developer.com - Reference Click here to support our advertisers SOFTWAREFOR SALE BOOKSFOR SALE SEARCH CENTRAL JOB BANK CLASSIFIED ADS DIRECTORIES REFERENCE Online Library Reports TRAINING CENTER JOURNAL NEWS CENTRAL DOWNLOADS DISCUSSIONS CALENDAR ABOUT US Journal: Get the weekly email highlights from the most popular online Journal for developers! Current issue developer.com developerdirect.com htmlgoodies.com javagoodies.com jars.com intranetjournal.com javascripts.com
All Categories :
HTML

To access the contents, click the chapter and section titles.
HTML By Example




Imprint: QUE Author:
Todd Stauffer Publication Date: Jun-96
ISBN: 0-789-70812-4
Part I: Internet, Web, and HTML Fundamentals Part II: Creating Basic Pages with HTML 2.0 Part III: Interactive HTML Part IV: Page Layout and Formatting Part V: Internet Programming and Advanced Web Technologies Part VI: HTML Editors and Tools Part VII: HTML Examples Conventions Used in this Book Icons Used in this Book The Other Advantage Part I  Internet, Web, and HTML Fundamentals Chapter 1: What is HTML? HTML at a Crossroads HTML is not a Programming Language A Short HTML History Marking Up Text Who Decides What HTML Is? The HTML Working Group The World Wide Web Consortium Individual Companies and HTML Additional Information on HTML Standards and Organizations Summary Review Questions Chapter 2: The World Wide Web and Web Servers What's the World Wide Web? The Hypertext Concept: Web Links Example: Thinking in Hypertext The Web Page The Web Site Example: A Corporate Web Site Hypermedia: Text and Graphics on the Web Helper Applications Common Multimedia Formats Internet Services and Addresses Internet E-mail UseNet Newsgroups Gopher and WAIS FTP Summary Review Questions Review Exercises Chapter 3: How Web Browsers Work Web Browser Applications NCSA Mosaic Netscape Navigator Microsoft Internet Explorer Lynx Uniform Resource Locators Example: The URL Advantage The Different Protocols for URLs Example: Accessing Other Internet Services with URLs How Web Browsers Access HTML Documents Example: Watching the Link What Can Be Sent on the Web? Binaries on the Web Everything is Downloaded Summary Review Questions Review Exercises Chapter 4: HTML's Role on the Web Why Create Web Pages? Web Applications Example: Searching on the Web Advantages and Disadvantages of the Web Advantages Example: Travel Agent Web Site Disadvantages HTML and the Changing World Wide Web The Forced Evolution of HTML The Current State of HTML Deciding What Type of HTML To Use The HTML 2.0 Standard The HTML 3.0 Level Standards Netscape and Internet Explorer HTML Making the HTML Decision Summary Review Questions Review Exercises Chapter 5: What You Need for a Web Site Finding a Web Server What is a Web Server? Speed of the Server Types of Internet Connections Dealing with an ISP Determining Costs What You Need To Know Organizing a Web Site Naming Your Files Example: Organizing a Site Updating Your Web Site Summary Review Questions Review Exercises Part II  Creating Basic Pages with HTML 2.0 Chapter 6: Creating a Web Page and Entering Text The Tools for Web Publishing Document Tags Example: Creating an HTML Template Example: Hello World Understanding Tags: Container and Empty Tags Container Tags Empty Tags Entering Paragraph Text on Your Web Page The <BR> Tag for Line Breaks The Comment Tag Example: Creating a Complete Web Page Summary Review Questions Review Exercises Chapter 7: Changing and Customizing HTML Text Creating Headers and Headlines Example: A Topical Discussion Implicit and Explicit Text Emphasis Explicit Styles Implicit HTML Tags Example: Physical versus Logical Other Implicits: Programming, Quoting, and Citing Programmer's HTML Tags Quoting, Citing, Definitions, and Addresses Example: Using the <BLOCKQUOTE> and <ADDRESS> Tags Preformatted Text Example: Creating Your Own Layout with the <PRE> Tag Example: Using <PRE> for Spaces and Tables Summary Review Questions Review Exercises Chapter 8: Displaying Text in Lists Using Lists in HTML Ordered and Unordered Lists Example: Formatting Within Lists Directories, Definitions, and Menus Directory and Menu Lists Definition Lists Example: HTML Within Lists Nesting Tags and Combining List Types Nesting Tags Lists Within Lists Combining List Types Example: Nesting Definition Lists Summary Review Questions Review Exercises Chapter 9: Adding Graphics to Your Web Pages The Special Nature of Graphics on the Web The Size of Graphics Files Example: Watching Graphical Sites Download Picking Your Web Graphics File Type Creating and Manipulating Graphics Creating Graphics for the Web Example: Creating Graphics in Paint Shop Pro Manipulating Web Graphics Example: Creating Thumbnails with LView Pro Creating Transparent GIFs Creating Transparent GIFs in Transparency for the Mac Example: Creating Transparent GIFs in LView Pro Embedding Graphics in Web Pages Adding Graphics to Other HTML Tags The ALT Attribute The ALIGN Attribute Example: Adding Graphics to Your Web Site Summary Review Questions Review Exercises Chapter 10: Hypertext and Creating Links Using the <A> Tag Section Links Example: A More Effective Definition List Using Relative URLs Adding the <BASE> Tag Example: A Hybrid-Style Web Site Creating Links to Other Internet Services Hyperlinks for E-Mail Messages Other Internet Services Other Links for the <HEAD> Tag The <LINK> Tag The <ISINDEX> Tag Summary Review Questions Review Exercises Chapter 11: Using Links with Other HTML Tags Using Links with HTML Formatting Tags Emphasis Tags and Hyperlinks Example: Hyperlinks in Context Using Hypertext Links in HTML Lists Example: An HTML Table of Contents Creating Graphical Links Example: A Graphical, Hyperlinked Listing Example: A Clickable Graphic Menu Bar Example: Custom Controls Using Hypermedia Links Summary Review Questions Review Exercises Part III  Interactive HTML Chapter 12: Clickable Image Maps and Graphical Interfaces Image Maps Defined Example: The Apple Web Site Understanding How Image Maps Work The Map Server Program The Map Definition File The Various Shapes of Hot Zones Defining Your Image map Hot Zones MapEdit for Microsoft Windows and X-Windows Example: MapEdit and a Simple Button Bar WebMap for Macintosh Adding Image Maps to Your Web Page The Image Map URL Example: Testing Your Link Image Map Design Tips Summary Review Questions] Review Exercises Chapter 13: HTML Forms Using Forms and Form-Capable Browsers Creating the Form Example: Someone Else's Form Text Fields and Attributes Example: Web-based Feedback Form The <INPUT> Tag TEXT PASSWORD CHECKBOX RADIO HIDDEN RESET SUBMIT Example: A More Complete Form Creating Pop-Up and Scrolling Menus Using <SELECT> Allowing More than One Selection Example: Order Form Summary Review Questions Review Exercises Chapter 14: Form Design and Data Gathering with CGI Scripts Form Design Issues Line Breaks, Paragraphs, and Horizontal Lines Line Breaks Horizontal Lines Paragraph Tags Example: Fix-A-Site Other Tags for Form Formatting Using the <PRE> Tag Using List Tags for Forms Example: Customer Service Revisited CGI-BIN Scripts and Dealing With Form Data Using CGI-BIN Scripts Receiving Form Data Your Script's Output Summary Review Questions Review Exercises Part IV  Adding Tables to Your Documents Chapter 15: Adding Tables to Your Documents Creating a Table The <TABLE> Tag Example: Playing with Table Attributes Captions, Table Headers, and Table Data <CAPTION> Table Rows Table Data and Rows Summary Review Questions Review Exercises Chapter 16: Images, Multimedia Objects, and Background Graphics More Control with <IMG> Example: Magazine-Style Presentation Inserting Multimedia Objects The <INSERT> Tag <INSERT>'s Attributes Using <PARAM> and <IMG> with <INSERT> Background Graphics Example: The HTML 3.0 Enhanced Graphics Page Summary Review Questions Review Exercises Chapter 17: Client-Side Image Maps What's a Client-Side Image Map? Determining Your Hot Zones Example: Creating a Map Definition File Adding a Client-Side Map to Your Web Page The <IMG> Tag The <MAP> Tag The <AREA> Tag Example: Creating a Client-Side Button Bar Total Image Maps Using Both Sides Adding Text Links The Clickable Image Fallback Example: A Complex, Complete Map Summary Review Questions Review Exercises Chapter 18: Other HTML 3.0 Proposals HTML Math Math Tags Other Math Tags The Banner Element Document-Defined Style Sheets The <STYLE> Tag The CSS Style Sheet Definition Example: Incorporating a Style Sheet External Style Sheets and Other Style Sheet Tags The <LINK> Tag Style Overrides Divisions and the ALIGN Attribute Example: Styles and the <DIV> Tag Summary Review Questions Review Exercises Chapter 19: Netscape HTML Should You Use Netscapisms? Centering, Blinking, and Background Tags Background and Foreground Colors Example: Netscape Colors and Alignment Manipulating Text with Netscape HTML <NOBR> and <WBR> The <FONT> and <BASEFONT> Tags Example: Putting Fonts in Their Place Netscape Attributes for HTML Tags The <HR> Tag HTML Lists The <IMG> Tag Example: Netscape Attributes at Work Client-Pull Tags and Attributes Sumary Review Questions Review Exercises Chapter 20: Netscape Frames The Idea Behind Netscape Frames Creating Frames The <FRAME> Tag Example: A Simple Frame Document Attributes for <FRAME> The <NOFRAMES> Tag Example: Frames and No Frames Targeting Frame Windows The NAME Attribute Targeting