HTML, XHTML, and CSS Bible, Fourth Edition

HTML, XHTML, and CSS Bible, Fourth Edition

Released March 2008
Publisher(s): Wiley
ISBN: 9780470128619

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Book description

Decipher the code, use the right tools, and conquer the online world of the World Wide Web. This comprehensive guide demystifies HyperText Markup Language (HTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) so you can create sophisticated and interactive Web pages, robust applications, and as many other ways of interacting on the Web as you can think of. You'll even learn to code cool content for many mobile devices that include a browser. Inside, find all the tools, tips, and techniques you need to succeed.

Table of contents

  1. Copyright
  2. About the Author
  3. Credits
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction
    1. A Brief History of the Internet and the World Wide Web
    2. This Book's Coverage
      1. HTML 4.01
      2. CSS 2.0
    3. Terminology
    4. Who Should Read This Book?
    5. What Is Contained in This Book?
      1. Part I: Creating Content with HTML
      2. Part II: HTML Tools and Variants
      3. Part III: Controlling Presentation with CSS
      4. Part IV: Additional CSS Skills
      5. Reference Appendixes
    6. How to Use This Book
      1. The sequential read
      2. A targeted or random read
    7. Conventions and Features
      1. Tips Notes, and Cross-References
      2. Code
        1. Code in text
        2. Code listings
    8. Companion Web Site
  6. I. Creating Content with HTML
    1. 1. What Is a Markup Language and Why Do I Care?
      1. 1.1. What Are We Doing Here?
      2. 1.2. Understanding HyperText
      3. 1.3. Understanding Markup Instructions
      4. 1.4. Understanding Markup Language
      5. 1.5. Summary
    2. 2. HTML Values and Units
      1. 2.1. Basic Tag Attribute Format
      2. 2.2. Common Attributes
        1. 2.2.1. Tag identifiers–IDs and classes
          1. 2.2.1.1. IDs
          2. 2.2.1.2. Classes
      3. 2.3. Text and Comments
        1. 2.3.1. Comments
        2. 2.3.2. CDATA sections
      4. 2.4. Uniform Resource Indicators
      5. 2.5. Language and International Options
        1. 2.5.1. Language code
        2. 2.5.2. Text direction
      6. 2.6. Summary
    3. 3. What Goes into a Web Document?
      1. 3.1. Specifying Document Type
      2. 3.2. The Overall Document Structure: HTML, Head, and Body
        1. 3.2.1. The <html> tag
        2. 3.2.2. The <head> tag
        3. 3.2.3. The <body> tag
      3. 3.3. Styles Definitions
      4. 3.4. Block Elements: Markup for Paragraphs and Other Blocks of Content
        1. 3.4.1. Formatted paragraphs
        2. 3.4.2. Headings
        3. 3.4.3. Quoted text
        4. 3.4.4. List elements
        5. 3.4.5. Preformatted text
        6. 3.4.6. Divisions
      5. 3.5. Inline Elements: Markup for Characters
        1. 3.5.1. Basic inline tags
        2. 3.5.2. Spanning text
      6. 3.6. Special Characters (Entities)
      7. 3.7. Organizational Elements
        1. 3.7.1. Tables
        2. 3.7.2. Forms
      8. 3.8. Linking to Other Pages
      9. 3.9. Images
      10. 3.10. Comments
      11. 3.11. Scripts
      12. 3.12. Putting It All Together
      13. 3.13. Summary
    4. 4. The HEAD Elements
      1. 4.1. Specifying the Document Title
      2. 4.2. Providing Information to Search Engines
      3. 4.3. Setting the Default Path
      4. 4.4. Script Sections
      5. 4.5. Style Sections
      6. 4.6. Specifying Profiles
      7. 4.7. Background Color and Background Images
        1. 4.7.1. Specifying the document background color
        2. 4.7.2. Specifying the document background image
      8. 4.8. Summary
    5. 5. Text Structuring Essentials
      1. 5.1. Formatting Paragraphs
      2. 5.2. Line Breaks
      3. 5.3. Divisions
      4. 5.4. Rules
      5. 5.5. Block Quotes
      6. 5.6. Preformatted Text
      7. 5.7. Summary
    6. 6. Character Formatting Essentials
      1. 6.1. Methods of Text Control
        1. 6.1.1. The <font> tag
        2. 6.1.2. Emphasis and other text tags
        3. 6.1.3. CSS text control
      2. 6.2. Bold and Italic Text
      3. 6.3. Use of Emphasis Instead of Italics
      4. 6.4. Monospace (Typewriter) Fonts
      5. 6.5. Superscripts and Subscripts
      6. 6.6. Abbreviations
      7. 6.7. Marking Editorial Insertions and Deletions
      8. 6.8. Grouping Inline Elements with the <span> Tag
      9. 6.9. Summary
    7. 7. Lists
      1. 7.1. Understanding Lists
      2. 7.2. Ordered (Numbered) Lists
      3. 7.3. Unordered (Bulleted) Lists
      4. 7.4. Definition Lists
      5. 7.5. Nested Lists
      6. 7.6. Summary
    8. 8. Links
      1. 8.1. What's in a Link?
