HTML 4 for Dummies

418 Pages·2003·8.114 MB·English

by  Ed Tittel, Natanya Pitts

HTML 4 for Dummies, 4th Edition
by Ed Tittel and Natanya Pitts ISBN:0764519956
John Wiley & Sons © 2003 (408 pages)
Whether your goal is to build a simple, text-oriented Web site
or one loaded with frames, graphics, and animation, this step-
by-step book will put you on the right track.

Table of Contents
HTML 4 For Dummies, 4th Edition
Introduction
Part I - Meeting HTML in Its Natural Environment
Chapter 1 - The Least You Need to Know about HTML and the Web
Chapter 2 - HTML at Work on the Web
Chapter 3 - Creating Your First HTML Page
Part II - Getting Started with HTML
Chapter 4 - Structuring Your HTML Documents
Chapter 5 - Linking to Online Resources
Chapter 6 - Finding and Using Images
Chapter 7 - Top Off Your Page with Formatting
Part III - Taking HTML to the Next Level
Chapter 8 - HTML Tables
Chapter 9 - HTML Frames
Chapter 10 - HTML Forms
Part IV - Extending HTML with Other Technologies
Chapter 11 - Getting Stylish with CSS
Chapter 12 - HTML and Scripting
Chapter 13 - Making Multimedia Magic
Chapter 14 - Integrating a Database into Your HTML
Chapter 15 - How HTML Relates to Other Markup Languages
Part V - From Web Page to Web Site
Chapter 16 - Creating an HTML Toolbox
Chapter 17 - Setting Up Your Online Presence
Chapter 18 - Creating a Great User Interface
Part VI - The Part of Tens
Chapter 19 - Ten Ways to Exterminate Web Bugs
Chapter 20 - Ten HTML Do’s and Don’ts
Part VII - Appendixes
Appendix A - HTML 4 Tags
Appendix B - HTML Character Codes
Appendix C - Glossary
Index
Cheat Sheet - HTML 4 For Dummies, 4th Edition
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Listings
List of Sidebars
HTML 4 for Dummies, 4th Edition
Back Cover
by Ed Tittel and Natanya Pitts ISBN:0764519956
Do you speak HTML? Never fear—this friendly book will save you from getting tangled in the language of the Web.
John Wiley & Sons © 2003 (408 pages)
It’s loaded with examples, illustrations, and step-by-step instructions on everything from basic tags and attributes
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scripting, and more.or one loaded with frames, graphics, and animation, this step-
by-step book will put you on the right track.
About the Authors

TEadb Tliett eolf, Ca o2n0t-eyneatsr veteran of the computer industry, ahs worked on over 20 For Dummies books.
HTML 4 For Dummies, 4th Edition
Natanya Pitts is a writer, trainer, Web guru, and HTML instructor.
Introduction
Part I - Meeting HTML in Its Natural Environment
Chapter 1 - The Least You Need to Know about HTML and the Web
Chapter 2 - HTML at Work on the Web
Chapter 3 - Creating Your First HTML Page
Part II - Getting Started with HTML
Chapter 4 - Structuring Your HTML Documents
Chapter 5 - Linking to Online Resources
Chapter 6 - Finding and Using Images
Chapter 7 - Top Off Your Page with Formatting
Part III - Taking HTML to the Next Level
Chapter 8 - HTML Tables
Chapter 9 - HTML Frames
Chapter 10 - HTML Forms
Part IV - Extending HTML with Other Technologies
Chapter 11 - Getting Stylish with CSS
Chapter 12 - HTML and Scripting
Chapter 13 - Making Multimedia Magic
Chapter 14 - Integrating a Database into Your HTML
Chapter 15 - How HTML Relates to Other Markup Languages
Part V - From Web Page to Web Site
Chapter 16 - Creating an HTML Toolbox
Chapter 17 - Setting Up Your Online Presence
Chapter 18 - Creating a Great User Interface
Part VI - The Part of Tens
Chapter 19 - Ten Ways to Exterminate Web Bugs
Chapter 20 - Ten HTML Do’s and Don’ts
Part VII - Appendixes
Appendix A - HTML 4 Tags
Appendix B - HTML Character Codes
Appendix C - Glossary
Index
Cheat Sheet - HTML 4 For Dummies, 4th Edition
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Listings
List of Sidebars
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Ed Tittel is a full-time writer-trainer who manages a small gang of technoids at LANWrights, his company
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in Austin, TX. Ed has been writing for the trade press since 1986 and has worked on more than 100 books.
by Ed Tittel and Natanya Pitts ISBN:0764519956
In addition to this title, Ed has worked on more than 30 books for Wiley, including Networking Windows NT
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Server For Dummies, XML For Dummies, and Networking with NetWare For Dummies.
