HTML and XHTML: the Complete Reference

Name: HTML and XHTML: the Complete Reference
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ISBN: 9780072229424

ISBN-10: 007222942X

ISBN-13: 9780072229424

Edition: 4th 2003 (Revised)

Authors: Thomas A. Powell

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This fourth edition teaches real world Web markup with a focus on both the standards in use today and the emerging standards of tomorrow.

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List price: $39.99
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne
Publication date: 8/19/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 960
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.00" long x 2.00" tall
Weight: 3.432
Language: English

Acknowledgments	p. xxiii
Introduction	p. xxv
Introduction
Introduction to HTML and XHTML	p. 3
First Look at HTML	p. 3
Document Types	p. 10
The [left angle bracket]html[right angle bracket] Tag	p. 14
The [left angle bracket]head[right angle bracket] Tag	p. 14
The [left angle bracket]body[right angle bracket] Tag	p. 17
Elements and Characters	p. 17
The Rules of HTML	p. 18
XHTML: The Rules Enforced	p. 22
Major Themes	p. 23
Summary	p. 26
Web Development Overview	p. 27
The Need for Careful Web Development	p. 27
Basic Web Process Model	p. 28
Approaching a Web Site Project	p. 29
The Site Plan	p. 33
Design Phase Dissected	p. 36
Beta Site Implementation	p. 49
Testing	p. 50
Release and Beyond	p. 51
Welcome to the Real World	p. 51
Summary	p. 52
Core HTML and XHTML
Core Elements	p. 55
Document Structure Redux	p. 55
Core HTML Attributes	p. 56
Headings	p. 58
Paragraphs and Breaks	p. 61
Divisions and Centering	p. 64
Quotations	p. 66
Preformatted Text	p. 67
Lists	p. 70
Horizontal Rules	p. 77
Other Block-Level Elements	p. 78
Text-Level Elements	p. 79
Inserted and Deleted Text	p. 85
Character Entities	p. 86
Comments	p. 89
Summary	p. 90
Links and Addressing	p. 91
Linking Basics	p. 91
What Are URLs?	p. 94
Linking in HTML	p. 109
Anchor Attributes	p. 112
Images and Anchors	p. 117
Image Maps	p. 119
Semantic Linking with the link Element	p. 128
Beyond Location	p. 133
Summary	p. 137
Presentation and Layout
Images	p. 141
Image Preliminaries	p. 141
HTML Image Basics	p. 152
Images as Buttons	p. 163
Image Maps	p. 164
Advanced Image Considerations	p. 165
Tips on Image Use	p. 167
Summary	p. 170
Text, Colors, and Backgrounds	p. 171
HTML Approach to Visual Design	p. 171
Fonts	p. 180
Colors in HTML	p. 189
Color Attributes for body	p. 190
Background Images	p. 192
Controlling Page Margins	p. 195
Summary	p. 196
Tables and Layout	p. 197
Introduction to Tables	p. 197
Tables for Layout	p. 202
Applied Layout Using Tables	p. 210
Advanced Data Tables	p. 223
Databinding: Tables Generated from a Data Source	p. 226
Summary	p. 230
Frames	p. 231
Frames	p. 231
Frame Layouts	p. 239
Floating Frames	p. 243
Frame Problems	p. 245
Summary	p. 246
Multimedia	p. 247
Audio	p. 247
Video	p. 255
Animation	p. 260
PDF Format	p. 265
Summary	p. 267
CSS1	p. 269
Style Sheet Basics	p. 269
Adding Style to a Document	p. 271
CSS and HTML Elements	p. 277
Selectors	p. 278
Document Structure and Inheritance	p. 284
Complete Style Sheet Example	p. 288
CSS1 Properties	p. 289
Font Properties	p. 292
Text Properties	p. 297
List Properties	p. 303
Color and Background Properties	p. 307
Box Properties	p. 311
Display Properties	p. 324
Summary	p. 326
CSS2	p. 327
The Rise of CSS2	p. 327
CSS Properties	p. 332
CSS3: Someday?	p. 358
Microsoft-Specific Style Sheet Properties Sampler	p. 358
