Completely revamped to teach HTML5 and CSS3 from the very beginning, this is the newest edition of the worldwide best-seller that has helped 500,000+ people learn the foundational skills of modern web development. Laura Lemay and Rafe Colburn have thoroughly revamped their in-depth tutorial to cover the latest web skills and technologies, and walk the reader through creating interactive, dynamic web sites using today's Javaillegalscript libraries, services, and social web technologies.
Rafe 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 Yourself Java in 21 Days, and Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 21 Days.
The Title
Headings
Paragraphs
Comments
Summary
Workshop
Q&A
Quiz
Quiz Answers
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
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
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
Line Break
Addresses
Quotations
Special Characters
Character Encoding
Character Entities for Special Characters
Character Entities for Reserved Characters
Fonts and Font Sizes
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
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
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
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
Lesson 12: Designing Forms
Understanding Form and Function
Using the
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
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
Polyfillillegalscripts
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
Using the Element
Embedding Flash Using the Tag
Alternative Content for the Tag
Embedding Flash Movies Using SWFObject
Flash Video Players
JW Player
Using Flowplayer
Using the Tag with the Tag Embedding Audio in Your Pages The Tag Flash Audio Players Summary Workshop Q&A Quiz Quiz Answers Exercises 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 Summary Workshop Q&A Quiz Quiz Answers Exercises 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 Summary Workshop Q&A Quiz Quiz Answers Exercises PART IV: Using Javaillegalscript and jQuery Lesson 17: Introducing Javaillegalscript Why Would You Want to Use Javaillegalscript? Ease of Use Improving Performance Integration with the Browser The illegalscript> Tag The Structure of a Javaillegalscriptillegalscript The src Attribute Javaillegalscript and the Chrome Development Tools The Javaillegalscript Language Operators and Expressions Variables Control Structures Functions Data Types Arrays Objects The Javaillegalscript Environment Events Summary Workshop Q&A Quiz Quiz Answers Exercises Lesson 18: Using jQuery What Are Javaillegalscript Libraries? Getting Started with jQuery Your First jQueryillegalscript Selecting Elements from the Document Binding Events Modifying Styles on the Page Hiding and Showing Elements Retrieving and Changing Style Sheet Properties Modifying Content on the Page Manipulating Classes Manipulating Form Values Manipulating Attributes Directly Adding and Removing Content Special Effects AJAX and jQuery Using AJAX to Load External Data Summary Workshop Q&A Quiz Quiz Answers Exercises Lesson 19: Using Javaillegalscript in Your Pages Validating Forms with Javaillegalscript Hiding and Showing Content The Same Code with jQuery Adding New Content to a Page Summary Workshop Q&A Quiz Quiz Answers Exercises Lesson 20: Working with Frames and Linked Windows What Are Frames? Why Were Frames Removed from HTML5? What About Iframes? Working with Linked Windows Browsing Context Keywords The Tag Inline Frames Opening Linked Windows with Javaillegalscript Summary Workshop Q&A Quiz Quiz Answers Exercises PART V: Designing for Everyone Lesson 21: Designing for the Mobile Web People Browse Differently on Mobile Phones Standards Compliance and the Mobile Web Progressive Enhancement Validating Your Pages Writing for the Mobile Web Write Clearly and Be Brief Organize Your Pages for Quick Scanning Make Each Page Stand on Its Own Be Careful with Emphasis Don't Use Browser-Specific Terminology Spell Check and Proofread Your Pages Design and Page Layout Use Headings as Headings Group Related Information Visually Use a Consistent Layout Using Links Mobile Users Tap; They Don't Click Use Link Menus with Deillegalscriptive Text Use Links in Text Avoid the "Here" Syndrome To Link or Not to Link Using Images and Multimedia Don't Overuse Images Keep Images Small Watch Out for Assumptions About Your Visitors' Hardware Don't Make Your Videos Annoying Avoid Flash Making the Most of CSS and Javaillegalscript Put Your CSS and Javaillegalscript in External Files Location Matters Shrink Your CSS and Javaillegalscript Take Advantage of Mobile Features Geolocation Make Phone Calls SMS Other Good Habits and Hints for Mobile Web Design Link Back to Home Don't Split Topics Across Pages Sign Your Pages One Final Secret to Mobile Web Design Summary Workshop Q&A Quiz Quiz Answers