Absolute Beginner's Guide to

Table of Contents

• (NOTE: Each chapter concludes with a Summary. )
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Introduction.

I. CREATING WEB PAGES.

1. The Fundamentals of Web Publishing.

• How the Web Works. HTML Versus XHTML. HTML Is Not Programming.
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2. A Crash-Course in Web Design.

The Fundamentals of Page Design. Planning a Site. HTML Trends and Issues.

1. What You Need to Get Started.
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The Basic Tools. Other Tools Youll Want. Finding a Web Server. Organizing a Web Sites Files.

1. Creating Your First Page.
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Build Your HTML Template. The comment Element. Create an HTML Template. The Document Head. The Body Section. Saving, Testing, and Validating.

II. DESIGN AND CONQUER.

5. Formatting Your Text.

• Organize the Page. Styling Your Text. Paragraph Style Elements. Using Lists on Your Web Page.
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6. Visual Stimulus—Adding Graphics.

Images on the Web. Creating and Translating Web Images. The Element.

1. Building Hypertext Links.
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How Hyperlinks Work. The Element. Creating Links. Using Special Links. Cool Tricks: Targets and Client-Pull.

1. Table Basics.
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Creating a Table. Additional Table Attributes.

1. Advanced Table Elements and Table Design.
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Table Design Theory. Grouping Columns and Rows. Frames and Rules. Table Design Examples.

1. Get Splashy: Style Sheets, Fonts, and Special Characters.
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Style Sheets in Theory. Creating Style Sheets. Properties and Styles. Special Characters.

1. Advanced Web Images and Imagemaps.
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Making Your Images Better. Creating Animated Images. Using Imagemaps.

III. BUILDING YOUR SITE.

12. Creating Sites with HTML Frames.

• The Great Frames Debate. Adding Frames to Your Site. Advanced Frames.
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13. Adding Multimedia and Java Content.

Understanding Multimedia. Adding Multimedia to Your Pages. Working with Java.

1. Site-Wide Styles: Design, Accessibility, and Internationalization.
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The Site-Wide Style Sheet. Accessibility Through Style Sheets. International Issues.

IV. INTERACTING WITH YOUR USERS.

15. Adding HTML Forms.

• The Basics of HTML Forms. Creating the Form. Designing Forms Well. Other Elements for Form Formatting.
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16. CGIs and Data Gathering.

What Is CGI? How Scripts Work. Finding and Using Scripts.

1. Forums, Chats, and Other Add-Ons.
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Creating and Hosting Forums. Add Live Chat to Your Site. Counters and Web Statistics. Server-Side Includes.

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