Web development & design foundations with XHTML

Using hands-on practice exercises and Web site case studies to motivate readers, this book includes all the necessary lessons to guide students in developing highly effective Web sites. A balance of hard and soft skills presents everything beginning Web developers need to know.

• Chapter 1 The Internet and the World Wide Web
• 1.1 The Evolution of the Internet
• 1.2 The Internet, Intranets, and Extranets
• The Evolution of the World Wide Web
• Internet Standards and Coordination
• 1.3 Web Standards and the World Wide Web Consortium
• 1.4 Accessibility and the Web
• 1.5 Ethical Use of Information on the Web
• Checkpoint l1.1
• 1.6 Network Overview
• 1.7 The Client/Server Model
• 1.8 Internet Protocols
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
• E-mail Protocols
• Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
• Transmission Control Protocol
• Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
• 1.9 URLs and Domain Names
• URLs
• Domain Names
• 1.10 Markup Languages
• Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML)
• Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
• Extensible Markup Language (XML)
• Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) Checkpoint l1.2
• 1.11 Internet and Web Trends
• Key Terms
• Review Questions
• Web Research Web Design Focus
• Chapter 2 XHTML Basics
• 2.1 What Is HTML?
• 2.2 Why XHTML and Not HTML?
• 2.3 Document Type Definition
• 2.4 Your First Web Page
• Hands-On Practice
• 2.1 Checkpoint l2.1
• 2.5 XHTML Body and Text Basics
• The Body Element
• The Heading Element
• Hands-On Practice
• 2.2 Accessibility and Headings
• The Paragraph Element
• Hands-On Practice
• 2.3 The Line Break Element
• Hands-On Practice
• 2.4 The Blockquote Element
• Hands-On Practice
• 2.5 
• 2.6 XHTML List Basics
• Definition Lists
• Hands-On Practice
• 2.5 Ordered Lists
• Unordered Lists
• Hands-On Practice
• 2.6 Checkpoint l2.2
• 2.7 XHTML Text Formatting
• XHTML Logical Style Elements
• XHTML Physical Style Elements
• Special XHTML Characters
• Hands-On Practice
• 2.7 
• 2.8 XHTML Hyperlinks
• The Anchor Element
• Absolute and Relative Links
• E-mail Links
• Hands-On Practice 2.8
• Accessibility and Links
• 2.9 XHTML Validation
• Hands-On Practice l2.9
• Checkpoint l2.3 Key Terms
• Review Questions
• Apply Your Knowledge
• Hands-On Exercises Web Research Web Design Focus
• Web Site Case Study
• JavaJam Coffee House
• Fish Creek Animal Hospital
• Pete the Painter
• Prime Properties
• Chapter 3 Configuring Color & Text with CSS
• 3.1 Overview of Cascading Style Sheets
• Advantages of Cascading Style Sheets
• Types of Cascading Style Sheets
• Introduction to CSS Syntax
• 3.2 Using Color on Web Pages
• Web Color Palette
• Accessibility and Color
• 3.3 Configuring Color with Inline CSS
• The Style Attribute
• Hands-On Practice 3.1
• 3.4 Configuring Color with Embedded CSS
• The Style Element
• Hands-On Practice 3.2
• Checkpoint l3.1
• 3.5 Configuring Text with CSS
• CSS and Fonts
• Hands-On Practice 3.3
• 3.6 The Class and Id Selectors
• Hands-On Practice 3.4
• 3.7 The Div and Span Elements
• Hands-On Practice 3.5
• 3.8 Using External Style Sheets
• Hands-On Practice 3.6
• Hands-On Practice 3.7
• Checkpoint 3.2
• 3.9 Centering XHTML Elements
• Hands-On Practice 3.8
• 3.10 CSS Validation Hands-On Practice
• 3.9 Key Terms Review Questions
• Apply Your Knowledge
• Hands-On Exercises
• Web Research Web Design Focus
• Web Site Case Study
• JavaJam Coffee House
• Fish Creek Animal Hospital
• Pete the Painter
• Prime Properties
• Chapter 4 Visual Elements & Graphics
• 4.1 Configuring Lines and Borders
• The Horizontal Rule Element
• Hands-On Practice 4.1
• The Border and Padding Properties
• Hands-On Practice l4.2
• Checkpoint l4.1
• 4.2 Types of Graphics
• GIF Images
• JPEG Images
• PNG Images
• 4.3 Using Graphics
• The Image Element
• Accessibility and Images
• Hands-On Practice 4.3
• Image Links
• Hands-On Practice 4.4
• Background Images
• Configuring Background Images with CSS
• Hands-On Practice 4.5
• Checkpoi