Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About this Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part I: Getting Started with HTML and CSS on the Web -- Chapter 1: An Overview of HTML and CSS on the Web -- How and Where Web Pages Come to Life Online -- HyperText -- Content versus presentation -- Web browsers -- Getting to know Internet protocols -- Understanding HTML and Its Versions -- Different versions of HTML -- Creating HTML markup -- Building HTML documents -- Understanding the Role of CSS -- Different versions here, too -- Creating CSS markup -- Dissecting a Simple Markup Example -- Where's the HTML? -- Where's the CSS? -- A partnership of equals -- Chapter 2: Meeting the Structure and Components of HTML -- Like Any Language: Syntax and Rules -- Color-coding the markup -- Breaking down the elements -- Adding Attributes to Your HTML -- Examining Entities in Markup -- Non-ASCII characters -- Character codes -- (Special) tag characters -- Organizing Web Pages -- Organizing HTML text -- Complementing and enhancing text -- Chapter 3: Creating and Viewing a Web Page -- Before You Get Started -- Creating a Page from Scratch -- Step 0: Gather your tools -- Step 1: Planning a simple design -- Step 2: Writing some HTML -- Step 3: Saving your page -- Step 4: Viewing your page -- Editing an Existing Web Page -- Posting Your Page Online -- Part II: Getting the Structure and Text Right -- Chapter 4: HTML Documents Need Good Structure -- Establishing a Document Structure -- HTML Document Organization Revisited -- HTML DOCTYPE Starts Things Off -- The Element -- Anatomy of the -- Meeting the himself -- Handling metadata with -- Redirecting users to another page -- Naming your page with a.

The Is a BIG Container -- Chapter 5: Text and Lists -- Formatting Text -- Paragraphs -- Headings -- Controlling Text Blocks -- Block quotes -- Preformatted text -- Horizontal rules -- Organizing Information -- Numbered lists -- Bulleted lists -- Defi nition lists -- Nesting lists -- Chapter 6: Tip-Top Tables in HTML -- How Got a Bad Name in HTML -- What's in a Table? LOTS of Markup -- Setting Up a Table Border -- The Table Head () and Its Elements -- Managing Table Layouts -- Making Good Table Bodies -- Shaping a solid table -- Sitting at the Footer of the Table -- Exploring and Explaining a Table -- Oh caption, my caption -- Is the header dead yet? -- Marching through the table body -- Finishing with the footer -- Chapter 7: Working with Forms in HTML -- Exploring Types of Web Forms -- Search forms -- Data collection forms -- Creating Forms -- Structure -- Input tags -- Input fi elds -- Form validation -- Processing Data -- Processing forms on your pages -- Designing User-Friendly Forms -- Other Noteworthy Forms-Related Markup -- Form Frameworks -- Part III: Adding Links, Images, and Other Media -- Chapter 8: Getting Hyper with Links in HTML -- Basic Links 101 -- Exploring link options -- Avoiding common mistakes -- Customizing Links -- Opening new windows -- Specifying locations in web pages -- Linking to non-HTML resources -- Chapter 9: Working with Images in HTML -- The Role of Images in a Web Page -- Creating Web-Friendly Images -- Adding an Image to a Web Page -- Image location -- Using the element -- Adding alternative and title text -- Specifying image size -- Image borders and alignment -- Images That Link -- Triggering links -- Building image maps -- Chapter 10: Managing Media and More in HTML -- The Battle of the Media Formats -- Meet the major audio formats.

