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If you can't afford to let the Web get ahead of you, you can't afford not to have this guide. In this best-selling
Visual QuickStart Guide, you'll find all the friendly, step-by-step instructions you need to start using DHTML and CSS to add visually sophisticated, interactive elements to your Web sites. Completely updated to cover the new browsers, standards, and DHTML and CSS features that define the Web today, the one thing that
hasn't changed in this edition is its task-based visual approach to the topic.
Using loads of tips and screenshots, veteran author Jason Cranford Teague covers a lot of ground--from basic and advanced dynamic techniques to creating effects for newer browsers, migrating from tables to CSS, and creating new DHTML scripts. If you're new to DHTML and CSS, you'll find this a quick, easy introduction to scripting, and if you're a more experienced programmer, you'll be pleased to find practical, working examples throughout the book.
Synopsis:
In this bestselling guide, readers will find all the friendly, step-by-step instructions they need to start using DHTML and CSS to add visually sophisticated, interactive elements to their Web sites. Completely updated to cover the new browsers, standards, and DHTML and CSS features that define the Web today, the one that hasn't changed in this edition is the task-based, visual approach to the topic.
Synopsis:
This updated third edition covers browsers and standards, and includes a chapter on creating professional layouts using Cascading Style Sheets. Numerous effects created by the author are included, plus DHTML scripts.
About the Author
Jason Cranford Teague is a senior information architect for Lante and has designed Web sites for numerous corporations, including Virgin, WebMD, Coca-Cola, CNN, Bell South, and DuPont. He is the author of the previous editions of this guide.
Table of Contents
Introduction.
I. CASCADING STYLE SHEETS.
1. Understanding CSS.
2. CSS Basics.
3. Font Controls.
4. Text Controls.
5. List and Mouse Controls.
6. Color and Background Controls.
7. Border and Margin Controls.
8. Positioning Controls.
9. Visibility Controls.
II. DYNAMIC HTML.
10. Understanding DHTML.
11. The Document Object Model.
12. Learning About Your Environment.
13. Dynamic Techniques: The Basics.
14. Dynamic Techniques; Advanced.
15. Dynamic Techniques: CSS.
16. Netscape Layers.
17. Internet Explorer for Windows.
III. USING DHTML AND CSS TOOLS.
18. GoLive Primer.
19. Dreamweaver Primer.
IV. DYNAMIC WEB SITES.
20. Understanding the Dynamic Web.
21. Creating a Dynamic Web Site.
22. Web Page Layout.
23. Importing External Content.
24. Web Site Navigation.
25. Controls.
26. Special Effects.
27. Multimedia.
28. Debugging Your Code.
29. The Future of the Dynamic Web.
Appendix A. The DHTML and CSS Browsers.
Appendix B. CSS Quick Reference.
Appendix C. DHTML Quick Reference.
Appendix D. Browser-Safe Fonts.
Appendix E. Tools of the Trade.
Appendix F. Further Resources.
Index.
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