Whether your goal is to build a simple, text-oriented Web site
or one loaded with frames, graphics, and animation, this step-
Ed teaches NetWorld + Interop and for private clients on demand. He also writes regularly for Certification
by-step book will put you on the right track.
magazine, Cramsession.com, and a variety of Web sites. When he's not busy doing all that work stuff, Ed
likes to travel, shoot pool, spend time with his family, and wrestle with his indefatigable Labrador retriever,
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Introduction
Part I - Meeting HTML in Its Natural Environment
Natanya Pitts is a writer, trainer, and Web guru in Austin, TX. She has extensive experience in the
Chapter 1 - The Least You Need to Know about HTML and the Web
technical training realm, including overseeing the development of the materials for in-class and Web-
Chapter 2 - HTML at Work on the Web
based training offerings. She also helped establish the Austin Community College Webmaster Certification
Cphraopgterar m3 an-dC traeuagtihntg i nY tohuer pFirrosgt rHaTmM Lfo Pr atgweo years. Natanya has authored, coauthored, or contributed to
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CEhadpittioern s4),T h-eS XtrMucLt uBrliancgk Y Bouoro kH,T aMnLd D XoMcuLm Ienn Rtsecord Time. Natanya has also taught classes on HTML,
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You can contact Natanya Pitts at [email protected].
Part III - Taking HTML to the Next Level
Chapter 8 - HTML Tables
Authors' Acknowledgments
Chapter 9 - HTML Frames
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Chapter 13 - Making Multimedia Magic
Let me go on by thanking my sterling coauthor, Natanya Pitts, for her efforts on this revision. I am eternally
Chapter 14 - Integrating a Database into Your HTML
grateful for your ideas, your hard work, and your experience in reaching an audience of budding Web
Chapter 15 - How HTML Relates to Other Markup Languages
experts.
Part V - From Web Page to Web Site
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Appendix A - HTML 4 Tags
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Appendix B - HTML Character Codes
Kyrgyzstan, and for making the big move from central Asia to central Texas. Welcome to my home, my
Appendix C - Glossary
heart, and my house, honey! Finally, I'd like to thank my parents, Al and Ceil, for all the great things they
Index
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keyboard - sometimes literally - to explore the great outdoors.
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wouldn't have been possible without the editorial and managerial efforts of Mary Burmeister. Thank you so
much for keeping me on track and keeping me sane. Special thanks to my beloved husband, Robby, and
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parents, Charles and Swanya, for always believing in me and supporting me.
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Introduction
Part I - Meeting HTML in Its Natural Environment
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Chapter 17 - Setting Up Your Online Presence
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Appendix A - HTML 4 Tags
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Appendix C - Glossary
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Introduction
Part I - Meeting HTML in Its Natural Environment
Publishing for Consumer Dummies
Chapter 1 - The Least You Need to Know about HTML and the Web
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Part II - Getting Started with HTML
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Chapter 4 - Structuring Your HTML Documents
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Chapter 5 - Linking to Online Resources
Chapter 6 - Finding and Using Images
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Chapter 7 - Top Off Your Page with Formatting
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Chapter 9 - HTML Frames
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Chapter 10 - HTML Forms
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Part IV - Extending HTML with Other Technologies
Chapter 11 - Getting Stylish with CSS
Chapter 12 - HTML and Scripting
Chapter 13 - Making Multimedia Magic
Chapter 14 - Integrating a Database into Your HTML
Chapter 15 - How HTML Relates to Other Markup Languages
Part V - From Web Page to Web Site
Chapter 16 - Creating an HTML Toolbox
Chapter 17 - Setting Up Your Online Presence
Chapter 18 - Creating a Great User Interface
Part VI - The Part of Tens
Chapter 19 - Ten Ways to Exterminate Web Bugs
Chapter 20 - Ten HTML Do’s and Don’ts
Part VII - Appendixes
Appendix A - HTML 4 Tags
Appendix B - HTML Character Codes
Appendix C - Glossary
Index
Cheat Sheet - HTML 4 For Dummies, 4th Edition
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List of Tables
List of Listings
List of Sidebars
IntroductHiToMLn 4 for Dummies, 4th Edition
by Ed Tittel and Natanya Pitts ISBN:0764519956
John Wiley & Sons © 2003 (408 pages)
Overview
Whether your goal is to build a simple, text-oriented Web site
or one loaded with frames, graphics, and animation, this step-
Welcome to the wbyild-s, twepa cbkoyo,k a wnidll wpuotn ydoeur founl pthoes sriibgihlitt ietrsa icnkh.erent on the World Wide Web, simply referred
to as the Web. In this book, we introduce you to the mysteries of the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML),

which is used to build Web pages, and initiate you into the still-select, but rapidly growing, community of
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Web authors.
