A great Web site has to look great. But it also has to be user friendly. And load fast. And translate seamlessly across platforms and browsers. This unique guide shows you how to do it all with dynamic HTML and cut your development time to boot. Drawing on their own experiences as Web developers, Steven Champeon and David S. Fox give you everything you need to create great graphical user interfaces with DHTML cutting-edge design theory, powerful development strategies, nuts and bolts. Inspired by the need for rapid user interface development and cross-browser compatibility, the authors wrote Building Dynamic HTML GUIs to fill an informational void. User interface design is rarely addressed in detail for intranet and Internet development, so this title offers a fresh perspective. this book covers a lot of ground and prepares the developer for the tedious task of creating DHTML pages. They cover critical things with it and it is worth checking out.
Now completely updated for the enhanced multimedia, image-mapping, and style sheet capabilities of HTML 4.01, this lively guide reveals the secrets of award-winning Web designersóand shows you, step by step, how to create sticky, state-of-the-art Web sites. The CD-ROM comes with TidyHTML, the award-winning CoffeeCup suite, and other valuable Web design tools. A book/CD-ROM package introducing HTML for Web site creation, for those who know basics of the Internet and Web surfing. Coverage includes URLs, text styles, adding graphics, advanced design, image maps, the common gateway interface, and advanced forms. Includes a primer on building a first Web page, a step-by-step Web site planning guide, and a glossary. The CD-ROM contains utilities and shareware. Staying on top of the latest advancements of HTML, this guide shows how to add spice and "wake up" Web sites with sound, video, and animation. Offers beginning to intermediate advice.
This book is divided into three sections. The first is a detailed treatment of the technologies, concepts, and standards needed to use Dynamic HTML for users running all the popular late model browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and higher and Netscape Navigator 4.0 and higher. This section also discusses the implementation and development of HTML, Cascading Style Sheets, competing models of the DOM (document object model), and the JavaScript/JScript/ECMAScript techniques needed to control the DOM. The second section teaches Web designers how to use DHTML to develop a dynamic site, focusing on implementation issues related to maintaining cross-platform compatibility. A tutorial in this section shows readers how to create a completely interactive Web site, ready to post on the Web. The third and final section shows the reader alternate ways to use functions and features similar to those used in the second section.
A Web site designer guides the reader through the process of implementing dynamic HTML (DHTML) and cascading style sheets (CSS) to permit the broadest spectrum of the Web-surfing population to view a Web site. Requires familiarity with HTML (Hypertext Markup Language); some familiarity with JavaScript is also helpful in places. This revised and expanded second edition is up-to-date on the current Web standards and browsers, and includes all new coverage of using DHTML to get information about the browser environment and adding multimedia to a site, as well as new basic and advanced dynamic techniques, such as making objects appear and disappear, moving objects in 3D, and adding dynamic content. This edition offers full cross-platform and cross-browser coverage. This book does not focus on the more complex aspects of DHTML, but focuses on practical examples of what really works with DHTML and CSS, making it useful for beginners just starting out.
This book is designed to guide the reader in developing web sites that can use the new features and capabilities for using Style Sheets and Layers in both Cascading Style Sheet Syntax and JavaScript Syntax that are reflected in Netscape's Navigator 4.0+ browser. Additionally, it covers all of the new abilities of JavaScript 1.2 and including the Layer Object and advanced Event Handling for capturing Events and using them to dynamically alter the appearance and content of documents. There is also a chapter devoted to the new functionality of JavaScript 1.3 and changes from version 1.2. Topics include: Cascading Style Sheets, JavaScript Style Sheets, Layers, and extensive coverage on how to control them all with JavaScript; JavaScript object theory, statements, operators, functions, methods, expressions, variables, and properties; Demystifies the Document Object Model DOM; Learn how to design your own online games with dhtml and javascript.
This book introduces beginning and intermediate Web publishers to the new future of Web publishing, HTML 4.0. Readers learn to take full advantage of the revolutionary new capabilities of HTML version 4.0 and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), which enable an unprecedented level of design control and Web document beauty. Without requiring any previous HTML experience or programming expertise, this book shows how to achieve layout effects such as font control, tables, frames, absolute positioning, imagemaps, JavaScript, subscriptions with channels, newspaper columns, and much more. For anyone who wants to publish with style, this book is packed with useful information, templates, tips, and strategies for creating HTML 4 savvy Web sites. The author's engaging, witty style and crystal clear explanations make this book a hands down winner for anyone who needs to become a proficient Web publisher, or simply wants to design their first web page.
A book/CD-ROM teaching how to use HTML to create Web pages, featuring short lessons, step-by-step instructions, and ongoing examples. The CD-ROM contains examples, sample files, and software required for the text. Includes chapter objectives, quizes and answers, and exercises, plus margin notes and space for writing notes. For beginning to intermediate users of HTML familiar with Windows. Dummies 101: HTML 4 combines short lessons, step-by-step instructions, real-life examples, and fun quizzes (like the one you just took) to bring you up to speed on how to use HTML to create Web works quickly and easily. Whether you're new to the wonders of HTML or just in need of a refresher course, this handy volume is packed to the brim with helpful tips and tricks to make learning HTML 4 (from the basics of HTML tags and graphics to advanced features, such as tables and forms) a snap. HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language.
If you're a web developer today, you definately need to keep track of an enormous amount of information. In particular, you need to know the details about a variety of web specifications and their implementation in the latest versions of the popular browsers. Rather than try to remember all of these details or juggle dozens of reference books covering everything from CSS to JavaScript, you can have all the information at your fingertips with the newly revised Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference. Author Danny Goodman felt that he couldn't trust any of the documentation on Dynamic HTML (DHTML) that he read Because there were too many contradictions, so he wrote this book as a reference for working with his own clients. After testing tags and techniques on multiple releases of the main browsers, Goodman came up with very practical information; some of which you may not find in any other resource. this book belongs on every web deleloper's desk.
Contains everything a Web professional needs to know about utilizing the creative features available with Dynamic HTML. The book demonstrates how to apply multimedia effects on components like text, colors, graphics, animation, sound, synchronized media packages, and layouts. Contains information on how to use the entire palette of features in Dynamic HTML to produce all kinds of dynamic components. Improves content developers' ability to create more interactive Web pages, which will give users a richer and more compelling Web experience. Demonstrates how to apply multimedia effects on components like text, colors, graphics, animation, sound, synchronized media packages, and layouts. Teaches how to connect Dynamic HTML content with databases to produce data-aware environments. Provides Web site developers with enhanced control over the appearance and behavior of Web pages.
This concise and readable tutorial and reference is just what web developers need to ease the learning curve for the exciting new technology called DHTML. It helps them understand the principles behind DHTML and acquire techniques for effective DHTML scripting using a unique learn by example approach. Not only do the examples contained in the book explain and illustrate theory, they can be plugged into existing web pages to create instant dynamic effects, such as pull-down menus, animations, pop-out menus, transitions, filters, and drag and drop. The book explains all of the key topics, including DOM (Document Object Model), CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), and XML (eXtensible Markup Language), essential technologies contributing to DHTML. Rule covers both Microsoft's and Netscape's implementations. Interactive developer Rule provides a readable reference guide and tutorial for the HTML developer seeking to progress to Dynamic HTML and JavaScript.