Sams Teach Yourself Html 4 in 24 Hours

by Oliver, Dick

• ISBN13: 9780672317248
• ISBN10: 0672317249
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-09-01
• Publisher: Pearson P T R

Summary

In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you can have your own Web site up and running. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson builds upon the previous one, allowing you to learn the essentials of HTML 4 and Web publishing from the ground up. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Dick Oliver has brought his unique and colorful writing style to several Web and graphics books from Sams Publishing. He is the president of Cedar Software and publishes the online Nonlinear Nonsense Netletter.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(6)
Part I Your First Web Page	7	(60)
Understanding HTML and XML	9	(14)
Create a Web Page Right Now	23	(14)
Linking to Other Web Pages	37	(10)
Publishing your HMTL Pages	47	(20)
Part II Web Page Text	67	(60)
Text Alignment and Lists	69	(14)
Text Formatting and Font Control	83	(14)
Email Links and Links Within a Page	97	(12)
Creating HTML Forms	109	(18)
Part III Web Page Graphics	127	(58)
Creating Your Own Web Page Graphics	129	(16)
Putting Graphics on a Web Page	145	(14)
Custom Backgrounds and Colors	159	(14)
Creating Animated Graphics	173	(12)
Part IV Web Page Design	185	(64)
Page Design and Layout	187	(14)
Graphical Links and Imagemaps	201	(14)
Advanced Layout with Tables	215	(14)
Using Style Sheets	229	(20)
Part V Dynamic Web Pages	249	(62)
Embedding Multimedia in Web Pages	251	(14)
Interactive Pages with Applets and ActiveX	265	(14)
Web Page Scripting for Non-Programmers	279	(14)
Setting Pages in Motion with Dynamic HTML	293	(18)
Part VI Building a Web Site	311	(66)
Multipage Layout with Frames	313	(18)
Organizing and Managing a Web Site	331	(14)
Helping People Find Your Web Pages	345	(18)
Planning for the Future of HTML	363	(14)
Part VII Appendixes	377	(66)
A Readers' Most Frequently Asked Questions	379	(6)
B HTML Learning Resources on the Internet	385	(8)
C Complete HTML 4 Quick Reference	393	(42)
D HTML Character Entities	435	(8)
Glossary	443	(10)
Index	453