Index
Symbols
/ (forward slashes), HTML and, 124
+ (plus signs) in JavaScript statements, 73
+= operator, 327
(;) semicolons, JavaScript statements, 72, 287
Numbers
140 cross-browser color names, 143-144
A
A Small Orange web hosting provider, 7
<a> tags (HTML), 170
anchor locations, linking to, 126-129
naming, 127
web pages, identifying locations within, 126
absolute addresses, web pages and, 124-125
absolute links, web pages and, 124
absolute positioning, 213
display property (CSS), 53
positioning property, 214-217
accessibility, JavaScript best practices, 439
Adaptive Path, AJAX, 480
addEventListener function, 392
Adjust Hue/Lightness/Saturation tool (GIMP), 154
Adobe Photoshop, 148
AJAX, 71, 479. See also JavaScript
AJAX Frameworks JavaScript library, 456
debugging applications, 491-496
examples of, 481
frameworks, 482
libraries, 482
ajaxRequest function, 486
ajaxResponse function, 486
creating, 485-486
quiz building example, 487-491
using, 486
limitations of, 482
live search forms, creating, 496
front end, 495
HTML file example, 493
HTML forms, 492
JavaScript front end, 494-495
PHP back end, 493-494
quiz building example
HTML files, 487-488
JavaScript files, 489-490
testing, 490-491
XML files, 488-489
requests
awaiting responses, 484
creating, 483
interpreting response data, 484
JavaScript client, 480
sending, 484
server-side scripts, 480, 493-495
XML and, 481
XMLHttpRequest
awaiting responses to requests, 484
creating requests, 483
interpretting request response data, 484
opening URLs, 483
sending requests, 484
alert() function, event handlers and, 295
alerts (dialog boxes), 417-418
align property (CSS), 191, 203-204
images
horizontal alignment, 165-166
vertical alignment, 167-168
text
attributes, 92-93
block-level elements, 93-95
paragraphs, 93-95
tables, 113-115
text-align property (CSS), 56
text-align style rule (CSS), 93-95
text-decoration property (CSS), 56
AllTheWeb, listing websites with, 556
AltaVista, listing websites with, 556
alternate text, 163-164
analogous color schemes, 143
anchor objects (DOM), 303
anchor tags
naming, 127
web pages, identifying locations within, 126
web pages, linking to anchor locations, 126-129
anchors, documents, 303
animated graphics, 160-161
API functions (Greasemonkey), 471
Apple computers
HTML file creation, 27
arguments (JavaScript functions), 348
Arial font (text), 86
arithmetic mean, 363
arrays (JavaScript)
declaring, 337
elements of, accessing, 338
frames arrays, 426
length of, 338
string arrays, 338
sorting, 340-342
splitting, 339
.asp file extensions, 27
ASP scripting language, 274
auto image loading, web browsers, 20
B
<b> tags (HTML), 81-83
back end (AJAX requests), 480, 493-494
Back/Forward buttons, adding to documents, 304-305
backgrounds
background-position style property, 172
background-repeat style property, 172
colors,
background-color property (CSS), 55
background-color style property, 171
CSS and 146-148
images, 171-172
tiled backgrounds, 159-160
bad website examples, 144
bandwidth, web hosting providers, 6
banners, creating, 156
Barry’s Clipart Server website, 149
BAWSI.org, website organization, 545
behavior, Javascripting scripting best practices, 434
Berners-Lee, Sir Tim, 1
<big> tags (HTML), 83
big text, 83
Bing, listing websites with, 556
block value (CSS display property), 53
blogs, publishing to web content, 19
boilerplate code, web page creation, 28-30
boldface text, 82-83
Boodman, Aaron, 464
Boolean operators. See logical operators (JavaScript)
Boolean values (JavaScript), 330
borders
CSS box model, 210
border property, 54-55
border-bottom property, 54-55
border-color property, 54-55
border-left property, 54-55
border-right property, 54-55
border-style property, 54-55
border-top property, 54-55
border-width property, 54
frame borders, modifying, 424-425
lists, styling, 227-228
tables
CSS and color, 146-148
sizing, 107
spacing, 116
borders, 210
content, 210
lists and, 226-229
margins, 210
padding, 210
sizing elements, 210-212
break statements (JavaScript), 381
browsers (web)
140 cross-browser color names, 143-144
cross-browser scripting
debugging browsers, 444
CSS, support for, 51
debugging, 444
development of, 2
dialog boxes, displaying, 417-418
distributing, 18
frames, 418-420
adding individual frames, 423
creating frameset documents, 421-423
frames array, 426
inline frames, 426-429
JavaScript objects and, 425
linking windows to frames, 423-424
modifying borders, 424-425
nested framesets, 425
history, accessing, 2, 303-305
HTML development, 2
images, auto image loading, 20
information, reading via JavaScript
dishonest browsers, 442-443
displaying information, 440-441
Internet Explorer, 9
event properties, 393
Trixie, 465-468
links, opening in new browser windows, 134
lists, displaying in, 97
margins and, 226-229
non-Internet Explorer event properties, 393-394
non-JavaScript browsers
avoiding errors, 446-449
detecting, 445-446
JavaScript optionality, 446
<noscript> tag, 445-446
<script> tag, 457
non-viewable window areas, 254
padding and, 226-228
pop-up windows, 134
popularity of, 26
Safari, 9
search engines, 445
sensing. See feature sensing
servers, basic browser server interaction, 3-5
text, adjusting font size settings, 20
websites
comparing, 26
windows
creating, 410-411
linking frames to windows, 423-424
moving, 413-414
opening/closing, 411-412
resizing, 413-414
timeouts, 414-416
built-in objects (JavaScript), 289, 352, 356-359
date object
converting date formats, 366
creating, 364
local time values, 365-366
reading date values, 365
setting date values, 364-365
time zones, 365
definitions, extending, 359
math object, 361
generating random numbers, 360-363
rounding decimal numbers, 360
truncating decimal numbers, 360
buttons, creating, 156
buying domain names, 6
C
case statements (JavaScript), 376
case-sensitivity, JavaScript syntax, 292
CD-ROM, transferring photos to, 150
cells (tables)
creating, 107
sizing, 111-113
Champeon, Steve, 435
check boxes (forms), 521-523
child objects (JavaScript), 353
child tags. See nested tags (HTML)
children (DOM), 308
Chrome (Google), 9
error messages, displaying, 77
Greasemonkey and, 465
clarity, coding for, 548
Classic FTP FTP client
server connections, 13
website connections, 11-12
clear property (CSS), text flow and, 220
client-side scripting, 274
clip art, 149
closing tags (HTML), 30
closing/opening browser windows, 411-412
cm value (CSS height/width properties), 53
color
140 cross-browser color names, 143-144
analogous color schemes, 143
background color
background-color style property, 171
CSS and, 146-148
best practices, 141-143
border color (tables), CSS and, 146-148
color property (CSS), 56
Color Scheme Generator website, 143
color style rule (CSS), fonts and, 86-87
color theory, 142
color wheel, 142
Colorblind Web Page Filter tool, 148
