HTML: A Beginner's Guide

Essential HTML Skills--Made Easy! Create highly functional, impressive websites in no time. Fully updated and revised, HTML: A Beginner's Guide, Fourth Edition explains how to structure a page, place images, format text, create links, add color, work with multimedia, and use forms. You'll also go beyond the basics and learn how to save your own web graphics, use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), create dynamic web content with basic JavaScript, and upload your site to the web. By the end of the book you'll be able to build custom websites using the latest HTML techniques. An all-new chapter also covers creating HTML for e-mail, a hot-button issue for any business seeking to reach its target audience through online communication. Designed for Easy Learning Key Skills & Concepts--Chapter-opening lists of specific skills covered in the chapter Ask the Expert--Q&A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips Try This--Hands-on exercises that show you how to apply your skills Notes--Extra information related to the topic being covered Tips--Helpful reminders or alternate ways of doing things Self-Tests--Chapter-ending quizzes to test your knowledge Table of contents Part I: HTML Basics Chapter 1. Getting Started Chapter 2. Basic Page Structure Chapter 3. Color Chapter 4. Working with Text Chapter 5. Working with Links Chapter 6. Working with Images Chapter 7. Working with Multimedia Chapter 8. Creating Lists Chapter 9. Using Tables Chapter 10. Developing Frames Chapter 11. Employing Forms Chapter 12. Positioning Page Elements Chapter 13. HTML for E-Mail Part II: Beyond HTML Chapter 14. Creating Your Own Web Graphics Chapter 15. Web Content Chapter 16. Dynamic Content Chapter 17. Making Pages Available to Others Part III: Appendixes Appendix A. Answers to Self Test Appendix B. HTML/CSS Reference Table Appendix C. Troubleshooting (FAQs) Appendix D. Special Characters Appendix E. File Types Index