Cover......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 13
The Internet, the Web, and HTML......Page 14
Open but Not Equal......Page 15
The Browser Wars......Page 16
The Push for Standards......Page 17
The Real World......Page 20
What Should You Use?......Page 21
How This Book Works......Page 23
The HTML VQS Web Site......Page 24
Chapter 1: Web Page Building Blocks......Page 25
Markup: Elements, Attributes, and Values......Page 26
A Web Pageβs Text Content......Page 30
Links, Images, and Other Non-Text Content......Page 31
File Names......Page 32
URLs......Page 33
HTML vs XHTML......Page 36
Versions, flavors, and DOCTYPE......Page 38
The Default Display of (X)HTML......Page 40
Adding Style to Your Web Pages......Page 41
The Cascade: When Rules Collide......Page 42
A Propertyβs Value......Page 44
Chapter 2: Working with Web Page Files......Page 47
Designing Your Site......Page 48
Creating a New Web Page......Page 49
Saving Your Web Page......Page 50
About Microsoft Word and Web Pages......Page 52
Specifying a Default or βHomeβ Page......Page 53
Editing Web Pages......Page 54
Organizing Files......Page 55
Viewing Your Page in a Browser......Page 56
The Inspiration of Others......Page 57
Chapter 3: Basic (X)HTML Structure......Page 59
Starting Your Web Page......Page 60
Creating the Foundation......Page 62
Declaring the Encoding......Page 63
Creating a Title......Page 64
Creating Section Headers......Page 65
Starting a New Paragraph......Page 66
Naming Elements......Page 67
Breaking up a Page into Divisions......Page 68
Creating Inline Spans......Page 69
Creating a Line Break......Page 70
Adding Comments......Page 71
Labeling Elements in a Web Page......Page 72
Chapter 4: Basic (X)HTML Formatting......Page 73
Making Text Bold or Italic......Page 74
Changing the Size of Text......Page 75
Using a Monospaced Font......Page 76
Using Preformatted Text......Page 77
Quoting Text......Page 78
Creating Superscripts and Subscripts......Page 80
Marking Changed Text......Page 81
Explaining Abbreviations......Page 82
Chapter 5: Creating Web Images......Page 83
About Images for the Web......Page 84
Getting Images......Page 89
The Save for Web Command......Page 90
Making Images Smaller......Page 92
Creating Transparency......Page 93
Saving Images with Transparency......Page 94
Simulating Transparency......Page 95
Using (Mostly) Browser Safe Colors......Page 96
Reducing the Number of Colors......Page 98
Showing Images Progressively......Page 99
Blurring Images to Aid JPEG Compression......Page 100
Creating Animated GIFs......Page 101
Chapter 6: Using Images......Page 103
Inserting Images on a Page......Page 104
Offering Alternate Text......Page 105
Specifying Size for Speedier Viewing......Page 106
Scaling an Image......Page 108
Linking Thumbnails to Images......Page 109
Making Images Float......Page 110
Stopping Elements from Wrapping......Page 112
Adding Space around an Image......Page 113
Aligning Images......Page 114
Adding Horizontal Rules......Page 115
Chapter 7: Links......Page 117
Creating a Link to Another Web Page......Page 118
Creating Anchors......Page 120
Linking to a Specific Anchor......Page 121
Targeting Links to Specific Windows......Page 122
Setting the Default Target......Page 123
Creating Other Kinds of Links......Page 124
Creating Keyboard Shortcuts for Links......Page 126
Setting the Tab Order for Links......Page 127
Using Images to Label Links......Page 128
Dividing an Image into Clickable Regions......Page 129
Creating a Client-Side Image Map......Page 130
Using a Server-Side Image Map......Page 132
Chapter 8: Creating Styles......Page 133
Constructing a Style Rule......Page 134
Constructing Selectors......Page 135
Selecting Elements by Name......Page 136
Selecting Elements by Class or ID......Page 137
Selecting Elements by Context......Page 138
Selecting Link Elements Based on Their State......Page 141
Selecting Part of an Element......Page 142
Selecting Elements Based on Attributes......Page 144
Specifying Groups of Elements......Page 145
Combining Selectors......Page 146
Chapter 9: Applying Styles......Page 147
Creating an External Style Sheet......Page 148
Linking External Style Sheets......Page 149
Offering Alternate Style Sheets......Page 150
Creating an Internal Style Sheet......Page 151
Importing External Style Sheets......Page 152
Applying Styles Locally......Page 153
The Importance of Location......Page 154
Adding Comments to Style Rules......Page 155
Chapter 10: Formatting with Styles......Page 157
Choosing a Font Family......Page 158
Embedding Fonts on a Page......Page 159
Creating Italics......Page 160
Applying Bold Formatting......Page 161
Setting the Font Size......Page 162
Setting the Line Height......Page 164
Setting All Font Values at Once......Page 165
