HTML Web Classroom, The (Book/Website)

HTML Web Classroom, The (Book/Website), 1/e

Paul Meyers, Cerro Coso Community College, Ridgecrest, CA

Published June, 1998 by Prentice Hall Engineering/Science/Mathematics

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Summary

Appropriate for courses on HTML and Web Programming as well as a supplemental text for Internet/WWW courses. Ideally suited for both traditional and on-line classes, this book is available in printed form or on-line at: http://www.prenhall.com/meyers. Meyers' interactive, step-by-step approach makes using HTML easier and fun for students. The combination of Web site and book, with an additional on-line study guide, enables students or instructors to customize their learning and teaching experiences. The Web site also allows rapid updating of HTML changes without having to await revisions to the book.

Features

Would you like your students to design their own web page?
Coverage of all the major elements of HTML, including the use of image maps, tables, forms and frames.
Two chapters that focus on the use of graphics on a Web page, with important information on editing graphics that is not included in most HTML texts.
Numerous HTML examples given throughout the texts are supported by additional illustrations available on the Web site.
Highly accessible and interactive presentation that assumes no technical background.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to the World Wide Web. @ALTAHEADS = What Is the Internet? What is the World Wide Web? The Internet Boom. Going Online. Web Browsers. Source Code.
2. Hypertext Markup Language. @ALTAHEADS = Why Learn HTML? What is HTML? HTML Standards. Compatibility. Tools Required. What Does HTML Look Like? How to Revise a Web Page.
3. The Basic Tags. @ALTAHEADS = Basic HTML Tags. Break Tags. Headings (Text Size).
4. Text Alignment, and Lists. @ALTAHEADS = Text Alignment Options. Default Alignment. Center. Nesting Tags. Indenting. Blockquote.
5. The Font Tag, and Hexidecimal Color. @ALTAHEADS = Blinking Text. Font Tags.
6. Horizontal Rules, and More about Text. @ALTAHEADS = Horizontal Rules. Paragraph and Heading Alignment. Preformatted Text. Text Styles.
7. URLs: Uniform Resource Locators. @ALTAHEADS = Hypertext. Anchor Tags. Uniform Resource Locator (URL). Name Attribute. Mailto Link.
8. Graphic Files. @ALTAHEADS = Image Tags. Graphic File Formats. File Sizes. Respect Copyrights!
9. More Graphic Information. @ALTAHEADS = Background Patterns. The Alternative Attribute. Alignment. Vertical Alignment. Text Wrap. Additional Alignment. Image Size. Graphic Images as Links. Thumbnails. Eliminating the Blue Border. Replacing the Horizontal Rule with a Graphic. Creating Custom Bullets.
10. Editing Graphics. @ALTAHEADS = Graphic Software. Opening and Saving a File. Converting the File Format. File Information. Resolution. Color Depth. Resizing the Image. Cropping the Image. Transparency. Converting Backgrounds.
11. Image Maps. @ALTAHEADS = Purpose. Server-Side Imagemaps. Client-Side Imagemaps. Making an Image. Making the Coordinates. Region Types. HTML. Overlapping Images.
12. Tables. @ALTAHEADS = Description of Tables. TABLE Tags. Table Rows Tags. Table Cells. Table Header Tags. Table Data Tags. Table BORDER Attributes. CAPTIONS Tag. Alignment. Column Span and Row Span.
13. More on Tables. @ALTAHEADS = Border Widths. Cellspacing. Cellpadding. Additional Alignment. Additional Table Attributes. Nesting Tables. Color. Page Layout. Table Alternatives.
14. Forms. @ALTAHEADS = FORM Tags. NAME Attribute. VALUE Attribute. SIZE Attribute. Maximum Length. Simple Form. Forms and Tables. SUBMIT and RESET. Complete Form. METHOD Attribute. ACTION Attribute. CGI Scripts. MAILTO:
15. More on Forms ... @ALTAHEADS = INPUT Tags. Password Field. Checkboxes. Radio Buttons. Pop-Up Menu. TEXT AREA.
16. Frames. @ALTAHEADS = What are Frames? Creating Frames. FRAMESET. Rows and Columns. FRAME Tag. NOFRAMES. Constructing a Frame Page.
17. Publishing and Advertising Your Web Page. @ALTAHEADS = The Internet Service Provider. Advertising Your Site. Web Verification or Validation Services. Comments. Conclusion.
Glossary.
HTML Style Sheet.
Index.