An essential update to the key web authoring standards of HTML, XHTML, and CSS The existence of Web pages depends on three vital technologies: HTML (base language that Web pages are written in), XHTML (standards that define how to write HTML pages), and CSS (standard that applies formatting styles to Web pages). This new edition provides you with critical coverage of these three Web authoring standards, and places special focus on the upcoming releases of HTML 5 and CSS 3.
Serving as a tutorial and reference, this comprehensive resource explains the basic structure and necessary formatting to create a static (non-changing) and dynamic (changing) page on the Internet.
- HTML, XHTML, and CSS are the three major Web authoring standards for creating either a static or dynamic Web page
- Guides you through using HTML to create Web documents and introduces updates to HTML 5
- Demonstrates best practices for using tools and utilities to create Web documents
- Includes coverage of the new CSS 3 and tips and tricks for maximizing its abilities
Helpful examples round out this essential guide and will get you up and running with HTML, XHMTL, and CSS in no time!
Table of Contents:
Introduction xxxix
Part I: Creating Content with HTML 1
Chapter 1: What Is a Markup Language? 3
Chapter 2: HTML Values and Units 9
Chapter 3: What Goes into a Web Document? 17
Chapter 4: The HEAD Elements 41
Chapter 5: Text Structuring Essentials 49
Chapter 6: Character Formatting Essentials 61
Chapter 7: Lists 71
Chapter 8: Links 87
Chapter 9: Tables 101
Chapter 10: Frames 143
Chapter 11: Forms 159
Chapter 12: Colors and Images 185
Chapter 13: Multimedia 213
Chapter 14: Special Characters 231
Chapter 15: Internationalization and Localization 247
Chapter 16: Scripts 261
Chapter 17: Dynamic HTML 271
Chapter 18: The Future of HTML: HTML5 297
Part II: HTML Tools and Variants 307
Chapter 19: Web Development Software 309
Chapter 20: Publishing Your Site 321
Chapter 21: An Introduction To XML 329
Chapter 22: Creating Mobile Documents 349
Chapter 23: Tidying and Validating Your Documents 359
Chapter 24: HTML Tips and Tricks 371
Part III: Controlling Presentation with CSS 395
Chapter 25: CSS Basics 397
Chapter 26: Style Definitions 405
Chapter 27: CSS Values and Units 421
Chapter 28: CSS Inheritance and Cascade 431
Chapter 29: Font Properties 437
Chapter 30: Text Formatting 445
Chapter 31: CSS Lists 471
Chapter 32: Padding, Margins, and Borders 479
Chapter 33: Colors and Backgrounds 491
Chapter 34: CSS Layouts 503
Chapter 35: Pseudo-Elements and Generated Content 525
Chapter 36: Dynamic HTML with CSS 539
Chapter 37: Media Styles and Defining Documents for Printing 553
Chapter 38: The Future of CSS: CSS3 571
Part IV: Additional CSS Tools 579
Chapter 39: User Interface Styles 581
Chapter 40: Testing and Validating CSS 589
Chapter 41: CSS Tips and Tricks 595
Appendix A: XHTML Element Quick Reference 617
Appendix B: HTML Special Characters Quick Reference 667
Appendix C: CSS 2.1 Properties Quick Reference 679
Appendix D: CSS 2.1 Selectors Quick Reference 705
Appendix E: Pseudo-Elements and Pseudo-Classes
Quick Reference 709
Index 711
About the Author :
Steven M. Schafer has broad experience in technology and is a veteran of publishing. He's been in and around technology as a programmer, an editor, a product specialist, a technical manager, and a Web developer. Steve employs both open-source and proprietary technologies and has worked with the Internet since the mid-1990s. He can be reached by e-mail at sschafer@synergy-tech.com.