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InIft ryooduu'vcteio tnried to build your own Web pages before but found it too forbidding, now you can relax. If you can
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Chapter 1 - The Least You Need to Know about HTML and the Web
When we first wrote this book, we took a straightforward approach to the basics of authoring documents
Chapter 2 - HTML at Work on the Web
for the Web. In this edition, for the latest generation of Web page designers, we mix the best of old and
Chapter 3 - Creating Your First HTML Page
new approaches. As always, we keep the amount of technobabble to a minimum and stick with plain
Part II - Getting Started with HTML
English whenever possible. Besides plain talk about hypertext, HTML, and the Web, we include lots of
Chapter 4 - Structuring Your HTML Documents
examples, plus tag-by-tag instructions to help you build your very own Web pages with minimum muss and
Chapter 5 - Linking to Online Resources
fuss. We also provide more examples about what to do with your Web pages once created, so you can
Chapter 6 - Finding and Using Images
share them with the world. We also explain the differences between HTML 4 and XHTML, so you can
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Cuhsaaptbelre 1fo0rm- -H pTlMusL aFo nrummsber of pointers to interesting widgets that you can use to embellish your own
documents and astound your friends.
Part IV - Extending HTML with Other Technologies
Chapter 11 - Getting Stylish with CSS
Chapter 12 - HTML and Scripting
Chapter 13 - Making Multimedia Magic
Chapter 14 - Integrating a Database into Your HTML
Chapter 15 - How HTML Relates to Other Markup Languages
Part V - From Web Page to Web Site
Chapter 16 - Creating an HTML Toolbox
Chapter 17 - Setting Up Your Online Presence
Chapter 18 - Creating a Great User Interface
Part VI - The Part of Tens
Chapter 19 - Ten Ways to Exterminate Web Bugs
Chapter 20 - Ten HTML Do’s and Don’ts
Part VII - Appendixes
Appendix A - HTML 4 Tags
Appendix B - HTML Character Codes
Appendix C - Glossary
Index
Cheat Sheet - HTML 4 For Dummies, 4th Edition
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About This Book
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Introduction
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Part I - Meeting HTML in Its Natural Environment
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Chapter 2 - HTML at Work on the Web
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what you want it to. The purpose of this book isn't to turn you into a rocket scientist (or, for that matter, a
Chapter 5 - Linking to Online Resources
rocket scientist into a Web site). The purpose is to show you all the design and technical elements you
Chapter 6 - Finding and Using Images
need to build a good-looking, readable Web page, and to give you the know-how and confidence to do it!
Chapter 7 - Top Off Your Page with Formatting
Part III - Taking HTML to the Next Level
Chapter 8 - HTML Tables
Chapter 9 - HTML Frames
Chapter 10 - HTML Forms
Part IV - Extending HTML with Other Technologies
Chapter 11 - Getting Stylish with CSS
Chapter 12 - HTML and Scripting
Chapter 13 - Making Multimedia Magic
Chapter 14 - Integrating a Database into Your HTML
Chapter 15 - How HTML Relates to Other Markup Languages
Part V - From Web Page to Web Site
Chapter 16 - Creating an HTML Toolbox
Chapter 17 - Setting Up Your Online Presence
Chapter 18 - Creating a Great User Interface
Part VI - The Part of Tens
Chapter 19 - Ten Ways to Exterminate Web Bugs
Chapter 20 - Ten HTML Do’s and Don’ts
Part VII - Appendixes
Appendix A - HTML 4 Tags
Appendix B - HTML Character Codes
Appendix C - Glossary
Index
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How to Use This Book
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ideas and information to the whole online world - if that's what you want to do - and maybe have some high-tech fun communicating them.