complementary color schemes, 143
graphics, adjusting color in, 154
hexadecimal color codes, 144-146
links and, 144
lists, styling, 227-228
monitors and, 144
tables and, 115
text
CSS and, 146-148
formatting in style sheets, 46
triadic color schemes, 143
using, 141-143
W3C color standards, 143
columns, fixed/liquid hybrid layouts
defining, 260-262
height, setting, 264-268
combining
string object values, 332-334
tasks. See functions (JavaScript)
comments
HTML, JavaScript and, 276
JavaScript, 293
websites, maintaining code via, 546-547
complementary color schemes, 143
compression
graphics, 150
JPEG, 155
conditional expressions, 317, 370-373
conditional operators (JavaScript), 370
conditional statements (JavaScript), 289
conditions (for loops), 377
confirmations (dialog boxes), 417-418
constructor functions (JavaScript), 354
containers, 307
content (web)
creating, 2-3
CSS box model, 210
delivering, 3-5
Javascripting scripting best practices, 434
publishing
locally, 18-19
to blogs, 19
viewing locally, 5
web hosting providers, selecting, 6-8, 26
continue statements (JavaScript), 382
continuing loops (JavaScript), 382
control panels, selecting web hosting providers, 7-8
converting
data formats (JavaScript date objects), 366
data types (JavaScript), 331
string case (JavaScript), 334
copyrights, graphics and, 149
counters (JavaScript), for loops, 377
Creammonkey add-on, Greasemonkey support in Safari, 465
Creative Commons licenses, 149
cropping images, 151-152
cross-browser scripting
debugging browsers, 444
event handlers, JavaScript and, 437
CSS
box model, 209
borders, 210
content, 210
lists and, 226-229
margins, 210
padding, 210
sizing elements, 210-212
cascading component of, 46
clear property, text flow and, 220
color, specifying via CSS, 146-148
CSS 2, 47
CSS1, 47
definition of, 45-46
<div> tags, 46
DOCTYPE declarations, 212
float property, 191, 204-207, 220
formatting properties, 53
background-color property, 55
border property, 54-55
border-bottom property, 54-55
border-color property, 54-55
border-left property, 54-55
border-right property, 54-55
border-style property, 54-55
border-top property, 54-55
border-width property, 54
color property, 56
font property, 56
font-family property, 55
font-size property, 55
font-style property, 56
font-weight property, 56
line-height property, 56
padding property, 56
text-align property, 55-56
text-decoration property, 56
text-indent property, 55
image maps, creating, 231-235
inline styles, 60-61
layouts
display property, 52-53
fixed layouts, 254
fixed/liquid hybrid layouts, 258-268
height property, 53
liquid layouts, 253-257
width property, 53
<link /> tag, 50
links, styling, 134-138
lists
horizontal navigation, 245-248
list-style-image property, 226
list-style-position property, 226, 229-231
list-style-type property, 226
navigation lists, 236-248
vertical navigation, 236-244
margin property, 191-199
media-specific style sheets, 503-504
overflow property, text flow and, 220
padding property, 191, 199-202
positioning
absolute positioning, 213-217
overlapping elements, 213, 217-219
positioning property, 213
relative positioning, 213-215
z-index property, 217-219
print pages, desiging style sheets for, 505-508
properties, hyphenating, 312
reference guide online resource, 47
selectors, 57
style classes, 57-58
style IDs, 59
style properties, 57
color style rule, 86-87
font weight style rule, 83
font-family style rule, 86
font-size style rule, 86-87
list-style-type style rule, 99-101
multiple style properties in, 58
text-align style rule, 93-95
viewing, 51
style sheets
creating, 47-52
definition of, 45
external style sheets, 46-51
formatting properties, 53-56
formatting text color, 46
inline styles and, 61
internal style sheets, 46, 59-60
italic text, 56
layout properties, 52-53
line-through text, 56
linking to HTML documents, 50
sizing text, 50
strikethrough text, 56
underline text, 56
tags, 50
elements and, 46
selectors, 57
validating, 61
web browsers, CSS support, 51
z-index property, 217-219
current line, text flow and, 220
custom HTML tags, creating, 58
custom objects (JavaScript), 289
customer service, web hosting providers, 6
Cyberduck FTP client, 11
D
DailyRazor web hosting provider, 7
dashed value (CSS border-style properties), 54
data types (JavaScript), 330-331
date object (JavaScript)
creating, 364
date formats, converting, 366
date values, reading, 365
date values, setting, 364-365
local time values, 365-366
time zones, 365
Date objects (JavaScript), time display example, 72
debugging
AJAX applications, 491-496
browsers, 444
user scripts, 474-476
decimal numbers
rounding, 360
truncating, 360
declaring variables (JavaScript), 326
decrementing/incrementing variables (JavaScript), 327
design patterns, JavaScript best practices, 439
dialog boxes, displaying, 417-418
Digg, 481
directories (web content), 123-124
display property (CSS), 52-53
displaying
document information, 301-302
error messages, 77
time (JavaScript example)
adding scripts to web pages, 73-74
creating output, 73
Date objects, 72
error handling, 76-78
modifying scripts, 74-76
<script> tags, 71-72
statements, 72
testing scripts, 74
variables, 72
DisplayKey function, keyboard events, 398-399
distributing web browsers, 18
dithering, 158
do, while loops (JavaScript), 380
DOCTYPE declarations, 212
document objects (DOM), 300
anchor objects, 303
document information, displaying, 301-302
properties of, 301
text, writing within documents, 302
document roots, 13-16
document.write statements (JavaScript), 68, 73
documenting code, 546-547
documents
anchors, 303
Back/Forward buttons, adding, 304-305
information, displaying in, 301-302
text, writing within documents, 302
Dojo JavaScript library, 456
DOM, 280-281
children, 308
layers
controlling positioning via JavaScript, 311-315
creating, 311
moveable layers, 311-315
objects, 352
anchor objects, 303
document objects, 300-303, 306
hiding/showing, 316-317
history objects, 303-305
location objects, 305-306
methods, 299
naming, 299
parents, 308
properties, 299
referencing, 299
showing/hiding, 316-317
siblings, 308
parents, 308
siblings, 308
structure of, 306-307
text, web pages
adding to, 319-321
modifying in, 317-318
DOM objects (JavaScript), 289
domain names, purchasing, 6
dotted value (CSS border-style properties), 54
double value (CSS border-style properties), 54-55
downloading JavaScript libraries, 457
dynamic websites
client-side scripting, 274
DOM, 280-281
images, changing via user interaction, 281-283
server-side scripting, 274
text, printing via JavaScript, 275
web content, displaying random content via JavaScript, 276-280
E
editors, blogs, 19
effects (JavaScript), 70
elements, definition of, 46
else keyword (JavaScript), testing multiple conditions, 372-373
HTML files, 374
