1. HTML, XHTML, and the World Wide Web
The Internet, Intranets,and Extranets
Talking the Internet Talk
HTML: What It Is
XHTML: What It Is
HTML and XHTML: What They Aren't
Nonstandard Extensions
Tools for the Web Designer

2. Quick Start
Writing Tools
A First HTML Document
Embedded Tags
HTML Skeleton
The Flesh on an HTML or XHTML Document
Text
Hyperlinks
Images Are Special
Lists, Searchable Documents, and Forms
Tables
Frames
Style Sheets and JavaScript
Forging Ahead

3. Anatomy of an HTML Document
Appearances Can Deceive
Structure of an HTML Document
Tags and Attributes
Well-Formed Documents and XHTML
Document Content
HTML Document Elements
The Document Header
The Document Body
Editorial Markup
The bdo Tag

4. Text Basics
Divisions and Paragraphs
Headings
Changing Text Appearance
Content-Based Style Tags
Physical Style Tags
HTML's Expanded Font Handling
Precise Spacing and Layout
Block Quotes
Addresses
Special Character Encoding

5. Rules, Images, and Multimedia
Horizontal Rules
Inserting Images in Your Documents
Document Colors and Background Images
Background Audio
Animated Text
Other Multimedia Content

6. Links and Webs
Hypertext Basics
Referencing Documents: The URL
Creating Hyperlinks
Creating Effective Links
Mouse-Sensitive Images
Creating Searchable Documents
Relationships
Supporting Document Automation

7. Formatted Lists
Unordered Lists
Ordered Lists
The noframes Tag
Nesting Lists
Definition Lists
Appropriate List Usage
Directory Lists
Menu Lists

8. Cascading Style Sheets
The Elements of Styles
Style Syntax
Style Classes
Style Properties
Tag-less Styles: The span Tag
Applying Styles to Documents

9. Forms
Form Fundamentals
The form Tag
A Simple Form Example
Using Email to Collect Form Data
The input Tag
The button Tag
Multiline Text Areas
Multiple Choice Elements
General Form Control Attributes
Labeling and Grouping Form Elements
Creating Effective Forms
Forms Programming

10. Tables
The Standard Table Model
Table Tags
Newest Table Tags
Beyond Ordinary Tables

11. Frames
An Overview of Frames
Frame Tags
Frame Layout
Frame Contents
The 'noframes' Tag
Inline Frames
Named Frame or Window Targets

12. Executable Content
Applets and Objects
Embedded Content
JavaScript
JavaScript Style Sheets

13. Dynamic Documents
An Overview of Dynamiic Documents
Client-Pull Documents
Server -Push Documents

14. Netscape Layout Extensions
Creating Whitespace
Multicolumn Layout
Layers

15. XML
Languages and Metalanguages
Documents and DTDs
Understanding XML DTDs
Element Grammar
Element Attributes
Conditional Sections
Building an XML DTD
Using XML

16. XHTML
Why XHTML
Creating XHTML Documents
HTML Versus XHTML
Should You Use XHTML

17. Tips, Tricks, and Hacks
Top of the Tips
Trivial or Abusive
Custom Bullets
Tricks with Tables
Transparent Images
Tricks with Windows and Frames

A. HTML Grammar
B. HTML/XHTML Tag Quick Reference
C. Cascading Style Sheet Properties Quick Reference
D. The HTML 4.01 DTD
E. The XHTML 1.0 DTD
F. Character Entities
G. Color Names and Values