      2. 8.2. Linking to a Web Page
      3. 8.3. Absolute Versus Relative Links
      4. 8.4. Link Targets
      5. 8.5. Link Titles
      6. 8.6. Keyboard Shortcuts and Tab Order
        1. 8.6.1. Keyboard shortcuts
        2. 8.6.2. Tab order
      7. 8.7. Creating an Anchor
      8. 8.8. Choosing Link Colors
      9. 8.9. Link Destination Details
      10. 8.10. The Link Tag
      11. 8.11. Summary
    9. 9. Tables
      1. 9.1. Parts of an HTML Table
      2. 9.2. Table Width and Alignment
      3. 9.3. Cell Spacing and Padding
      4. 9.4. Borders and Rules
        1. 9.4.1. Table borders
        2. 9.4.2. Table rules
      5. 9.5. Rows
      6. 9.6. Cells
      7. 9.7. Table Captions
      8. 9.8. Row Groups — Header, Body, and Footer
      9. 9.9. Background Colors
      10. 9.10. Spanning Columns and Rows
      11. 9.11. Grouping Columns
      12. 9.12. Summary
    10. 10. Frames
      1. 10.1. Frames Overview
      2. 10.2. Framesets and Frame Documents
        1. 10.2.1. Creating a frameset
          1. 10.2.1.1. The <frameset> tag
          2. 10.2.1.2. The <frame> tag
        2. 10.2.2. Frame margins, borders, and scroll bars
        3. 10.2.3. Permitting or prohibiting user modifications
      3. 10.3. Targeting Links to Frames
      4. 10.4. Nested Framesets
      5. 10.5. Inline Frames
      6. 10.6. Summary
    11. 11. Forms
      1. 11.1. Understanding Forms
      2. 11.2. Inserting a Form
        1. 11.2.1. HTTP GET
        2. 11.2.2. HTTP POST
        3. 11.2.3. Additional <form> attributes
      3. 11.3. Field Labels
      4. 11.4. Text Input Boxes
      5. 11.5. Password Input Boxes
      6. 11.6. Radio Buttons
      7. 11.7. Check Boxes
      8. 11.8. List Boxes
      9. 11.9. Large Text Input
      10. 11.10. Hidden Fields
      11. 11.11. Buttons
      12. 11.12. Images
      13. 11.13. File Fields
      14. 11.14. Submit and Reset Buttons
      15. 11.15. Tab Order and Keyboard Shortcuts
      16. 11.16. Preventing Changes
      17. 11.17. Fieldsets and Legends
      18. 11.18. Using Events with Forms
      19. 11.19. Form Scripts and Script Services
        1. 11.19.1. Download a handler
        2. 11.19.2. Use a script service
      20. 11.20. Summary
    12. 12. Colors and Images
      1. 12.1. Web Color Basics
      2. 12.2. Other Means to Specify Colors
      3. 12.3. The Evolution of Color on the Web
      4. 12.4. Using Proper Means to Specify Colors
      5. 12.5. Image Formats for the Web
        1. 12.5.1. Image compression
        2. 12.5.2. Compression options
        3. 12.5.3. GIF
        4. 12.5.4. JPEG
        5. 12.5.5. PNG
      6. 12.6. Creating Graphics
        1. 12.6.1. Essential functions
        2. 12.6.2. Progressive JPEGs and interlaced GIFs
        3. 12.6.3. Using transparency
      7. 12.7. Inserting an Image
      8. 12.8. Image Alignment
      9. 12.9. Specifying Text to Display for Nongraphical Browsers
      10. 12.10. Sizing an Image
      11. 12.11. Image Borders
      12. 12.12. Image Maps
        1. 12.12.1. Specifying an image map
        2. 12.12.2. Specifying clickable regions
          1. 12.12.2.1. Specifying regions using anchor tags
          2. 12.12.2.2. Specifying regions using area tags
        3. 12.12.3. Putting it all together
      13. 12.13. Animated Images
      14. 12.14. Summary
    13. 13. Multimedia
      1. 13.1. Animated Images
      2. 13.2. Animation and Video Formats, Plug-ins, and Players
        1. 13.2.1. Popular formats and players (plug-ins)
          1. 13.2.1.1. Flash
          2. 13.2.1.2. RealOne
          3. 13.2.1.3. QuickTime
        2. 13.2.2. Windows Media Player
      3. 13.3. Embedding Media via the Object Tag
      4. 13.4. Embedding a Windows Media Player Using <object>
