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Book SynopsisRafe Colburn is an author and web developer with more than 15 years of experience building websites. His other books include Special Edition Using SQL and Sams Teach Yourself CGI in 24 Hours. You can read his blog at http://rc3.org or find him on Twitter as @rafeco.
Jennifer Kyrnin is an author and web designer who has been working on the Internet since 1995. Her other books include Sams Teach Yourself Bootstrap in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself Responsive Web Design in 24 Hours, and Sams Teach Yourself HTML5 Mobile Application Development in 24 Hours. She can be found at http://htmljenn.com/or on Twitter as @htmljenn.
Laura Lemay is one of the world's most popular authors on web development topics. She is the original author of Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML, Sams Teach Your
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
PART I: Getting Started
Lesson 1: What Is Web Publishing?
Thinking Like a Web Publisher
The Web Is a Hypertext Information System
The Web Is Cross-Platform
The Web Is Distributed
The Web Is Dynamic
The Web Is Interactive
Web Browsers
What the Browser Does
An Overview of Some Popular Browsers
Web Servers
Uniform Resource Locators
Defining Web Publishing Broadly
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Exercises
Lesson 2: Getting Your Tools in Order
Anatomy of a Website
Setting Up Your Computer for Web Publishing
Text Editors
A Web Browser
Using the Google Chrome Developer Tools
What Do You Want to Do on the Web?
Wireframing Your Website
What’s Wireframing, and Why Do I Need It?
Hints for Wireframing
Web Hosting
Using a Content-Management Application
Setting Up Your Own Web Hosting
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Exercises
Lesson 3: Introducing HTML and CSS
What HTML Is (And What It Isn’t)
HTML Describes the Structure of a Page
HTML Does Not Describe Page Layout
Why It Works This Way
How Markup Works
What HTML Files Look Like
Text Formatting and HTML
HTML Attributes
Using the style Attribute
Including Styles in Tags
A Short History of HTML Standards
XHTML
The Current and Evolving Standard: HTML5
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Exercises
PART II: Creating Web Pages
Lesson 4: Learning the Basics of HTML
Structuring Your HTML
The
Tag
The
Tag
The
Tag
The Title
Headings
Paragraphs
Comments
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Exercises
Lesson 5: Organizing Information with Lists
Lists: An Overview
Numbered Lists
Customizing Ordered Lists
Unordered Lists
Customizing Unordered Lists
Definition Lists
Nesting Lists
Other Uses for Lists
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Exercises
Lesson 6: Working with Links
Creating Links
The Link Tag:
Linking Local Pages Using Relative and Absolute Pathnames
Absolute Pathnames
Should You Use Relative or Absolute Pathnames?
Links to Other Documents on the Web
Linking to Specific Places Within Documents
Creating Links and Anchors
The name Attribute of the Tag
Linking to Elements in the Same Document
Anatomy of a URL
Parts of URLs
Special Characters in URLs
The rel Attribute
Kinds of URLs
HTTP
Anonymous FTP
Non-Anonymous FTP
Mailto
File
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Exercises
PART III: Doing More with HTML and CSS
Lesson 7: Formatting Text with HTML and CSS
Character-Level Elements
Semantic HTML Tags
Changes to Physical Style Tags in HTML5
Character Formatting Using CSS
The Text Decoration Property
Font Properties
Preformatted Text
Horizontal Rules (or Thematic Breaks)
Attributes of the
Tag
Line Break
Addresses
Quotations
Special Characters
Character Encoding
Character Entities for Special Characters
Character Entities for Reserved Characters
Fonts and Font Sizes
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Lesson 8: Using CSS to Style a Site
Including Style Sheets in a Page
Creating Page-Level Styles
Creating Sitewide Style Sheets
Selectors
Contextual Selectors
Classes and IDs
What Cascading Means
Units of Measure
Specifying Colors
Editing Styles with Developer Tools
Using Color
Links
The Box Model
Borders
Margins and Padding
Controlling Size and Element Display
Float
More Selectors
Pseudo-Classes
Attribute Selectors
The
Tag
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Lesson 9: Using Images on Your Web Pages
Images on the Web
Image Formats
GIF
JPEG
PNG
SVG
Inline Images in HTML: The Tag
Adding Alternative Text to Images
Images and Text
Text and Image Alignment
Wrapping Text Next to Images
Adjusting the Space Around Images
Images and Links
Other Neat Tricks with Images
Image Dimensions and Scaling
Image Backgrounds
Using Images as Bullets
What Is an Imagemap?
