Sams teach yourself HTML and CSS in 24 hours

✍ Scribed by Oliver, Dick;Morrison, Michael

• Publisher: Sams
• Year: 2005;2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 579
• Series: Sams Teach Yourself
• Edition: 7th ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Learn from the newest, updated edition of the highly acclaimed introduction to HTML, Sams "Teach Yourself HTML and CSS In 24 Hours." The seventh edition includes updates to introduce Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) in concert with HTML to produce quality web pages. You'll be able to study revisions that refine examples, as well as provide an enhanced integration with your web pages. You'll also gain a comprehensive understanding with new examples that match the current state of HTML. This carefully organized, well-written tutorial teaches beginning web page development skills, covering only those HTML and CSS tags that are likely to be used on creating a beginning web page. The 24 separate, one hour-long tutorials follow the process by which you should be creating your web page, building knowledge not only of how to create a web page, but building a general knowledge of how to use HTML and CSS in other projects as well. Chapters include:Understanding HTML and XHTML Creating Your Own Web Page Graphics Using Tables to Organize and Lay Out Your Pages Using Style Sheets for Page Layout Dynamic Web Pages

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Put Your HTML Page Online Today......Page 18
Beyond HTML......Page 19
How to Use This Book......Page 20
Visual Examples......Page 22
The Sams Publishing Website......Page 23
Part I: Your First Web Page......Page 24
HOUR 1: Understanding HTML and XHTML......Page 26
What Is a Web Page?......Page 28
How Web Pages Work......Page 29
The Pieces and Parts of a Web Page......Page 33
The Many Faces of HTML......Page 35
The Scoop on HTML, XML, and XHTML......Page 39
HOUR 2: Create a Web Page Right Now......Page 44
Getting Started with a Simple Web Page......Page 45
HTML Tags Every Web Page Must Have......Page 47
Organizing a Page with Paragraphs and Line Breaks......Page 50
Calling Out Text with Headings......Page 53
Peeking at Other People's Pages......Page 56
Validating Your Pages......Page 57
Linking to Another Web Page......Page 64
Linking Between Your Own Pages......Page 67
Addressing Web Pages......Page 70
Opening a Link in a New Browser Window......Page 72
Linking to Google Maps......Page 73
Adding Links to a Practical Example......Page 75
HOUR 4: Publishing Your HTML Pages......Page 82
Setting Up Web Space on the Internet......Page 83
Transferring Pages to a Web Server......Page 84
Making a File Available for Downloading......Page 96
Other HTML Publishing Options......Page 97
Testing Your Web Pages......Page 99
Part II: Building Practical Web Pages with HTML......Page 104
HOUR 5: Basic Text Alignment and Formatting......Page 106
The Old Way Versus the New Way......Page 107
Aligning Text on a Page......Page 108
The Three Types of HTML Lists......Page 111
Placing Lists Within Lists......Page 113
Boldface, Italics, and Special Text Formatting......Page 118
Tweaking the Font......Page 123
Working with Special Characters......Page 127
Linking Within a Page Using Anchors......Page 134
Linking to a Specific Part of Another Page......Page 138
Linking Your Email Address into a Page......Page 140
Linking to Wikipedia......Page 145
HOUR 7: Creating Your Own Web Page Graphics......Page 152
Choosing Graphics Software......Page 153
The Least You Need to Know About Graphics......Page 154
Preparing Photographic Images......Page 155
Creating Banners and Buttons......Page 159
Reducing the Number of Colors in an Image......Page 164
Interlaced GIFs and Progressive JPEGs......Page 166
Creating Animated Web Graphics......Page 167
Assembling Images into an Animation......Page 168
Generating Transitions and Text Effects......Page 171
Placing an Image on a Web Page......Page 176
Describing an Image with Text......Page 179
Turning Images into Links......Page 180
Aligning Images......Page 183
Specifying Image Width and Height......Page 187
Exploring Background and Text Colors......Page 192
Specifying Custom Colors......Page 195
Using Background Image Tiles......Page 196
Working with Transparent Images......Page 199
Creating Your Own Tiled Backgrounds......Page 201
Why Imagemaps Aren't Always Necessary......Page 208
Mapping Regions Within an Image......Page 214
Creating Client-Side Imagemaps......Page 216
Part III: Creative Web Page Design......Page 224
Creating a Simple Table......Page 226
Alignment and Spanning Within Tables......Page 230
Table Backgrounds and Spacing......Page 232
Creative Page Layout with Tables......Page 234
HOUR 12: Formatting Web Pages with CSS Style Sheets......Page 244
Understanding CSS......Page 245
A Basic Style Sheet......Page 246
A CSS Style Primer......Page 251
Using Style Classes......Page 256
Internal Style Sheets and Inline Styles......Page 259