      5. 13.5. Adding Sound to Web Pages
      6. 13.6. Creating Multimedia Files
      7. 13.7. A Final Word About Multimedia
      8. 13.8. Summary
    14. 14. Special Characters
      1. 14.1. Understanding Character Encodings
      2. 14.2. Special Characters
      3. 14.3. En and Em Spaces and Dashes
      4. 14.4. Copyright and Trademark Symbols
      5. 14.5. Currency Symbols
      6. 14.6. "Real" Quotation Marks
      7. 14.7. Arrows
      8. 14.8. Accented Characters
      9. 14.9. Greek and Mathematical Characters
      10. 14.10. Other Useful Entities
      11. 14.11. Summary
    15. 15. Internationalization and Localization
      1. 15.1. Internationalization and Localization
      2. 15.2. Web Internationalization
      3. 15.3. Translating Your Web Site
      4. 15.4. Understanding Unicode
        1. 15.4.1. Basic Latin (U+0000−U+007F)
          1. 15.4.1.1. ISO-8859-1
          2. 15.4.1.2. Latin-1 Supplement (U+00C0−U+00FF)
          3. 15.4.1.3. Latin Extended-A (U+0100−U+017F)
          4. 15.4.1.4. Latin Extended-B and Latin Extended Additional
      5. 15.5. Summary
    16. 16. Scripts
      1. 16.1. Client-Side Versus Server-Side Scripting
        1. 16.1.1. Client-side scripting
        2. 16.1.2. Server-side scripting
      2. 16.2. Setting the Default Scripting Language
      3. 16.3. Including a Script
      4. 16.4. Calling an External Script
      5. 16.5. Triggering Scripts with Events
      6. 16.6. Hiding Scripts from Older Browsers
      7. 16.7. Summary
    17. 17. Dynamic HTML
      1. 17.1. The Need for DHTML
      2. 17.2. How DHTML Works
      3. 17.3. The Document Object Model
        1. 17.3.1. The history of the DOM
        2. 17.3.2. Understanding the Document Object Model
        3. 17.3.3. DOM Node properties and methods
        4. 17.3.4. Traversing and changing a document's nodes
      4. 17.4. The JavaScript Document Object Model
        1. 17.4.1. The window object
        2. 17.4.2. The document object
        3. 17.4.3. The form object
        4. 17.4.4. The location object
        5. 17.4.5. The history object
        6. 17.4.6. The self object
      5. 17.5. Accessing an Element by Its ID
      6. 17.6. Using Event Handlers
      7. 17.7. Cross-Browser Compatibility Issues
        1. 17.7.1. Browser detection: querying for identification
        2. 17.7.2. Browser detection: object detection
      8. 17.8. DHTML Examples
        1. 17.8.1. Breadcrumbs (page location indicator)
          1. 17.8.1.1. Writing out the code in pseudo-code
          2. 17.8.1.2. Using the window object to manage URLs
          3. 17.8.1.3. Building string arrays with the split() method
          4. 17.8.1.4. Fine-tuning your breadcrumbs
        2. 17.8.2. Rollovers
        3. 17.8.3. Collapsible menus
          1. 17.8.3.1. How they work
      9. 17.9. Summary
  7. II. HTML Tools and Variants
    1. 18. Web Development Software
      1. 18.1. Text-Oriented Editors
        1. 18.1.1. Simple text editors
        2. 18.1.2. Smart text editors
        3. 18.1.3. HTML-specific editors
      2. 18.2. WYSIWYG HTML Editors
        1. 18.2.1. NetObjects Fusion
        2. 18.2.2. Dreamweaver
      3. 18.3. Other Tools
        1. 18.3.1. Graphics editors
        2. 18.3.2. Adobe Flash
      4. 18.4. Summary
    2. 19. Publishing Your Site
      1. 19.1. Introducing FTP
      2. 19.2. FTP Clients
      3. 19.3. Notable FTP Clients
      4. 19.4. Principles of Web Server File Organization
      5. 19.5. Summary
    3. 20. Data Connectivity with Microformats
      1. 20.1. Why Microformats?
      2. 20.2. An Example Microformat — hCard
        1. 20.2.1. Microformat-enabling Firefox
      3. 20.3. Another Example — Geolocation Data
      4. 20.4. So How Do I Implement Microformats?