JavaScript files, 374-375
<em> tags (HTML), 83
addresses
email address encoders, 133
linking to, 132-133
form data, sending via, 530-531
<embed> tags (XHTML), 183
embedded multimedia files, 180-183
emphasized text. See italic text
error handling, 448
JavaScript scripts, 76-78
non-JavaScript browsers, 446-449
error messages, displaying, 77
escaping loops (JavaScript), 381
European languages, formatting text for, 89-91
event handlers, 389
creating, 390-391
defining, 390-391
event objects, 392
functions and, 484
JavaScript and, 68-70, 290-291, 435
alert() function, 295
best practices, 294-295
cross-browser scripting, 437
W3C event model, 436-437
keyboard events, 397-399
mouse events
mousestatus function, 396
onDblClick, 395
onMouseDown, 395-397
onMouseOut, 394
onMouseOver, 394
onMouseUp, 395-397
rollover images, 394
multiple event handlers, 391-392
naming, 390
onLoad events, 399
onUnload events, 400
parentheses and, 484
quotation marks and, 390
syntax of, 390
Yahoo! UI Library, 437
event objects
event handlers and, 392
Internet Explorer event properties, 393
non-Internet Explorer event properties, 393-394
events (JavaScript), 69
expressions (JavaScript), 328
extending built-in object definitions, 359
external scripts (JavaScript), 69
external style sheets (CSS), 46-51
F
Fetch FTP client, 11
finding
substrings (JavaScript), 336-337
user scripts, 466
Firebug, validating web content, 37
Firefox, 9
error messages, displaying, 77
Greasemonkey, installing, 464
FireFTP FTP client, 10-11
FireZilla FTP client, 11
fixed layouts, 254
fixed/liquid hybrid layouts
columns
defining in, 260-262
setting height, 264-268
minimum width, setting, 262-263
structure of, 258-259
Flickr, 161-163
float property (CSS), 191, 204-207, 220
float style property, 166
flow control (JavaScript), 369
break statements, 381
case statements, 376
continue statements, 382
do, while loops, 380
for loops, 377-378
for, in loops, 382-384
if statements, 369
conditional expressions, 370-373
conditional operators, 370
else keyword, 372-375
logical operators, 371
testing multiple conditions, 373-375
infinite loops, 380-381
loops
break statements, 381
continue statements, 382
escaping, 381
switch statements, using multiple conditions, 375-376
while loops, 379-380
flowing text, 220
fluid layouts. See liquid layouts
folders (web content), 123-125
fonts (text)
Arial font, 86
CSS
color style rule, 86-87
font property, 56
font-family property, 55
font-family style rule, 86
font-size property, 55
font-size style rule, 86-87
font-style property, 56
font-weight property, 56
font weight style rule, 83
foreign languages, 89-91
HTML, customizing in, 85-89
resumes, creating, 87-89
sans-serif font, 86
sizing, style sheets, 50
special characters, 89-91
Times Roman font, 86
typerwriter font. See monospaced text
web browsers, adjusting font size settings, 20
for loops (JavaScript), 377-378
for statements (JavaScript), 290
for, in loops (JavaScript), 382-384
foreign languages, formatting text for, 89-91
formatting
CSS, 53
background-color property, 55
border property, 54-55
border-bottom property, 54-55
border-color property, 54-55
border-left property, 54-55
border-right property, 54-55
border-style property, 54-55
border-top property, 54-55
border-width property, 54
color property, 56
font property, 56
font-family property, 55
font-size property, 55
font-style property, 56
font-weight property, 56
line-height property, 56
padding property, 56
text-align property, 55-56
text-decoration property, 56
text-indent property, 55
text, 82
aligning text, 92-95
big text, 83
boldface text, 82-83
color, style sheets, 46
customizing fonts in HTML, 85-89
foreign languages, 89-91
italic text, 82-83
monospaced text, 84-85
multitiered lists, 100-101
older HTML tags, 81
outlines, 98-100
resumes, creating, 87-89
sizing, style sheets, 50
small text, 83
special characters, 89-91
subscript text, 83
superscript text, 83
web page creation, 33-35
forms, 513
check boxes, 521-523
creating, 514-519
data
displaying in pop-up windows, 528-530
naming, 519-520
sending via email, 530-531
submitting, 527
elements, accessing via JavaScript, 528
hidden data, 520
JavaScript events, 527-528
pull-down pick lists, 524-525
radio buttons, 523-524
scrolling lists, 524-525
selection lists, 524-525
text areas, 526
text fields, 526
text input, accepting, 519
user input, accepting, 519
forward slashes (/), HTML and, 124
Forward/Back buttons, adding to documents, 304-305
frames, 418-420
animated graphics, 161
borders, modifying, 424-425
frames array, 426
frameset documents, creating, 421-423
individual frames, adding, 423
inline frames, 426-429
JavaScript objects and, 425
nested framesets, 425
windows, linking to frames, 423-424
front end (AJAX requests), 480, 494-495
FTP (File Transfer Protocol), 10, 29
Classic FTP client
server connections, 13
website connections, 11-12
Cyberduck, 11
Fetch, 11
FireFTP, 10-11
FireZilla, 11
FTP clients
selecting, 10-11
using, 11-13
Fuchs, Thomas, 455
API functions (Greasemonkey), 471
JavaScript functions, 68, 288, 347
alert() function, 265
arguments, 348
calling, 349-350
constructor functions, 354
defining, 347-349
function call statements, 288
math functions, 361-363
naming, 292
returning values, 351-352
G
Garrett, Jesse James, 480
get methods (JavaScript objects), 365
Gickr, animated graphics, 161
GIFs, 157-158
animated graphics, 160-161
tiled backgrounds, 159-160
transparent images, 159
GIMP, 149
Adjust Hue/Lightness/Saturation tool, 154
banners, creating, 156
buttons, creating, 156
images
adjusting color, 154
cropping, 151-152
JPEG compression, 155
resizing, 153
Red Eye Removal, 154
Git website version control, 550
global variables (JavaScript), 326
GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), JavaScript time displaying example, 71
Chrome, 9
displaying error messages, 77
Greasemonkey, 465
Images, 161
listing websites with, 555
Picasa, 149
searches, 4
graceful degradation, web design and, 434
graphics
Adobe Photoshop, 148
aligning
horizontal alignment, 165-166
vertical alignment, 167-168
animated graphics, 160-161
backgrounds
background-image style property, 172
graphics, 171-172
tiled backgrounds, 159-160
banners, creating, 156
buttons, creating, 156
CD-ROM, transferring graphics to, 150
clip art, 149
color, adjusting, 154
compression, 150
copyrights and, 149
Creative Commons licenses, 149
cropping, 151-152
dithering, 158
file sizes, 150
Flickr, 161-163
GIFs, 157-158
animated graphics, 160-161
tiled backgrounds, 159-160
transparent images, 159
GIMP, 149
adjusting image color, 154
banners, 156
buttons, 156
cropping images, 151-152
JPEG compression, 155
resizing images, 153
Google Images, 161
Google Picasa, 149
height/width, specifying, 165
image maps, 173-178
JPEGs
compression, 155
tiled backgrounds, 159-160
