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THE CLASSIC WEB AUTHORING GUIDE, NOW 100% UPDATED AND BETTER THAN EVER!
If it’s for the Web, this book will help you create it…faster, smarter, better! Don’t settle for canned templates or boilerplate designs! Take control, with the classic guide to HTML web authoring…now completely revised for the latest techniques and shortcuts, including HTML5!
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Contains quick reference guides to HTML elements and CSS properties–including the newest HTML5 and CSS3 improvements!
An Introduction to the HTML5 Canvas
Developing HTML5 Applications, Part 1
Developing HTML5 Applications, Part 2
Developing HTML5 Applications, Part 3
Seven Reasons to Move to HTML5
An Introduction to HTML and the Web
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Acknowledgments xii
About the Author xiii
Preface xiv
Chapter 1 HTML and the Web 2
HTML: The Language of the Web 3
A Bit of Web History 7
Hypertext Content and Online Media 11
Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) 11
Web Browsers and Servers 12
The Web Bestiary 15
HTML5 and Web Standards 19
Do We All Have to Learn HTML5 Now? 21
Chapter 2 The HTML Language 24
Language Overview 25
Page Structure and the DOM 31
HTML5 Syntax 35
Comments 35
Character Entities 36
Markup Elements 37
HTML5 Semantics 40
HTML Attributes 51
Event Handlers 55
Block Elements 57
Headings 57
Paragraphs, Block Quotes, and Address Blocks 61
Lists 67
Division and Section Elements 73
Tables 77
Links and Anchors 85
Uniform Resource Locators 86
Anchor States 88
Anchor Attributes 89
Inline Images 90
Audio and Video 95
Input Forms 99
The HTML5 Canvas 110
Chapter 3 Elements of Style 114
Cascading Style Sheets 115
CSS Selectors 119
Pseudo-Classes and Pseudo-Elements 124
Typography 128
Font Style 131
Font Weight 131
Font Variant 132
Font Size 132
Font 136
Colors 138
Background Properties 141
Text Properties 144
text-align 144
text-decoration 144
text-indent 146
text-transform 146
line-height 146
Letter and Word Spacing 148
white space 150
vertical-align 150
Box Properties 152
Height and Width 153
Margins and Padding 154
Borders 157
List Styles 161
CSS Positioning 166
Other CSS Properties 171
Display and Visibility 172
Overflow 177
Float and Clear 177
Chapter 4 Using HTML 180
Tools of the Trade 182
Blogging 185
Google Docs 192
eBay Selling 198
Wikipedia 200
HTML Email 203
Chapter 5 Building Websites 208
Development Approaches 209
Content or Service Site? 211
Static or Dynamic Content? 212
Target Audience 212
Money 213
The Future 214
Websites 215
cgi-bin 218
logs 219
public_html 220
Other Website Files 221
Organization and Navigation 224
Files and Directories 224
Page Layout 225
Navigation 228
Imagemaps 235
Toggles and Accordions 237
Tabbed Content Sections 240
Opening New Windows 246
Page Head Information 249
meta Elements 249
link Elements 251
Other Head Elements 254
Search Engine Optimization 256
Avoiding Common Mistakes 261
Designing the Presentation Before the Information Architecture 261
Using Outdated Tools and Construction Methods 262
Not Validating the HTML and CSS 263
Not Testing in Different Browsers 264
Not Putting in Enough Comments 265
Appendix A: HTML5 Quick Reference 267
Root Element 268
Document Head Elements 268
Section Elements 269
Heading Elements 270
Block Elements 270
List Elements 271
Inline Elements 271
Embedded Elements 273
Table Elements 275
Form and Control Elements 276
Legacy Elements 277
Appendix B: CSS Properties 279
Explanation of Values 279
CSS Properties 280
Aural Properties 300
Index 305