      5. 20.5. Summary
    4. 21. An Introduction To XML
      1. 21.1. XML Basics
      2. 21.2. XML Syntax
        1. 21.2.1. XML Declaration and DOCTYPE
        2. 21.2.2. Elements
        3. 21.2.3. Attributes
        4. 21.2.4. Comments
        5. 21.2.5. Non-parsed data
        6. 21.2.6. Entities
        7. 21.2.7. Namespaces
        8. 21.2.8. Stylesheets
      3. 21.3. Working with Document Type Definitions
        1. 21.3.1. Using elements in DTDs
          1. 21.3.1.1. Using Element Declaration Syntax for Empty Elements
          2. 21.3.1.2. Using Element Declaration Syntax for Elements with PCDATA
          3. 21.3.1.3. Using Element Declaration Syntax for Elements with Child Elements
          4. 21.3.1.4. Declaring the Number of Occurrences for Elements
        2. 21.3.2. Using attributes in DTDs
        3. 21.3.3. Using entities in DTDs
        4. 21.3.4. Using PCDATA and CDATA in DTDs
      4. 21.4. Introducing XML Schemas
      5. 21.5. Working with Schemas
      6. 21.6. Using XML
        1. 21.6.1. Extensible stylesheet language transformations
        2. 21.6.2. XML editing
        3. 21.6.3. XML parsing
      7. 21.7. Summary
    5. 22. Creating Mobile Web Pages
      1. 22.1. Understanding the Evolution of Web Mobility
        1. 22.1.1. The first, dark years of mobility
        2. 22.1.2. The Open Mobile Alliance and other standards
        3. 22.1.3. The bottom line
      2. 22.2. XHTML Basic 1.1
        1. 22.2.1. The XHTML Basic 1.1 doctype
        2. 22.2.2. XHTML Basic 1.1 elements
        3. 22.2.3. Special considerations
          1. 22.2.3.1. Screen size
          2. 22.2.3.2. Balancing content for bandwidth and cost
          3. 22.2.3.3. Input restrictions
          4. 22.2.3.4. Easy URLs
          5. 22.2.3.5. Small images
          6. 22.2.3.6. Descriptive alt attributes and link text
          7. 22.2.3.7. Reliable navigation schemes
          8. 22.2.3.8. Limit complex display structures
      3. 22.3. Mobile Web Development Tools
      4. 22.4. Summary
    6. 23. Tidying and Validating your Documents
      1. 23.1. Tidying Your HTML Code
        1. 23.1.1. HTML Tidy
        2. 23.1.2. Getting HTML Tidy
        3. 23.1.3. Running HTML Tidy
      2. 23.2. Validating Your Code
        1. 23.2.1. Specifying the correct document type declaration
        2. 23.2.2. Validation tools
        3. 23.2.3. Understanding validation output
      3. 23.3. Additional Testing and Validation
        1. 23.3.1. Testing with a variety of user agents
        2. 23.3.2. Testing for a variety of displays
      4. 23.4. Summary
    7. 24. HTML Tips and Tricks
      1. 24.1. Preloading Images
      2. 24.2. Controlling Text Breaks in Table Cells
      3. 24.3. Stretching Title Bars
      4. 24.4. Simulating Newspaper Columns
      5. 24.5. Including Image Sizes for Fast Display
      6. 24.6. Protecting E-mail Addresses
      7. 24.7. Summary
  8. III. Controlling Presentation with CSS
    1. 25. CSS Basics
      1. 25.1. The Purpose of Styles
      2. 25.2. Styles and HTML
      3. 25.3. CSS Levels 1, 2, and 3
      4. 25.4. Defining Styles
      5. 25.5. Cascading Styles
      6. 25.6. Summary
    2. 26. Style Definitions
      1. 26.1. The Style Definition Format
      2. 26.2. Understanding Selectors
        1. 26.2.1. Matching elements by type
        2. 26.2.2. Matching using the universal selector
        3. 26.2.3. Matching elements by class
        4. 26.2.4. Matching elements by identifier
        5. 26.2.5. Matching elements by specific attributes
        6. 26.2.6. Matching child, descendant, and adjacent sibling elements
          1. 26.2.6.1. Understanding document hierarchy
            1. 26.2.6.1.1. Ancestors and descendants
            2. 26.2.6.1.2. Parents and children
            3. 26.2.6.1.3. Siblings
          2. 26.2.6.2. Selecting by hierarchy
      3. 26.3. Understanding Style Inheritance
      4. 26.4. Using Pseudo-Classes
        1. 26.4.1. Anchor styles
        2. 26.4.2. The :first-child pseudo-class
        3. 26.4.3. The :lang pseudo-class
      5. 26.5. Pseudo-Elements
        1. 26.5.1. First line
        2. 26.5.2. First letter
        3. 26.5.3. Before and after
      6. 26.6. Shorthand Expressions
      7. 26.7. Summary
    3. 27. CSS Values and Units
      1. 27.1. General Property Value Rules
      2. 27.2. Property Value Metrics
        1. 27.2.1. Keyword values
        2. 27.2.2. Real-world measures
        3. 27.2.3. Screen measures
        4. 27.2.4. Relational measures
        5. 27.2.5. Color and URL functions
        6. 27.2.6. Aural metrics
      3. 27.3. Summary
    4. 28. CSS Inheritance and Cascade
      1. 28.1. Inheritance
      2. 28.2. Cascade
      3. 28.3. Specificity
      4. 28.4. Summary
    5. 29. Font Properties
      1. 29.1. Understanding Fonts
      2. 29.2. Font Types
      3. 29.3. Font Sizing
      4. 29.4. Font Styling
      5. 29.5. Line Spacing