Summary	p. 360
Interactivity
Forms	p. 365
How Are Forms Used?	p. 365
Form Preliminaries	p. 366
The [left angle bracket]form[right angle bracket] Tag	p. 366
The name and id Attributes	p. 371
Form Field Elements	p. 372
Other Form Elements	p. 389
Form Accessibility Enhancements	p. 393
Browser-Specific Form Accessibility Improvements	p. 395
Miscellaneous Form Field Attributes	p. 396
Form Presentation	p. 397
Forms and Scripting	p. 402
The Rise of XForms?	p. 402
Summary	p. 403
Introduction to Server-Side Programming	p. 405
Overview of Client/Server Programming on the Web	p. 405
Server-Side Programming	p. 407
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)	p. 408
Server Modules: Apache Modules, ISAPI, and Others	p. 419
Server-Side Scripting	p. 419
PHP	p. 422
ColdFusion	p. 423
Active Server Pages (ASP) and ASP.NET	p. 428
Choosing a Server-Side Scripting Language	p. 431
Summary	p. 431
JavaScript and DHTML	p. 433
JavaScript	p. 433
VBScript	p. 435
Including Scripts in an XHTML Document	p. 436
JavaScript Language Overview	p. 446
JavaScript Object Models	p. 448
Markup Elements and Scripting Access	p. 452
Dynamic HTML	p. 455
The Standard DOM	p. 456
Scripting and CSS	p. 458
Cross-Browser JavaScript	p. 459
Common Scripts	p. 462
Summary	p. 471
Plug-ins, ActiveX Controls, and Java Applets	p. 473
Scripting, Programming, and Objects	p. 473
Plug-ins	p. 474
ActiveX Controls	p. 480
Java Applets	p. 486
Cross-Platform [left angle bracket]object[right angle bracket] Syntax Today and Tomorrow	p. 493
Summary	p. 496
Site Delivery and Management
HTTP and Site Delivery	p. 499
The Importance of Delivery	p. 499
How to Deliver Web Sites	p. 500
Outsourcing Web Hosting	p. 501
Web Servers	p. 503
HTTP	p. 509
The Realities of Publishing and Maintaining a Web Site	p. 522
Summary	p. 523
Site Management	p. 525
Meta-Information	p. 525
Search Engine Promotion	p. 530
How Search Engines Work	p. 531
Optimizing for Search Engines	p. 534
Managing Web Sites	p. 538
Link Maintenance	p. 539
Content Management	p. 541
Summary	p. 544
Advanced Topics
XML	p. 547
The Need for XML	p. 547
SGML and XML	p. 548
Well-Formed XML	p. 549
Valid XML	p. 552
Displaying XML	p. 555
Combining XML and XHTML	p. 561
XML Application Languages	p. 565
Predicting the Future of XML	p. 573
Summary	p. 574
Appendixes
HTML and XHTML Element Reference	p. 577
Flavors of HTML and XHTML	p. 577
Core Attributes Reference	p. 579
Language Attributes Reference	p. 580
Common Internet Explorer Attributes Reference	p. 581
Event Attributes Reference	p. 582
HTML Element Reference	p. 585
CSS1 and CSS2 Reference	p. 735
Style Inclusion Methods	p. 735
CSS Measurements	p. 737
CSS Color Values	p. 737
Miscellaneous CSS Constructs	p. 741
CSS2 Aural Style Properties	p. 781
Microsoft Extensions to CSS	p. 781
Special Characters	p. 789
"Standard" HTML Character Entities	p. 789
HTML 4.0 Character Entities	p. 807
Fonts	p. 819
Specifying Fonts	p. 819
Downloadable Fonts	p. 825
Color Reference	p. 827
Browser-Safe Colors	p. 827
Color Names and Numerical Equivalents	p. 829
CSS Color Values	p. 835
Reading a Document Type Definition	p. 837
Element Type Declarations	p. 837
Occurrence Indicators	p. 838
Logical Connectors	p. 838
SGML Content Exclusion and Inclusion	p. 839
Attribute Declarations	p. 840
SGML and XML Keywords	p. 840
Parameter Entities	p. 841
Comments	p. 841
The DTDs	p. 842
XHTML 1.0 Transitional DTD	p. 842
XHTML 1.0 Strict DTD	p. 862
XHTML 1.0 Frameset DTD	p. 878
Index	p. 899
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