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HTML 3.2 CD with JavaScript for Windows 95, 1/e

Vivian Neou
Mimi Recker

Published November, 1996 by Prentice Hall PTR (ECS Professional)

Copyright 1997, 464 pp.
Paper
ISBN 0-13-270125-1
$49.99


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The complete, end-to-end Internet publishing toolkit for Windows 95®. Now, it's easy to develop Web pages that really stand out from the crowd! With HTML 3.2 CD with JavaScript for Windows 95, you'll learn how to take advantage of the best technologies from Netscape, Microsoft and others, to develop highly-interactive, highly-effective Web sites. But that's just the beginning. You'll also get a complete library of Web servers, page templates, tools, graphics and multimedia applications for building great Web sites fast. You'll find detailed, up-to-the-minute coverage of HTML 3.2, the latest version of the Web's fundamental page development language. Discover how to use HTML tables, frames and other advanced features. Learn how to fine tune your images for the Web, create animated images, and embed images, video and sound in your Web pages. And learn to write CGI scripts to make your documents even more interactive. Then, learn how to use JavaScript, the Netscape® scripting language that lets you add sophisticated interactivity easily and cost-effectively—without Java or CGI programming. You'll find sample JavaScript applications you can use right now, including:

  • Database look-up scripts
  • Scrolling status bars
  • Animation
  • Forms checking
This completely up-to-date book and CD-ROM is the ideal single source for every Windows 95 user involved in creating Web sites.



Author Bio

VIVIAN NEOU is author of several Internet books, including Internet CD, Internet Mailing List Navigator for Windows, HTML CD for Windows, and HTML 3.0 CD for the Macintosh. She has been active on the Internet and its predecessors for over 15 years.

MIMI RECKER, Ph.D., is a lecturer at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. Since her first job working on the Arpanet, the early predecessor to the Internet, she has been researching the technological and social impacts of global information technologies. She is the co-author of HTML CD for Windows and HTML 3.0 CD for the Macintosh..



(NOTE: Each chapter contains What's In This Chapter section).
    1. The World Wide Web and Browsers.

      HTML and the Internet. Browsers. HTML and Browsers. Getting Browsers. Screenshots in this Book. The Basics.

    2. Creating an HTML Document.

      Document Tags: <HTML>, <HEAD>,and <BODY>. Document Type: <!DOCTYPE>. Markup Tags. Title: <TITLE>. Meta Information: <META>. Headings: <H1> through <H6>. Paragraphs: <P>. Logical and Physical Styles. HTML 3.2 Formatting Extensions. Special Characters. Horizontal Lines: <HR>. Lists. Preformatted Text: <PRE>. Long Quotations: <BLOCKQUOTE>. Line Breaks: <BR>. Addresses: <ADDRESS>. Center: <CENTER>. DIV. Comments: <! -->. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

    3. URLs and Links.

      Uniform Resource Locators. Markup Tag: <A>. Other Ways to Use Links. JavaScript Extension: onMouseOver. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Tables, Frames and More. Tables: <TABLE>. Frames: <FRAMESET>, <FRAME>>, <NOFRAME>. Netscape Extensions. Internet Explorer Extensions. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

    4. Multimedia: Images, Video and Sound.

      Color Values. Color Manipulation Device. Images in HTML Documents. Graphics Formats. The Future of Image Formats. Image Tips and Tricks. Image Tag: <IMG>. Image Maps, Images with Clickable Spots. MapThis! Server-Side Clickable Images: ISMAP Background Images: BACKGROUND and BGPROPERTIES. GIF89a Animations. GIF Construction Set. Sound. Video. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Paint Shop Pro. Installing Paint Shop Pro. Starting Paint Shop Pro. Deformations and Filters. Converting Between Formats. Making Thumbnails. Creating Drop Shadows and Highlights. Reducing the Color Palette. Creating Seamless Backgrounds. Creating Logo Backgrounds. Getting More Help. Creating Interactive and Dynamic Documents.

        Introduction. Forms. Input: <INPUT>. Input TYPE Attribute. Textarea: <TEXTAREA>. Select: <SELECT> and Option: <OPTION>. The Complete Form. HTTP File Upload: ENCTYPE. Meta Information: <META>. HTML Tags: ISINDEX, ISMAP, USEMAP. CGI Scripts. Creating Dynamic and Animated Documents. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

      5. Introducing JavaScript.

        Introduction. Programming for the Web. Java vs. JavaScript. Some Concepts. Starting Your Script: <SCRIPT>. Basics. JavaScript Objects. Properties. Methods. Event Handlers. Statements. The Future. JavaScript Examples. Simple Database Look-Up. Scrolling Status Bar. Animation. JavaScript Forms Checker. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

      6. Design Guidelines, Styles and Tips.

        Introduction. Setting Your Project Up. Page Design and Layout. Supporting Navigation. Centering Text. Use of System Resources. Test Your Documents. Checking and Verifying Your Web Documents. In Closing.

      7. Designing Home Pages.

        Personal Home Pages. Business Home Pages.

      8. Publicizing Your Web Pages.

        Generating Traffic. Making an Even Bigger Splash. Places to Go for More Help. The Latest Book News.

      ISO Latin 1 Entities in HTML.
      ASCII Table.
      Useful URLs.
      WWW Service Providers.
      Glossary.
      Index.

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