      6. 29.6. Embedding Fonts in a Document
      7. 29.7. Summary
    6. 30. Text Formatting
      1. 30.1. Aligning Text
        1. 30.1.1. Controlling horizontal alignment
        2. 30.1.2. Controlling vertical alignment
      2. 30.2. Indenting Text
      3. 30.3. Controlling White Space Within Text
        1. 30.3.1. Clearing floating objects
        2. 30.3.2. The white-space property
      4. 30.4. Controlling Letter and Word Spacing
      5. 30.5. Specifying Capitalization
      6. 30.6. Using Text Decorations
      7. 30.7. Autogenerated Text
      8. 30.8. Using CSS Table Properties
      9. 30.9. Controlling Table Attributes
        1. 30.9.1. Table borders
        2. 30.9.2. Table border spacing
        3. 30.9.3. Collapsing borders
        4. 30.9.4. Borders on empty cells
      10. 30.10. Table Layout
      11. 30.11. Aligning and Positioning Captions
      12. 30.12. Summary
    7. 31. CSS Lists
      1. 31.1. An Overview of Lists
      2. 31.2. CSS Lists — Any Element Will Do
      3. 31.3. List Style Type
      4. 31.4. Positioning of Markers
      5. 31.5. Using Images as List Markers
      6. 31.6. Summary
    8. 32. Padding, Margins, and Borders
      1. 32.1. The CSS Box Formatting Model
      2. 32.2. Element Padding
      3. 32.3. Element Borders
        1. 32.3.1. Border width
        2. 32.3.2. Border style
        3. 32.3.3. Border color
        4. 32.3.4. The border property shortcuts
        5. 32.3.5. Border spacing
      4. 32.4. Element Margins
      5. 32.5. Dynamic Outlines
      6. 32.6. Summary
    9. 33. Colors and Backgrounds
      1. 33.1. Element Colors
        1. 33.1.1. Foreground colors
        2. 33.1.2. Background colors
      2. 33.2. Background Images
        1. 33.2.1. Combining background colors and images
        2. 33.2.2. Repeating and scrolling images
        3. 33.2.3. Positioning background images
        4. 33.2.4. The background shortcut property
      3. 33.3. Summary
    10. 34. CSS Layouts with Floating and Positioning
      1. 34.1. Understanding CSS Positioning
        1. 34.1.1. Static positioning
        2. 34.1.2. Relative positioning
        3. 34.1.3. Absolute positioning
        4. 34.1.4. Fixed positioning
      2. 34.2. Specifying Element Position
      3. 34.3. Floating Elements to the Left or Right
      4. 34.4. Defining an Element's Width and Height
        1. 34.4.1. Specifying exact sizes
        2. 34.4.2. Specifying maximum and minimum sizes
        3. 34.4.3. Controlling element overflow
      5. 34.5. Stacking Elements in Layers
      6. 34.6. Controlling Element Visibility
      7. 34.7. Summary
    11. 35. Pseudo-Elements and Generated Content
      1. 35.1. The Content Property
      2. 35.2. Pseudo-Elements
        1. 35.2.1. :first-line
        2. 35.2.2. :first-letter
        3. 35.2.3. :before and :after
      3. 35.3. Quotation Marks
      4. 35.4. Numbering Elements Automatically
        1. 35.4.1. The counter object
        2. 35.4.2. Changing the counter value
        3. 35.4.3. A counter example: chapter and section numbers
        4. 35.4.4. Custom list numbers
      5. 35.5. Summary
    12. 36. Dynamic HTML with CSS
      1. 36.1. Accessing CSS Properties with JavaScript
      2. 36.2. Useful CSS Manipulation
        1. 36.2.1. Hiding and showing text
        2. 36.2.2. Picture zooming
        3. 36.2.3. Menu buttons with rollovers
      3. 36.3. Summary
    13. 37. Media Styles and Defining Documents for Printing
      1. 37.1. Understanding CSS Media Types
        1. 37.1.1. Specifying media type(s)
          1. 37.1.1.1. Specifying one style's media type
          2. 37.1.1.2. Specifying a group of styles' media types
          3. 37.1.1.3. Specifying an external style sheet's media type
      2. 37.2. Setting Up Documents for Printing
        1. 37.2.1. The page box formatting model
        2. 37.2.2. Defining the page size with the @page rule
          1. 37.2.2.1. Setting up the page size with the size property
          2. 37.2.2.2. Setting margins with the margin property
          3. 37.2.2.3. Including crop and cross marks
        3. 37.2.3. Controlling page breaks
          1. 37.2.3.1. Using the page-break-before and page-break-after properties
          2. 37.2.3.2. Using the page-break-inside property
        4. 37.2.4. Handling widows and orphans
        5. 37.2.5. Preparing documents for double-sided printing
      3. 37.3. Creating a Multimedia Document
        1. 37.3.1. The online (screen media) document
        2. 37.3.2. Reformatting the page
      4. 37.4. Summary
  9. IV. Additional CSS Tools
    1. 38. Formatting with HTML Tables
      1. 38.1. Rudimentary Formatting with Tables
      2. 38.2. Real-World Examples
      3. 38.3. Floating Page
      4. 38.4. Odd Graphic and Text Combinations
      5. 38.5. Navigational Menus and Blocks
      6. 38.6. Multiple Columns
      7. 38.7. Summary
    2. 39. User Interface Styles