Meet the major video formats -- Comparing Traditional and HTML5 Media Handling -- Mastering HTML5 Media Markup -- Making beautiful music with audio -- Moving media with video -- Undergoing the conversion experience -- Working with Web Page Controls -- Displaying a meter bar -- Tracking progress on activities -- Tracking and reporting on time -- Updating HTML5 controls -- Part IV: Adopting CSS Style -- Chapter 11: Advantages of Style Sheets -- Advantages of Style Sheets -- The four steps to style -- Understanding the C in CSS -- What CSS can do for a web page -- Styling a Document with CSS -- Using HTML5 Boilerplate -- Normalize before you stylize -- What you can do with CSS -- Putting CSS in Its Place -- Pixels, points, and dots - Oh my! -- Understanding the viewport -- Property measurement values -- About the CSS3 Standard -- Chapter 12: CSS Structure and Syntax -- Exploring CSS Structure and Syntax -- Selectors and declarations -- The selectors -- Inheriting styles -- Understanding the Cascade -- Chapter 13: Using Different Kinds of Style Sheets -- Applying Inline Styles -- Getting to Know Internal Style Sheets -- Understanding the element -- Figuring out internal style sheet scope -- Working with External Style Sheets -- CSS fi les -- Link element attributes -- Importing and when to use @import -- Part V: Enhancing Your Pages' Look and Feel -- Chapter 14: Managing Layout and Positioning -- Managing Layout -- Tiny boxes -- Block versus inline elements -- Normal flow -- Managing Positioning -- About coordinates and offsets -- Relative positioning -- Absolute positioning -- Floating -- Using a Layout Generator -- Chapter 15: Building with Boxes, Borders, and Buttons -- Meeting the Box Model -- Putting the Box Model into Practice -- Specifying padding and margin widths -- Adding borders -- Aligning text -- Indenting text.

Creating buttons with CSS -- Chapter 16: Using Colors and Backgrounds -- Defi ning Color Values -- Color names -- Color numbers -- Defi ning Color Defi nitions -- Text -- Links -- Backgrounds -- Advanced backgrounds -- Chapter 17: Web Typography -- Finding Out about Fonts -- Font family -- Sizing -- Trying Out Text Treatments -- Embolden with bold -- Emphasizing with italic -- Changing capitalization -- Getting fancy with the text-decoration property -- Checking Out the Catchall Font Property -- Experimenting with Web Fonts -- Font fi le formats -- Finding fonts -- Linking fonts -- Using Google Fonts -- Chapter 18: CSS Text and Shadow Effects -- Creating Shadows -- text-shadow -- box-shadow -- Creating Inset Text -- Creating 3D Text -- Creating a Letterpress Effect -- Drop Shadows -- Text Rotation -- Chapter 19: Multimedia and Animation with CSS -- Using CSS with Multimedia -- Visual media styles -- Paged media styles -- Getting Animated -- Using the animation properties -- Creating animations with @keyframes -- Animating color -- Part VI: The Part of Tens -- Chapter 20: Ten Keys to Mobile Web Design -- Design for Different Mobile Devices -- Design for People -- Design for Small Screens -- Design for Low Bandwidth -- Design for Touch -- Design for Distracted Surfers -- Test on Many Mobile Devices -- Design for Simplicity -- Set Up Mobile Web Addresses -- Include a Link to the Desktop Site -- Chapter 21: Ten HTML Do's and Don'ts -- Don't Lose Sight of Your Content -- Do Structure Your Documents and Your Site -- Do Make the Most from the Least -- Do Build Attractive Pages -- Don't Lose Track of Those Tags -- Do Avoid Browser Dependencies -- Don't Make It Hard to Navigate Your Wild and Woolly Web -- Don't Think Revolution, Think Evolution -- Don't Get Stuck in the Two-Dimensional-Text Trap.

Don't Let Inertia Overcome You -- Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Kill Web Bugs Dead -- Make a List and Check It - Twice -- Master Text Mechanics -- Lack of Live Links - a Lousy Legacy -- When Old Links Must Linger -- Make Your Content Mirror Your World -- Look for Trouble in All the Right Places -- Cover All the Bases with Peer Reviews -- Use the Best Tools of the Testing Trade -- Schedule Site Reviews -- Foster User Feedback -- If You Give to Them, They'll Give to You! -- Chapter 23: Ten Cool HTML Tools and Technologies -- WYSIWYG HTML Editors -- Dreamweaver -- Other WYSIWYG editors -- Helper HTML Editors -- Aptana Studio -- Other helper editors -- Inexpensive Graphics Editors -- Professional Graphics Editors -- Adobe Photoshop -- Adobe Fireworks -- W3C Link Checker -- Other Link Checkers -- HTML Validators -- FTP Clients -- Miscellaneous Helpful Web Tools -- Part VII: Appendixes -- Appendix A: Twitterati -- Appendix B: About the Dummies HTML Site -- About WordPress -- The dashboard -- Appearance and themes -- Pages and posts -- Widgets -- Responsive Design -- HTML5 Cafe -- The home page -- About Us -- The Menu -- Contact Us -- HTML5 Boilerplate -- Index -- EULA.