HTML 4 Bible

By Bryan Pfaffenberger and Alexis D. Gutzman

Book Overview

If HTML 4 can do it, you can do it too... Whether you're an aspiring Web developer or veteran Webmaster, attain absolute mastery of Web document design with HTML 4 Web experts Pfaffenberger and Gutzman take you from concept to finished product -- providing step-by-step guidelines for building a Web page from scratch, enhancing your presentations with cascading style sheets, and incorporating interactive multimedia. Inside, you'll find complete coverage of HTML 4 Make your HTML readable and avoid common syntax errors Develop directories to store your pages and graphics Enhance your Web pages with ActiveX Controls, Java applets, and JavaScript Weave cascading style sheets into your documents to control presentation Explore your server options -- both Windows NT and UNIX Add excitement to your Web site -- animated graphics, audio, and video Integrate "push" technology into your site CD-ROM includes the latest versions of HTML browsers, full-featured HTML editors, site management software, sample Web pages and scripts, and trial versions of: Allaire HomeSite 3.0 Claris Home Page 3.0 Adobe PageMill NetObjects Fusion 3.0 GIF Movie Gear 2.51 Plus Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and Netscape Navigator 4.0 Shareware programs are fully functional, free trial versions of copyrighted programs. If you like particular programs, register with their authors for a nominal fee and receive licenses, enhanced versions, and technical support. Freeware programs are free, copyrighted games, applications, and utilities. You can copy them to as many PCs as you like--free--but they have no technical support. www.idgbooks.com System Requirements: PC running Windows 95/98/NT; Mac running System 7.x

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764532200
• ISBN13: 9780764532207
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 960 Pages
• Weight: 3.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.8" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

HTML Bible 4.01

What a great reference to HTML. The book talks about editors, and every element you need to know about how to create your own web page. A truly amazing book.

The Easiest Way to Learn Anything

I really enjoyed the book and found that about three hours after opening the book, I had a page up. Now I am looking forward to learning Javascript and enhancing what I know. Would recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn about HTML

The Place to Start for HTML 4

I didn't realize how different HTML 4 was from HTML 3.2, the previous version of HTML. This book is really excellent because it teaches HTML 4 from the ground up. HTML 4 is capable of producing "dynamic HTML" because it supports the document object model (DOM), cascading style sheets (CSS), and JavaScript. This book is so useful because it teaches you the basics of HTML along with enough about these peripheral technologies that you can really hit the ground running. The comprehensive appendix of HTML is also invaluable. This is truly a resource of Biblical Proportions.

Experienced HTML programmer loves it

I've been programming in HTML since the World Wide Web first gained popularity, and let me tell you something, this book is magnificent. It allows both the experienced programmer and the novice to learn the new HTML 4 Way, from simple tags to style sheets to JavaScript, this has it all. And for those expert programmers, this is a handy reference tool, as well.

Comprehensive and Accurate

This is a great book for an experienced Web developer. The authors take special pains to draw attention to what's new in HTML 4 and to indicate what works in each browser (and browser version). This book is always within reach of my computer. The index is excellent and the explanations and examples are clear and relevant. The appendices are also very helpful in showing what works in which browser.I've seen many HTML books and this is the best one out there. So many of the books that are sold as HTML 4 books are really just re-packaged HTML 3.2 books. This one was written for HTML 4, which is really a different animal than HTML 3.2 It includes a comprehensive section on Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), the Document Object Model (DOM), and Javascript, and how the three work together to make Dynamic HTML.