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Table of Contents

Introduction.

1. What is a Markup Language and Why do I Care?

2. HTML Values and Units.

3. What Goes into a Web Document?

4. The HEAD Elements.

5. Text Structuring Essentials.

6. Character Formatting Essentials.

7. Lists.

8. Links.

9. Tables.

10. Frames.

11. Forms.

12. Colors and Images.

13. Multimedia.

14. Special Characters.

15. Internationalization and Localization

16. Scripts.

17. Dynamic HTML.

18. HTML and CSS Editing Tools.

19. Publishing Your Web Pages.

20. Web 2.0 Applications with Microformats.

21. Introduction to XML.

22. Creating Mobile Web Pages with XHTML Code.

23. Tidying and Validating HTML and XHTML Code.

24. HTML Tips and Tricks.

25. An Introduction to CSS.

26. CSS Selectors.

27. CSS Values and Units.

28. CSS Cascade and Inheritance.

29. Font Properties.

30. Text and Tables.

31. CSS Lists.

32. Box Properties: Padding, Borders, and Margins.

33. Colors and Backgrounds.

34. Page Layouts with Floating and Positioning.

35. Generated Content.

36. Dynamic Content with CSS.

37. Defining Pages for Printing. Tools

38. Page Layouts with CSS and HTML Tables.

39. User Interface Styles.

40. Testing and Validating CSS.

41. CSS Tips and Tricks.

A. HTML Quick Reference.

B. HTML Special Characters.

C. CSS Properties Quick Reference.

D. CSS Selectors Quick Reference.

E. CSS Pseudo-Classes and Pseudo-Elements.

Quick Reference.

Index.

About the Author

Steven M. Schafer is a Linux, open source, and open standards advocate. He served as director of certification and development for the Free Standards Group and as CTO of a Linux-based software company specializing in Linux and open-source–based, enterprise-level software and services. He is fluent in many programming languages, including PHP, Java, JavaScript, C, and shell scripting as well as Web technologies HTML and CSS. He is the author of several books, ranging from game strategy guides to books about HTML, CSS, JavaScript, LAMP technologies, and others.

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