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Jennifer Niederst Robbins - Collection In a Nutshell

620 pages, parution le 25/10/2001 (2^eme édition)

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Web Design in a Nutshell, Second Edition contains the nitty-gritty on everything you need to know to design web pages. It's the good stuff, without the fluff, written and organized so that answers can be found quickly. This completely revised and expanded second edition is chock-full of information about the wide range of front-end technologies and techniques from which web designers and authors must draw.

Web Design in a Nutshell, Second Edition is an excellent reference for HTML 4.01 tags (including tables, frames, forms, color, and cascading style sheets) with special attention given to browser support, platform idiosyncracies, and standards. You'll also find lots of updated information on using graphics, multimedia, audio and video, and advanced technologies such Dynamic HTML, Javascript, and XML, as well as new chapters on XHTML, WML, and SMIL. This book is an indispensible tool for web designers and authors of all levels.

Web Design in a Nutshell, Second Edition includes:

Discussions of the web environment including monitors and browsers, printing from the Web, accessibility, and internationalization
A complete reference to HTML and Server Side Includes, including up-to-date browser support (Netscape 6, IE 5.5, and Opera 5) for every tag and attribute
Updated chapters on creating GIF, animated GIF, JPEG, and PNG graphics, including designing with the Web Palette
Information on multimedia and interactivity, including audio, video, Flash 5 and Shockwave, and a new chapter on SMIL
A revised tutorial and reference on Cascading Style Sheets
Appendixes detailing HTML tags, attributes, deprecated tags, proprietary tags, CSS compatibility and support, and character entities

Table of Contents

Preface

Part I: The Web Environment

Chapter 1: Designing for a Variety of Browsers: Browsers; Browser Usage Statistics; Design Strategies; Knowing Your Audience; Test, Test, Test!; The Importance of Standards
Chapter 2: Designing for a Variety of Displays: Dealing with Unknown Monitor Resolutions; Fixed Versus Flexible Web Page Design; Designing "Above the Fold"; Monitor Color Issues; Alternative Displays
Chapter 3: Web Design Principles for Print Designers: The Web Is Not Like Print; Typography on the Web; Color on the Web; Graphics on the Web
Chapter 4: A Beginner's Guide to the Server: Servers 101; Unix Directory Structures; File Naming Conventions; Uploading Documents (FTP); File (MIME) Types
Chapter 5: Printing from the Web: Browser Print Mechanisms; Printer-Friendly HTML Pages; Cascading Style Sheets for Printouts; Portable Document Format (PDF); Flash Printing
Chapter 6: Accessibility: The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI); Accessibility in Web Technologies; Accessibility in Tools
Chapter 7: Internationalization: Character Sets; HTML 4.01 Language Features; Style Sheets Language Features; For More Information

Part II: Authoring

Chapter 8: HTML Overview

The HTML Standard

HTML Tags

Information Browsers Ignore

Document Structure

Tips on Good HTML Style

HTML Tools

HTML Resources in This Book

Chapter 9: Structural HTML Tags

Summary of Structural Tags

Setting Up an HTML Document

Global Settings with the Tag

Using Tags

Chapter 10: Formatting Text

Summary of Text Tags

Working with HTML Text

Inline Type Styles

div and span

The Tag

Lists

Text Layout Techniques with HTML

Character Entity References

Chapter 11: Creating Links

Summary of Tags Related to Linking

Simple Hypertext Links

Linking Within a Document

Affecting the Appearance of Links

Targeting Windows

Imagemaps

Non-Web Links and Protocols

Linking Documents with

Chapter 12: Adding Images and Other Page Elements

Summary of Object Placement Tags

Image Basics

The Tag and Its Attributes

Horizontal Rules

Embedded Media Files

Java Applets

Chapter 13: Tables

Summary of Table Tags

Introduction to Tables

Basic Table Structure

Affecting Table Appearance

Table Troubleshooting

Tips and Tricks

Standard Table Templates

Multipart Images in Tables

Chapter 14: Frames

Summary of Frame Tags

Introduction to Frames

Basic Frameset Structure

Frame Function and Appearance

Targeting Frames

Inline (Floating) Frames

Frame Design Tips and Tricks

Chapter 15: Forms

Summary of Form Tags

Introduction to Forms

The Basic Form (

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Form Elements; New Form Attributes in HTML 4.01; Affecting the Appearance of Forms; Demystifying CGI
Chapter 16: Specifying Color in HTML: Specifying Color by RGB Values; Specifying Colors by Name
Chapter 17: Cascading Style Sheets: Using Style Sheets; How Style Sheets Work; Selectors; Specifying Values; Properties; Positioning with Style Sheets; What's New in CSS2; Style Sheet Tips and Tricks; Browser Support Charts
Chapter 18: Server Side Includes: How SSI Is Used; SSI and the Server; Adding SSI Commands to a Document; Using Environment Variables; XSSI; SSI Commands; Include Variables; Time Formats for SSI Output

