Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and CSS in One Hour a Day: Includes New Html5 Coverage (Sams Teach Yourself)

Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and CSS in One Hour a Day, Sixth Edition is the latest edition of the original worldwide bestseller. The entire book has been thoroughly revised and refined to include new detailed coverage of HTML5, the next major revision of the core language of the World Wide Web, HTML. Work on the HTML5 specification is still ongoing, but parts of HTML5 are already being implemented in new versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari and Opera.

This step-by-step tutorial covers not only how to achieve certain effects, but why and when to use them, with advice on how to structure a website overall, not just the words on each page. Readers should have experience using the web and basic knowledge of how it works. The book begins with basics of HTML and CSS, then moves on to more advanced topics such as graphics, video, interactivity with JavaScript, and going live on the web. An appendix offers ten pages of resources for further information on 17 specific topics. This sixth edition is revised to cover HTML5 and other new developments in web technologies. Lemay has written other computer tutorials. Colburn is a software developer. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Laura Lemay is the world's most popular author on HTML and web development topics. In addition to the best-selling Teach Yourself Web Publishing books, and she is also co-author of Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days and Teach Yourself Perl in 21 Days. Rafe Colburn is a programmer and author working in North Carolina. He is the author of Special Edition Using SQL and Sams Teach Yourself CGI in 24 Hours and co-author of Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 21 Days.

Part I: Getting Started

1: Navigating the World Wide Web

2: Preparing to Publish on the Web

3: Introducing HTML5

4: Learning the Basics of HTML

Part II: Creating Simple Web Pages

5: Adding Links to Your Web Pages

6: Formatting Text with HTML and CSS

7: Adding Images, Color, Backgrounds

Part III: Doing More with HTML

8: Building Tables

9: Creating Layouts with CSS

10: Designing Forms

11: Integrating Multimedia: Sound, Video, More

Part IV: JavaScript and Ajax

12: Introducing JavaScript

13: Using JavaScript in your Pages

14: Using JavaScript Libraries and Ajax

15: Working with Frames and Linked Windows

Part V: Designing Effective Web Pages

16: Writing Good Web Pages: Do's and Don'ts

17: Designing for the Real World

18: Advanced CSS Techniques

Part VI: Going Live on the Web

19: Putting Your Site Online

20: Taking Advantage of the Server

21: Using Tools to Make Publishing Easier