As the Web has evolved, tools and methods for creating Web pages have also changed and matured. This book teaches you to create Web sites using a combination of new and mature technologies and shows you the best practices that have emerged for using these technologies. In these pages you will learn to build Web sites with traditional HTML and its successor XHTML.
You will see how CSS can be used to make your Web pages more attractive by controlling the presentation and formatting of pages, and how to use JavaScript to enhance the power of your pages. Along the way you will learn how to make your pages work in several generations of Web browsers, including new Web-enabled devices such as mobile phones. You'll also learn techniques that make your site more usable and accessible.
This book is for anyone who wants to understand the language of the Web and learn to create Web pages.
You should know how to access and view Web pages with
a browser, but previous programming experience is not necessary.
Chapter 1 Untangling the Web
Chapter 2 The structure of a page
Chapter 3 Links and navigation
Chapter 4 Colors, images, and objects
Chapter 5 Tables
Chapter 6 Forms
Chapter 7 Frames
Chapter 8 Deprecated and browser-specific markup
Chapter 9 Cascading style sheets
Chapter 10 More cascading style sheets
etc.