Here is an excellent HTML
Ebook which will help you increase your
HTML skills in regards to its syntax, semantics, and elements of style.
This HTML ebook provides lots of well-coded examples to use
to practice with when writing your web pages. It is slightly dated, as
it only teaches HTML ver. 4.0, but it offers a whole chapter on CSS,
which you need to fully read and understand. The book also offers
design and style recommendations that will help attract visitors and
make your site accessible. You do not need to have any HTML experience
to read and use the HTML lessons and examples
presented. (4542kb, 588 pages, pdf format)
Table
of Contents:
- Preface
- Chapter 1: HTML and the World Wide Web
- The Internet, Intranets, and Extranets
- Talking the Internet Talk
- HTML: What It Is
- HTML: What It Isn't
- Nonstandard Extensions
- Tools for the HTML Designer
- Chapter 2: HTML Quick Start
- Writing Tools
- A First HTML Document
- HTML Embedded Tags
- HTML Skeleton
- The Flesh on an HTML Document
- HTML and Text
- Hyperlinks
- Images Are Special
- Lists, Searchable Documents, and Forms
- Tables
- Frames
- Style Sheets and JavaScript
- Chapter 3: Anatomy of an HTML Document
- Appearances Can Deceive
- Structure of an HTML Document
- HTML Tags
- Document Content
- HTML Document Elements
- The Document Header
- The Document Body
- Editorial Markup
- Chapter 4: Text Basics
- Divisions and Paragraphs
- Headings
- Changing Text Appearance
- Content-based Style Tags
- Physical Style Tags
- Expanded Font Handling
- Precise Spacing and Layout
- Block Quotes
- Addresses
- Special Character Encoding
- Chapter 5: Rules, Images, and Multimedia
- Horizontal Rules
- Inserting Images in Your Documents
- Document Colors and Background Images
- Background Audio
- Animated Text
- Other Multimedia Content
- Chapter 6: Document Layout
- Creating Whitespace
- Multicolumn Layout
- Layers
- Chapter 7: Links and Webs
- Hypertext Basics
- Referencing Documents: The URL
- Creating Hyperlinks
- Creating Effective Links
- Mouse-Sensitive Images
- Creating Searchable Documents
- Establishing Document Relationships
- Supporting Document Automation
- Chapter 8: Formatted Lists
- Unordered Lists
- Ordered Lists
- The <li> Tag
- Nesting Lists
- Directory Lists
- Menu Lists
- Definition Lists
- Appropriate List Usage
- Chapter 9: Cascading Style Sheets
- The Elements of Styles
- Style Syntax
- Style Properties
- Tag-less Styles: The <span> Tag
- Applying Styles to Documents
- Chapter 10: Forms
- Form Fundamentals
- The <form> Tag
- A Simple Form Example
- Using Email to Collect Form Data
- The <input> Tag
- Multiline Text Areas
- Multiple Choice Elements
- General Form Control Attributes
- Labeling and Grouping Form Elements
- Creating Effective Forms
- Forms Programming
- Chapter 11: Tables
- The HTML Table Model
- Table Tags
- New HTML 4.0 Table Tags
- Beyond Ordinary Tables
- Chapter 12: Frames
- An Overview of Frames
- Frame Tags
- Frame Layout
- Frame Contents
- The <noframes> Tag
- Inline Frames
- Named Frame or Window Targets
- Chapter 13: Executable Content
- Applets and Objects
- Embedded Content
- JavaScript
- JavaScript Style Sheets
- Chapter 14: Dynamic Documents
- An Overview of Dynamic Documents
- Client-Pull Documents
- Server -Push Documents
- Chapter 15: Tips, Tricks, and Hacks
- Top of the Tips
- Trivial or Abusive?
- Custom Bullets
- Tricks with Tables
- Transparent Images
- Tricks with Windows and Frames
- Appendix A: HTML Grammar
- Appendix B: HTML Tag Quick Reference
- Appendix C: Cascading Style Sheet Properties Quick Reference
- Appendix D: The HTML 4.0 DTD
- Appendix E: Character Entities
- Appendix F: Color Names and Values