Chapter 1. Designing Web Pages with HTML 4.0

Topics in This Chapter

  • An overview of the HyperText Markup Language

  • Comparison of HTML 4.0 with other HTML specifications

  • Validation of HTML documents

  • The process of creating and publishing a Web page

  • The fundamental structure of HTML documents

  • Common elements in the header of an HTML document

  • Inclusion of keyword information for search engines

  • Use of the BODY tag to set up the basic look of the page

This is the first of five chapters that cover the HyperText Markup Language (HTML). Together, they teach you the techniques for creating professional Web pages. This first chapter examines the underlying structure of an HTML document, and the remaining four chapters cover additional topics for building quality ...

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