links, turning graphics into, 169-171
Picnik, 149
PNGs, 158-159
Red Eye Removal, 154
republishing, 163
resizing, 153
resolution, 150
rollover images, 394
software, choosing, 149
text descriptions, 163-164
transparent graphics, 158
uses of, 150
web pages
grabbing graphics from, 149
placing graphics on web pages, 161-163
Greasemonkey, 463
API functions, 471
browser support, 465
installing, 464
metadata, 470
turning on/off, 468
user scripts
debugging user scripts, 474-476
describing, 469-470
finding, 466
installing, 466
managing, 466-467
metadata and, 469-470
site-specific user scripts, 472-473
testing, 468-471
text area macro user scripts, 475-476
groove value (CSS border-style properties), 54
grouping statements (JavaScript). See loops
H
heading tags (HTML), 34-36
headings (tables), creating, 108
height
CSS box model, adjusting height in, 210-212
fixed/liquid hybrid layouts, setting column height in, 264-268
height property (CSS), 53
images, specifying height in, 165
Hello World HTML file, creating, 9-10
help
CSS, reference guide online resource, 47
web hosting providers, selecting, 6
helper applications, 180
hexadecimal color codes, 144-146
hidden form data, 520
hiding/showing DOM objects, 316-317
history objects (DOM), 303-305
horizontal image alignment, 165-166
horizontal navigation, 245-248
horizontal rule tags (HTML), 33
<hr /> tags, 33
HTML
AJAX
live search forms, 492
quiz building example, 487-488
comments, JavaScript and, 276
containers, 307
CSS box model, 209-212
external style sheets, 51
linking style sheets to HTML documents, 50
event handlers
JavaScript, 435-437
Yahoo! UI Library, 437
file creation
boilerplate code, 28-30
comparing web page HTML codes, 37
formatting text, 33-35
html file extensions, 27
HTML tags, 27-33
HTML-compatible word processors, 27
indenting text, 35
line breaks, 32-33
naming files with HTML tags, 27
Notepad, 26
organizing content via headings, 34-36
overview of, 29
paragraphs, 32-33
saving files with HTML tags, 27
templates, 31
TextEdit, 27
Word, 27
WYSIWYG editors, 27
files
creating, 9-10
index pages, 16-18
managing, 14-16
organizing, 14-16
viewing, 29
forms, 513
accessing elements via JavaScript, 528
check boxes, 521-523
creating, 514-519
displaying data in pop-up windows, 528-530
hidden data, 520
JavaScript events, 527-528
naming form data, 519-520
pull-down pick lists, 524-525
radio buttons, 523-524
scrolling lists, 524-525
selection lists, 524-525
sending data via email, 530-531
submitting form data, 527
text areas, 526
text fields, 526
text input, 519
user input, 519
validating, 531-532
forward slashes (/), 124
frames, 418-420
adding individual frames, 423
creating frameset documents, 421-423
frames array, 426
JavaScript objects and, 425
linking windows to frames, 423-424
modifying borders, 424-425
nested framesets, 425
FTP
selecting FTP clients, 10-11
using FTP clients, 11-13
future of, 28
graphics, image maps, 176-178
<head> tags, functions and, 68
Hello World sample file, creating, 9-10
history of, 1-2
html file extensions, 27
HTML-compatible word processors, creating HTML files, 27
HTML4, empty tags, 33
images, placing on web pages, 162-163
JavaScript and, 274
adding libraries to HTML documents, 457
adding scripts to HTML documents, 73-74
changing images via user interaction, 281-283
displaying random web content via, 276-280
DOM, 280-281
HTML comments, 276
printing text via, 275
JavaScript’s advantages over, 299
.js files, linking to, 69
layouts
fixed layouts, 254
fixed/liquid hybrid layouts, 258-268
liquid layouts, 253-257
links
absolute links, 124
anchor tags, 126-129
images as, 134
linking between web content, 129-131
linking to email addresses, 132-133
linking to external web content, 131-132
opening links in new browser windows, 134
relative-root links, 124
styling via CSS, 134-138
lists
multitiered lists, 100-101
outlines, creating via lists, 98-100
“marked up” text, 2
multiple conditions, testing, 374
Notepad, creating HTML files, 26
outlines, creating, 98-100
pseudoclasses, 134-138
tables
aligning within, 113-115
cells, creating, 107
cells, sizing, 111-113
color in, 115
creating, 107-110
headings, creating, 108
images in, 116
page layout via, 116-117
rows, creating, 107
sizing, 110-113
sizing borders, 107
spacing borders, 116
spanning within, 115
uses for, 107
</b> tags, 81-83
<big> tags, 83
<b> tags, 81-83
closing tags, 30
creating custom tags, 58
<div> tags, 170
<em> tags, 83
<em> tags, 83
formatting and older HTML tags, 81
heading tags, 34-36
horizontal rule tag, 33
<hr /> tag, 33
<i> tags, 81-83
<img> tags, 162-163
line breaks, 32-33
naming files with, 27
nested tags, 97
opening tags, 30
<p> tag, 31-33
paragraphs, 32-33
<pre> tags, 84-85
pseudoclasses, 134-138
saving files with, 27
<small> tags, 83
<strike> tags, 84
<strong> tags, 83
<sub> tags, 83
<sup> tags, 83
<table> tags, 107
<td> tags, 107
<th> tags, 108
<tr> tags, 107
<tt> tags, 84-85
<u> tags, 84
xml : lang attribute, 31
xmlns attribute, 31
text, formatting
aligning text, 92-95
big text, 83
boldface text, 82-83
customizing fonts, 85-89
foreign languages, 89-91
italic text, 82-83
monospaced text, 84-85
multitiered lists, 100-101
older HTML tags, 81
outlines, 98-100
resumes, creating, 87-89
small text, 83
special characters, 89-91
subscript text, 83
superscript text, 83
whitespace, 32
TextEdit, creating HTML files, 27
validating, 36-37
web content
absolute addresses, 124-125
absolute links, 124
anchor tags, 126-129
creating, 2-3
delivering, 3-5
directories, 123-124
folders, 123-125
images as links, 134
linking between, 129-131
linking to email addresses, 132-133
linking to external web content, 131-132
opening links in new browser windows, 134
organizing, 123-124
publishing locally, 18-19
publishing to blogs, 19
relative addresses, 124-125
relative-root addresses, 124
relative-root links, 124
selecting web hosting providers, 6-8, 26
styling links via CSS, 134-138
website architectures, creating, 125
whitespace, 32
Word, creating HTML files, 27
WYSIWYG editors, creating HTML files, 27
XHTML, development of, 40
XML, development of, 39-40
HTML Validator, 37
hyperlinks. See links
hyphenating CSS properties, 312
I
<i> tags (HTML), 81-83
if statements (JavaScript), 369
conditional expressions, 317, 370-373
conditional operators, 370
else keyword, 372-375
logical operators, 371
multiple conditions, testing, 373
HTML files, 374
JavaScript files, 374-375
<iframe>. See inline frames
image maps, creating
creating, web resources, 231
CSS, 231-235
tutorials, 231
images
aligning
horizontal alignment, 165-166
vertical alignment, 167-168
animated images, 160-161
auto image loading, web browsers, 20
background images, 171-172
backgrounds
background images, 171-172
tiled backgrounds, 159-160
banners, creating, 156
buttons, creating, 156
CD-ROM, transferring images to, 150
