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Want to learn HTML & XHTML fast? Let our in-depth and visually illustrated book help you create your very first web page today or if you need to get back up to speed on HTML & XHTML this book has you covered. Our easy to learn tutorials and examples will have you creating your very own HTML & XHTML tables, links, lists, frames, image maps, forms as well as showing you how to add images, text, color, music and movies to your web pages and more in quick easy steps to help you become an HTML & XHTML expert in no time. This book will also show you the very basics on how you can add CSS and JavaScript to your web pages.

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• Easy to learn step-by-step tutorials to help you learn faster.
• In-depth tutorials to put you up on game on what the basics are in creating your very own web pages today!
• Visually illustrated examples to give you a better understanding of how HTML & XHTML work.
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Table of Contents (+ / -)

Chapter 1 - Getting Started 1
Elements, Attributes And Values, What The? 2
Inline Level vs Block Level Tags 3
What Does Deprecated Mean? 4
Before You Begin 4
What Are DOCTYPEs? 5
Your First Web Page 10
How To View Your Web Page In A Browser 14
Adding Comments 15
How To Nest Tags 16
Validate, Why? 17
How To Publish Your Web Page On The Web 18


Chatper 2 - Text 20
Paragraphs 21
Basic Font Style Tags 22
The Bold & Italic Tags 24
Centering Text 25
Indenting Text 26
Aligning Text 29
What Are The Heading Tags? 33
The Font Tag 35
How To Insert Line Breaks 37
Word Wrapping 39
How To Pre Format Text 41
How To Add Quotations 42
Adding Contact Information 43
The Phrase Tags 44
Stating Document Changes 47
Learn How To Define Separate Sections of A Web Page 48
How To Change Your Web Pages Default Text Color 50
How To Add Scrolling Text 50
Font Size On The MAC & PC 55
How To Identify Text & Other Inline Elements 57


Chapter 3 - Links 59
Linking To Another Web Page 60
What Are Absolute And Relative Links? 61
How To Write A Link 65
Adding A Title To A Link 68
How To Open Links In Certain Spots 68
How To Link To A Specific Anchor 69
What Are Mailto Links? 72
Creating Keyboard Shortcuts 74
How To Link To Computer Files 76
How To Transfer Your Web Pages 76
Even More Links 77


Chapter 4 - Lists 78
Unordered Lists 79
Ordered Lists 80
Definition Lists 82
How To Nest Lists 84
The New Header Tag 86
Adding A Header To Your List 87
Navigational Lists 88
How To Change Your Lists Bullet Character 90


Chapter 5 - Images 92
How To Add Inline Images 93
How To Add External Images 94
How To Add Thumbnail Images 95
How To Add Horizontal Rules 96
How To Add A Background Image To A Web Page 100
How To Change Your Web Pages Background Color 102
How To Speed Up Your Images Load Time 103


Chapter 6 - Forms 105
How To Create A Simple Form 106
What Is A Fieldset Tag? 114
What Is A Legend Tag? 115
How To Add A Bigger Text Box 116
How To Add A Simple Drop Down Menu 117
Another Drop Down Menu 119
Adding The Optgroup Tag 121
How To Add A Scrolling List 123
How To Add Radio Buttons 125
How To Add Checkboxes 126
How To Add Image Buttons 128
Allowing Your Users To Upload Files 129
How To Add Password Type Text 131
Adding Hidden Fields 132
Adding The Label Tag 133
How To Add A Button Tag 135
How To Add The Keygen Tag 137
Setting The Tab Order 138
Stop Users From Changing Information 140


Chapter 7 - Tables 141
How To Create A Simple Table 142
How To Give Your Tables A Border 147
Adding Table Headings 149
Spanning Table Cells 151
What Is Cellpadding & Cellspacing? 154
How To Adjust Your Tables Size 158
Defining Your Tables Sections 160
What Is The Summary Attribute? 163
Describing Your Tables Cells 165
Adding Table Captions 167
Adding Table Color 169
How To Add Color To Your Tables Borders 171
What Is Table Framing? 175
What Are Table Rules? 181
Controlling Table Columns 185
Adding Background Images 191
How To Nest Tables 195


