Book description
Make mark-up language more manageable with this visual guide
HTML5 is the next-generation of web standard mark-up language, and among other things, it offers amazing new avenues for incorporating multimedia into your sites. What easier way to master all of HTML5's new bells and whistles than with a guide that shows you, screenshot by screenshot, just what to do? Over a hundred tasks that web designers need to know most are explained using, full-color screenshots and how-to steps. From the easy stuff like revised new header and footer elements to complex updates such as canvas and audio, this guide covers the new, as well as most-commonly used, tags and features.
Helps you get up to speed on the completely redesigned new HyperText Markup Language, HTML5
Shows you how to incorporate rich media content into the sites you design, without relying on proprietary software such as Flash
Explains revisions, from essential structural elements like header and footer to more complex elements such as canvas and audio—over a hundred tasks in all
Uses easy-to-follow, full-color, two-page tutorials, so you can see step by step how to do tasks and quickly obtain the information you need
Web designers, keep your HTML skills up to date with this "learn-by-seeing," visual guide.
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Trademark Acknowledgments
- Contact Us
- Credits
- About the Author
- Author's Acknowledgments
- How to Use This Book
- Table of Contents
- CHAPTER 1: Getting Started with HTML5 and Web Pages
- CHAPTER 2: Creating Your First HTML5 Web Page
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CHAPTER 3: Adding and Modifying Text
- Create a New Paragraph
- Add a Line Break
- Add a Line Break Opportunity
- Add a Horizontal Rule
- Insert a Blank Space
- Make Text Bold
- Italicize Text
- Insert Preformatted Text
- Insert a Heading
- Add a Block Quote
- Add Small Print
- Insert a Comment
- Create a Numbered List
- Create a Bulleted List
- Create a Nested List
- Create a Definition List
- Define an Abbreviation
- Add a Date and Time
- Insert Special Characters
- Special Characters
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CHAPTER 4: Adding CSS Styles
- Understanding Style Sheets
- Create an Internal Style Sheet
- Create an External Style Sheet
- Link to a Style Sheet
- Apply a Style Locally
- Apply a Style to a Tag
- Apply a Style Using a Class
- Apply a Style Using an ID
- Link to Media-specific Style Sheets
- Link to Style Sheets for iPads, iPhones, and Android Phones
- Define Styles for Nested Tags
- CHAPTER 5: Styling Text
- CHAPTER 6: Adding Images
- CHAPTER 7: Adding Links
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CHAPTER 8: Working with Tables
- Understanding Table Structure
- Add a Table
- Add Table Borders
- Adjust Cell Padding and Border Spacing
- Adjust Cell Width and Height
- Add Column Labels
- Add a Caption to a Table
- Add a Background Color to Cells
- Add a Background Color to a Table
- Adjust the Table Size
- Change Cell Alignment
- Change Table Alignment
- Extend Cells Across Columns and Rows
- Use a Table for Page Layout
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CHAPTER 9: Creating Forms
- Understanding Forms
- Types of Form Elements
- Create a Form
- Send Form Data to an E-Mail Address
- Add a Text Box
- Add a Large Text Area
- Add Check Boxes
- Add Radio Buttons
- Add a Menu List
- Add a Date and Time Input
- Add an E-Mail Field
- Add a URL Field
- Add a Range Slider
- Add a File Upload
- Add a Submit Button
- Add a Reset Button
- Require a Field
- Add a Placeholder
- Validate Input with a Pattern
- CHAPTER 10: Controlling Page Layout
- CHAPTER 11: Adding Semantic Tags
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CHAPTER 12: Working with JavaScript
- Understanding JavaScript
- Understanding Script Events and Handlers
- Add JavaScript to a Web Page
- Link to a JavaScript File
- Insert the Current Date and Time
- Display an Alert Message Box
- Display a Pop-Up Window
- Create an Image Rollover Effect
- Show a Hidden Element
- Change Page Content
- Display a Calculation
- CHAPTER 13: Adding Canvases
- CHAPTER 14: Adding Video and Audio
- CHAPTER 15: Publishing Your Web Pages
- HTML Reference
- Index: Numbers
Product information
- Title: Teach Yourself Visually™ HTML5
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2011
- Publisher(s): Visual
- ISBN: 9781118063323
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