Exercises Lesson 22: Designing for User Experience Considering User Experience Level Add a Search Engine Use Concise, Sensible URLs Navigation Provides Context Are Your Users Tourists or Regulars? Determining User Preferences What Is Accessibility? Common Myths Regarding Accessibility Section 508 Alternative Browsers Writing Accessible HTML Tables Links Images and Multimedia Designing for Accessibility Using Color Fonts Take Advantage of All HTML Tags Frames Forms Validating Your Sites for Accessibility Summary Workshop Q&A Quiz Quiz Answers Exercises PART VI: Going Live on the Web Lesson 23: How to Publish Your Site What Does a Web Server Do? Other Things Web Servers Do How to Find Web Hosting Using a Web Server Provided by Your School or Work Using a Commercial Web Host Commercial Web Builders Setting Up Your Own Server Free Hosting Organizing Your HTML Files for Publishing Questions to Ask Your Webmaster Keeping Your Files Organized with Directories Having a Default Index File and Correct Filenames Publishing Your Files Moving Files Between Systems Troubleshooting I Can't Access the Server I Can't Access Files I Can't Access Images My Links Don't Work My Files Are Being Displayed Incorrectly Promoting Your Web Pages Getting Links from Other Sites Content Marketing Through Guest Posting Promoting Your Site Through Social Media Creating a Facebook Page for Your Site Site Indexes and Search Engines Business Cards, Letterhead, Brochures, and Advertisements Finding Out Who's Viewing Your Web Pages Log Files Google Analytics Summary Workshop Q&A Quiz Quiz Answers Exercises Lesson 24: Taking Advantage of the Server How PHP Works Getting PHP to Run on Your Computer The PHP Language Comments Variables Arrays Strings Conditional Statements PHP Conditional Operators Loops foreach Loops for Loops while and do...while Loops Controlling Loop Execution Built-In Functions User-Defined Functions Returning Values Processing Forms Handling Parameters with Multiple Values Presenting the Form Using PHP Includes Choosing Which Include Function to Use Expanding Your Knowledge of PHP Database Connectivity Regular Expressions Sending Mail Object-Oriented PHP Cookies and Sessions File Uploads Other Application Platforms Microsoft ASP.NET Java EE Ruby on Rails Summary Workshop Q&A Quiz Quiz Answers Exercises Lesson 25: Search Engines and SEO What Is SEO? Why You Need SEO What About Social Media? You Can Do Your Own SEO Why Don't Search Engines Find Sites Without SEO? How Search Engines Work Google Microsoft Bing Yahoo! Don't Forget International Searches SEO Techniques Is Your Site "Friendly?" Using Keywords and Keyword Research Creating Content for Customers Is the Best SEO Myths and Facts About SEO Tools for Tracking and Managing SEO Using Sitemaps The robots.txt File Understanding Canonical Links Redirecting Duplicate Content Checking How Your Site Looks to Search Engines Tracking Your SEO Efforts Paying for Links Summary Workshop Q&A Quiz Quiz Answers Exercises 9780672336232 TOC 12/1/2015 KlappentextCompletely revamped to teach HTML5 and CSS3 from the very beginning, this is the newest edition of the worldwide best-seller that has helped 500,000+ people learn the foundational skills of modern web development. Laura Lemay and Rafe Colburn have thoroughly revamped their in-depth tutorial to cover the latest web skills and technologies, and walk the reader through creating interactive, dynamic web sites using today's Javaillegalscript libraries, services, and social web technologies.
Embedding Audio in Your Pages
Flash Audio Players
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
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
PART IV: Using Javaillegalscript and jQuery
Lesson 17: Introducing Javaillegalscript
Why Would You Want to Use Javaillegalscript?
Ease of Use
Improving Performance
Integration with the Browser
The illegalscript> Tag
The Structure of a Javaillegalscriptillegalscript
The src Attribute
Javaillegalscript and the Chrome Development Tools
The Javaillegalscript Language
Operators and Expressions
Variables
Control Structures
Functions
Data Types
Arrays
Objects
The Javaillegalscript Environment
Events
Lesson 18: Using jQuery
What Are Javaillegalscript Libraries?
Getting Started with jQuery
Your First jQueryillegalscript
Selecting Elements from the Document
Binding Events
Modifying Styles on the Page
Hiding and Showing Elements
Retrieving and Changing Style Sheet Properties
Modifying Content on the Page
Manipulating Classes
Manipulating Form Values
Manipulating Attributes Directly
Adding and Removing Content
Special Effects
AJAX and jQuery
Using AJAX to Load External Data
Lesson 19: Using Javaillegalscript in Your Pages
Validating Forms with Javaillegalscript
Hiding and Showing Content
The Same Code with jQuery
Adding New Content to a Page
Lesson 20: Working with Frames and Linked Windows
What Are Frames?
