Chapter 2. WEB PAGE ESSENTIALS

In this chapter:

  • Creating XHTML documents

  • Understanding document type definitions

  • Using meta tags

  • Attaching external documents

  • Working with the body section

  • Using CSS for web page backgrounds

  • Commenting your work

Starting with the essentials

You might wonder what's meant by this chapter's title: web page essentials. This chapter will run through everything you need to do with a web page prior to working on the layout and content, including creating the initial documents, attaching external documents to HTML files, and dealing with the head section of the web page. Little of this is a thrill with regard to visual design, which is why many designers ignore the topics we'll cover, or stick their fingers in their ears, hum loudly, ...

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