... Introducing HTMLand XHTML
What HTML IsAnd What It Isn't
The Current Standard: XHTML 1.0
What HTML Files Look Like
Using Cascading Style Sheets
Programs to Help You Write HTML
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Collections of HTMLandWeb Development Information
Forms and Imagemaps
HTML Editors and Converters
HTML Validators, Link Checkers, and Simple Spiders
Java, JavaScript, and Embedded ... Parsers
HTML Style Guides
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Sams Teach Yourself: Web Publishing withHTMLandCSS in One Hour a Day
Sams Teach Yourself: Web Publishing...
... sites.
Figure 2.1. Websites and pages.
Each website is stored on a web server. Throughout the first week or so of this book, you'll learn how to
develop wellthought out and well-designed websites. ... exists mainly to cause pain to web
designers. The problem with Netscape 4.7 is that it's old, and its support for current web standards is
woefully lacking. With Firefox, much effort was ... it.
Just as with more traditional modes of communication, the process of writing and designing web pages
takes some planning and thought before you start flinging text and graphics around and linking...
... Change the oil and oil filter
● Check and adjust engine timing
● Check and adjust valve clearances
● Check and replace the spark plugs
● Check fluid levels, belts, and hoses
Don't ... band
● Biographies of each of the band members
● A discographyall the albums and singles the band has released
● Selected lyrics
● Images of album covers
● Information about upcoming shows and ... put on the Web, or
you have a vague idea but nothing concrete. Maybe it has suddenly become your job to put a page for
your company on the Web, and someone handed you this book and said, "Here,...
... functionality.
Web structures tend to be free- floating and enable visitors to wander aimlessly through the content.
Web structures are excellent for content that's intended to be meandering or ...
and where they'll go. With that representation in hand, you can develop each page without trying to
remember exactly where that page fits into the overall website and its often complex relationships ... same website. With a clear storyboard, you can minimize duplication of work and reduce
the amount of contextual information each person needs to remember.
For smaller or simpler websites, or websites...
... you HTML 4.01, but also to teach
you how to format your HTML so that it's compliant with the XHTML 1.0 specification.
Technically, XHTML 1.0 andHTML 4.01 are very similar. The tags and ... that's
where XHTML 1.0 comes into play.
XHTML 1.0 is written in XML, and is the current standard that will help web designers prepare for the
future. Documents written in XHTML can be viewed ... writing HTML, you don't need a web server, a web provider, or even a
connection to the Web itself. All you really need is an application in which you can create
your HTML files and at least...
... Structuring Your HTML
All the text andHTML elements in your web page should be placed within the beginning and ending
HTML tags, like this:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
... the basic HTML tags in more depth, and begin writing web pages with
headings, paragraphs, and several different types of lists. Today we'll focus on the following topics and
HTML tags:
● ...
augment your HTML. You created your first web page with some basic tags. It wasn't so bad, was it?
You also learned a bit about the current standard version of HTMLXHTML, and how to apply...
... square">
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Lists, Lists, and More Lists
You can customize ordered lists in two main ways: how they're numbered and the number with which
the list starts. HTML ... Unordered Lists
As with ordered lists, unordered lists can be customized withHTML 3.2 attributes. (These are also
deprecated in HTML 4.01.) By default, most browsers, including Netscape and Internet ... underground runners and is difficult
to get rid of once established.</dd>
<dt>Coriander</dt>
<dd>Annual. Also called cilantro, coriander likes cooler
weather of spring and fall.</dd>
</dl>
...
... learned what HTML is and how to write and preview simple HTML files. You also learned
about the HTML tags shown in
Table 4.1, and the CSS properties shown in Table 4.2.
Table 4.1. HTML Tags from ... Part II: Creating Simple Web Pages
Part II: Creating Simple Web Pages
5 Adding Links to Your Web Pages
6 Formatting Text withHTMLand CSS
7 Adding Images, Color, and Backgrounds
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At this point, you know enough to get started creating simple HTML pages. You understand
what HTML is, you've been introduced to a handful of tags, and you've...
... section.)
Create two HTML pages and save them in separate files. Here's the code for the two HTML
files I created for this section, which I called
menu .html and claudius .html. What your two ... a simple example with two HTML pages on your local disk. You'll need
your text editor and your web browser for this exercise. Because both the pages you'll work
with are on your local ... Pathnames
Pathname Means
href="file .html& quot;
file .html
is located in the current directory.
href="files/file .html& quot;
file .html
is located in the directory called files (and the files
directory...
... the <i> tag. You'll learn more about that tag and
other text formatting tags in
Lesson 6, "Formatting Text withHTMLand CSS. "
Of course, if you already know the URL of the ... the following in HTML:
Input
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/transitional.dtd">
< ;html& gt;
<head>
<title>Classical ... in Netscape and Internet Explorer.
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/transitional.dtd">
< ;html& gt;
<head>
<title>Classical...
... " ;HTML 4.01 Quick Reference,"
which has a summary of all the HTML tags and rules for which tags can and
cannot go inside each one.
So, you've added your anchor to the heading and ...
working with normal text within a paragraph, you'd just surround the whole line with
<a>.
But when you're adding an anchor to a big section of text that's also contained within ... composers.
With all your links and anchors in place, test everything.
Figure 5.13 shows the Madrigals
section with the link to Byrd ready to be selected.
Figure 5.13. The Madrigals section with a...
...
Quiz
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Lesson 6. Formatting Text withHTMLand CSS
Lesson 6. Formatting Text withHTMLand CSS
In Lessons 4, "Learning the Basics of HTML, " and ... miscellaneous HTML text elements, including line breaks, rule lines, addresses, and
quotations
In addition, you'll learn the differences between standard HTMLandHTML extensions, and when to ... characters (characters with accents, copyright marks, and so on)
● Create preformatted text (text with spaces and tabs retained)
● Align text left, right, and centered
● Change the font and font size
●...
... these people and got put on hold for
and interminable amount of time, maybe with some nice music, and
then you got a customer representative who was surly and hard of
hearing, but with some work ... messages or Usenet news postings, into HTML quickly and easily. Just surround the entire
content of the article within
<pre> tags and you have instant HTML, as in the following example:
<pre>
To: ... Text
Most of the time, text in an HTML file is formatted based on the HTML tags used to mark up that text. As
I mentioned in
Lesson 3, "Introducing HTMLand XHTML," any extra white space...
... <br> tag has no closing tag in HTML. To convert this tag to XHTML
and to ensure compatibility withHTML browsers, add a space and forward slash to the end
of the tag and its attributes, as shown ... named entities and numbered entities.
Named entities begin with an ampersand (
&) and end with a semicolon (;). In between is the name of
the character (or, more likely, a shorthand version ... they're found
within the standard ASCII character set. These characters have a special meaning in HTML documents
within certain contexts, so they can be represented with character entities...