Chapter 8 - Frames 198
How To Create A Simple Frame 199
What Is The Noframes Tag? 203
Adding Frame Borders & Spacing 204
Stop Your Users From Resizing Your Frames 207
Adding Scroll Bars 208
Adding An Image To A Frame 210
Nesting Frames 211
Adding Colored Borders 214
Creating A Navigational Frame 216
Creating Another Navigational Frame 219
Adding Inline Frames 222


Chapter 9 - Image Maps 225
How To Create Client-Side Image Maps 226
Creating Server-Side Image Maps 234
How To Hack The Coordinates 237


Chapter 10 - Web Color 239
Web Color Basics 240
The Hexadecimal Equivalent Chart 248
Web Safe Colors 252
22 Really Web Safe Colors 260
CSS3 Color Names 261


Chapter 11 - Meta Tags 266
Meta Tag Basics 267
The Author Meta Tag 269
How To Give Your Web Page A Copyright 270
Stopping Browsers From Caching Your Web Pages 270
How To Refresh Your Web Page 271
How To Redirect Your Web Page 272
Stopping Your Web Pages From Being Framed 272
Stopping Search Engines From Indexing Your Web Page 273
Tell Search Engines When To Revisit Your Web Page 274
How To State Your Web Pages Text Encoding 275
How To Add Web Page Transition Effects 276
How To Rate Your Web Pages 290


Chapter 12 - Audio & Video 292
Adding A Background Sound To Your Web Page Part 1 293
Adding A Background Sound To Your Web Page Part 2 294
Adding A Background Sound To Your Web Page Part 3 296
Linking To Audio & Video Clips 297
Making An Image Link To Your Audio & Video Clips 298
How To Add Playable Music To Your Web Page Part 1 300
How To Add Playable Music To Your Web Page Part 2 302
How To Add Playable Videos To Your Web Page Part 1 304
How To Add Playable Videos To Your Web Page Part 2 305
How To Make Your Music & Videos Repeat 309
The Noembed Tag 311
What Are MIME Types? 312
How To Add Flash To Your Web Page Part 1 314
How To Add Flash To Your Web Page Part 2 316
How To Add Java Applets To Your Web Page Part 1 318
How To Add Java Applets To Your Web Page Part 2 320
How To Add Java Applets To Your Web Page Part 3 324
Cross Browser Support 325


Chapter 13 - Quick Intro To CSS 327
What Is CSS? 328
How Does CSS Work? 328
How To Write Your First Style Rule 329
Adding Style To Multiple Tags 330
How To Add Style To All Your Tags 330
How To Name Your Tags With The Class Attribute 331
How To Name Individual Tags With The ID Attribute 332
How To Add Comments In CSS 333
How To Add CSS To Your Web Pages With Inline Styles 333
Add CSS To Your Web Pages With Embedded Style Sheets 334
How To Link To An External Style Sheet Part 1 335
How To Link To An External Style Sheet Part 2 338
How To Add CSS To An XML or XHTML File 339
Recognizing The Cascade 340


Chapter 14 - Quick Intro To JavaScript 342
What Is JavaScript 343
Adding JavaScript To Your Web Page Part 1 343
How To Add JavaScript To Your Web Page Part 2 345


Chapter 15 - Special Characters 347
How To Add Special Characters 348


Index 353

Product Details (+ / -)

• Author: Budda
• Paperback: 376 pages
• Publisher: CodeNique Media; 1st edition (September 16, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0615206409
• ISBN-13: 978-0-615-20640-0
• Product Dimensions: B&W 9.2 x 7.5 x 0.8 inches Perfect Bound on White
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds