Web development and design foundations with XHTML with CD-ROM (5^th Ed.)

CHAPTER 1 Introduction to the Internet and World Wide Web 1
1.1 Evolution of the Internet 2
1.2 Internet, Intranets, and Extranets 3
The Evolution of the World Wide Web 3
1.3 Standards and Coordination 4
1.4 Standards and the World Wide Web Consortium 4
Accessibility and the Web 5
Ethical Use of Information on the Web 6
1.5 Network Overview 7
1.6 The Client/Server Model 9
1.7 Internet Protocols 10
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) 10
E-mail Protocols 10
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) 10
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) 10
1.8URIs, URLs, and Domain Names 12
URIs and URLs 12
Domain Names 13
1.9Markup Languages 14
Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) 15
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) 15
Extensible Markup Language (XML) 15
Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) 15
HTML 5-The Next Version of (X)HTML 15
1.10 Internet and Web Trends 16
Chapter Summary 19
Key Terms 19
Review Questions 19
Hands-On Exercise 20
Web Research 21
Focus on Web Design 21

CHAPTER 2 XHTML Basics 23
2.1 What Is HTML? 24
2.2 Why XHTMLand Not HTML? 24
2.3 Document Type Definition 25
2.4 Your First Web Page 26
2.5 XHTML-Body and Text Basics 31
The Body Element 31
The Heading Element 31
Accessibility and Headings 32
The Paragraph Element 32
The Line Break Element 34
The Blockquote Element 36
2.6 XHTML-List Basics 37
Definition Lists 37
Ordered Lists 39
Unordered Lists 40
2.7 XHTML-Text Formatting 43
XHTML Logical Style Elements 43
XHTML-Physical Style Elements 44
Special XHTML Characters 45
2.8 XHTML-Hyperlinks 47
The Anchor Element 47
Absolute and Relative Links 48
E-Mail Links 51
Accessibility and Links 52
2.9 XHTMLValidation 53
Chapter Summary 56
Key Terms 56
Review Questions 56
Apply Your Knowledge 57
Hands-On Exercises 59
Web Research 60
Focus on Web Design 60
Web Site Case Study 60

CHAPTER 3 Configuring Color and Text with CSS 75
3.1 Overview of Cascading Style Sheets 76
Advantages of Cascading Style Sheets 76
Types of Cascading Style Sheets 76
Introduction to CSS Syntax 77
3.2 Using Color on Web Pages 78
Web Color Palette 79
Making Color Choices 80
Accessibility and Color 80
3.3 Configuring Color with Inline CSS 81
The Style Attribute 81
3.4 Configuring Color with Embedded Styles 82
The Style Element 83
3.5 Configuring Text with CSS 86
CSS and Fonts 86
3.6 The Classand IdSelectors 90
The ClassSelector 90
The IdSelector 91
3.7 The Divand SpanXHTMLElements 93
3.8 Using External Style Sheets 95
3.9 Centering XHTMLElements with CSS 99
Center the Page Content 100
3.10 CSS Validation 101
Chapter Summary 104
Key Terms 104
Review Questions 104
Apply Your Knowledge 105
Hands-On Exercises 107
Web Research 109
Focus on Web Design 110
Web Site Case Study: Implementing CSS 111

CHAPTER 4 Visual Elements and Graphics 121
4.1 Configuring Lines and Borders 122
The Horizontal Rule Element 122
The borderand padding
Properties 122
4.2 Types of Graphics 127
GIF Images 128
JPEG Images 130
PNG Images 132
4.3 Using Graphics 132
The Image Element 132
Accessibility and Images 133
Image Links 136
Background Images 138
Configuring Background Images with CSS 140
4.4 XHTML Images and More 142
Image Maps 142
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