Sams teach yourself HTML in 10 minutes 4th edition may 2006 ISBN 067232878x

Sams Teach Yourself HTML in 10 Minutes, Fourth Edition By Deidre Hayes Publisher: Sams Pub Date: May 15, 2006 Print ISBN-10: 0-672-32878-X Print ISBN-13: 978-0-672-32878-7 Pages: 240 Table of Contents | Index Don't let a lack of free time keep you from learning HTML to build better websites! Sams Teach Yourself HTML in 10 Minutes, Fourth Edition is a compact, task-oriented tutorial that will show you how to perform the most common tasks involved in designing, creating, publishing, and administering web pages and sites The book covers only those HTML tags and technologies that are likely to be used on a beginner's web page, and it is organized in a logical step-by-step order that reflects a natural progression The book's modular design allows you to jump in and learn only what you need to know anywhere throughout the book This fourth edition of the bestselling book is completely rewritten to make it even more accessible for the beginning Windows and Macintosh user The easily accessible reference material and updated examples will help understand how to execute tasks to get the results you desire Sams Teach Yourself HTML in 10 Minutes, Fourth Edition By Deidre Hayes Publisher: Sams Pub Date: May 15, 2006 Print ISBN-10: 0-672-32878-X Print ISBN-13: 978-0-672-32878-7 Pages: 240 Table of Contents | Index Copyright About the Author Acknowledgments We Want to Hear from You! Reader Services Introduction Lesson 1 What's It All About? What Is the Internet? What Is HTML? Then, What's XHTML? How Do They Work? Using Web Browsers Getting Connected Lesson 2 Creating Your First Page Getting Started Required Elements Saving and Viewing the Page XHTML Requirements Using Good Form Lesson 3 Adding Text and More Paragraphs Text Emphasis Headings Special Characters Math and Science Notations English Isn't the Only Language Meta Tags Lesson 4 Linking Text and Documents What Is a URL? Hyperlinks Linking to Other Files and Email Linking Within the Same Page Lesson 5 Adding Your Own Style Style Sheets Defining the Rules Add a Little class Applying Styles Formatting Text with Styles Adding Lines Lesson 6 Creating Lists Types of Lists Bulleted (Unordered) Lists Numbered (Ordered) Lists Definition Lists Lesson 7 Creating Tables Simple Tables Formatting Tables Advanced Tables Using Tables for Layout Lesson 8 Using Graphics Adding Images Adding Alternate Text Image Attributes Using Images as Links Image Etiquette Lesson 9 Mapping Images What Are Image Maps? Creating Client-Side Image Maps Adding Text Links for Older Browsers Lesson 10 Creating Frames Simple Frames Nested Frames Linking Between Frames The Two Biggest Problems with Frames Using Frames Effectively Lesson 11 Building Online Forms Creating Forms Form Fields Receiving Form Data Lesson 12 Making It Sing: Sound and Video Adding Sound and Video Finding Plug-ins Lesson 13 Designing with HTML Design Basics Layout, Content, and Navigation Fonts and Colors Images Lesson 14 Creating Active Web Pages What Are Active Web Pages? DHTML Java and ActiveX JavaScript and VBScript Lesson 15 Using Web Authoring Tools Why Use a Tool? Microsoft FrontPage Macromedia Dreamweaver Other Popular Web Tools Lesson 16 Making a Name for Yourself Web Hosting Search Pages and Indexes Adding Your Web Site to the Search Engine Advertising Lesson 17 Planning for the Future The Future of the Internet What Is XML? Being Prepared Appendix A HTML/XHTML Quick Reference Required Elements Text Phrases and Paragraphs Text Formatting Elements Lists Links Tables Frames Embedded Content Style Forms Scripts Common Attributes and Events Appendix B Style Sheet Quick Reference Text and Fonts Typography Colors and Backgrounds Borders and Tables Lists Layout Appendix C Special Characters Symbol Entities Character Entities Greek Entities Other Entities Index Copyright Sams Teach Yourself HTML in 10 Minutes, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Sams Publishing All rights reserved No part of this book shall be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher No patent liability is assumed with respect to the use of the information contained herein Although every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher and author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions Nor is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2005909313 Printed in the United States of America First Printing: May 2006 09 08 07 06 4 3 2 1 Trademarks All terms mentioned in this book that are known to be trademarks or service marks have been appropriately capitalized Sams Publishing cannot attest to the accuracy of this information Use of a term in this book should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark Warning and Disclaimer Every effort has been made to make this book as complete and as accurate as possible, but no warranty or fitness is implied The information provided is on an "as is" basis The author and the publisher shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damages arising from the information contained in this book Bulk Sales Sams Publishing offers excellent discounts on this book when ordered in quantity for bulk purchases or special sales For more information, please contact U.S Corporate and Government Sales 1-800-382-3419 corpsales@pearsontechgroup.com For sales outside of the U.S., please contact International Sales international@pearsoned.com ACQUISITIONS EDITOR Betsy Brown DEVELOPMENT EDITOR Songlin Qiu MANAGING EDITOR Charlotte Clapp PROJECT EDITOR Andy Beaster COPY EDITOR Ben Berg INDEXER Heather McNeill PROOFREADER Mike Henry TECHNICAL EDITOR Gary Rebholz PUBLISHING COORDINATOR Vanessa Evans INTERIOR DESIGNER Gary Adair COVER DESIGNER Aren Howell PAGE LAYOUT TnT Design, Inc About the Author Deidre Hayes is an information architect with a Web services group that created and manages a very successful corporate intranet She is continually looking for ways to increase productivity with online workflow technologies 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 Acknowledgments I would like to thank my familyespecially my beautiful daughter, Alexandrafor