Preface .................................................................................................... xiii
Part I: The Web Environment
Chapter 1—Designing for a Variety of Browsers ...................... 3
Browsers ................................................................................................. 3 Design Strategies.................................................................................... 9 Writing Good HTML ............................................................................. 11 Knowing Your Audience ..................................................................... 12 Considering Your Site’s Purpose ......................................................... 13 Test! Test! Test!..................................................................................... 13
Chapter 2—Designing for a Variety of Displays .................... 14
Dealing with Unknown Monitor Resolutions ..................................... Fixed versus Flexible Web Page Design ............................................. Accessibility ..........................................................................................Alternative Displays .............................................................................. 14 19 23 26
Chapter 3—Web Design Principles for Print Designers ...................................................................... 28
Color on the Web ................................................................................. 28 Graphics on the Web........................................................................... 34 Typography on the Web ...................................................................... 41
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Chapter 4—A Beginner’s Guide to the Server ......................... 47
Servers 101............................................................................................ Introduction to Unix ............................................................................. File Naming Conventions ..................................................................... Uploading Documents (FTP) ............................................................... File (MIME) Types................................................................................ 47 50 57 57 61
Part II: HTML
Chapter 5—HTML Overview .......................................................... 67
HTML Editing Tools ............................................................................. WYSIWYG Authoring Tools ................................................................ Document Structure............................................................................. HTML Tags ............................................................................................ Information Browsers Ignore ............................................................... Tips on Good HTML Style ................................................................... Specifying Color in HTML.................................................................... Character Entities .................................................................................. HTML Resources in This Book ............................................................ 68 68 70 71 73 74 75 84 89
Chapter 6—Structural HTML Tags ............................................... 91
Summary of Structural Tags................................................................. Setting Up an HTML Document .......................................................... Global Settings with the Tag .................................................. Using Tags ............................................................................... 91 94 96 98
Chapter 7—Formatting Text ......................................................... 102
Summary of Text Tags...