A Quick Style Sheet Recap......Page 260
Advanced Text Formatting with CSS......Page 264
Changing the Appearance of Links......Page 267
Commenting CSS Code......Page 268
CSS Tips and Tricks......Page 270
Revisiting the Hockey Player Example......Page 272
The Whole Scoop on Positioning......Page 280
Controlling the Way Things Stack Up......Page 285
Working with Margins......Page 288
A Little Padding for Safety......Page 290
Keeping Everything Aligned......Page 291
Managing the Flow of Text......Page 293
Taking Advantage of a Style Sheet Template......Page 294
What Makes a Page Print-Friendly?......Page 302
Applying a Media-Specific Style Sheet......Page 305
Designing a Style Sheet for Print Pages......Page 307
Viewing a Web Page in Print......Page 310
What Are Frames?......Page 314
Building a Frameset......Page 316
Linking Between Frames and Windows......Page 320
Nesting Frames Within Frames......Page 321
Controlling Frame Margins, Borders, and Scrolling......Page 323
Part IV: Dynamic Web Pages......Page 332
The Least You Need to Know About Scripting......Page 334
Jazzing Things Up with Interactive Highlighting......Page 337
Preloading Images for Speed......Page 341
Creating an Animated Banner Ad......Page 342
Displaying a Random Quote......Page 346
Creating a Virtual Fish Tank......Page 348
Cashing In with Google Ads on Your Site......Page 351
The Wide World of JavaScript......Page 355
How HTML Forms Work......Page 360
Creating a Form......Page 361
Identifying Each Piece of Form Data......Page 365
Including Hidden Data in Forms......Page 366
Exploring Form Input Controls......Page 367
Submitting Form Data......Page 370
Using a PayPal Buy Now Button......Page 372
HOUR 19: Embedding Multimedia in Web Pages......Page 382
Linking to Multimedia Files......Page 384
Embedding Video with Windows Media Player......Page 387
Embedding Audio with RealPlayer......Page 391
Automatically Embedding the Appropriate Player......Page 394
HOUR 20: Jazz Up Your eBay Auctions with HTML and CSS......Page 402
Why Use HTML and CSS on eBay?......Page 403
Understanding How HTML Fits into eBay......Page 405
Creating an eBay Item Listing in HTML......Page 406
Providing a Link to Your About Me Page......Page 409
Altering the Background of an Item Page......Page 411
Creating a Slide Show Item Listing......Page 413
What's a Blog?......Page 420
Creating a Blog on Blogger.com......Page 423
Creating Your First Blog Entry......Page 425
Using CSS to Dress Up Your Blog......Page 427
Tying Your Blog to Your Web Site......Page 432
Updating Your Blog......Page 433
Part V: Building a Web Site......Page 438
HOUR 22: Organizing and Managing a Web Site......Page 440
When One Page Is Enough......Page 441
Organizing a Simple Site......Page 443
Organizing a Larger Site......Page 445
Writing Maintainable HTML Code......Page 449
Publicizing Your Web Site......Page 456
Listing Your Pages with the Major Search Sites......Page 458
Providing Hints for Search Engines......Page 460
Auto Loading Another Web Page......Page 467
Documenting the Full Address of a Page......Page 469
HTML Beyond the Web......Page 476
From Calculators to Wireless Communicators......Page 477
HTML as the New User Interface......Page 478
The Digital Media Revolution Will Not Be Televised......Page 479
Preparing Yourself for Tomorrow......Page 480
The Future of HTML Applications......Page 482
Part VI: Appendixes......Page 494
The 24 Top Questions from Readers of Sams Teach Yourself HTML and CSS in 24 Hours......Page 496
General HTML, XHTML, and CSS Information......Page 504
Software......Page 505
Graphics......Page 506
Multimedia......Page 507
Directories with HTML Information......Page 508
Free Web Site Hosting......Page 509
APPENDIX C: Complete XHTML 1.1 and CSS 2 Quick Reference......Page 510
XHTML Structure......Page 511
XHTML Text Phrases and Paragraphs......Page 514
XHTML Text Formatting Elements......Page 519
XHTML Lists......Page 520
XHTML Links......Page 522
XHTML Tables......Page 523
XHTML Frames......Page 529
XHTML Embedded Content......Page 531
XHTML Forms......Page 534
XHTML Common Attributes and Events......Page 539
CSS Dimension Style Properties......Page 540
CSS Text and Font Style Properties......Page 542
CSS Background Style Properties......Page 544
CSS Border Style Properties......Page 545
CSS Margin Style Properties......Page 548
CSS Padding Style Properties......Page 549
CSS Layout and Display Style Properties......Page 550
CSS List and Marker Style Properties......Page 552
CSS Table Style Properties......Page 553
Differences Between XHTML 1 and HTML 4......Page 554
XHTML and Document Validity......Page 555
Converting HTML Documents to XHTML......Page 556
A......Page 560
B......Page 561
C......Page 562
D......Page 563
F......Page 564
G......Page 565
H......Page 566
J......Page 567
K......Page 568
M......Page 569
P......Page 570
S......Page 572
T......Page 574
W......Page 576
Y-Z......Page 577

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