Preface Acknowledgments 1: What's a Web Page? What's a Browser?     What Is the Web Anyway?         Linear media         Hypermedia         Cool spots on the Web     Non-HTML Web Information         FTP         Gopher and telnet     Introduction to Netscape Navigator         Launching Netscape Navigator         Changing the default page     Introduction to Internet Explorer         Launching Internet Explorer         Changing the default page
2: URLs: What They Are and How to Use Them     Finding Information in the Flood of Data     URLs to the Rescue     Reading a URL         Anonymous FTP         Non-anonymous FTP         Ports         Using FTP URLs         Translating spaces in URLs         Gopher URLs         Electronic Mail via URL         telnet via URL         Usenet News via URL         The Heart of the Web: HTTP URLs 3: Basic HTML     Basics of HTML Layout         HTML and browsers         If you open it, close it     Breaking at Paragraphs and Lines     Breaking Your Document into Sections     Title Your Page     Common Footer Material     Defining Section Heads     The Horizontal Rule
4: Text Styles     First, a Little History     Helping Readers Navigate with Bold and Italic     Underlining, Monospace, and Other Text Changes     Using Font Sizes,Colors and Faces     Applying Logical Styles     Putting It All Together 5: Lists and Special Characters     Definition Lists     Unordered (Bulleted) Lists     Ordered (Numbered) Lists     Special Characters in HTML Documents         Non-Breaking Spaces     Comments Within HTML Code 6: Adding Pointers and Links     Multiword HTML Formatting Tags     Pointers to Other Web Pages     Referencing Non-Web Information     Relative URLs 7: Internal Document References     Defining Web Document Jump Targets         Defining the Destination of a Jump     Adding Jump Links to Your Web Pages     Jumping into Organized Lists     Linking to Jump Targets in External Documents 8: Adding Graphics to Jazz Up Your Pages     Different Image Formats     Including Images in Web Pages     Text Alternatives for Text-Based Web Browsers     Image Alignment Options         Standard alignment         More sophisticated alignment     A Few Real-World Examples         Trivial Net         "Silencing Critical Voices"         History of the Internet Mall     Where Can You Find Images?         New images they've created themselves         Clip art or canned image libraries         Text-manipulation programs         Scanned photographs         Grabbing images off the Net         Transparent Colors     Audio, Video, and Other Media     Movies All Night     Streaming Audio and Video     In Closing
9: Tables and Frames     Organizing Information in Tables         Basic table formatting         Advanced table formatting         Internet Explorer Table Capabilities         Modifying Edges and Grid Lines     Tricks with Tables     Pages Within Pages: Frames         The basics of frames         Specifying frame panes and sizes 10: Advanced Design: Backgrounds, Marquees and More!     Text Alignment and Horizontal Rules         Rules on the horizon         Rule shades and colors     Fiddling with Lists     Background Colors and Graphics     Changing Text and Link Colors     Scrolling Text in Explorer Marquees     Embedded Audio         Adding Background Audio         Explorer Background Audio     Explorer's Watermark Backgrounds 11: Image Maps, JavaScript and Plug-Ins     Image-Mapped Graphics     Client-Side Image Mapping     Animated GIFs     Multiple-Resolution Graphics     JavaScript         Scrolling Messages         Digging More Deeply     Visual Basic Script     Java         Referencing Java applets         Online Java applets     ActiveX     VRML     Plug-Ins: Shockwave and RealAudio         RealAudio         Shockwave 12: Forms and User Input     An Introduction to HTML Forms         Produce Feedback On Your Site         Adding Pop-up Menus         A pop-up menu of Web pages         More form options     Extending Your Forms With Fancy Formatting     Easy searching from your page     More form tricks 13: The Common Gateway Interface     The CGI Inside Your Web Server     The World's Simplest CGI Example     Smart Web Pages Using CGI Scripts     Sending and Reading Data         A pop-up menu of Web pages     Receiving Information from Forms
14: Style Sheets     Introduction to Style Sheets     Inline Style Sheets     Header Styles     External Style Sheets     Cool Style Sheet Tricks         Links Change Size         Text Superimposed
15: Improvements in Tables and Frames     Advanced Tables     New HTML 4.0 Table Elements     Advanced Frames         Special TARGET Values     Inline Frames 16: Advanced Forms And HTML 4.0 Additions     The BUTTON Input Type     Using Labels to Organize User Focus     Dividing Forms into Fieldsets     Tab Key Control on Input     ACCESSKEY Attributes     Disabled and Read-only Elements 17: Additional HTML 4.0 Capabilities     A New HTML Tag: Q     Mark Your Edits with INS and DEL     The OBJECT Tag         Including Graphics with OBJECT         Include Another HTML Page In Your Page     Server-Side Includes     Other Interesting Additions         Soft Hyphens         Easier Internal References with ID         In Conclusion 18: Needles in Haystacks     Producing Index-Friendly Pages with META         Create Meaningful Titles         Using the META tag         Other Possible META Values         Content Rating with PICS         Keeping Crawlers Away     Registering with Web Index and Search Sites         Joining a Directory Site         Signing up for a crawler or robot site         Using Submit It! (http://www.submit-it.com)     Fee-Based Advertising Spots     Cooperative Advertising with Link Exchange     Tying in with Related Sites Using a Web Ring     The Basics of Banner Advertising     The Best Way 19: Dynamic HTML and The Future     Dynamic HTML With Layers and JavaScript     Dynamic HTML According to Microsoft     Dynamic Font and Printing Technologies     Page Counters     A Musical Alternative: MIDI     The Future of the Web
Appendices: A: Building Your First Page: A Primer B: Step-by-Step Web Site Planning Guide C: Finding a Home for Your Web Page D: Glossary E: HTML Quick Reference F: What's On the CD-ROM