Ebook: Essential HTML fast

Introduction One of the most often-repeated questions of recent years is 'Are you on the Web?' The growth ofthe World Wide Web (WWW or simply 'Web') has been phenomenal. It seems that everyone has a web site, or is at least planning have one, and everyone wants to get on-line with their products and services, accounts of their favourite hobbies, their resumes, or pictures of their loved ones. So that you too can join in the on-line revolution, this book will help you get onto the web: to make informed decisions about developing your own web site, how to plan and design the site, and then how to get the site on-line for the world to see. Essential HTML Fast 2 Why use the Web? There are many reasons why you would want to use the Web, and why the web is becoming an essential tool for business. Some of these are: • It is cross-platform: If you're reading this at work, you're probably painfully aware of some of the problems caused by being tied to a particular type of computer. You might have come across some software that would make your job easier, but then discover that the software is only available for a different computer running a different operating system. You may have been sent some documents by a client which you subsequently discover you can't read, as the disk seems to be of the wrong type.

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This book provides a quick, concise guide to the issues surrounding the preparation of a well-designed, professional web site using HTML. Using solid design principles and the full extent of the new HTML standard, the user reading this book will quickly be able to design a professional-looking, easily extensible web site. Essential HTML fast is written to serve as a desktop quick-reference and it will appeal to business users and home users as well as students taking a course on HTML and web site design. Its logical structure allows the reader to learn HTML stepwise, and to find answers to a specific problem quickly and easily. Topics covered include: how to plan your web site effectively; effective use of hypertext, images, audio and video; layout techniques using tables and list; how to use style sheets, font sizes and plans for mathematical equation mark-up. Integration of CGI scripts, Java and ActiveX into your web site is also discussed. This book should be essential reading for all professional developers and students who want to learn HTML fast.

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This book provides a quick, concise guide to the issues surrounding the preparation of a well-designed, professional web site using HTML. Using solid design principles and the full extent of the new HTML standard, the user reading this book will quickly be able to design a professional-looking, easily extensible web site. Essential HTML fast is written to serve as a desktop quick-reference and it will appeal to business users and home users as well as students taking a course on HTML and web site design. Its logical structure allows the reader to learn HTML stepwise, and to find answers to a specific problem quickly and easily. Topics covered include: how to plan your web site effectively; effective use of hypertext, images, audio and video; layout techniques using tables and list; how to use style sheets, font sizes and plans for mathematical equation mark-up. Integration of CGI scripts, Java and ActiveX into your web site is also discussed. This book should be essential reading for all professional developers and students who want to learn HTML fast.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-9
Planning and Designing your Web site....Pages 11-17
Early HTML: your first home page....Pages 19-29
Links and Hypertext....Pages 31-39
Logical and Physical Mark-up....Pages 41-48
Using Images....Pages 49-59
Lists....Pages 61-73
Forms....Pages 75-87
Frames....Pages 89-96
Tables....Pages 97-110
Cascading Style Sheets....Pages 111-121
Web Technologies....Pages 123-129
Back Matter....Pages 131-133

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This book provides a quick, concise guide to the issues surrounding the preparation of a well-designed, professional web site using HTML. Using solid design principles and the full extent of the new HTML standard, the user reading this book will quickly be able to design a professional-looking, easily extensible web site. Essential HTML fast is written to serve as a desktop quick-reference and it will appeal to business users and home users as well as students taking a course on HTML and web site design. Its logical structure allows the reader to learn HTML stepwise, and to find answers to a specific problem quickly and easily. Topics covered include: how to plan your web site effectively; effective use of hypertext, images, audio and video; layout techniques using tables and list; how to use style sheets, font sizes and plans for mathematical equation mark-up. Integration of CGI scripts, Java and ActiveX into your web site is also discussed. This book should be essential reading for all professional developers and students who want to learn HTML fast.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-9
Planning and Designing your Web site....Pages 11-17
Early HTML: your first home page....Pages 19-29
Links and Hypertext....Pages 31-39
Logical and Physical Mark-up....Pages 41-48
Using Images....Pages 49-59
Lists....Pages 61-73
Forms....Pages 75-87
Frames....Pages 89-96
Tables....Pages 97-110
Cascading Style Sheets....Pages 111-121
Web Technologies....Pages 123-129
Back Matter....Pages 131-133
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