Whether your goal is to build a simple, text-oriented Web site
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Chapter 1 - The Least You Need to Know about HTML and the Web
The margins of a book don't give us the same room as the vast reaches of cyberspace. Therefore, some long lines of HTML markup, or designations of Web sites (called URLs, for Uniform
Chapter 2 - HTML at Work on the Web
Resource Locators), may wrap to the next line after we present them here. Remember that your computer shows such wrapped lines as a single line of HTML, or as a single URL - so if you're
Chapter 3 - Creating Your First HTML Page
typing that hunk of code, keep it as one line. Don't insert a hard return if you see one of these wrapped lines. We clue you in that the HTML markup is supposed to be all one line by breaking the
Part II - Getting Started with HTML
line at a slash, or other appropriate character, (to imply 'but wait, there's more!') and slightly indenting the overage, as in the following silly example:
Chapter 4 - Structuring Your HTML Documents
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Chapter 6 - Finding and Using Images
Chapter 7 - Top Off Your Page with Formatting
Tip HTML doesn't care if you type tag text in uppercase, lowercase, or both (except for character entities, also known as character codes, which must be typed exactly as indicated in Appendix B
Part III - Taking HTML to the Next Level
of this book). To make your own work look like ours as much as possible, enter all HTML tag text in lowercase only. Those of you who own previous editions of the book may see this as a complete
Chapter 8 - HTML Tables
reversal of earlier instructions. That it is! But the keepers of the eternal and ever-magnanimous standard of HTML, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), have changed the rules of this game,
Chapter 9 - HTML Frames
so we changed our instructions to follow their lead. We may not make the rules, but we do know how to play the game!
Chapter 10 - HTML Forms
Part IV - Extending HTML with Other Technologies
Chapter 11 - Getting Stylish with CSS
Chapter 12 - HTML and Scripting
Chapter 13 - Making Multimedia Magic
Chapter 14 - Integrating a Database into Your HTML
Chapter 15 - How HTML Relates to Other Markup Languages
Part V - From Web Page to Web Site
Chapter 16 - Creating an HTML Toolbox
Chapter 17 - Setting Up Your Online Presence
Chapter 18 - Creating a Great User Interface
Part VI - The Part of Tens
Chapter 19 - Ten Ways to Exterminate Web Bugs
Chapter 20 - Ten HTML Do’s and Don’ts
Part VII - Appendixes
Appendix A - HTML 4 Tags
Appendix B - HTML Character Codes
Appendix C - Glossary
Index
Cheat Sheet - HTML 4 For Dummies, 4th Edition
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Listings
List of Sidebars
Three Presumptuous Assumptions
HTML 4 for Dummies, 4th Edition
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HTML 4 For Dummies, 4th Edition
You want to build your own Web pages for fun, for profit, or for your job.
Introduction
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Chapter 4 - Structuring Your HTML Documents
If you can write a sentence and know the difference between a heading and a paragraph, you’re better off
Chapter 5 - Linking to Online Resources
than nine out of ten playground bullies — and you can build and publish your own documents on the Web.
Chapter 6 - Finding and Using Images
If you have an active imagination and the ability to communicate what’s important to you, even better —
Chapter 7 - Top Off Your Page with Formatting
you’ve already mastered the key ingredients necessary to build useful, attractive Web pages. The rest
Part III - Taking HTML to the Next Level
consists of details, and we help you with those!
Chapter 8 - HTML Tables
Chapter 9 - HTML Frames
Chapter 10 - HTML Forms
Part IV - Extending HTML with Other Technologies
Chapter 11 - Getting Stylish with CSS
Chapter 12 - HTML and Scripting
Chapter 13 - Making Multimedia Magic
Chapter 14 - Integrating a Database into Your HTML
Chapter 15 - How HTML Relates to Other Markup Languages
Part V - From Web Page to Web Site
Chapter 16 - Creating an HTML Toolbox
Chapter 17 - Setting Up Your Online Presence
Chapter 18 - Creating a Great User Interface
Part VI - The Part of Tens
Chapter 19 - Ten Ways to Exterminate Web Bugs
Chapter 20 - Ten HTML Do’s and Don’ts
Part VII - Appendixes
Appendix A - HTML 4 Tags
Appendix B - HTML Character Codes
Appendix C - Glossary
Index
Cheat Sheet - HTML 4 For Dummies, 4th Edition
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Listings
List of Sidebars