clip art, 149
color, adjusting, 154
compression, 150
copyrights and, 149
Creative Commons licenses, 149
cropping, 151-152
dithering, 158
dynamic websites, changing images via user interaction, 281-283
file sizes, 150
Flickr, 161-163
GIFs, 157-158
animated images, 160-161
tiled backgrounds, 159-160
transparent images, 159
Google Images, 161
Google Picasa, 149
height/width, specifying, 165
image maps, 173-178
JPEGs
compression, 155
tiled backgrounds, 159-160
links, images as, 134, 169-171
Picnik, 149
PNGs, 158-159
Red Eye Removal, 154
republishing, 163
resizing, 153
resolution, 150
rollover images, 394
tables and, 116
text descriptions, 163-164
transparent images, 158
uses of, 150
web pages
grabbing images from, 149
placing images on web pages, 161-163
Images (Google), 161
<img> tags (HTML), 162-163
in value (CSS height/width properties), 53
increment expressions (for loops), 377
incrementing/decrementing variables (JavaScript), 327
indenting
code, 548
text, web page creation, 35
index pages, HTML file management, 16-18
indexes (JavaScript), for loops, 377
infinite loops (JavaScript), 380-381
initial expressions (for loops), 377
inline frames, 426-429
inline styles (CSS), 60-61
inline value (CSS display property), 53
inset value (CSS border-style properties), 54
installing
Greasemonkey, 464
user scripts, 466
internal style sheets (CSS), 46, 59-61
Internet, ISP selection, 25-26
Internet Explorer, 9
DOCTYPE declarations, 212
error messages, displaying, 77
event properties, 393
Internet Explorer 6.0, JavaScript testing, 74
Trixie, 465
installing user scripts, 466
managing user scripts, 467
turning on/off, 468
interpreted languages, 66
ISP (Internet service providers), selecting, 25-26
J
JavaScript, 274. See also AJAX
accessibility, 439
AJAX, 71
live search forms, creating, 494-496
quiz building example, 489-490
arrays
accessing elements of, 338
declaring, 337
length of, 338
string arrays, 338-340
accessibility, 439
behavior, 434
comments, 438
content, 434
design patterns, 439
documenting code, 438
event handlers, 435-437
presentation, 434
“progressive enhancement”, 435
usability, 438-439
web standards and browser specificity, 437-438
break statements, 381
browser specificity, web standards, 437-438
browsers, reading information on, 440-443
case statements, 376
conditional expressions, 370-373
conditional operators, 370
continue statements, 382
cross-browser scripting
debugging browsers, 444
data types, 330-331
Date objects, time display example, 72
design patterns, 439
development of, 66
do, while loops, 380
document.write statements, 68, 73
documenting code, 438
DOM, 280-281
adding text to web pages, 319-321
anchor objects, 303
children, 308
document objects, 300-303, 306
hiding/showing objects, 316-317
history objects, 303-305
layers, 311-315
location objects, 305-306
modifying text in web pages, 317-318
naming objects, 299
nodes, 307-310
object methods, 299
object properties, 299
objects, 352
parents, 308
referencing objects, 299
showing/hiding objects, 316-317
siblings, 308
structure of, 306-307
else keyword, 372-375
error handling, 76-78, 446-449
event handlers, 68-70, 290-291, 389, 435
alert() function, 295
best practices, 294-295
creating, 390-391
cross-browser scripting, 437
defining, 390-391
event objects, 392
keyboard events, 397-399
mouse events, 394-397, 400-404
multiple event handlers, 391-392
naming, 390
onLoad events, 399
onUnload events, 400
quotation marks and, 390
syntax of, 390
W3C event model, 436-437
events, 69
expressions, 328
external scripts, 69
flow control
break statements, 381
case statements, 376
continue statements, 382
continuing loops, 382
do, while loops, 380
escaping loops, 381
for loops, 377-378
for, in loops, 382-384
if statements, 369-375
infinite loops, 380-381
switch statements, 375-376
while loops, 379-380
for loops, 377-378
for, in loops, 382-384
form elements, accessing, 528
form events, 527-528
forms, validating, 70
function call statements, 288
alert() function, 295
arguments, 348
calling, 349-350
constructor functions, 354
defining, 347-349
math functions, 361-363
naming, 292
returning values, 351-352
Gmail and, 446
Greasemonkey, 463
API functions, 471
browser support, 465
creating user scripts, 468, 475
debugging user scripts, 474-476
describing user scripts, 469-470
finding user scripts, 466
installing, 464
installing user scripts, 466
managing user scripts, 466-467
metadata and user scripts, 469-470
site-specific user scripts, 472-473
testing user scripts, 468-471
text area macro user scripts, 475-476
turning on/off, 468
history of, 66
HTML, 274
comments, 276
JavaScript’s advantages over, 299
if statements, 369
conditional expressions, 370-373
conditional operators, 370-371
else keyword, 372-375
testing multiple conditions, 373-375
images, changing via user interaction, 281-283
infinite loops, 380-381
.js files, 69
JSON, 481
layers, controlling positioning of, 311-315
libraries
adding effects via, 457
adding to HTML documents, 457
AJAX Frameworks, 456
building scripts, 458-459
Dojo, 456
downloading, 457
jQuery, 454-455
Mochikit, 456
MooTools, 456
Prototype, 453-454
Script.aculo.us, 455-459
using effects via, 457
Yahoo! UI Library, 456
logical operators, 371
loops
break statements, 381
continue statements, 382
escaping, 381
modifying scripts, 74-76
modulo operators, 362
multiple conditions, testing, 374-375
non-JavaScript browsers
avoiding errors, 446-449
detecting, 445-446
JavaScript optionality, 446
<noscript> tag, 445-446
<script> tag, 457
objects, 288
built-in objects, 289, 352, 356-361, 364-366
child objects, 353
creating, 353
creating instances of, 356
custom objects, 289
date object, 364-366
defining, 354-355
defining methods, 355-356
frames and, 425
math object, 360-363
naming, 292
prototypes, 357-358
simplifying scripting via, 354-356
operators, 328-330
order of script operation, determining, 291
output, creating, 73
parseFloat() function, 331
parseInt() function, 331
programming language versus scripting language, 66
“progressive enhancement” strategies, 294
random web content, displaying via, 276-280
remote scripting, 71
scripting language versus programming language, 66
special effects, 70
statements
conditional statements, 289
for statements, 290
function calls, 288
loops, 290
plus signs (+) in, 73
semicolons, 72
time display example, 72
strings
calculating length of, 334
converting case, 334
string arrays, 338-340
substrings, 335-337
syntax of, 376
using multiple conditions, 375-376
syntax, 332
case-sensitivity, 292
functions, 292
objects, 292
reserved words, 292
spacing (whitespace), 292
variables, 292
testing scripts, Internet Explorer 6.0, 74
text
printing via, 275
text editors, 74
time display example
adding scripts to web pages, 73-74
creating output, 73
Date objects, 72
