Sams Teach Yourself HTML in 10 Minutes, Fourth Edition

Book description

Don't let a lack of free time keep you from learning HTML to build better websites! Sams Teach Yourself HTML in 10 Minutes, Fourth Edition is a compact, task-oriented tutorial that will show you how to perform the most common tasks involved in designing, creating, publishing, and administering web pages and sites. The book covers only those HTML tags and technologies that are likely to be used on a beginner's web page, and it is organized in a logical step-by-step order that reflects a natural progression. The book's modular design allows you to jump in and learn only what you need to know anywhere throughout the book. This fourth edition of the bestselling book is completely rewritten to make it even more accessible for the beginning Windows and Macintosh user. The easily accessible reference material and updated examples will help understand how to execute tasks to get the results you desire.

Table of contents

  1. Contents (1/2)
  2. Contents (2/2)
  3. 1 What’s It All About?
    1. What Is the Internet?
    2. What Is HTML?
    3. Then, What’s XHTML?
    4. How Do They Work?
    5. Using Web Browsers
    6. Getting Connected
  4. 2 Creating Your First Page
    1. Getting Started
    2. Required Elements
    3. Saving and Viewing the Page
    4. XHTML Requirements
    5. Using Good Form
  5. 3 Adding Text and More
    1. Paragraphs
    2. Text Emphasis
    3. Headings
    4. Special Characters
    5. Math and Science Notations
    6. English Isn’t the Only Language
    7. Meta Tags
  6. 4 Linking Text and Documents
    1. What Is a URL?
    2. Hyperlinks
    3. Linking to Other Files and Email
    4. Linking Within the Same Page
  7. 5 Adding Your Own Style
    1. Style Sheets
    2. Defining the Rules
    3. Add a Little class
    4. Applying Styles
    5. Formatting Text with Styles (1/2)
    6. Formatting Text with Styles (2/2)
    7. Adding Lines
  8. 6 Creating Lists
    1. Types of Lists
    2. Bulleted (Unordered) Lists
    3. Numbered (Ordered) Lists
    4. Definition Lists
  9. 7 Creating Tables
    1. Simple Tables
    2. Formatting Tables
    3. Advanced Tables
    4. Using Tables for Layout
  10. 8 Using Graphics
    1. Adding Images
    2. Adding Alternate Text
    3. Image Attributes
    4. Using Images as Links
    5. Image Etiquette
  11. 9 Mapping Images
    1. What Are Image Maps?
    2. Creating Client-Side Image Maps
    3. Adding Text Links for Older Browsers
  12. 10 Creating Frames
    1. Simple Frames
    2. Nested Frames
    3. Linking Between Frames
    4. The Two Biggest Problems with Frames
    5. Using Frames Effectively
  13. 11 Building Online Forms
    1. Creating Forms
    2. Form Fields (1/2)
    3. Form Fields (2/2)
    4. Receiving Form Data
  14. 12 Making It Sing: Sound and Video
    1. Adding Sound and Video
    2. Finding Plug-ins
  15. 13 Designing with HTML
    1. Design Basics
    2. Layout, Content, and Navigation
    3. Fonts and Colors
    4. Images
  16. 14 Creating Active Web Pages
    1. What Are Active Web Pages?
    2. DHTML
    3. Java and ActiveX
    4. JavaScript and VBScript
  17. 15 Using Web Authoring Tools
    1. Why Use a Tool?
    2. Microsoft FrontPage
    3. Macromedia Dreamweaver
    4. Other Popular Web Tools
  18. 16 Making a Name for Yourself
    1. Web Hosting
    2. Search Pages and Indexes
    3. Adding Your Web Site to the Search Engine
    4. Advertising
  19. 17 Planning for the Future
    1. The Future of the Internet
    2. What Is XML?
    3. Being Prepared (1/2)
    4. Being Prepared (2/2)
  20. A: HTML/XHTML Quick Reference
    1. Required Elements
    2. Text Phrases and Paragraphs
    3. Text Formatting Elements
    4. Lists
    5. Links ...
    6. Tables
    7. Frames
    8. Embedded Content
    9. Style ...
    10. Forms
    11. Scripts
    12. Common Attributes and Events
  21. B: Style Sheet Quick Reference
    1. Text and Fonts
    2. Typography
    3. Colors and Backgrounds
    4. Borders and Tables
    5. List
    6. Layout
  22. C: Special Characters
    1. Symbol Entities
    2. Character Entities
    3. Greek Entities
    4. Other Entities
  23. Index
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E
    6. F
    7. G
    8. H
    9. I
    10. J–K
    11. L
    12. M
    13. N
    14. O
    15. P
    16. Q–R
    17. S
    18. T
    19. U
    20. V
    21. W
    22. X–Z

Product information

  • Title: Sams Teach Yourself HTML in 10 Minutes, Fourth Edition
  • Author(s): Deidre Hayes
  • Release date: May 2006
  • Publisher(s): Sams
  • ISBN: 067232878X