective Forms	359	(4)
Forms Programming	363	(7)
11. Tables	370	(34)
The HTML Table Model	370	(2)
Table Tags	372	(19)
New HTML 4.0 Table Tags	391	(11)
Beyond Ordinary Tables	402	(2)
12. Frames	404	(21)
An Overview of Frames	404	(1)
Frame Tags	405	(2)
Frame Layout	407	(5)
Frame Contents	412	(4)
The [noframes] Tag	416	(2)
Inline Frames	418	(2)
Named Frame or Window Targets	420	(5)
13. Executable Content	425	(37)
Applets and Objects	425	(4)
Embedded Content	429	(17)
JavaScript	446	(8)
JavaScript Style Sheets	454	(8)
14. Dynamic Documents	462	(11)
An Overview of Dynamic Documents	462	(2)
Client-Pull Documents	464	(4)
Server-Push Documents	468	(5)
15. Tips, Tricks, and Hacks	473	(16)
Top of the Tips	473	(2)
Trivial or Abusive?	475	(1)
Custom Bullets	476	(1)
Tricks with Tables	476	(8)
Transparent Images	484	(2)
Tricks with Windows and Frames	486	(3)
A. HTML Grammar	489	(12)
B. HTML Tag Quick Reference	501	(31)
C. Cascading Style Sheet Properties Quick Reference	532	(8)
D. The HTML 4.0 DTD	540	(17)
E. Character Entities	557	(6)
F. Color Names and Values	563	(4)
Index	567