Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and CSS in One Hour a Day (6th Edition)

Cover......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 5
Introduction......Page 26
 What This Book Contains......Page 27
 What You Need Before You Start......Page 28
  Special Elements......Page 29
  Workshop......Page 30
 Lesson 1: Navigating the World Wide Web......Page 32
  How the World Wide Web Works......Page 33
  Web Browsers......Page 40
  Web Servers......Page 44
  Uniform Resource Locators......Page 45
  Workshop......Page 46
 Lesson 2: Preparing to Publish on the Web......Page 50
  Anatomy of a Website......Page 51
  What Do You Want to Do on the Web?......Page 53
  Setting Your Goals......Page 55
  Breaking Up Your Content Into Main Topics......Page 56
  Ideas for Organization and Navigation......Page 57
  Storyboarding Your Website......Page 67
  Web Hosting......Page 69
  Summary......Page 71
  Workshop......Page 72
 Lesson 3: Introducing Html and Xhtml......Page 74
  What Html Is (And What It Isn’T)......Page 75
  The Current Standard: Xhtml 1.1......Page 79
  What Html Files Look Like......Page 80
  Using Cascading Style Sheets......Page 86
  Programs to Help You Write Html......Page 87
  Workshop......Page 89
 Lesson 4: Learning the Basics of Html......Page 92
  Structuring Your Html......Page 93
  The Title......Page 95
  Headings......Page 97
  Comments......Page 100
  Workshop......Page 103
 Lesson 5: Organizing Information With Lists......Page 106
  Lists: An Overview......Page 107
  Numbered Lists......Page 108
  Unordered Lists......Page 112
  Glossary Lists......Page 115
  Nesting Lists......Page 117
  Other Uses for Lists......Page 119
  Summary......Page 120
  Workshop......Page 121
 Lesson 6: Adding Links to Your Web Pages......Page 124
  Creating Links......Page 125
  Linking Local Pages Using Relative and Absolute Pathnames......Page 130
  Links to Other Documents on the Web......Page 133
  Linking to Specific Places Within Documents......Page 138
  Anatomy of a Url......Page 145
  Kinds of Urls......Page 148
  Summary......Page 152
  Workshop......Page 153
 Lesson 7: Formatting Text With Html and Css......Page 156
  Character-Level Elements......Page 157
  Character Formatting Using Css......Page 162
  Preformatted Text......Page 164
  Horizontal Rules......Page 167
  Line Break......Page 170
  Quotations......Page 172
  Special Characters......Page 174
  Text Alignment......Page 178
  Fonts and Font Sizes......Page 180
  Summary......Page 192
  Workshop......Page 196
 Lesson 8: Using Css to Style a Site......Page 198
  Including Style Sheets in a Page......Page 199
  Selectors......Page 201
  Units of Measure......Page 205
  The Box Model......Page 207
  Css Positioning......Page 221
  The  Tag......Page 230
  Links......Page 231
  Workshop......Page 232
 Lesson 9: Adding Images, Color, and Backgrounds......Page 236
  Images on the Web......Page 237
  Image Formats......Page 238
  Inline Images in Html: The  Tag......Page 239
  Images and Text......Page 244
  Images and Links......Page 253
  Other Neat Tricks With Images......Page 257
  Using Color......Page 259
  Image Backgrounds......Page 263
  Using Images As Bullets......Page 267
  What Is An Imagemap?......Page 268
  Image Etiquette......Page 279
  Summary......Page 280
  Workshop......Page 281
 Lesson 10: Building Tables......Page 284
  Table Parts......Page 285
  Sizing Tables, Borders, and Cells......Page 294
  Table and Cell Color......Page 305
  Aligning Your Table Content......Page 307
  Spanning Multiple Rows or Columns......Page 312
  More Advanced Table Enhancements......Page 321
  How Tables Are Used......Page 328
  Summary......Page 329
  Workshop......Page 334
 Lesson 11: Designing Forms......Page 336
  Understanding Form and Function......Page 337
  Using the 
 Tag......Page 342
  Using the  Tag......Page 345
  Creating Form Controls With the  Tag......Page 346
  Using Other Form Controls......Page 355
  Grouping Controls With Fieldset and Legend......Page 365
  Applying Cascading Style Sheet Properties to Form Elements......Page 368
  Planning Your Forms......Page 374
  Summary......Page 375
  Workshop......Page 376
 Lesson 12: Integrating Multimedia: Sound, Video, and More......Page 380
  Embedding Video the Simple Way......Page 381
  Hosting Your Own Video......Page 386
  Video and Container Formats......Page 387
  Converting Video to H.264......Page 388
  Embedding Video Using