their patience Thanks to my friends and colleagues for challenging me everyday And, thanks also to the editing staff at Sams Publishing for their dedicated help We Want to Hear from You! As the reader of this book, you are our most important critic and commentator We value your opinion and want to know what we're doing right, what we could do better, what areas you'd like to see us publish in, and any other words of wisdom you're willing to pass our way You can email or write me directly to let me know what you did or didn't like about this bookas well as what we can do to make our books stronger Please note that I cannot help you with technical problems related to the topic of this book, and that due to the high volume of mail I receive, I might not be able to reply to every message When you write, please be sure to include this book's title and author as well as your name and phone or email address I will carefully review your comments and share them with the author and editors who worked on the book Email: webdev@samspublishing.com Mail: Mark Taber Associate Publisher Sams Publishing 800 East 96th Street Indianapolis, IN 46240 USA Index [SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] tables alignment background color borders 2nd 3rd captions cell spacing cells complex empty cells formatting headings organizing page layout rows style attributes tags, list of 2nd width tags [See also names of specific tags.] deprecation XHTML case sensitivity required target attribute 2nd target frames testing code colors links tag syntax text alignment 2nd borders browser default editing formatting 2nd [See also CSS (Cascading Style Sheets).] forms headings image map links indenting international kerning line breaks lists bulleted definition images as bullets numbered style sheet properties types mathematical notations paragraphs 2nd phrases pop-ups scientific notations special characters typography word spacing wrapping text-align property 2nd text-decoration property 2nd 3rd text-indent property 2nd text-transform property The List Web site thumbnails Thumbs Plus title attribute tools (Web authoring) BBEdit Dreamweaver FrontPage Fusion GoLive HomeSite Transitional tag variation Travel Alberta Web site Tripod Web site type attribute tag tag typography Index [SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] underlining links underscore (_) unordered list tag (

) 2nd unordered lists [See bulleted lists.] URIs (Uniform Resource Identifiers) URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) copying framesets usemap attribute Index [SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] valign attribute value attribute VBScript vertical-align property video adding looping plug-ins rewinding starting viewing commands documents images source code Web pages Index [SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) CSS properties HTML and XHTML Specifications math notation products schools style sheet recommendations table attributes XML 1.0 Recommendation WANs (Wide Area Networks) Web authoring tools BBEdit Dreamweaver 2nd FrontPage 2nd Fusion GoLive HomeSite browsers [See browsers, compatibility.] hosts 2nd Web Developer CSS tutorial Web site JavaScript samples Journal compatibility table Web site Web Hosting Buying Guide Web site Web pages active ActiveX DHTML Java addresses 2nd color, testing creating expiration dates formatting frames layout style sheet properties tables for margins organizing bulleted lists definition lists numbered lists padding refreshing storing viewing Web Presence Providers (WPPs) Web sites ActiveX downloads Add Me adding to search engines Adobe GoLive Amazon American Idol AnyBrowser BBEdit CNET plug-ins Web Hosting Buying Guide CNN color charts FreeWebs Google Advertising Programs HomeSite I Have a Dream speech IBM Interactive Advertising Bureau Java Johnson's Baby Soft language support Microsoft CSS tutorial DHTML FrontPage Register FrontPage Hosts typography NetMechanic NetObjects Fusion Netscape DHTML plug-in archive Paint Shop Pro tables for page layout examples The List Thumbs Plus Travel Alberta Tripod W3C CSS properties HTML and XHTML Specifications math notation products schools style sheet recommendations table attributes XML 1.0 Recommendation Web Developer CSS tutorial JavaScript samples Journal compatibility table Webmaster Stop style sheet properties WebSideStory StatMarket® Why Frames Suck (Most of the Time) XML Resource Center XML, Java, and the Future of the Web Yahoo! Geocities Suggest a Site Webmaster Stop style sheet properties Web site WebSideStory StatMarket® Web site weight (fonts) Weinmann, Lynda What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) whitespace Why Frames Suck (Most of the Time) Web site Wide Area Networks (WANs) width borders tables width attribute tag tag tag windows, opening word processors word-spacing property World Wide Web Consortium [See W3C (World Wide Web Consortium).] WPPs (Web Presence Providers) wrapping text WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) Index [SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] XHTML (eXtensible Hypertext Markup Language) attribute quotes basic principles documents style sheets syntax tags case sensitivity nesting XML (eXtensible Markup Language) 2nd data, analyzing HTML, compared Resource Center Web site resources standards style sheet templates tags XML, Java, and the Future of the Web site Index [SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] Yahoo! Geocities Web site Suggest a Site Web site .. .Sams Teach Yourself HTML in 10 Minutes, Fourth Edition By Deidre Hayes Publisher: Sams Pub Date: May 15, 2006 Print ISBN -10: 0-672-32878-X Print ISBN- 13: 978-0-672-32878-7... browser such as Netscape or Internet Explorer) About the Sams Teach Yourself in 10 Minutes Series Sams Teach Yourself HTML in 10 Minutes uses a series of lessons that walk you through the basics of HTML, and then... Other Entities Index Copyright Sams Teach Yourself HTML in 10 Minutes, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Sams Publishing All rights reserved No part of this book shall be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means,