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About the AuthorLee Cottrell started programming in 1982.. Since this time, he has worked in many different programming languages.. Lee has a Master of Science degree in informa-tion sc

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About the Author

Lee Cottrell started programming in 1982 Since this time, he has worked in many

different programming languages Lee has a Master of Science degree in informa-tion science from the University of Pittsburgh Currently, Lee is the Program Manager for Computer Programming and Computer Networking programs at Bradford School in Pittsburgh His teaching duties include networking, hardware, programming, database design, and web development Lee also develops and writes curriculum for Bradford Schools nationwide During his free time, Lee coaches baseball, softball, and soccer for his community athletic organization.

About the Technical Editor

Les Graves has been a technology instructor at a variety of schools for 10 years

teaching programming, including HTML, and networking He also has 17 years of corporate business and programming experience He received his Bachelors

of Science in Computer Science from the University of Pittsburgh and his Masters in Information Systems from the University of Phoenix He resides in Pittsburgh, PA.

Les has had the privilege of working side by side as a technology instructor at Bradford School with the author, Lee Cottrell, and can attest to what an awesome instructor Lee is with great depth of experience and passion for his students’ success

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<script> tag, 233

scripts, 232

concatenation, 242

correcting errors, 233–235

creating script files, 242–246

inline scripts, 233, 237–239

using existing scripts, 246–249

using in the head, 239–242

variables, 236–237

scrolling option, 318

<select> tag, 175–176

Simpletext, 8–9

site navigation See navigation

size property, 164–165

sound

embedding sounds, 281–283

overview, 280–281

playing sounds on demand, 283–285

<span> tag, 200–201

spanning rows and columns, 134–144

Sponsored Search, 340–341

src attribute, 167

strict doctype, 18

See also doctype

style attribute (CSS), 41–42

style documents, 97–99

subdomains, 329

See also domain names

suffixes See top-level domains

SWF files, 286

See also Flash

T

<table> tag, 125

tables

attributes, 126, 145–147

border properties, 149

borders, 125

cells, 124

cellspacing and cellpadding, 146–147

formatting with CSS, 147–155

overview, 124–129

practice creating, 129–134

spanning rows and columns, 134–144

Taco HTML, 9

tag-level classes, 150, 198–199

tags, 4

<! > tag, 34–35

attributes of, 19–20, 28–29, 35–37

<br/> tag, 30–31

<caption> tag, 127–129

and case, 29

<center> tag, 220 closing, 29 and CSS, 43

<dd> tag, 116

<div> tag, 201–204

<dl> tag, 116

<dt> tag, 116

<embed> tag, 282

<fieldset> tag, 183

<form> tag, 160–161

<frame> tag, 305–307

<frameset> tag, 304–307

<h#> tags, 32–34

<hr/> tag, 32

<img/> tag, 57, 93

<input> tag, 163

<label> tag, 182 lang tags, 20

<legend> tag, 183

<li> tag, 105 meta tags, 21 nested tags, 6

<object> tag, 281

<ol> tag, 105–106

<option> tag, 175–176

<p> tag, 29–30

<script> tag, 233

<select> tag, 175–176

<span> tag, 200–201

<table> tag, 125

<tbody> tag, 147

<td> tag, 127

<textarea> tag, 177

<tfooter> tag, 147

<th> tag, 126

<thead> tag, 147

<tr> tag, 126

<ul> tag, 111 use of, 28–29

<tbody> tag, 147 TCP/IP, 3

<td> tag, 127 templates, 22–23 text controls, 164–165

<textarea> tag, 177 textareas, 176–177 practice using, 177–181

<tfooter> tag, 147

<th> tag, 126

<thead> tag, 147 title attribute, 58, 76–77, 93

Index 375

titles, 20–21

top-level domains, 328–329

<tr> tag, 126

transfer rates, 335

transitional doctype, 19

See also doctype

type attribute, 163

U

<ul> tag, 111

Uniform Resource Locators See URLs

unordered lists, 105, 110–115

URLs, 4

U.S Department of Defense, 2

V

validation, 44–46

variables, 236–237

video

embedding, 286–291

and HTML 5, 299–300

See also Flash; movies

W

W3C, 5, 282

WAV files, 280–281

Wayback Machine, 3

web browsers, 11

clearing cookies, 270

Microsoft Internet Explorer, 12, 13

Mozilla Firefox, 12, 13

Safari, 13

web pages automatically publishing your page, 339 components of, 18–21

opening in a browser, 21 publishing your page, 337–339 using CSS on a web page, 40–43 well-formed, 5

web sites advertising your web site, 339–341 creation checklist, 28

folder structure, 23–24 index page, 24 practice creating a web site, 24–28

See also domain hosting; domain names

WebM Transcodes, 300 white space, 30 width attribute, 145–146, 168 World Wide Web, 3

World Wide Web Consortium, 5, 282

WWW See World Wide Web

WYSIWYG editors, 10 Adobe Dreamweaver, 10–11 Microsoft Expression Web, 11

X

XHTML overview, 5–6 scrolling option, 318

Y

Yahoo!, Sponsored Search, 340–341 YouTube, 291

embedding YouTube videos, 293–295

See also movies