Getting an Image
Determining Your Coordinates
The and Tags
The usemap Attribute
Image Etiquette
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Exercises
Lesson 10: Building Tables
Creating Tables
Table Parts
The Element
Summarizing the Table
Rows and Cells
Empty Cells
Captions
Sizing Tables, Borders, and Cells
Setting Table Widths
Changing Table Borders
Cell Padding
Cell Spacing
Column Widths
Table and Cell Color
Aligning Your Table Content
Table Alignment
Cell and Caption Alignment
Spanning Multiple Rows or Columns
More Advanced Table Enhancements
Grouping and Aligning Columns
Grouping and Aligning Rows
How Tables Are Used
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Lesson 11: Using CSS to Position Elements on the Page
Positioning Schemes
Relative Positioning
Absolute Positioning
Positioning Properties
Positioning Properties and Height and Width
Nesting Absolutely Positioned Elements
Dynamic Overlays
Fixed Positioning
Controlling Stacking
Creating Drop-Down Menus
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Lesson 12: Designing Forms
Understanding Form and Function
Using the
Tag
Using the Tag
Creating Form Controls with the Tag
Creating Text Controls
Adding Options to Text Fields with datalist
Using the New HTML5 Controls
Creating Password Controls
Creating Submit Buttons
Creating Reset Buttons
Creating Check Box Controls
Creating Radio Buttons
Using Images as Submit Buttons
Creating Generic Buttons
Hidden Form Fields
The File Upload Control
Using Other Form Controls
Using the button Element
Creating Large Text-Entry Fields with textarea
Creating Menus with select and option
Grouping Controls with fieldset and legend
Changing the Default Form Navigation
Using Access Keys
Creating disabled and readonly Controls
Displaying Updates with progress and meter
Applying Cascading Style Sheet Properties to Form Elements
Planning Your Forms
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Lesson 13: Structuring a Page with HTML5
A Short History of HTML Page Layout
Laying Out a Page in HTML5
HTML5 Structural Tags
Sections
Header
Footer
Navigation
Articles
Asides
The Page Outline
Elements with Their Own Outlines
Using HTML5 Structural Elements
Polyfill Scripts
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Exercise
Lesson 14: Integrating Multimedia: Video and Sound
Embedding Video the Simple Way
Advantages and Disadvantages of Hosting Videos on External Sites
Uploading Videos to YouTube
Customizing the Video Player
Other Services
Hosting Your Own Video
Video and Container Formats
Converting Video to H.264
Embedding Video Using
The Tag
Using the Element
Embedding Flash Using the
Alternative Content for the
The Tag
Embedding Flash Movies Using SWFObject
Flash Video Players
JW Player
Using Flowplayer
Using the Tag
Embedding Audio in Your Pages
The Tag
Flash Audio Players
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Lesson 15: Advanced CSS: Page Layout in CSS
Laying Out the Page
The Problems with Layout Tables
Writing HTML with Structure
Writing a Layout Style Sheet
The Floated Columns Layout Technique
The Role of CSS in Web Design
Style Sheet Organization
Site-Wide Style Sheets
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Lesson 16: Using Responsive Web Design
What Is Responsive Web Design?
History of Responsive Web Design
Why RWD Is Important
RWD Is More Than Just Changing the Number of Columns
Mobile Devices Should Come First
Mobile First
Affecting the Viewport
Planning a Responsive Website
Check Your Analytics
Try the Site with Your Own Phone
Decide What Content Is Critical
Writing Media Queries
Media Types
Media Features
Breakpoints
Building a Style Sheet with Media Queries
Understanding the Mechanics of RWD
Adjusting the Layout
Making Images and Videos Responsive
Building Responsive Tables
Responsive Web Design Best Practices
Give Everyone the Best Experience
Use the Best Breakpoints for Your Website, Not for Devices
Be Flexible But Think Small
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PART IV: Using JavaScript and jQuery
Lesson 17: Introducing JavaScript
Why Would You Want to Use JavaScript?
Ease of Use
Improving Performance
Integration with the Browser
The
