HTML and XHTML : The Definitive Guide

by Musciano, Chuck

• ISBN13: 9780596527327
• ISBN10: 0596527322
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-01
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

This Definitive Guide is an O'Reilly classic. It covers every element of HTML & XHTML in detail, explaining how each element works and how it interacts with other elements. With hundreds of examples, this book shows readers how to create effective web pages, how to master advanced features like Cascading Style Sheets, and how to take effluent out of the popular WYSIWYG tools like Frontpage and Dreamweaver. The latest edition is updated to cover Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 1.5, HTML 4.01, XHTML 1.0, CSS2, and a preview of XHTML2 and CSS3. One of the real value-added features of the "Definitive Guide" format is a comparison of which technologies the various browsers support and which they don't. This edition includes a review of the newer initiatives in XHTML (XForms, XFrames, and modularization), and covers the essentials on XML for advanced readers.

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	(20)
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	(1)
Tables	31	(1)
Frames	32	(1)
Stylesheets and JavaScript	33	(1)
Forging Ahead	34	(1)
Anatomy of an HTML Document	35	(22)
Appearances Can Deceive	35	(1)
Structure of an HTML Document	36	(1)
Tags and Attributes	37	(4)
Well-Formed Documents and XHTML	41	(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	(52)
Divisions and Paragraphs	57	(8)
Headings	65	(5)
Changing Text Appearance and Meaning	70	(1)
Content-Based Style Tags	71	(7)
Physical Style Tags	78	(5)
Precise Spacing and Layout	83	(13)
Block Quotes	96	(3)
Addresses	99	(2)
Special Character Encoding	101	(1)
HTML's Obsolete Expanded Font Handling	102	(7)
Rules, Images, and Multimedia	109	(50)
Horizontal Rules	109	(7)
Inserting Images in Your Documents	116	(27)
Document Colors and Background Images	143	(7)
Background Audio	150	(3)
Animated Text	153	(3)
Other Multimedia Content	156	(3)
Links and Webs	159	(52)
Hypertext Basics	159	(1)
Referencing Documents: The URL	160	(16)
Creating Hyperlinks	176	(9)
Creating Effective Links	185	(4)
Mouse-Sensitive Images	189	(11)
Creating Searchable Documents	200	(3)
Relationships	203	(5)
Supporting Document Automation	208	(3)
Formatted Lists	211	(19)
Unordered Lists	211	(3)
Ordered Lists	214	(3)
The <li> Tag	217	(3)
Nesting Lists	220	(2)
Definition Lists	222	(4)
Appropriate List Usage	226	(1)
Directory Lists	227	(1)
Menu Lists	228	(2)
Cascading Style Sheets	230	(81)
The Elements of Styles	231	(8)
Style Syntax	239	(6)
Style Classes	245	(6)
Style Properties	251	(55)
Tagless Styles: The <span> Tag	306	(1)
Applying Styles to Documents	307	(4)
Forms	311	(48)
Form Fundamentals	311	(2)
The <form> Tag	313	(7)
A Simple Form Example	320	(3)
Using Email to Collect Form Data	323	(11)
The <input> Tag	334	(2)
The <button> Tag	336	(1)
Multiline Text Areas	336	(2)
Multiple-Choice Elements	338	(4)
General Form-Control Attributes	342	(4)
Labeling and Grouping Form Elements	346	(3)
Creating Effective Forms	349	(4)
Forms Programming	353	(6)
Tables	359	(32)
The Standard Table Model	359	(2)
Basic Table Tags	361	(18)
Advanced Table Tags	379	(10)
Beyond Ordinary Tables	389	(2)
Frames	391	(22)
An Overview of Frames	391	(1)
Frame Tags	392	(2)
Frame Layout	394	(4)
Frame Contents	398	(4)
The <noframes> Tag	402	(1)
Inline Frames	403	(2)
Named Frame or Window Targets	405	(5)
XFrames	410	(3)
Executable Content	413	(34)
Applets and Objects	413	(4)
Embedded Content	417	(15)
JavaScript	432	(8)
JavaScript Stylesheets (Antiquated)	440	(7)
Dynamic Documents	447	(10)
An Overview of Dynamic Documents	447	(1)
Client-Pull Documents	448	(5)
Server-Push Documents	453	(4)
Mobile Devices	457	(15)
The Mobile Web	457	(2)
Device Considerations	459	(3)
XHTML Basic	462	(3)
Effective Mobile Web Design	465	(7)
XML	472	(21)
Languages and Metalanguages	473	(2)
Documents and DTDs	475	(1)
Understanding XML DTDs	476	(5)
Element Grammar	481	(4)
Element Attributes	485	(2)
Conditional Sections	487	(1)
Building an XML DTD	488	(2)
Using XML	490	(3)
XHTML	493	(16)
Why XHTML?	494	(1)
Creating XHTML Documents	495	(4)
HTML Versus XHTML	499	(5)
XHTML 1.1	504	(1)
Should You Use XHTML?	505	(4)
Tips, Tricks, and Hacks	509	(16)
Top of the Tips	509	(1)
Cleaning Up After Your HTML Editor	510	(5)
Tricks with Tables	515	(6)
Tricks with Windows and Frames	521	(4)
HTML Grammar	525	(10)
HTML/XHTML Tag Quick Reference	535	(22)
Cascading Style Sheet Properties Quick References	557	(8)
The HTML 4.01DTD	565	(18)
The XHTML 1.0 DTD	583	(19)
Character Entities	602	(5)
Color Names and Values	607	(4)
Netscape Layout Extensions	611	(22)
Index	633