The Essential Guide to CSS and HTML Web Design

Chapter 4. Working with images

In this chapter:

• Understanding color theory

• Choosing the best image format

• Avoiding common mistakes

• Working with images in XHTML

• Using alt text to improve accessibility

• Using CSS when working with images

• Displaying a random image from a selection

Introduction

Although text makes up the bulk of the Web's content, it's inevitable that you'll end up working with images at some point—that is, unless you favor terribly basic websites akin to those last seen in 1995. Images are rife online, comprising the bulk of interfaces, the navigation of millions of sites, and a considerable amount of actual content, too. As the Web continues to barge its way into every facet of life, this trend can only continue; visitors to sites now expect ...