Why Were Frames Removed from HTML5?
What About Iframes?
Working with Linked Windows
Browsing Context Keywords
Inline Frames
Opening Linked Windows with Javaillegalscript
PART V: Designing for Everyone
Lesson 21: Designing for the Mobile Web
People Browse Differently on Mobile Phones
Standards Compliance and the Mobile Web
Progressive Enhancement
Validating Your Pages
Writing for the Mobile Web
Write Clearly and Be Brief
Organize Your Pages for Quick Scanning
Make Each Page Stand on Its Own
Be Careful with Emphasis
Don't Use Browser-Specific Terminology
Spell Check and Proofread Your Pages
Design and Page Layout
Use Headings as Headings
Group Related Information Visually
Use a Consistent Layout
Using Links
Mobile Users Tap; They Don't Click
Use Link Menus with Deillegalscriptive Text
Use Links in Text
Avoid the "Here" Syndrome
To Link or Not to Link
Using Images and Multimedia
Don't Overuse Images
Keep Images Small
Watch Out for Assumptions About Your Visitors' Hardware
Don't Make Your Videos Annoying
Avoid Flash
Making the Most of CSS and Javaillegalscript
Put Your CSS and Javaillegalscript in External Files
Location Matters
Shrink Your CSS and Javaillegalscript
Take Advantage of Mobile Features
Geolocation
Make Phone Calls
SMS
Other Good Habits and Hints for Mobile Web Design
Link Back to Home
Don't Split Topics Across Pages
Sign Your Pages
One Final Secret to Mobile Web Design
Lesson 22: Designing for User Experience
Considering User Experience Level
Add a Search Engine
Use Concise, Sensible URLs
Navigation Provides Context
Are Your Users Tourists or Regulars?
Determining User Preferences
What Is Accessibility?
Common Myths Regarding Accessibility
Section 508
Alternative Browsers
Writing Accessible HTML
Tables
Images and Multimedia
Designing for Accessibility
Fonts
Take Advantage of All HTML Tags
Frames
Forms
Validating Your Sites for Accessibility
PART VI: Going Live on the Web
Lesson 23: How to Publish Your Site
What Does a Web Server Do?
Other Things Web Servers Do
How to Find Web Hosting
Using a Web Server Provided by Your School or Work
Using a Commercial Web Host
Commercial Web Builders
Setting Up Your Own Server
Free Hosting
Organizing Your HTML Files for Publishing
Questions to Ask Your Webmaster
Keeping Your Files Organized with Directories
Having a Default Index File and Correct Filenames
Publishing Your Files
Moving Files Between Systems
Troubleshooting
I Can't Access the Server
I Can't Access Files
I Can't Access Images
My Links Don't Work
My Files Are Being Displayed Incorrectly
Promoting Your Web Pages
Getting Links from Other Sites
Content Marketing Through Guest Posting
Promoting Your Site Through Social Media
Creating a Facebook Page for Your Site
Site Indexes and Search Engines
Business Cards, Letterhead, Brochures, and Advertisements
Finding Out Who's Viewing Your Web Pages
Log Files
Google Analytics
Lesson 24: Taking Advantage of the Server
How PHP Works
Getting PHP to Run on Your Computer
The PHP Language
Strings
Conditional Statements
PHP Conditional Operators
Loops
foreach Loops
for Loops
while and do...while Loops
Controlling Loop Execution
Built-In Functions
User-Defined Functions
Returning Values
Processing Forms
Handling Parameters with Multiple Values
Presenting the Form
Using PHP Includes
Choosing Which Include Function to Use
Expanding Your Knowledge of PHP
Database Connectivity
Regular Expressions
Sending Mail
Object-Oriented PHP
Cookies and Sessions
File Uploads
Other Application Platforms
Microsoft ASP.NET
Java EE
Ruby on Rails
Lesson 25: Search Engines and SEO
What Is SEO?
Why You Need SEO
What About Social Media?
You Can Do Your Own SEO
Why Don't Search Engines Find Sites Without SEO?
How Search Engines Work
Google
Microsoft Bing
Yahoo!
Don't Forget International Searches
SEO Techniques
Is Your Site "Friendly?"
Using Keywords and Keyword Research
Creating Content for Customers Is the Best SEO
Myths and Facts About SEO
Tools for Tracking and Managing SEO
Using Sitemaps
The robots.txt File
Understanding Canonical Links
Redirecting Duplicate Content
Checking How Your Site Looks to Search Engines
Tracking Your SEO Efforts
Paying for Links
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