Setting the Text Color......Page 166
Changing the Textβs Background......Page 167
Controlling Spacing......Page 168
Adding Indents......Page 169
Setting White Space Properties......Page 170
Aligning Text......Page 171
Changing the Text Case......Page 172
Using Small Caps......Page 173
Decorating Text......Page 174
Chapter 11: Layout with Styles......Page 175
Structuring Your Pages......Page 176
The Box Model......Page 177
Displaying and Hiding Elements......Page 178
Positioning Elements Absolutely......Page 179
Affixing an Element to the Browser Window......Page 180
Offsetting Elements In the Natural Flow......Page 181
Changing the Background......Page 182
Changing the Foreground Color......Page 184
Changing the Cursor......Page 185
Setting the Border......Page 186
Adding Padding around an Element......Page 188
Setting the Margins around an Element......Page 189
Setting the Height or Width for an Element......Page 190
Positioning Elements in 3D......Page 192
Determining Where Overflow Should Go......Page 193
Making Elements Float......Page 194
Controlling Where Elements Float......Page 195
Aligning Elements Vertically......Page 196
Chapter 12: Style Sheets for Printing......Page 197
Using Media-Specific Style Sheets......Page 198
How Print Style Sheets Differ......Page 199
Controlling Page Breaks......Page 200
Other Print Specific CSS Properties......Page 201
Chapter 13: Lists......Page 203
Creating Ordered and Unordered Lists......Page 204
Choosing Your Markers (Bullets)......Page 206
Choosing Where to Start List Numbering......Page 207
Using Custom Markers......Page 208
Controlling Where Markers Hang......Page 209
Setting All List-Style Properties at Once......Page 210
Creating Definition Lists......Page 211
Styling Nested Lists......Page 212
Chapter 14: Tables......Page 215
Mapping Out Your Page......Page 216
Creating a Simple Table......Page 217
Adding a Border......Page 218
Setting the Width......Page 220
Centering a Table on the Page......Page 222
Wrapping Text around a Table......Page 223
Combining Tables......Page 224
Aligning a Cellβs Contents......Page 226
Changing the Background......Page 228
Controlling the Space......Page 230
Spanning a Cell across Columns......Page 232
Spanning a Cell across Rows......Page 233
Dividing Your Table into Column Groups......Page 234
Dividing the Table into Horizontal Sections......Page 236
Choosing Which Borders to Display......Page 237
Controlling Line Breaks in a Cell......Page 239
Speeding up Table Display......Page 240
Chapter 15: Frames......Page 241
Creating a Simple Frameset......Page 242
Creating Frames in Columns......Page 244
Creating Frames in Rows and Columns......Page 245
Combining Framesets......Page 246
Creating an Inline Frame......Page 248
Adjusting a Frameβs Margins......Page 249
Showing or Hiding Scroll Bars......Page 250
Adjusting the Color of the Borders......Page 251
Adjusting the Frame Borders......Page 252
Keeping Visitors from Resizing Frames......Page 254
Targeting Links to Particular Frames......Page 255
Targeting Links to Special Spots......Page 256
Changing the Default Target......Page 257
Nesting Framesets......Page 258
Offering Alternatives to Frames......Page 259
Embedding Content with Objects......Page 260
Making Frames More Accessible......Page 262
Chapter 16: Forms......Page 263
About CGI Scripts......Page 264
Getting a Script......Page 266
Using the Scripts Included with This Book......Page 267
Preparing a Script......Page 268
Creating a Form......Page 269
Sending Form Data via E-mail......Page 270
Using a Form Hosting Service......Page 271
Creating Text Boxes......Page 272
Creating Password Boxes......Page 273
Creating Radio Buttons......Page 274
Creating Checkboxes......Page 275
Creating Menus......Page 276
Creating Larger Text Areas......Page 278
Allowing Visitors to Upload Files......Page 279
About Hidden Fields......Page 280
Adding Hidden Fields to a Form......Page 281
Creating the Submit Button......Page 282
Resetting the Form......Page 284
Using an Image to Submit Data......Page 286
Organizing the Form Elements......Page 287
Formally Labeling Form Parts......Page 288
Setting the Tab Order in a Form......Page 289
Adding Keyboard Shortcuts......Page 290
Disabling Form Elements......Page 291
Keeping Elements from Being Changed......Page 292
Chapter 17: Multimedia......Page 293
Of Plugins and Players......Page 294
Getting Players for Your Visitors......Page 296
Getting Multimedia Files......Page 297
Embedding QuickTime Movies......Page 298
Scaling a QuickTime Movie......Page 300
Looping a QuickTime Movie......Page 301
Putting QuickTime Sounds on a Page......Page 302
Hiding QuickTime Sounds......Page 303
Embedding Windows Media Player Files......Page 304
Inserting Java Applets......Page 306