      1. 39.1. Changing the Cursor
      2. 39.2. User Interface Colors
      3. 39.3. User Interface Fonts
      4. 39.4. Summary
    3. 40. Testing and Validating CSS
      1. 40.1. Testing Syntax as You Create Styles
      2. 40.2. A Word About Formatting
      3. 40.3. Validating CSS
      4. 40.4. Summary
    4. 41. CSS Tips and Tricks
      1. 41.1. Hanging Indents
      2. 41.2. Expanding Buttons
      3. 41.3. Pull Quotes
      4. 41.4. Tabbed Menus
      5. 41.5. Summary
  10. A. HTML Element Quick Reference
    1. A.1. Element Listings
      1. A.1.1. <a>
        1. A.1.1.1. Context
        2. A.1.1.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.1.3. Usage example
      2. A.1.2. <abbr>
        1. A.1.2.1. Context
        2. A.1.2.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.2.3. Usage example
      3. A.1.3. <acronym>
        1. A.1.3.1. Context
        2. A.1.3.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.3.3. Usage example
      4. A.1.4. <address>
        1. A.1.4.1. Context
        2. A.1.4.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.4.3. Usage example
      5. A.1.5. Infrequently used.<area>
        1. A.1.5.1. Context
        2. A.1.5.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.5.3. Usage example
      6. A.1.6. <b>
        1. A.1.6.1. Context
        2. A.1.6.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.6.3. Usage example
      7. A.1.7. <base>
        1. A.1.7.1. Context
        2. A.1.7.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.7.3. Usage example
      8. A.1.8. <bdo>
        1. A.1.8.1. Context
        2. A.1.8.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.8.3. Usage example
      9. A.1.9. <big>
        1. A.1.9.1. Context
        2. A.1.9.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.9.3. Usage example
      10. A.1.10. <blockquote>
        1. A.1.10.1. Context
        2. A.1.10.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.10.3. Usage example
      11. A.1.11. <body>
        1. A.1.11.1. Context
        2. A.1.11.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.11.3. Usage example
      12. A.1.12. <br>
        1. A.1.12.1. Context
        2. A.1.12.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.12.3. Usage example
      13. A.1.13. <button>
        1. A.1.13.1. Context
        2. A.1.13.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.13.3. Usage example
      14. A.1.14. <caption>
        1. A.1.14.1. Context
        2. A.1.14.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.14.3. Usage example
      15. A.1.15. <cite>
        1. A.1.15.1. Context
        2. A.1.15.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.15.3. Usage Example
      16. A.1.16. <code>
        1. A.1.16.1. Context
        2. A.1.16.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.16.3. Usage Example
      17. A.1.17. <col>
        1. A.1.17.1. Context
        2. A.1.17.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.17.3. Usage example
      18. A.1.18. <colgroup>
        1. A.1.18.1. Context
        2. A.1.18.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.18.3. Usage example
      19. A.1.19. <dd>
        1. A.1.19.1. Context
        2. A.1.19.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.19.3. Usage example
      20. A.1.20. <del>
        1. A.1.20.1. Context
        2. A.1.20.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.20.3. Usage example
      21. A.1.21. <dfn>
        1. A.1.21.1. Context
        2. A.1.21.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.21.3. Usage example
      22. A.1.22. <div>
        1. A.1.22.1. Context
        2. A.1.22.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.22.3. Usage example
      23. A.1.23. <dl>
        1. A.1.23.1. Context
        2. A.1.23.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.23.3. Usage example
      24. A.1.24. <dt>
        1. A.1.24.1. Context
        2. A.1.24.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.24.3. Usage example
      25. A.1.25. <em>
        1. A.1.25.1. Context
        2. A.1.25.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.25.3. Usage example
      26. A.1.26. <fieldset>
        1. A.1.26.1. Context
        2. A.1.26.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.26.3. Usage example
      27. A.1.27. <form>
        1. A.1.27.1. Context
        2. A.1.27.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.27.3. Usage example
      28. A.1.28. <h1>, <h2>, <h3>, <h4>, <h5>, <h6>
        1. A.1.28.1. Context
        2. A.1.28.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.28.3. Usage example
      29. A.1.29. <head>
        1. A.1.29.1. Context
        2. A.1.29.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.29.3. Usage example
      30. A.1.30. <hr>
        1. A.1.30.1. Context
        2. A.1.30.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.30.3. Usage example
