Do you plan to create a Web site? - Wiley Publishing For Dummies HTML for Dummies, pdf

If you intend for your Web page to grow into a larger site, start thinking about that larger site as you build the page. Sketch some ideas of other pages your site might include, and how those pages relate to the first page you plan to build. Don't worry too much about those future pages themselves just yet; often an overall page design is different when there are more pages to follow.

Tip Planning ahead for a complete site later can save you a lot of rework on the page you build now.

Chapters 17 and 18 provide you the basics about planning and building a site that is easy for visitors to use and that achieves your site goals.

If you aren't sure whether you want your page to grow into a larger site later on, don't sweat it. The great thing about HTML is that you can quickly update it and place a new version of your page on the Web immediately for all to see. When you take advantage of HTML's organic nature, every markup, design, and content decision you make is reversible.

HTML 4 for Dummies, 4th Edition

Whether your goal is to build a simple, text-oriented Web site or one loaded with frames, graphics, and animation, this step- by-step book will put you on the right track.

Table of Contents

HTML 4 For Dummies, 4th Edition Introduction

Part I - Meeting HTML in Its Natural Environment

Chapter 1 - The Least You Need to Know about HTML and the Web Chapter 2 - HTML at Work on the Web

Chapter 3 - Creating Your First HTML Page Part II - Getting Started with HTML

Chapter 4 - Structuring Your HTML Documents Chapter 5 - Linking to Online Resources Chapter 6 - Finding and Using Images

Chapter 7 - Top Off Your Page with Formatting Part III - Taking HTML to the Next Level

Chapter 8 - HTML Tables Chapter 9 - HTML Frames Chapter 10 - HTML Forms

Part IV - Extending HTML with Other Technologies Chapter 11 - Getting Stylish with CSS

Chapter 12 - HTML and Scripting Chapter 13 - Making Multimedia Magic

Chapter 14 - Integrating a Database into Your HTML Chapter 15 - How HTML Relates to Other Markup Languages Part V - From Web Page to Web Site

Chapter 16 - Creating an HTML Toolbox Chapter 17 - Setting Up Your Online Presence Chapter 18 - Creating a Great User Interface Part VI - The Part of Tens

Chapter 19 - Ten Ways to Exterminate Web Bugs Chapter 20 - Ten HTML Do’s and Don’ts

Part VII - Appendixes Appendix A - HTML 4 Tags

Appendix B - HTML Character Codes Appendix C - Glossary

Index

Cheat Sheet- HTML 4 For Dummies, 4th Edition List of Figures

List of Tables List of Listings List of Sidebars

Chapter 3: Creating Your First HTML Page

Overview

In This Chapter

Planning your Web page Writing some HTML

Saving your page

Viewing your page offline and online

Editing your page

Creating your very first Web page can seem a little daunting, but it’s definitely fun, and our experience tells us the best way to get started is to jump right in with both feet. You might splash around a bit at first, but you’ll keep your head above water without too much thrashing.

This chapter walks you through four simple steps to creating a Web page. We won’t stop and explain every nuance of the markup you’re using — we save that for other chapters. Instead, we just want you to get comfortable working with markup and content to create and view a Web page.