error handling, 76-78
modifying scripts, 74-76
<script> tags, 71-72
statements, 72
testing scripts, 74
variables, 72
toLowerCase() method, 334
toUpperCase() method, 334
Trixie, 465
installing user scripts, 466
managing user scripts, 467
turning on/off, 468
.txt file extension, 74
“unobtrusive scripting”, 433, 447-449
usability and, 438-439
using, 68
variables, 288
assigning values to variables, 327-328
declaring, 326
global variables, 326
incrementing/decrementing, 327
local variables, 326
localtime variable, 72
scope of, 326
time display example, 72
UTC variable, 72
web pages, adding JavaScript to, 67-68, 73-74
websites, navigating, 70
while loops, 379-380
with keyword, 363-364
join() method, 342
JPEG
compression, 155
tiled backgrounds, 159-160
jQuery JavaScript library, 454-455
.js files, 69
JSON, 481
.jsp file extension, 27
JSP scripting language, 274
K - L
keyboard events, 397-399
Koch, Peter-Paul, 444
languages (foreign), formatting text for, 89-91
creating, 311
moveable layers, 311-315
positioning, controlling via JavaScript, 311-315
layouts
CSS layout properties, 52-53
fixed layouts, 254
fixed/liquid hybrid layouts, 258
defining columns in, 260-262
setting column height, 264-268
setting minimum width, 262-263
structure of, 258-259
liquid layouts, 255-257
web resources, 253
leading (text), line-height property (CSS), 56
libraries (AJAX), 482
ajaxRequest function, 486
ajaxResponse function, 486
creating, 485-486
quiz building example
HTML files, 487-488
JavaScript files, 489-490
testing, 490-491
XML files, 488-489
using, 486
libraries (JavaScript)
AJAX Frameworks, 456
Dojo, 456
downloading, 457
effects, using via, 457
HTML documents, adding libraries to, 457
jQuery, 454-455
Mochikit, 456
MooTools, 456
Prototype, 453-454
Script.aculo.us, 455-459
scripts, building, 458-459
Yahoo! UI Library, 456
line breaks, web page creation, 32-33
line-height property (CSS), 56
line-through text, style sheets, 56
<link /> tags (CSS), 50
absolute links, 124
anchor tags
identifying locations within web pages via, 126
linking to anchor locations, 126-129
naming, 127
color and, 144
email addresses, 132-133
.js files, 69
multimedia/website integration, 179-180
opening in new browser windows, 134
relative-root links, 124
styling via CSS, 134-138
web content
linking between, 129-131
linking to external web content, 131-132
liquid layouts, 253-257
list-item value (CSS display property), 53
lists
borders, styling, 227-228
color, styling, 227-228
CSS box model and, 226-229
list item indicators, placing, 229-231
list-style-image property (CSS), 226
list-style-position property (CSS), 226, 229-231
list-style-type property (CSS), 226
list-style-type style rule (CSS), 99-101
multitiered lists, 100-101
navigation lists
horizontal navigation, 245-248
primary navigation, 236
regular lists versus, 235
secondary navigation, 236
vertical navigation, 236-244
outlines, creating via lists, 98-100
live search forms
AJAX, creating via, 496
HTML forms, 492
JavaScript front end, 494-495
PHP back end, 493-494
example, requirements for, 496
LiveScript, JavaScript development, 66
loading web content, timing, 20
local time values, date object (JavaScript) and, 365-366
local variables (JavaScript), 326
localtime variable (JavaScript), 72
location objects (DOM), 305-306
logical operators (JavaScript), 371
loops (JavaScript), 290
break statements, 381
continue statements, 382
continuing, 382
do, while loops, 380
escaping, 381
for loops, 377-378
for, in loops, 382-384
infinite loops, 380-381
while loops, 379-380
LunarPages web hosting provider, 7
M
Macintosh computers, HTML file creation, 27
managing
domain names, 6
HTML files, 14
document roots, 15-16
index pages, 16-18
user scripts, 466-467
web pages, headings, 34-36
websites
coding clarity, 548
comments, 546-547
documenting code, 546-547
indenting code, 548
maintainable code, 546-548
version control, 548-550
margin property (CSS), 191-199
margins
browsers and, 226-229
CSS box model, 210
marked up text in HTML, 2
Mashable.com, publicizing websites via, 554
math object (JavaScript)
decimal numbers
rounding, 360
truncating, 360
math functions, 361-363
random numbers, generating, 360-363
media-specific style sheets, 503-504
metadata, user scripts, 469-470
methods
DOM objects, 299
history objects, 303
location objects, 306
adding to string objects, 357
defining, 355-356
get methods, 365
prototypes, 357-358
MIME types, 182
mm value (CSS height/width properties), 53
Mochikit JavaScript library, 456
frame borders, 424-425
JavaScript scripts, 74-76
text in web pages, 317-318
modulo operators (JavaScript), 362
monitors and color, 144
monospaced text, 84-85
MooTools JavaScript library, 456
mouse events
mousestatus function, 396
onClick event handler, 394-397, 400-404
onDblClick event handler, 395
onMouseDown event handler, 395-397
onMouseOut event handler, 394
onMouseOver event handler, 394
onMouseUp event handler, 395-397
rollover images, 394
mousestatus function, mouse events and, 396
moveable layers (DOM), 311-315
moving browser windows, 413-414
Mozilla Firefox web browser, 9
multimedia
QuickTime, 180
website integration with, 178-179
embedded multimedia files, 180-183
links, 179-180
streaming multimedia, 181
tips for using, 184-185
multiple event handlers, 391-392
multitiered lists, 100-101
N
naming
anchor tags, 127
DOM objects, 299
event handlers, 390
files with HTML tags, 27
form data, 519-520
JavaScript functions, 292
JavaScript objects, 292
JavaScript variables, 292, 325-326
NaN (not a number), 331
navigating websites, JavaScript, 70
navigation lists
horizontal navigation, 245-248
primary navigation, 236
regular lists versus, 235
secondary navigation, 236
vertical navigation, 236-238
multilevel vertical navigation, 240-244
single-level vertical navigation, 239-241
nested framesets, 425
nested tags (HTML), 97
nodes (DOM), 307
methods of, 310
properties, 309
non-viewable window areas (browsers), 254
none value (CSS)
border-style properties, 54
display property, 53
<noscript> tag (JavaScript), detecting non-JavaScript browsers, 445-446
Notepad, creating HTML files, 26
null values (JavaScript), 330
numbers
arithmetic mean, 363
decimal numbers
rounding, 360
truncating, 360
random numbers, generating, 360-363
numeric arrays (JavaScript), 337, 340-342
numeric data types (JavaScript), 330
O
<object> tags (XHTML), 180-183
objects (built-in), extending definitions, 359
objects (DOM), 352
anchor objects, 303
document objects, 300
anchor objects, 303
displaying document information, 301-302
methods of, 302
properties of, 301
writing text within documents, 302
hiding/showing, 316-317
history objects, 303-305
location objects, 305-306
methods, 299
document objects, 302
history objects, 303
location objects, 306
naming, 299
parents, 308
properties, 299
