Book description
Web Design in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition contains the nitty-gritty on everything you need to know to design web pages. It's the good stuff, without the fluff, written and organized so that answers can be found quickly. This completely revised and expanded 2nd edition is chock-full of information about the wide range of front-end technologies and techniques from which web designers and authors must draw.
Web Design in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition is an excellent reference for HTML 4.01 tags (including tables, frames, forms, color, and cascading style sheets) with special attention given to browser support, platform idiosyncrasies, and standards. You'll also find lots of updated information on using graphics, multimedia, audio and video, and advanced technologies such Dynamic HTML, Javascript, and XML, as well as new chapters on XHTML, WML, and SMIL. This book is an indispensable tool for web designers and authors of all levels.
Web Design in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition includes:
Discussions of the web environment including monitors and browsers, printing from the Web, accessibility, and internationalization
A complete reference to HTML and Server Side Includes, including up-to-date browser support (Netscape 6, IE 6.0, and Opera 5) for every tag and attribute
Updated chapters on creating GIF, animated GIF, JPEG, and PNG graphics, including designing with the Web Palette
Information on multimedia and interactivity, including audio, video, Flash 5 and Shockwave, and a new chapter on SMIL
A revised tutorial and reference on Cascading Style Sheets
Appendixes detailing HTML tags, attributes, deprecated tags, proprietary tags, CSS compatibility and support, and character entities
Table of contents
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Web Design in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition
- Preface
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I. The Web Environment
- 1. Designing for a Variety of Browsers
- 2. Designing for a Variety of Displays
- 3. Web Design Principles for Print Designers
- 4. A Beginner’s Guide to the Server
- 5. Printing from the Web
- 6. Accessibility
- 7. Internationalization
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II. Authoring
- 8. HTML Overview
- 9. Structural HTML Tags
- 10. Formatting Text
- 11. Creating Links
- 12. Adding Images and Other Page Elements
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13. Tables
- Summary of Table Tags
- Introduction to Tables
- Basic Table Structure
- Affecting Table Appearance
- Table Troubleshooting
- Tips and Tricks
- Standard Table Templates
- Multipart Images in Tables
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14. Frames
- Summary of Frame Tags
- Introduction to Frames
- Basic Frameset Structure
- Frame Function and Appearance
- Targeting Frames
- Inline (Floating) Frames
- Frame Design Tips and Tricks
- 15. Forms
- 16. Specifying Color in HTML
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17. Cascading Style Sheets
- Using Style Sheets
- How Style Sheets Work
- Selectors
- Specifying Values
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Properties
- Type-Related Properties
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Box Properties
- margin-top, margin-right, margin-bottom, margin-left
- margin
- padding-top, padding-right, padding-bottom, padding-left
- padding
- border-top-width, border-right-width, border-bottom-width, border-left-width
- border-width
- border-color
- border-style
- border-top, border-right, border-bottom, border-left
- border
- width
- height
- float
- clear
- Background Properties
- Classification Properties
- Positioning with Style Sheets
- What’s New in CSS2
- Style Sheet Tips and Tricks
- Browser Support Charts
- 18. Server Side Includes
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III. Graphics
- 19. GIF Format
- 20. JPEG Format
- 21. PNG Format
- 22. Designing Graphics with the Web Palette
- 23. Animated GIFs
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IV. Multimedia and Interactivity
- 24. Audio on the Web
- 25. Video on the Web
- 26. Flash and Shockwave
- 27. Introduction to SMIL
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V. Advanced Technologies
- 28. Introduction to JavaScript
- 29. Introduction to DHTML
- 30. Introduction to XML
- 31. XHTML
- 32. WAP and WML
- VI. Appendixes
- Glossary
- Index
- Colophon
Product information
- Title: Web Design in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2001
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9780596001964
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