      31. A.1.31. <html>
        1. A.1.31.1. Context
        2. A.1.31.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.31.3. Usage example
      32. A.1.32. <i>
        1. A.1.32.1. Context
        2. A.1.32.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.32.3. Usage example
      33. A.1.33. <img>
        1. A.1.33.1. Context
        2. A.1.33.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.33.3. Usage example
      34. A.1.34. <input>
        1. A.1.34.1. Context
        2. A.1.34.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.34.3. Usage example
      35. A.1.35. <ins>
        1. A.1.35.1. Context
        2. A.1.35.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.35.3. Usage example
      36. A.1.36. <kbd>
        1. A.1.36.1. Context
        2. A.1.36.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.36.3. Usage example
      37. A.1.37. <label>
        1. A.1.37.1. Context
        2. A.1.37.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.37.3. Usage example
      38. A.1.38. <legend>
        1. A.1.38.1. Context
        2. A.1.38.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.38.3. Usage example
      39. A.1.39. <li>
        1. A.1.39.1. Context
        2. A.1.39.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.39.3. Usage example
      40. A.1.40. <link>
        1. A.1.40.1. Context
        2. A.1.40.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.40.3. Usage example
      41. A.1.41. <map>
        1. A.1.41.1. Context
        2. A.1.41.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.41.3. Usage example
      42. A.1.42. <meta>
        1. A.1.42.1. Context
        2. A.1.42.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.42.3. Usage example
      43. A.1.43. <noscript>
        1. A.1.43.1. Context
        2. A.1.43.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.43.3. Usage example
      44. A.1.44. <object>
        1. A.1.44.1. Context
        2. A.1.44.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.44.3. Usage example
      45. A.1.45. <ol>
        1. A.1.45.1. Context
        2. A.1.45.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.45.3. Usage example
      46. A.1.46. <optgroup>
        1. A.1.46.1. Context
        2. A.1.46.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.46.3. Usage example
      47. A.1.47. <option>
        1. A.1.47.1. Context
        2. A.1.47.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.47.3. Usage example
      48. A.1.48. <p>
        1. A.1.48.1. Context
        2. A.1.48.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.48.3. Usage example
      49. A.1.49. <param>
        1. A.1.49.1. Context
        2. A.1.49.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.49.3. Usage example
      50. A.1.50. <pre>
        1. A.1.50.1. Context
        2. A.1.50.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.50.3. Usage example
      51. A.1.51. <q>
        1. A.1.51.1. Context
        2. A.1.51.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.51.3. Usage example
      52. A.1.52. <samp>
        1. A.1.52.1. Context
        2. A.1.52.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.52.3. Usage example
      53. A.1.53. <script>
        1. A.1.53.1. Context
        2. A.1.53.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.53.3. Usage example
      54. A.1.54. <select>
        1. A.1.54.1. Context
        2. A.1.54.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.54.3. Usage example
      55. A.1.55. <small>
        1. A.1.55.1. Context
        2. A.1.55.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.55.3. Usage example
      56. A.1.56. <span>
        1. A.1.56.1. Context
        2. A.1.56.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.56.3. Usage example
      57. A.1.57. <strong>
        1. A.1.57.1. Context
        2. A.1.57.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.57.3. Usage example
      58. A.1.58. <style>
        1. A.1.58.1. Context
        2. A.1.58.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.58.3. Usage example
      59. A.1.59. <sub>
        1. A.1.59.1. Context
        2. A.1.59.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.59.3. Usage example
      60. A.1.60. <sup>
        1. A.1.60.1. Context
        2. A.1.60.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.60.3. Usage example
      61. A.1.61. <table>
        1. A.1.61.1. Context
        2. A.1.61.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.61.3. Usage example
      62. A.1.62. <tbody>
        1. A.1.62.1. Context
        2. A.1.62.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.62.3. Usage example
      63. A.1.63. <td>
        1. A.1.63.1. Context
        2. A.1.63.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.63.3. Usage example
      64. A.1.64. <textarea>
        1. A.1.64.1. Context