document objects, 301
history objects, 303
location objects, 305-306
referencing, 299
showing/hiding, 316-317
siblings, 308
window objects, 300
creating browser windows, 410-411
displaying dialog boxes, 417-418
moving browser windows, 413-414
opening/closing browser windows, 411-412
properties of, 409-410
resizing browser windows, 413-414
timeouts, 414-416
objects (JavaScript), 288
built-in objects, 289, 352, 356-359
date object, 364-366
math object, 360-361
child objects, 353
creating, 353
custom objects, 289
date object
converting date formats, 366
creating, 364
local time values, 365-366
reading date values, 365
setting date values, 364-365
time zones, 365
defining, 354-355
instances, creating, 356
math object
generating random numbers, 360-363
math functions, 361-363
rounding decimal numbers, 360
truncating decimal numbers, 360
adding to string objects, 357
get methods, 365
prototypes, 357-358
methods, defining, 355-356
naming, 292
properties, 288
prototypes, 357-358
values, 353
prototypes, 357-358
scripting, simplifying
creating object instances, 356
defining object methods, 355-356
defining objects, 354-355
string objects
adding methods to, 357
assigning values, 332-334
combining values, 332-334
creating, 332
Office Online Clip Art and Media website (Microsoft), 149
onClick event handler, 394-397, 400-404
onDblClick event handler, 395
online resources, CSS reference guide, 47
onLoad events, 399
onMouseDown event handler, 395-397
onMouseOut event handler, 394
onMouseOver event handler, 394
onMouseUp event handler, 395-397
onUnload events, 400
opening tags (HTML), 30
opening/closing, browser windows, 411-412
operators (JavaScript), 328-330
organizing
HTML files, 14
document roots, 15-16
index pages, 16-18
web content, 123-124
web pages, headings, 34-36
websites, 538
Amazon.com, 543
BAWSI.org, 545
ESPN.com, 540-542
larger websites, 543-546
simple websites, 540-542
single-page websites, 538-539
Starbucks.com, 544
outlines, creating via lists, 98-100
outset value (CSS border-style properties), 54
overflow property (CSS), text flow and, 220
overlapping elements, 213, 217-219
P
<p> tags, 31-33
padding
browsers and, 226-228
CSS box model, 210
padding property (CSS), 56, 191, 199-202
paragraphs
aligning, 93-95
web page creation, 32-33
parameters (JavaScript functions), 288, 348
parent folders, 125
parents (DOM), 308
parseFloat() function (JavaScript), 331
parseInt() function (JavaScript), 331
periods (.), JavaScript objects, 289
Perl scripting language, 274
photos
aligning
horizontal alignment, 165-166
vertical alignment, 167-168
background photos, 171-172
background-image style property, 172
CD-ROM, transferring photos to, 150
cropping, 151-152
Flickr, 161-163
Google Images, 161
height/width, specifying, 165
image maps, 173-178
links, turning images into, 169-171
Red Eye Removal, 154
republishing, 163
resizing, 153
text descriptions, 163-164
web pages, placing photos on, 161-163
Photoshop (Adobe), 148
AJAX live search forms, creating, 493-494
.php file extensions, 27
Picasa (Google), 149
Picnik, 149
plug-ins, 180
plus signs (+), JavaScript statements, 73
PNGs, 158-159
positionable elements. See layers
positioning
absolute positioning, 213-217
overlapping elements, 213, 217-219
positioning property, 213
relative positioning, 213-215
presentation, JavaScript scripting best practices, 434
<pre> tags (HTML), 84-85
pricing, web hosting providers, 6
primary navigation, 236
printing
Print Preview, viewing web pages in, 508-509
print-friendly web pages, 499
criteria for print-friendliness, 500-503
designing style sheets for print pages, 505-508
media-specific style sheets, 503-504
reviewing content for print-friendliness, 500
viewing web pages in Print Preview, 508-509
text via JavaScript, 275
programming languages, strings, 72
“progressive enhancement”
strategies for, 294
web design and, 435
prompts (dialog boxes), 417-418
properties
DOM objects, 299
document objects, 301
history objects, 303
location objects, 305-306
relationship properties, 309
JavaScript objects, 288
prototypes, 357-358
values, 353
Prototype JavaScript library, 453-454
prototypes (JavaScript objects), 357-358
pseudoclasses, 134-138
pt value (CSS height/width properties), 53
publicizing websites, 553-555
publishing web content
blog publication, 19
local publication, 18-19
pull-down pick lists (forms), 524-525
purchasing domain names, 6
px value (CSS height/width properties), 53
Python scripting language, 274
Q - R
QuickTime, 180
QuirksMode, debugging code, 444
quiz building example (AJAX)
HTML files, 487-488
JavaScript files, 489-490
testing, 490-491
XML files, 488-489
radio buttons (forms), 523-524
random numbers, generating, 360-363
Red Eye Removal, 154
relationship properties (DOM nodes), 309
relative addresses and web pages, 124-125
relative positioning, 213-215
display property (CSS), 53
positioning property, 214
relative-root addresses and web pages, 124
relative-root links and web pages, 124
reliability, web hosting providers, 6
remote scripting, 71. See also AJAX
republishing images, 163
reserved words, JavaScript syntax, 292
resizing
browser windows, 413-414
images, 153
resolution (graphics), 150
ridge value (CSS border-style properties), 54
rollover images, 394
rounding decimal numbers, 360
rows (tables), creating, 107
Ruby scripting language, 274
S
sans-serif font (text), 86
saving files
files with HTML tags, 27
.js files, 69
scaling images, 153
<script> tag (JavaScript), 67-69
detecting non-JavaScript browsers, 457
time display example, 71-72
Script.aculo.us JavaScript library, 455-459
scripting
AJAX, 479
ajaxRequest function, 486
ajaxResponse function, 486
debugging applications, 491-496
examples of, 481
frameworks, 482
JavaScript client, 480
limitations of, 482
live search forms, 492-496
quiz building example, 487-491
requests, 480, 483-484, 493-495
server-side scripts, 480, 493-495
XML and, 481
XMLHttpRequest, 483-484
ASP, 274
client-side scripting, 274
comments, adding, 293
cross-browser scripting, 443
debugging browsers, 444
event handlers and JavaScript, 437
Greasemonkey, 463-464
API functions, 471
browser support, 465
creating user scripts, 468, 475
debugging user scripts, 474-476
describing user scripts, 469-470
finding user scripts, 466
installing, 464
installing user scripts, 466
managing user scripts, 466-467
metadata and user scripts, 469-470
site-specific user scripts, 472-473
testing user scripts, 468-471
text area macro user scripts, 475-476
turning on/off, 468
interpreted languages, 66
JavaScript, 274
accessibility, 439
adding scripts to web pages, 73-74
adding to web pages, 67-68
advantages over HTML, 299
AJAX, 71
AJAX live search forms, 494-496
AJAX quiz building example, 489-490
arrays, 337-342
best practices, 293-295, 433-439
break statements, 381
