Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-380) and index.

Preface. Introduction. Features. Additional Materials. Trademarks. Acknowledgments. CHAPTER 1: THE WAY THE WEB WORKS. A basic introduction to how the WWW works within the context of the Internet with supporting protocols and applications. CHAPTER 2: THE CLIENT SIDE: HTML. This chapter starts to look at the client side and static Web page development using HTML. You will learn how to develop simple Web pages and formatting, together with tables, images and frames. CHAPTER 3: FROM HTML TO XHTML. Here we continue the exploration of HTML into XHTML. You will learn about the various standards that have been developed for HTML. More advanced HTML will also be studied, and the ability to control search engines, cache refresh and meta information. CHAPTER 4: GETTING SOME STYLE: CSS. In this chapter you will learn how to present and control the format of Web pages using CSS. This includes the ability to precisely control the positioning and attributes of content while maintaining the structure of the document itself. CHAPTER 5: JAVASCRIPT: INTRODUCTION TO CLIENT SIDE SCRIPTING. This chapter will prepare you for developing with this popular scripting language, showing you the syntax and possibilities of use. The aims here are to show you how it is placed within a page, variables, strings, arrays and loops. Program flow is also discussed and how conditional operators and commands are used. CHAPTER 6: JAVASCRIPT: DEVELOPING MORE ADVANCED SCRIPTS. In this chapter you will learn about using objects in JavaScript, both the built-in types and creating your own. You will also learn about the Document Object Model (DOM), which allows HTML documents to be manipulated and accessed. Forms and ways of validating information submitted are explored here too. CHAPTER 7: DHTML. The aim of this chapter is to bring dynamic aspects of site design together. You will learn about animation, caching, event driven scripting and browser compatibility. It's i

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