Sams Teach Yourself HTML 4 in 24 Hours

By Dick Oliver

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgments
  • Tell Us What You Think!
  • Put Your HTML Page Online Today
  • I. Your First Web Page
  • Hour 1. Understanding HTML and XML
  • Hour 2. Create a Web Page Right Now
  • Hour 3. Linking to Other Web Pages
  • Hour 4. Publishing Your HTML Pages
    • Setting Up an Internet Web Site
    • Transferring Pages to a Web Server
    • Making a File Available for Downloading
    • Putting Web Pages on an Intranet
    • Publishing Web Pages on Disk
    • Testing Your Pages
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Workshop
  • II. Web Page Text
  • Hour 5. Text Alignment and Lists
  • Hour 6. Text Formatting and Font Control
  • Hour 7. Email Links and Links Within a Page
  • Hour 8. Creating HTML Forms
  • III. Web Page Graphics
  • Hour 9. Creating Your Own Web Page Graphics
  • Hour 10. Putting Graphics on a Web Page
  • Hour 11. Custom Backgrounds and Colors
  • Hour 12. Creating Animated Graphics
  • IV. Web Page Design
  • Hour 13. Page Design and Layout
  • Hour 14. Graphical Links and Imagemaps
  • Hour 15. Advanced Layout with Tables
  • Hour 16. Using Style Sheets
  • V. Dynamic Web Pages
  • Hour 17. Embedding Multimedia in Web Pages
  • Hour 18. Interactive Pages with Applets and ActiveX
  • Hour 19. Web Page Scripting for Non-Programmers
  • Hour 20. Setting Pages in Motion with Dynamic HTML
  • VI. Building a Web Site
  • Hour 21. Multipage Layout with Frames
  • Hour 22. Organizing and Managing a Web Site
  • Hour 23. Helping People Find Your Web Pages
  • Hour 24. Planning for the Future of HTML
  • VII. Appendixes
  • A. Readers' Most Frequently Asked Questions
  • B. HTML Learning Resources on the Internet
  • C. Complete HTML 4 Quick Reference
  • D. HTML Character Entities

Q&A

1. When I try to send pages to my Web site from home, it works fine. When I try it from the computer at work, I get error messages. Any idea what the problem might be?

   The company where you work probably has a firewall, which is a layer of security protecting their local network from tampering via the Internet. You need to set some special configuration options in your FTP program to help it get through the firewall when you send files. Your company's network administrator can help you with the details.

2. I don't know which ISP to choose—there are so many!

   Obviously, you should compare prices of the companies listed at http://thelist.internet.com. You should also ask for the names of some customers with sites about the same size you're planning on having; ask those customers (via email) how happy they are with the company's service and support. Also, make sure that your ISP has at least two major (T3 or bigger) links to the Internet, preferably provided to them by two different network companies.

3. All the tests you recommend would take longer than creating my pages! Can't I get away with less testing?

   If your pages aren't intended to make money or provide an important service, it's probably not a big deal if they look funny to some people or produce errors once in a while. In that case, just test each page with a couple of different window and font sizes and call it good. However, if you need to project a professional image, there is no substitute for rigorous testing.

4. I wanted to name my site jockitch.com but Proctor & Gamble beat me to it. Is there anything I can do?

   Well, if your company were named Jockitch, Inc., before Proctor & Gamble registered the domain name, you could always try suing them, but even if you don't have the budget to take on their legal army, you may still be able to register jockitch.org or jockitch.net (if P&G doesn't scoop you again).

Share This