        2. A.1.64.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.64.3. Usage example
      65. A.1.65. <tfoot>
        1. A.1.65.1. Context
        2. A.1.65.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.65.3. Usage example
      66. A.1.66. <th>
        1. A.1.66.1. Context
        2. A.1.66.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.66.3. Usage example
      67. A.1.67. <thead>
        1. A.1.67.1. Context
        2. A.1.67.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.67.3. Usage example
      68. A.1.68. <title>
        1. A.1.68.1. Context
        2. A.1.68.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.68.3. Usage example
      69. A.1.69. <tr>
        1. A.1.69.1. Context
        2. A.1.69.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.69.3. Usage example
      70. A.1.70. <tt>
        1. A.1.70.1. Context
        2. A.1.70.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.70.3. Usage example
      71. A.1.71. <ul>
        1. A.1.71.1. Context
        2. A.1.71.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.71.3. Usage example
      72. A.1.72. <var>
        1. A.1.72.1. Context
        2. A.1.72.2. Attributes
        3. A.1.72.3. Usage example
    2. A.2. Event Attributes
      1. A.2.1. Standard events
      2. A.2.2. Other Events
    3. A.3. Other Common Attributes
      1. A.3.1. Core attributes
      2. A.3.2. Internationalization attributes
      3. A.3.3. Common color codes
  11. B. HTML Special Characters Quick Reference
  12. C. CSS Properties Quick Reference
    1. C.1. Property Listings
      1. C.1.1. Background
        1. C.1.1.1. background-image
        2. C.1.1.2. background-repeat
        3. C.1.1.3. background-attachment
        4. C.1.1.4. background-position
        5. C.1.1.5. background-color
        6. C.1.1.6. background
      2. C.1.2. List
        1. C.1.2.1. list-style-type
        2. C.1.2.2. list-style-position
        3. C.1.2.3. list-style-image
        4. C.1.2.4. list-style
      3. C.1.3. Generated content
        1. C.1.3.1. content
        2. C.1.3.2. quotes
        3. C.1.3.3. counter-increment
        4. C.1.3.4. counter-reset
      4. C.1.4. Font and text
        1. C.1.4.1. text-align
        2. C.1.4.2. text-decoration
        3. C.1.4.3. text-indent
        4. C.1.4.4. text-transform
        5. C.1.4.5. color
        6. C.1.4.6. font-family
        7. C.1.4.7. font-size
        8. C.1.4.8. font-style
        9. C.1.4.9. font-variant
        10. C.1.4.10. font-weight
        11. C.1.4.11. font
        12. C.1.4.12. letter-spacing
        13. C.1.4.13. word-spacing
        14. C.1.4.14. white-space
      5. C.1.5. Text direction
        1. C.1.5.1. unicode-bidi
        2. C.1.5.2. direction
      6. C.1.6. Block
        1. C.1.6.1. margin-left, margin-right, margin-top, margin-bottom
        2. C.1.6.2. margin
        3. C.1.6.3. padding-left, padding-right, padding-top, padding-bottom
        4. C.1.6.4. padding
        5. C.1.6.5. clip
        6. C.1.6.6. overflow
        7. C.1.6.7. height, width
        8. C.1.6.8. max-height, max-width
        9. C.1.6.9. min-height, min-width
        10. C.1.6.10. line-height
        11. C.1.6.11. vertical-align
      7. C.1.7. Positioning
        1. C.1.7.1. visibility
        2. C.1.7.2. display
        3. C.1.7.3. position
        4. C.1.7.4. float
        5. C.1.7.5. top, bottom, left, right
        6. C.1.7.6. z-index
        7. C.1.7.7. clear
      8. C.1.8. Borders
        1. C.1.8.1. border-color, border-top-color, border-bottom-color, border-left-color, border-right-color
        2. C.1.8.2. border-style, border-top-style, border-bottom-style, border-left-style, border-right-style
        3. C.1.8.3. border-width, border-top-width, border-bottom-width, border-left-width, border-right-width
        4. C.1.8.4. border
        5. C.1.8.5. outline-color
        6. C.1.8.6. outline-style
        7. C.1.8.7. outline-width
        8. C.1.8.8. outline
      9. C.1.9. Table
        1. C.1.9.1. table-layout
        2. C.1.9.2. border-collapse
        3. C.1.9.3. border-spacing
        4. C.1.9.4. empty-cells
        5. C.1.9.5. caption-side
      10. C.1.10. Printing
        1. C.1.10.1. page-break-after, page-break-before
        2. C.1.10.2. page-break-inside
        3. C.1.10.3. orphans
        4. C.1.10.4. widows
      11. C.1.11. Miscellaneous
        1. C.1.11.1. cursor
  13. D. CSS Selectors Quick Reference
    1. D.1. Basic Element Selectors
    2. D.2. Descendant Selectors
    3. D.3. Child Selectors
    4. D.4. Adjacent Sibling Selectors
    5. D.5. Class Selectors
    6. D.6. ID Selectors
    7. D.7. Attribute Selectors
  14. E. Pseudo-Elements and Pseudo-Classes Quick Reference
    1. E.1. Pseudo-Elements
    2. E.2. Pseudo-Classes

Product information

  • Title: HTML, XHTML, and CSS Bible, Fourth Edition
  • Author(s):
  • Release date: March 2008
  • Publisher(s): Wiley
  • ISBN: 9780470128619