Sams Teach Yourself Html 4 in 10 Minutes

by Hayes, Deidre; Evans, Tim Sams Teach Yourself Html 4 in 10 Minutes

• ISBN13: 9780672317217
• ISBN10: 0672317214
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-09-01
• Publisher: Sams

Summary

This book offers straightforward, practical answers for fast results. By working through the 10-minute lessons, you'll learn everything you need to know to quickly and easily create Web pages with HTML 4. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Deidre Hayes is an information architect with a Web services group that created and manages a very successful corporate intranet. She continually is looking for ways to increase productivity with online workflow techniques and has spoken to national audiences on her favorite Web-related topics: Information Design and Usability. She is a member of the Society for Technical Communications, the Usability Professionals Association, and the HTML Writers' Guild.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Why Is HTML So Great?	p. 5
What Is the Internet?	p. 5
What Is HTML?	p. 6
How Does It Work?	p. 7
Getting Connected	p. 8
Creating Your First Page	p. 10
Getting Started	p. 10
Required Elements	p. 11
Saving and Viewing an HTML Page	p. 13
How Browsers Work	p. 15
Don't Forget the Basics	p. 15
Adding Text and Formatting	p. 18
Paragraphs	p. 18
Text Emphasis	p. 20
Headings	p. 22
Adding Style	p. 23
Creating Tables	p. 28
Simple Tables	p. 28
Formatting Tables	p. 30
Using Tables for Layout	p. 35
Linking Text and Documents	p. 37
What Is a URL?	p. 37
Hyperlinks	p. 38
Linking to Other Files and Email	p. 38
Linking within the Same Page	p. 39
Creating Lists	p. 44
Types of Lists	p. 44
Bulleted (Unordered) Lists	p. 44
Numbered (Ordered) Lists	p. 46
Definition Lists	p. 48
Adding Images	p. 51
Adding Images	p. 51
Adding Alternate Text	p. 53
Image Attributes	p. 55
Using Images as Links	p. 58
Image Etiquette	p. 59
Mapping Images	p. 62
What Are Image Maps?	p. 62
Creating Client-Side Image Maps	p. 65
Adding Text Links for Older Browsers	p. 67
Creating a Separate Map File	p. 68
Even More Tags	p. 71
Lines	p. 71
Special Characters	p. 74
Math and Science Notations	p. 76
English Isn't the Only Language	p. 77
Meta Tags	p. 78
Designing with HTML	p. 82
Design Basics	p. 82
Layout, Content, and Navigation	p. 84
Fonts and Colors	p. 86
Images	p. 89
Adding Your Own Style	p. 94
Style Sheets	p. 94
Defining the Rules	p. 95
Applying Styles	p. 98
Style Sheet Properties	p. 100
Creating Frames	p. 108
Simple Frames	p. 108
Nested Frames	p. 114
Linking Between Frames	p. 117
The Two Biggest Problems with Frames	p. 118
Using Frames Effectively	p. 121
Creating Forms	p. 124
Creating Forms	p. 124
Form Fields	p. 126
Receiving Form Data	p. 131
Creating Active Web Pages	p. 134
What Are Active Web Pages?	p. 134
Java and ActiveX	p. 135
JavaScript and VBScript	p. 137
DHTML	p. 139
Making It Sing: Sound and Other Multimedia	p. 143
Adding Sound and Video	p. 143
Finding Plug-ins	p. 146
Web Page Authoring Tools	p. 148
Why Use a Tool?	p. 148
Microsoft FrontPage 2000	p. 149
Macromedia Dreamweaver 2.01	p. 152
Other Popular Web Tools	p. 155
Making a Name for Yourself	p. 157
Web Hosting	p. 157
Search Pages and Indexes	p. 158
Search Bots	p. 159
Adding Your Web Site to the Search Engine	p. 160
Advertising	p. 163
XML and the Future of the Internet	p. 165
The Future of the Internet	p. 165
What Is XML?	p. 166
Planning for the Future	p. 170
HTML 4 Quick Reference	p. 177
Structure	p. 179
Text Phrases and Paragraphs	p. 184
Text Formatting Elements	p. 187
Lists	p. 190
Links	p. 193
Tables	p. 194
Frames	p. 198
Embedded Content	p. 201
Style	p. 205
Forms	p. 205
Scripts	p. 212
Common Attributes and Events	p. 213
Index	p. 215
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