Part III: Graphics

Chapter 19: GIF Format: GIF87a Versus GIF89a; 8-Bit Indexed Color; GIF Compression; When to Use GIFs; Tools Overview; Interlacing; Transparency; Minimizing GIF File Sizes
Chapter 20: JPEG Format: 24-Bit Color; JPEG Compression; When to Use JPEGs; Progressive JPEGs; Creating JPEGs; Minimizing JPEG File Size
Chapter 21: PNG Format: The PNG Story; When to Use PNGs; Platform/Browser Support; 8-Bit Palette, Grayscale, and Truecolor; PNG Compression; Special Features; Creating PNG Files; PNG Optimization Strategies; For Further Reading
Chapter 22: Designing Graphics with the Web Palette: Designing with Web-Safe Colors; Converting to the Web Palette; Web Palette Strategies; Color Blenders; Where to Learn More
Chapter 23: Animated GIFs: How They Work; Using Animated GIFs; Browser Support; Tools; Creating Animated GIFs; Optimizing Animated GIFs

Part IV: Multimedia and Interactivity

Chapter 24: Audio on the Web: Basic Digital Audio Concepts; Using Existing Audio; Preparing Your Own Audio; Streaming Audio; Web Audio Formats; Choosing an Audio Format; Adding Audio to a Web Page; For Further Reading
Chapter 25: Video on the Web: Basic Digital Video Concepts; Compression; Video File Formats; Which Format to Choose; Adding Video to an HTML Document; For Further Reading
Chapter 26: Flash and Shockwave: Using Flash on Web Pages; Flash Power Tools; Creating Flash Movies; Adding Flash to a Web Page; Integrating Flash with Other Technologies; Flash Resources; Shockwave for Director; Adding Shockwave Movies to a Web Page; Director Online Resources
Chapter 27: Introduction to SMIL: How SMIL Works; SMIL Players; SMIL Authoring Tools; Writing SMIL; For Further Reading

Part V: Advanced Technologies

Chapter 28: Introduction to JavaScript: JavaScript History; JavaScript Basics; Sample Scripts; Handling Multiple Browsers
Chapter 29: Introduction to DHTML: Using DHTML; How DHTML Works; The Document Object Model; Creating Layers; DHTML Examples; Browser Detection; DHTML Tools; Where to Learn More
Chapter 30: Introduction to XML: Background; How It Works; XML Document Syntax; Document Type Definition (DTD); Examples of XML Technology; Where to Learn More
Chapter 31: XHTML: XHTML Standards Development; Creating XHTML 1.0 Documents; XHTML Document Declarations; Well-Formed XHTML; Try It Out
Chapter 32: WAP and WML: About WAP; Creating WAP Applications; Introduction to WML; WML Elements and Attributes; WAP and WML Resources

Part VI: Appendixes

Appendix A: HTML Elements

Appendix B: List of Attributes

Appendix C: Deprecated Tags

Appendix D: Proprietary Tags

Appendix E: CSS Support Chart

Appendix F: Character Entities

Glossary

Index

L'auteur - Jennifer Niederst Robbins

Jennifer Niederst Robbins possède une expérience de 14 ans dans le design web, à la fois en tant que designer et qu'enseignante. Pionnière du Web, elle a conçu, en 1993, le premier site web commercial, O'Reilly's Global Network Navigator (GNN). Elle est notamment l'auteur de Les briques du Web (O'Reilly).

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	O'Reilly
Auteur(s)	Jennifer Niederst Robbins
Collection	In a Nutshell
Parution	25/10/2001
Édition	2^eme édition
Nb. de pages	620
Format	15 x 22,8
Couverture	Broché
Poids	869g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780596001964