Murach’s HTML, XHTML, and CSS

Whether you’re just starting out in web development or you’d like to update your existing skills, this book gets you off to a fast start! In fact, in just the first 6 chapters, you’ll learn more about web development than you can from most full books. By the end of this crash course, you’ll be developing web pages the professional way, with HTML or XHTML for the content and CSS for the formatting and page layout. That includes sophisticated page layouts that require the use of the box model, floating, and positioning.

In section 2, you’ll learn all the other skills that you need for developing web pages. Those skills include how to develop forms that are submitted to web servers, how to add audio or video to a page, how to use a style sheet for printing, how to develop pages for mobile devices…everything you need for modern web pages. You’ll also learn how to take your web pages to the next level by using tested JavaScript code for effects like image rollovers and slide shows.

In the last section, now that you know how to develop web pages, you’ll learn how to design an entire web site using today’s best practices. You’ll also learn how to deploy your web site, and how to get it into the major search engines and directories. When you’re done, you’ll have all the perspective and skills you need to develop professional web pages.

Table of Contents

Section 1 A crash course in HTML, XHTML, and CSS
Chapter 1 Introduction to web development
Chapter 2 How to edit, test, and validate a web page
Chapter 3 How use HTML to structure a web page
Chapter 4 How to use CSS  to format the elements of a web page
Chapter 5 How to use the CSS box model  for spacing, borders, and backgrounds
Chapter 6 How to use CSS for page layout

Section 2 Other HTML and CSS skills as you need them
Chapter 7 How to work with links and lists
Chapter 8 How to work with images
Chapter 9 How to work with tables
Chapter 10 How to work with forms
Chapter 11 How to add audio, video, and other media to your web site
Chapter 12 How to work with print media and mobile devices
Chapter 13 How to use JavaScript to enhance your web pages

Section 3 How to design and deploy a web site
Chapter 14 How to design a web site
Chapter 15 How to deploy a web site on a web server

Appendix A How to set up your computer for this book