Teach Yourself HTML 4.0

Author: Stephanie Cottrell Bryant
Publisher: IDGBooks Worldwide
List Price: $29.99
500 Pages
ISBN: 0764575120

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Teach Yourself HTML 4.0 is a beginning-to-intermediate web design book which covers HTML and web authoring. The book assumes that you have used the Internet before and know how to use a web browser, a text editor, and email. This book uses real-world examples taken from my own web design business, to provide a more realistic approach to learning HTML. Teach Yourself HTML 4.0 includes such topics as:

• Creating a web page - the basics of web page structure and HTML syntax
• Text - Adding, changing, and formatting text in your web page.
• Tables - Using tables to display data and layout pages.
• Accessibility - Making web pages readable on non-standard browsers.
• Images - How to include an image or imagemap, and how to work with various image types in the web.
• Frames - How to create and use frames effectively.
• Forms - Writing a form and the very basics of using CGI scripts.
• Advanced Tags - META tags, special characters, mathematical notation, plug-ins and multimedia tags.
• Web Tools - web browsers, web editors, graphics tools, and other programs for your web design toolbox.
• Style Sheets - comprehensive overview of using and designing effective style sheets.
• XML - A basic overview of XML and its possibilities.
• Client-Side Scripts - A basic overview of Javascript and VBScript.
• Dynamic HTML - Implementations in both Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer.
• Web Servers - How to choose a web server or hosting company, installing CGI scripts, the basics of web security.
• Document Management - How to control information flow, maintain pages, manage who edits your site.
• A Look and Feel - Developing common graphics to use across your site.
• Building Traffic - Bringing people to your site through search engines and on-line partnerships.

CD-ROM

Teach Yourself HTML 4.0 comes with a CD-ROM containing the following useful web tools:

• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Allaire HomeSite
• Coffee-Cup Style HTML Editor, Style Sheet Maker, and other tools
• CSE HTML Validator
• Macromedia Dreamweaver
• Ipswitch WSFTP LE
• Jasc Paint Shop Pro
• Live Image
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5
• Munica FormPAL
• Netscape Navigator
• Nico Mak WinZip
• TetraNet's Linkbot
• WebGenie's CGIStar Pro
• WebManage NetIntellect Lite

The Teach Yourself Series

The Teach Yourself Series uses a unique, 2-page layout system. Text on the left-hand page refers to illustrations and figures on the right. Each 2-page spread contains a complete lesson on HTML or web design topics. Some lessons are more than 2 pages long, but use the same easy-to-read spread layout. Key elements of each illustration are called out and explained in the caption below the figure.

Guaranteed!

The Teach Yourself Series Guarantee - If you're not satisfied with Teach Yourself HTML 4.0, IDG will provide you with an exchange for a different book or a full refund. See their guarantee page for full details.

About the Author

I've been a freelance writer and web designer since 1995, and have contributed to other web authoring books. I live in Scotts Valley, California with my husband John, our two greyhounds and our cat. I have a Bachelor's Degree in Pre- and Early-Modern Literature from the University of California Santa Cruz, and am currently working on my Masters Degree in English at San Jose State University. I encourage readers with questions to email me at steph@scottrell.com.

These pages and their content are copyright 1999, Stephanie Cottrell Bryant. Reproduction, re-publication, or distribution of this document is prohibited unless authorized in writing by the author. Individual users are authorized to obtain and print out one personal copy of this document.

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