Part 1: Creating Your First Web Page

A Brief HTML Primer

HTML? Hard? Hah! Here's proof

Laying the Foundation: The Basic Structure of a Web Page

Pouring the concrete for that dream home page you've always wanted to build

From Buck-Naked to Beautiful: Dressing Up Your Page

HTML fashion tips that'll turn your web page into a real looker!

The Gist of a List: Adding Lists to Your Page

Compulsive list-makers will be happy to know that HTML includes no less than three types of lists. This chapter takes you through the tags

Making the Jump to Hyperspace: Adding Links

A web page without links is like a room without windows. This chapter shows you how to keep your pages from becoming claustrophobic

A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Clicks: Working with Images

Image is, apparently, everything, so this chapter shows you how to give your pages that graphic touch

The Host with the Most: Choosing a Web Hosting Provider

Who can you possibly trust to serve your precious pages out to the public? This chapter will help you decide

Publish or Perish: Putting Your Page on the Web

Now, at long last, you get to foist your web page masterpiece on an unsuspecting world

Part 2: A Grab Bag of Web Page Wonders

Images Can Be Links, Too

The quick pic click shtick: how to turn an image into a hypertext link

Table Talk: Adding Tables to Your Page

Complete coverage of the HTML tags that enable you to turn the tables on your web pages

Making Your Web Pages Dance and Sing

Animations, sounds, video, and other multimedia marvels

Need Feedback? Create a Form!

This chapter shows you how to slap up a form for feedback, back talk, replies, responses, retorts, or rejoinders

Fooling Around with Frames

The Compartment Department: How to divide the browser window into separate areas, each with its own web page!

Part 3: High HTML Style: Working with Style Sheets

A Beginner's Guide to Style Sheets

Style sheets are rapidly redefining how folks design web pages. This chapter shows you what all the fuss is about

Sheet Music: Styles for Fonts, Colors, and Backgrounds

Using style sheets to make page formatting ridiculously easy (and to perform a few new formatting tricks)

The Box Model: Styles for Dimensions, Borders, Margins, and More

Lots more style sheet shenanigans to keep you busy

Part 4: Working with JavaScripts and Java Applets

The Programmable Page: Adding JavaScripts to Your Pages

Learn what this JavaScript stuff is all about and how to add scripts to your pages

More JavaScript Fun

A fistful of scripts to put your pages into a higher gear

Caffeinating Your Pages: Adding Java Applets

How to give your web pages a jolt by adding Java applets

Part 5: Rounding Out Your HTML Education

Web Page Doodads You Should Know About

How to add nifty page perks such as a search feature, chat room, or bulletin board

The Elements of Web Page Style

A truckload of HTML do's and don'ts to make sure you always put your best web foot forward

Some HTML Resources on the Web

Billions of web locales for graphics, style guides, and lots more

Part 6: Show Me the Money: Turning Your HTML Skills Into Cash

Turning Pro: Becoming a Paid Web Designer

Everything you need to know to become a professional web designer

Joint Ventures: Working with Ads and Affiliate Programs

Tips and techniques for making money from bannerads and affiliate programs

Selling Stuff Online

A primer on setting up your site to do the e-commerce thing

Appendixes

A Speak Like a Geek Glossary

B Frequently Asked Questions About HTML

C The CD: The Webmaster's Toolkit

Index