Description
What you need to know and how to do itBrilliant guides allow you to find the information that you need easily and without fuss. Using a highly visual, step-by-step approach, Brilliant books will solve your technology problems and guide you through essential tasks, providing you with exactly what you need to know, just when you really need it.
Spend less time reading and more time doing with a visual step-by-step approach to HTML & CSS programming
brilliant HTML & CSS provides quick, easy-to-access information with
* Full colour design throughout
* Detailed Contents to help you find exactly what you need
* Practical tasks presented in short accessible sections
* Numbered steps to guide you through each task
* Numerous example screenshots
* Cross reference boxes pointing you to related tasks in the book, or completed exampled upon the website
* For your information sections alerting you to relevant tips, tricks and advice
* And a Troubleshooting guide to help you sort out the most common problems and queries
Brilliant HTML & CSS will enable you to create accessible, standards-compliant, websites - equipping you with knowledge on theory, coding skills, and best practice needed to build sophisticated Web pages. This book will show you how to
· Understand and use HTML tags and attributes
· Mark-up text, links, images, tables and forms
· Get started with CSS
· Work with Style Sheets and selectors
· Format basic elements and font styles
· Start using Web-safe colour in your pages
· Understand and define Link States
· Master spacing, borders and element sizing
· Align and place elements within your page
· Understand and organise your site structure
· Perfect your site navigation
· Take your website live!
CONTENTS:
Table of Contents
Part I: Building the Structure
Chapter 1: Introducing HTML (16 pp)
Introduction
TASK: Getting Your Act Together
TASK: Understanding Tags
TASK: Understanding Attributes
TASK: Looking at the Basic Structure of a Web Page
TASK: Marking up HTML Comments
Chapter 2: Marking up Text (20 pp)
Introduction
TASK: Marking up Paragraphs
TASK: Marking up Headings
TASK: Marking up Lists
TASK: Marking up Quotations
TASK: Marking up other Text Elements
TASK: Inserting Special Characters
TASK: Marking up Line Breaks
BOXOUT: Using Horizontal Rules
TASK: Applying Basic Formatting
Chapter 3: Marking up Links (16 pp)
Introduction
TASK: Understanding URLs
TASK: Understanding Paths
BOXOUT: Specifying the Base URL
TASK: Understanding Targets
TASK: Marking up Text Links
TASK: Marking up Anchors
TASK: Linking to an Email Address
Chapter 4: Marking up Images (16 pp)
Introduction
TASK: Understanding Web Image Formats
TASK: Optimizing Images for the Web
TASK: Marking up Image Elements
TASK: Marking up Image Links
TASK: Marking up Image Maps
Chapter 5: Marking up Tables (24 pp)
Introduction
TASK: Understanding Table Components
TASK: Marking up Table Rows and Data Cells
TASK: Marking up Header Cells
TASK: Marking up Table Columns
TASK: Marking up Groups of Rows and Columns
TASK: Marking up Table Headers, Body, and Footers
TASK: Marking up the Table Caption
TASK: Marking up Column Spans and Row Spans
TASK: Using Table Attributes
Chapter 6: Marking up Forms (24 pp)
Introduction
TASK: Understanding Form Components
TASK: Marking up Text Fields
TASK: Marking up Labels
TASK: Marking up Checkboxes
TASK: Marking up Radio Groups
TASK: Marking up File Fields
TASK: Marking up Buttons
TASK: Marking up Lists and Menus
TASK: Marking up Fieldsets and Fieldset Legends
Part II: Perfecting the Presentation
Chapter 7: Introducing CSS (18 pp)
Introduction
TASK: Understanding Style Sheets
TASK: Understanding Style Selectors
TASK: Understanding CSS Properties and Values
TASK: Marking up CSS Comments
TASK: Marking up Divisions
TASK: Marking up Spans
Chapter 8: Formatting Elements (20 pp)
Introduction
TASK: Setting the Font Face
BOXOUT: Using Web-safe Fonts
TASK: Setting the Font Style
TASK: Setting the Font Size
TASK: Setting the Font Weight
TASK: Setting the Text Decoration
Chapter 9: Colouring Elements (16 pp)
Introduction
TASK: Understanding Colour
TASK: Defining Colours
BOXOUT: Using Web-safe Colours
TASK: Setting the Foreground Colour
TASK: Setting the Background Colour
Chapter 10: Defining Link States (16 pp)
Introduction
TASK: Understanding Link States
TASK: Defining Unvisited Links
TASK: Defining Visited Links
TASK: Defining Active Links
TASK: Defining Hover Links
Chapter 11: Spacing, Bordering, and Sizing Elements (20 pp)
Introduction
TASK: Setting the Line Height
TASK: Setting the Padding
TASK: Setting the Margin
TASK: Setting the Border
TASK: Setting the Width and Height
Chapter 12: Placing Elements (24 pp)
Introduction
TASK: Aligning Elements
TASK: Floating Elements
TASK: Clearing Elements
TASK: Positioning Elements in Absolute Terms
TASK: Positioning Elements in Relative Terms
Part III: Designing the Site
Chapter 13: Organising the Site Structure (20 pp)
Introduction
TASK: Understanding Site Structure
TASK: Building a Flat Structure
BOXOUT: Looking at Design Considerations of a Flat Structure
TASK: Building a Tiered Structure
BOXOUT: Looking at Design Considerations of a Tiered Structure
TASK: Providing a Way Back
Chapter 14: Laying out the Page (20 pp)
Introduction
TASK: Understanding Layout
TASK: Arranging the Areas
TASK: Building a Fixed-width Layout
TASK: Building a Liquid Layout
Chapter 15: Designing Navigation (14 pp)
Introduction
TASK: Understanding Navigation
TASK: Organising Navigation Choices
BOXOUT: Repeating the Main Navigation
TASK: Choosing the Text of an Inline Link
Chapter 16: Going Live (16 pp)
Introduction
TASK: Preparing for Liftoff
TASK: Using Meta Tags
TASK: Testing the Site
TASK: Validating the Code
TASK: Uploading the Site
TASK: Maintaining the Site
Appendix A: HTML Tags
Appendix B: CSS Properties
Appendix C: Glossary
Published
01 Apr 2009
Publisher
PRENTICE-HALL
ISBN
9780273721529
Pages
291
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