Frame Windows Example: A Reason to Use Frames Advanced Targeting <BASE> Targets "Magic" Targets Thoughts on Using Frames The Elegant Frame Interface Summary Review Questions Review Exercises Chapter 21: Internet Explorer Extensions Backgrounds and Fonts <BGSOUND> Font Color and Typeface Example: A Study in Absurdity IE Extensions for Tables IE Extensions to <IMG> DYNSRC and CONTROLS LOOP and START Summary Review Questions Review Exercises Part V  Internet Programming and Advanced Web Technologies Chapter 22: Using Java and JavaScript Adding Java Applications to Your Web Pages The <APPLET> Tag The <INSERT> Tag Example: Adding Java Applets Creating JavaScript Programs The <SCRIPT> Tag Hiding Code Example: Hello World Functions Declaring Your Functions Calling a Function Example: Calling All Declarations Handling Events Returning Values Possible Events Example: Event Handling, Part One Example: Event Handling, Part Two Summary Review Questions Review Exercises Chapter 23: JavaScript Objects and Functions The JavaScript Object Model Methods Creating New Objects Example: Creating New Objects and Methods JavaScript Statements Comparison Operators and Conditions Boolean Operators if…else Loop Statements BREAK and CONTINUE Increments and Decrements Examples: Looping and Conditions Built-in Objects The String Object Example: Talking Decimals The Math Object Example: Rounding for Dollars Thoughts on JavaScript Summary Review Questions Review Exercises Chapter 24: Understanding VRML and Creating VRML Objects VRML Standards How VRML Works on the Web VRML Worlds as Hypermedia Servers for VRML VRML Concepts The Basic Page Coordinates and Distances Example One: Starting Out Nodes VRML Primitives The Sphere Cylinders and Cones The Cube AsciiText Example: Occupying the Same Space Moving Your Primitives Around translation rotation scaleFactor The Separator Node Example: Moving and Flipping Summary Review Questions Review Exercises Chapter 25: Creating VRML Worlds Primitive Appearances The Material Node Example: Adding a Little Color The Texture2 Node Example: Covering Up Primitives Adding Hyperlinks in VRML Example: Linking in Your VRML World More Fun with Shapes More Nodes: Coordinate3 and IndexedFaceSet Example: Up on the House Top Instancing Example: A VRML Neighborhood More VRML Summary Review Questions Review Exercises Chapter 26: Adding Portable Documents to Web Sites What Are Portable Documents? Adding PDFs To Your Web Site MIME Type Other Acrobatic Moves Other PDF Formats Creating Your Own PDFs Creating the Word Document Using Rich Text Format Example: Creating a Portable Word File Summary Review Questions Review Exercises Part VI  HTML Editors and Tools Chapter 27: Creating HTML Documents with Netscape Gold Editing HTML With Netscape Gold Example: Checking Under the Hood Creating HTML List Items Changing List Types Creating Definition Lists Inserting <BR> and <HR> Hyperlinks, Images, and Head Elements Adding Hyperlinks Adding Images Editing the Head Example: Putting it All Together Summary Review Questions Review Exercises Chapter 28: Using Microsoft Internet Assistant Basic Markup in Internet Assistant HTML Lists Definition Lists Saving Your HTML Document Example: Simple Markup With Internet Assistant Links, Images, and Head Elements Hypertext Links Bookmark Links Inserting an Image Editing <HEAD> Elements Example: Finishing the Page Adding Form Fields Example: A Simple Form Summary Review Questions Review Exercises Chapter 29: HTML with Adobe PageMill for Macintosh Basic Markup in PageMill HTML Lists Definition Lists Inserting <HR> Links, Images, and Special HTML Adding Links Adding Images Manipulating Images Transparency and Client-Side Maps Entering Unsupported HTML Example: The Basic Page in PageMill Creating Forms Laying Out the Form Document Info Summary Review Questions Review Exercises Part VII  HTML Examples Chapter 30: HTML Examples Back to Basics: Basic HTML 2.0 Pages Example: The Personal Index Page Example: The Personal Biography Example: Simple Business Pages Example: John's Resume BigCorp's Client-Side Site Example: The Front Door Example: The Graphical Index Example: BigCorp's About Page Example: Using Frames Example: JavaScript and Forms Example: FTP and HTML Example: The Help Page Appendix: Answers to Review Questions Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29
Use of this site is subject to certain Terms & Conditions. Copyright (c) 1996-1998 EarthWeb, Inc.. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of EarthWeb is prohibited. Please read the Acceptable Usage Statement. Contact [e-mail] with questions or comments. Copyright 1998 Macmillan Computer Publishing. All rights reserved. ÿ