Essential HTML fast [Paperback]

A quick, concise guide to preparing a well-designed, professional web site using HTML. Using solid design principles and the full extent of the new HTML standard, users reading this book will quickly be able to design a professional-looking, easily extensible web site. Essential HTML fast is written to serve as a desktop quick-reference and will thus appeal to both business and home users, as well as students taking a course on HTML and web site design. Its logical structure allows readers to learn HTML stepwise, and to find answers to a specific problem quickly and easily. Topics covered include: how to plan your web site effectively; effective use of hypertext, images, audio and video; layout techniques using tables and list; how to use style sheets, font sizes, plans for mathematical equation mark-up and the integration of CGI scripts, Java and ActiveX. This will be essential reading for all professional developers and students wanting to learn HTML -- fast.Introduction One of the most often-repeated questions of recent years is 'Are you on the Web?' The growth ofthe World Wide Web (WWW or simply 'Web') has been phenomenal. It seems that everyone has a web site, or is at least planning have one, and everyone wants to get on-line with their products and services, accounts of their favourite hobbies, their resumes, or pictures of their loved ones. So that you too can join in the on-line revolution, this book will help you get onto the web: to make informed decisions about developing your own web site, how to plan and design the site, and then how to get the site on-line for the world to see. Essential HTML Fast 2 Why use the Web? There are many reasons why you would want to use the Web, and why the web is becoming an essential tool for business. Some of these are: It is cross-platform: If you're reading this at work, you're probably painfully aware of some of the problems caused by being tied to a particular type of computer. You might have come across some softwl: