In-depth coverage is given of the hottest new HTML topics, from Cascading Style Sheet layers, Dynamic HTML, Active Server Pages, and "push" technology to the latest word on customizing Windows using HTML. The CD-ROM includes the book's HTML reference in the "Modern Age" format and key HTML code and utilities. Topics include Using effective colors on the Web; Creating links and image maps; Inserting images and multimedia; Creating tables, forms, and frames; Writing browser independent code; Understanding proprietary HTML extensions; Using HTML development tools; Using Java applets and ActiveX controls; Learning JavaScript; Mastering Dynamic HTML; Using Cascading Style Sheets; Understanding HTML validation and conversion; Maintaining and optimizing Web sites. Mastering HTML 4.0 is the perfect resource for web content providers and everyone else who neds complete information about the newest version of HTML and the standards supported by browsers.
Bestselling author James Meade covers all Dynamic HTML capabilities: positioning, multimedia, databases, and scripting. Offering advice on effective coding, he gives guidelines for page design and business applications. The CD-ROM includes working examples and code illustrating the principles and capabilities from the book. With Microsoft dynamic html you can take full advantage of web pages, allowing you to do many things which standard html cannot. Dynamic html can prove to be very useful for web developers. James Meade (Fairfield, IA) is author of the bestselling Using PowerPoint and 16 other computer books, including The Comprehensive Guide to SmartSuite 97. His articles and software reviews have appeared in dozens of computer publications, including PC Magazine. President of the writing services firm Meade Ink, Inc., he has taught writing at Harvard, Northwestern, and other major universities.
Unique in the marketplace, More Excellent HTML combines the pedagogical support of academic texts with the comprehensive coverage found in tradebooks. HTML texts from other academic publishers treat HTML in a step-by-step cookbook fashion, as though it were a simple software application, limiting the amount of material and concepts covered. Our text can target both classes now using tradebooks (Teach Yourself Web Publishing, Lemay and Visual QuickStart Guide to HTML, Castro) or those using HTML texts. No previous knowledge of HTML or Web design is assumed. Completely updated to the specifications of HTML 4.0; New chapters on the concepts of JavaScript, with coverage of how to include basic scripts into the students' Web sites; More end-of-chapter exercises which now include end-of-chapter discussion questions; 256-color chart with alphanumeric color tags on inside covers; Hundreds of screen captures; Dozens of line-by-line HTML code samples.
This clearly designed guide is designed for the beginner who wishes to learn HTML 4.0 and its applications to different browsers. Requirements, HTML basics, text formatting, links, and all the bells and whistles are described, with screen shots provided where needed. A handy "quick reference section" provides users with definitions for tags and their attributes in different versions of HTML and on Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. If you have no experience with HTML the introduction will help get you started. Here you will learn how to program in easy-to-understand steps. In the introduction you will get to know the basic HTML technologies. With the help of the quick reference section you will be able to build your knowledge up to a professional level. Finally you will learn a couple of interesting technologies (style sheets, Dynamic HTML etc.) detailed in the "Tips and tricks" section.
Practical HTML 4 is a straight forward, no-nonsense approach to creating web pages using HTML. Using practical advice and techniques that are used in the real world, this book helps you create web pages quickly and with minimum fuss. Task-oriented, easy-to-navigate tutorials begin on the basics of creating web pages, then move on to more complex tasks. You will learn to add images and multimedia, then control the presentation of your site using Cascading Style Sheets, Tables, and Frames. From there you'll move into more advanced topics, starting with Interactivity and Dynamic HTML. The book then shows how to market your site and how to get the most out of your efforts and design. Lee Ann Phillips holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of California at Berkeley (1977) and has been involved with computers since. She is one of the old hands in the networking business and has worked for a variety of companies.
HTML lead architect, Dave Raggett teaches readers how to master the secrets of HTML. The latest version of HTML has been announced by the World Wide Web Consortium HTML working group as HTML 4 and this book will include definitive information on the latest release and its newest features. No other book will give readers the lowdown on the new features of the language from the architect who created them. Raggett on HTML 4 is all that and more. As the lead architect of HTML 4, Dave Raggett is the true insider. Together with his co-authors he brings you a uniquely crafted book filled with insights, examples, tutorials and practical advice on how to master the secrets of HTML. * Learn about color, fonts and size, subscripts, superscripts, emphasised text and other effects. Figure out lists, from simple bulleted ones to lists within lists. See how style sheets give you control over the look and feel of your documents. Master tables, frames, and forms.
Aimed at intermediate to advanced users, Short Order HTML 4 is a visual, two color step-by-step guide to the practical use of HTML for Web designers. The book assumes that you know HTML and are looking for a quick guide to great design tasks in HTML. Designed as a productivity tool for designers, you can open the book and quickly find solutions to the design task you're looking for. The visual and task-oriented approach allows you to find your solutions in the least amount of time. The book is strictly focused on HTML issues and not fringe technologies (such as XML). Power tips and notes provide even more timesaving information. Topics covered include HTML 4 tags, Cascading Style Sheets, Dynamic HTML, Tables, and Frames. Molly E. Holzschlag is an author, instructor, and media designer who brings her irrepressible enthusiasm to books, classrooms, and Web sites. Honored as one of the Top 25 Most Influential Women on the Web.
Dynamic HTML (DHTML) is a combination of technologies that enhances control of web page format. In a series of 24 lessons, this guide introduces the basics of DHTML, cascading style sheets (CSS), menus, animation, forms and fonts, then combines the concepts to create a sample web page and game. It provides a friendly, accessible way to learn DHTML. Beginning with the basic concepts, it will proceed with concise lessons on the DOM and style sheets. Later lessons will present real-world examples of useful DHTML applications, such as cascading menus, and continue with advanced techniques, such as animation and dynamic fonts. After finishing this book, readers will be able to add advanced, interactive features to their Web pages, while adhering to standards and ensuring that older and alternate browsers will still be supported. Author Michael Moncur is the owner of Starling Technologies, a network consulting firm, and an independent Web developer.
As the title suggests, Teach Yourself Dynamic HTML in a Week is a straightforward tutorial, designed to provide you with enough information and practice to quickly begin coding for 4.0 browsers. While some titles lump multiple HTML topics together under the "Dynamic HTML" banner, this one sticks strictly to its subject, covering both Netscape and Microsoft implementations of scripting, HTML, and style sheets to create dynamic and interactive content. Advanced topics, such as the integration of multiple languages and objects into your Web site design, are also considered. Each chapter represents a day's lesson plan and covers a single topic in depth. Workshop and wrap-up sections are included in each lesson for hands-on practice. The appendices provide excellent reference for HTML 4, JavaScript, VBScript, and cascading style sheets. All of the source code and HTML examples are included.
Some people think, "If you build it, they will come." Though that's not always true on the Internet, you do have to build it first and that means learning HTML, which may seem intimidating. There are variations among browsers, subtleties using JavaScript and XML, and conflicts designing frames. But Teach Yourself HTML 4 provides a visual format that presents step-by-step instructions, practice exercises, and insider tips to help you tackle the Web in no time. Dissect client-side scripting vs. server-side scripting, learn XML tips, and choose the best web server. Whatever you need to know in HTML 4, from the basics to the complicated, Teach Yourself HTML 4 will give you the building blocks you want in order to attract the users you need for your web site. Discusses how to create user-friendly Web pages with HTML, how to add hyperlinks, tables, images, frames, tags, and plug-ins, optimize your site for Internet Explorer and Netscape Communicator.