Here is a great free online book, titled Sams Teach Yourself HTML 4 in 24 Hours.
This will teach you all about HTML, how to code, how to design your
graphics, build your web pages and make them dynamic, and get your site
online as fast as possible. It is targeted towards the beginners, but
will also be useful for more advanced web site developers. Some of the
HTML topics it covers includes the following: How HTML and XML work,
Publishing Your Web Pages, Text Alignment and Formatting, HTML
Forms, Web Page Graphics, Backgrounds and Colors, Page Design
and Layout, Graphical Links and Imagemaps, Advanced Layout using
Tables, Using Style Sheets, Embedding Multimedia in Web Pages,
Interactive Web Pages, Web Scripting, Using Dynamic HTML, and
Organizing and Managing a Web Site. A complete HTML 4 Quick Reference
is also included in the appendix.
Table
of Contents of Sams Teach Yourself HTML 4 in 24 Hours
» About
the Author
» Acknowledgments
» Tell
Us What You Think!
» Put
Your HTML Page Online Today
» I.
Your First Web Page
» Hour
1. Understanding HTML and XML
»
Hour
2. Create a Web Page Right Now
» Hour
3. Linking to Other Web Pages
»
Hour
4. Publishing Your HTML Pages
»
II.
Web Page Text
» Hour
5. Text Alignment and Lists
» Hour
6. Text Formatting and Font Control
» Hour
7. Email Links and Links Within a Page
» Hour
8. Creating HTML Forms
» III.
Web Page Graphics
» Hour
9. Creating Your Own Web Page Graphics
» Hour
10. Putting Graphics on a Web Page
» Hour
11. Custom Backgrounds and Colors
» Hour
12. Creating Animated Graphics
» IV.
Web Page Design
» Hour
13. Page Design and Layout
» Hour
14. Graphical Links and Imagemaps
» Hour
15. Advanced Layout with Tables
» Hour
16. Using Style Sheets
» V.
Dynamic Web Pages
» Hour
17. Embedding Multimedia in Web Pages
» Hour
18. Interactive Pages with Applets and ActiveX
» Hour
19. Web Page Scripting for Non-Programmers
» Hour
20. Setting Pages in Motion with Dynamic HTML
» VI.
Building a Web Site
» Hour
21. Multipage Layout with Frames
» Hour
22. Organizing and Managing a Web Site
» Hour
23. Helping People Find Your Web Pages
» Hour
24. Planning for the Future of HTML
» VII.
Appendixes
»
A. Readers' Most Frequently Asked Questions
»
B. HTML Learning Resources on the Internet
»
C. Complete HTML 4 Quick Reference
»
D. HTML Character Entities