Table of Contents

Introduction xxiii

Chapter 1: Creating Structured Documents 1

A Web of Structured Documents 1

Introducing XHTML 2

Core Elements and Attributes 9

Attribute Groups 12

Basic Text Formatting 16

Presentational Elements 26

Phrase Elements 29

Lists 36

Editing Text 45

Using Character Entities for Special Characters 47

Comments 47

The Element (deprecated) 48

Understanding Block and Inline Elements 48

Grouping Elements with

and 49

Summary 50

Exercises 51

Chapter 2: Links and Navigation 53

Basic Links 54

Understanding Directories and Directory Structures 57

Creating Links with the Element 65

Advanced E-mail Links 74

Summary 75

Exercises 76

Chapter 3: Images and Objects 77

Adding Images to Your Site 77

Adding Other Objects with the

Using Images as Links 99

Image Maps 100

Summary 105

Exercises 106

Chapter 4: Tables 109

Introducing Tables 109

Basic Table Elements and Attributes 112

Advanced Tables 125

Accessibility Issues with Tables 132

Summary 136

Exercises 136

Chapter 5: Forms 139

Introducing Forms 140

Creating a Form with the

Element 141

Form Controls 145

Creating Labels for Controls and the Element 169

Structuring Your Forms with

and Elements 171

Focus 173

Disabled and Read-Only Controls 176

Sending Form Data to the Server 178

Summary 183

Exercises 183

Chapter 6: Frames 185

Introducing the Frameset 185

When to Use Frames 188

The

The

The Creating Links Between Frames 198

Nested Framesets 200

Floating or Inline Frames with

About the Author

Jon Duckett published his first web site in 1996 while studying for a BSc (Hons) in Psychology at Brunel University, London. Since then, he has helped create a wide variety of web sites for companies of all sizes. He has also co-written more than ten programming-related books on topics from ASP to XML (via many other letters of the alphabet), covering diverse aspects of web programming including design, architecture, and coding.