Embedding Other Multimedia Files......Page 307
Linking to Multimedia Files......Page 308
Creating an Automatic Slide Show......Page 309
Creating a Marquee......Page 310
Adding Background Sound......Page 311
Chapter 18: Scripts......Page 313
Adding an βAutomaticβ Script......Page 314
Calling an External Automatic Script......Page 315
Triggering a Script......Page 316
Creating a Button that Executes a Script......Page 318
Adding Alternate Information......Page 319
Hiding Scripts from Older Browsers......Page 320
Hiding Scripts from XML Parsers......Page 321
Setting the Default Scripting Language......Page 322
Chapter 19: JavaScript Essentials......Page 323
Adding the Current Date and Time......Page 324
Changing a Linkβs Status Label......Page 325
Changing Multiple Frames with One Link......Page 326
Keeping Frames in Their Framesets......Page 327
Changing an Image When a Visitor Points......Page 328
Loading Images into Cache......Page 330
Controlling a New Windowβs Size......Page 331
Chapter 20: Symbols and Non-English Characters......Page 333
About Character Encodings......Page 334
Saving Your Page with the Proper Encoding......Page 336
Editing a Page with the Proper Encoding......Page 337
Declaring Your Pageβs Character Encoding......Page 338
Adding Characters from Outside the Encoding......Page 340
Specifying Your Pageβs Language......Page 342
Chapter 21: Formatting: The Old Way......Page 343
Choosing Default Characteristics for Text......Page 344
Formatting Bits of Text......Page 346
Another Way to Choose Default Colors......Page 348
Changing the Color of Links......Page 349
Striking Out or Underlining Text......Page 350
Making Text Blink......Page 351
Chapter 22: Layout: The Old Way......Page 353
Using Background Color......Page 354
Using Background Images......Page 355
Centering Elements on a Page......Page 356
Specifying the Margins......Page 357
Keeping Lines Together......Page 358
Creating Discretionary Line Breaks......Page 359
Specifying the Space Between Paragraphs......Page 360
Creating Indents......Page 361
Creating Indents (with Lists)......Page 362
Creating Blocks of Space......Page 363
Using Pixel Shims......Page 364
Creating Columns......Page 365
Positioning Elements with Layers......Page 366
Chapter 23: WML: Web Pages for Mobile Devices......Page 369
Preparing Your Server......Page 370
Starting Your WML Page......Page 371
Creating a Card......Page 372
Creating Basic Content......Page 373
Including an Image......Page 374
Creating a Table......Page 375
Creating a Link......Page 376
Programming Buttons......Page 378
Creating Conditional Actions......Page 380
Scheduling an Action......Page 381
Making a Call......Page 382
Setting and Using Variables......Page 383
Creating Input Boxes......Page 384
Creating Menus......Page 386
Processing Data from Visitors......Page 388
Creating Elements on Multiple Pages......Page 390
Restricting Access to a Deck......Page 391
Testing WML Pages......Page 392
Chapter 24: Testing and Debugging Web Pages......Page 393
Validating Your Code......Page 394
Checking the Easy Stuff: HTML......Page 395
Checking the Easy Stuff: XHTML......Page 396
Checking the Easy Stuff: CSS......Page 397
Testing Your Page......Page 398
When the Browser Displays the Code......Page 400
When Images Donβt Appear......Page 401
Differences from Browser to Browser......Page 402
When Nothing Appears in Netscape 4......Page 403
Still Stuck?......Page 404
Chapter 25: Publishing Your Pages on the Web......Page 405
Finding a Host for Your Site......Page 406
Getting Your Own Domain Name......Page 407
Transferring Files to the Server......Page 408
Transferring Files to AOL......Page 412
Chapter 26: Getting People to Visit......Page 415
About Keywords......Page 416
Explicitly Listing Keywords......Page 417
Providing a Description of Your Page......Page 418
Controlling Other Information......Page 419
Keeping Visitors Away......Page 420
Keeping Pages From Being Archived......Page 421
Creating a Crawler Page......Page 422
Submitting Your Site to a Search Engine......Page 424
Improving Your Ranking by Getting Linked......Page 425
Writing Pages That Are Easy to Index......Page 426
Other Techniques for Publicizing Your Site......Page 427
Appendix A: (X)HTML Elements and Attributes......Page 429
Appendix B: CSS Properties and Values......Page 439
Appendix C: Intrinsic Events......Page 447
Appendix D: (X)HTML Symbols and Characters......Page 449
Appendix E: Hexadecimals......Page 459
Appendix F: (X)HTML Tools......Page 461
(X)HTML Editors......Page 462
Graphics Tools......Page 464
A......Page 465
C......Page 466
F......Page 468
I......Page 470
K......Page 471
M......Page 472
O......Page 473
P......Page 474
S......Page 475
T......Page 477
W......Page 478
X......Page 479
Colophon......Page 480