HTML and XHTML : The Definitive Guide

by MUSCIANO CHUCK

• ISBN13: 9780596003821
• ISBN10: 059600382X
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

HTML! XHTML! Cascading Style Sheets! Standards for writing web pages are hard to sort out, especially because various versions of Netscape and Internet Explorer differ in their implementations. HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide brings it all together for you. The authors search out the standards and the browser features and give you concrete advice on creating web pages for the broadest possible range of audiences and platforms.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
HTML, XHTML, and the World Wide Web	1	(14)
The Internet	1	(3)
Talking the Internet Talk	4	(4)
HTML and XHTML: What They Are	8	(1)
HTML and XHTML: What They Aren't	9	(1)
Standards and Extensions	10	(2)
Tools for the Web Designer	12	(3)
Quick Start	15	(21)
Writing Tools	15	(1)
A First HTML Document	16	(1)
Embedded Tags	17	(1)
HTML Skeleton	18	(1)
The Flesh on an HTML or XHTML Document	19	(1)
Text	20	(4)
Hyperlinks	24	(3)
Images Are Special	27	(3)
Lists, Searchable Documents, and Forms	30	(2)
Tables	32	(1)
Frames	33	(1)
Style Sheets and JavaScript	34	(1)
Forging Ahead	35	(1)
Anatomy of an HTML Document	36	(21)
Appearances Can Deceive	36	(1)
Structure of an HTML Document	37	(1)
Tags and Attributes	38	(4)
Well-Formed Documents and XHTML	42	(1)
Document Content	42	(2)
HTML/XHTML Document Elements	44	(3)
The Document Header	47	(4)
The Document Body	51	(1)
Editorial Markup	52	(3)
The <bdo> Tag	55	(2)
Text Basics	57	(54)
Divisions and Paragraphs	57	(8)
Headings	65	(5)
Changing Text Appearance and Meaning	70	(1)
Content-Based Style Tags	71	(8)
Physical Style Tags	79	(5)
Precise Spacing and Layout	84	(12)
Block Quotes	96	(4)
Addresses	100	(2)
Special Character Encoding	102	(1)
HTML's Obsolete Expanded Font Handling	103	(8)
Rules, Images, and Multimedia	111	(50)
Horizontal Rules	111	(7)
Inserting Images in Your Documents	118	(27)
Document Colors and Background Images	145	(7)
Background Audio	152	(3)
Animated Text	155	(3)
Other Multimedia Content	158	(3)
Links and Webs	161	(53)
Hypertext Basics	161	(1)
Referencing Documents: The URL	162	(16)
Creating Hyperlinks	178	(9)
Creating Effective Links	187	(4)
Mouse-Sensitive Images	191	(11)
Creating Searchable Documents	202	(4)
Relationships	206	(4)
Supporting Document Automation	210	(4)
Formatted Lists	214	(20)
Unordered Lists	214	(3)
Ordered Lists	217	(3)
The <li> Tag	220	(4)
Nesting Lists	224	(1)
Definition Lists	225	(5)
Appropriate List Usage	230	(1)
Directory Lists	230	(2)
Menu Lists	232	(2)
Cascading Style Sheets	234	(77)
The Elements of Styles	235	(9)
Style Syntax	244	(5)
Style Classes	249	(5)
Style Properties	254	(53)
Tagless Styles: The <span> Tag	307	(1)
Applying Styles to Documents	308	(3)
Forms	311	(49)
Form Fundamentals	311	(1)
The <form> Tag	312	(8)
A Simple Form Example	320	(1)
Using Email to Collect Form Data	321	(2)
The <input> Tag	323	(11)
The <button> Tag	334	(2)
Multiline Text Areas	336	(2)
Multiple Choice Elements	338	(4)
General Form-Control Attributes	342	(4)
Labeling and Grouping Form Elements	346	(4)
Creating Effective Forms	350	(4)
Forms Programming	354	(6)
Tables	360	(32)
The Standard Table Model	360	(2)
Basic Table Tags	362	(18)
Advanced Table Tags	380	(11)
Beyond Ordinary Tables	391	(1)
Frames	392	(21)
An Overview of Frames	392	(1)
Frame Tags	393	(1)
Frame Layout	394	(6)
Frame Contents	400	(4)
The <noframes> Tag	404	(1)
Inline Frames	405	(2)
Named Frame or Window Targets	407	(6)
Executable Content	413	(34)
Applets and Objects	413	(4)
Embedded Content	417	(15)
JavaScript	432	(9)
JavaScript Style Sheets (Antiquated)	441	(6)
Dynamic Documents	447	(10)
An Overview of Dynamic Documents	447	(1)
Client-Pull Documents	448	(5)
Server-Push Documents	453	(4)
Netscape Layout Extensions	457	(22)
Creating Whitespace	457	(5)
Multicolumn Layout	462	(5)
Layers	467	(12)
XML	479	(21)
Languages and Metalanguages	480	(2)
Documents and DTDs	482	(2)
Understanding XML DTDs	484	(4)
Element Grammar	488	(4)
Element Attributes	492	(3)
Conditional Sections	495	(1)
Building an XML DTD	495	(2)
Using XML	497	(3)
XHTML	500	(15)
Why XHTML?	501	(1)
Creating XHTML Documents	502	(4)
HTML Versus XHTML	506	(4)
XHTML 1.1	510	(2)
Should You Use XHTML?	512	(3)
Tips, Tricks, and Hacks	515	(18)
Top of the Tips	515	(2)
Cleaning Up After Your HTML Editor	517	(4)
Tricks with Tables	521	(6)
Transparent Images	527	(2)
Tricks with Windows and Frames	529	(4)
HTML Grammar	533	(10)
HTML/XHTML Tag Quick Reference	543	(23)
Cascading Style Sheet Properties Quick Reference	566	(8)
The HTML 4.01 DTD	574	(18)
The XHTML 1.0 DTD	592	(19)
Character Entities	611	(6)
Color Names and Values	617	(4)
Index	621