case statements, 376
changing images via user interaction, 281-283
conditional expressions, 370-373
conditional operators, 370
continue statements, 382
continuing loops, 382
creating .js files, 69
creating output, 73
cross-browser scripting, 437, 443-444
data types, 330-331
Date objects, 72
design patterns, 439
determining order of script operation, 291
development of, 66
displaying random web content via, 276-280
do, while loops, 380
document.write statements, 68, 73
documenting code, 438
DOM, 280-281, 299-321, 409-418
else keyword, 372-375
error handling, 76-78
escaping loops, 381
event handlers, 68-70, 290-291, 294-295, 389-392, 394-404, 435-437
window objects (DOM), 409
events, 69
expressions, 328
external scripts, 69
flow control, 369-384
for loops, 377-378
for, in loops, 382-384
form events, 527-528
frames and JavaScript objects, 425
functions, 68, 288, 292, 347, 352-354, 361-363
Gmail and, 446
Greasemonkey, 463-476
history of, 66
HTML and, 274-276
if statements, 369-375
infinite loops, 380-381
.js file extension, 69
JSON, 481
libraries (third-party), 453-459
linking to .js files, 69
logical operators, 371
modifying scripts, 74-76
navigating websites, 70
non-JavaScript browsers, 445-449
objects, 288-289, 292, 352-361, 364-366
operators, 328-330
parseFloat() function, 331
parseInt() function, 331
plus signs (+) in statements, 73
printing text via, 275
programming language versus scripting language, 66
“progressive enhancement” strategies, 294
reading browser information, 440-443
remote scripting, 71
saving .js files, 69
<script> tags, 67-72
scripting language versus programming language, 66
simplifying, 354-356
special effects, 70
statements, conditional statements, 289
statements, for statements, 290
statements, function calls, 288
statements, loops, 290
statements, objects, 288-289, 292
statements, variables, 288, 292
switch statements, 375-376
syntax, case-sensitivity, 292
syntax, functions, 292
syntax, objects, 292
syntax, reserved words, 292
syntax, spacing (whitespace), 292
syntax, variables, 292
testing scripts, 74
time display example, 71-78
toLowerCase() method, 334
toUpperCase() method, 334
Trixie, 465-468
“unobtrusive scripting”, 433, 447-449
usability, 438-439
using, 68
validating forms, 70
variables, 72, 288, 292, 325-328
web standards and browser specificity, 437-438
while loops, 379-380
with keyword, 363-364
JSON, 481
JSP, 274
languages, 65
Perl, 274
Python, 274
remote scripting. See AJAX
Ruby, 274
server-side scripts, 274, 480, 493-495
text editors, 74
Trixie, 465
installing user scripts, 466
managing user scripts, 467
turning on/off, 468
.txt file extension, 74
“unobtrusive scripting”, 433, 447-449
user scripts
debugging, 474-476
describing, 469-470
finding, 466
Greasemonkey, 463-476
installing, 466
managing, 466-467
metadata and, 469-470
scripting, 465
site-specific scripts, 472-473
testing, 468-471
text area macro user scripts, 475-476
Trixie, 465-467
VBScript, 274
scrolling lists (forms), 524-525
search engines, 445
heading tags (HTML), 36
spamming, 557
websites, listing with search engines, 555-562
searches
Google searches, 4
live search forms, creating via AJAX, 496
HTML forms, 492
JavaScript front end, 494-495
PHP back end, 493-494
secondary navigation, 236
security, user scripts, 465
selection lists (forms), 524-525
selectors (CSS), 57
semicolons (;), JavaScript statements, 72, 287
server-side scripting, 274, 480, 493-495
servers
browsers, basic server interaction, 3-5
document roots, 13-16
FTP client connections, 13
space, 6
“uptime”, 6
web hosting providers, selecting, 6
shorthand conditional expressions (JavaScript), 372-373
siblings (DOM), 308
single-page websites, 538-539
site-specific user scripts, 472-473
sizing
borders (tables), 107
browser windows, 413-414
cells (tables), 111-113
elements (CSS box model), 210-212
images, 153
tables, 110-113
font-size style rule (CSS), 86-87
style sheets, 50
skeleton pages. See templates
<small> tags (HTML), 83
small text, 83
solid value (CSS border-style properties), 54-55
sorting arrays (JavaScript)
numeric arrays, 340-342
string arrays, 340
source editors, blogs and, 19
spacing (whitespace), JavaScript syntax, 292
spamming search engines, 557
spanning with tables, 115
special effects (JavaScript), 70
splitting string arrays (JavaScript), 339
Starbucks.com, website organization, 544
statements (JavaScript), 287
conditional statements, 289
for statements, 290
function calls, 288
loops, 290
objects, 288
built-in objects, 289
custom objects, 289
DOM objects, 289
naming, 292
plus signs (+) in, 73
semicolons, 72
time display example, 72
Stephenson, Sam, 453
streaming multimedia, 181
<strike> tags (HTML), 84
strikethrough text, style sheets, 56
string arrays, sorting, 340
strings, 72
strings (JavaScript), 330
case, converting, 334
length of, calculating, 334
string arrays, 338
sorting, 340
splitting, 339
string objects
adding methods to, 357
assigning values, 332-334
combining values, 332-334
creating, 332
substrings
finding, 336-337
getting single characters, 336
using parts of strings, 335-336
<strong> tags (HTML), 83
strong text. See boldface text
style classes (CSS), 57-58
style IDs (CSS), 59
style properties (CSS), 57
color style rule, fonts and, 86-87
font weight style rule, 83
font-family style rule, 86
font-size style rule, 86-87
list-style-type style rule, 99-101
multiple style properties in, 58
text-align style rule, 93-95
viewing, 51
style sheets
borders, 210
content, 210
lists and, 226-229
lists and, 226
margins, 210
padding, 210
sizing elements, 210-212
clear property, text flow and, 220
color, specifying via style sheets, 146-148
CSS tags, 50
CSS Zen Garden, 191-192
definition of, 45
DOCTYPE declarations, 212
external style sheets, 46-51
float property, 191, 204-207, 220
formatting properties, 53
background-color property, 55
border property, 54-55
border-bottom property, 54-55
border-color property, 54-55
border-left property, 54-55
border-right property, 54-55
border-style property, 54-55
border-top property, 54-55
border-width property, 54
color property, 56
font property, 56
font-family property, 55
font-size property, 55
font-style property, 56
font-weight property, 56
line-height property, 56
padding property, 56
text-align property, 55-56
text-decoration property, 56
text-indent property, 55
HTML documents, linking to, 50
image maps, creating, 231-235
inline styles, 60-61
internal style sheets, 46, 59-61
italic text, 56
layouts
display property, 52-53
fixed layouts, 254
fixed/liquid hybrid layouts, 258-268
height property, 53
liquid layouts, 253-257
width property, 53
line-through text, 56
links, styling, 134-138
list-style-image property, 226
list-style-position property, 226, 229-231
list-style-type property, 226
lists
horizontal navigation, 245-248
navigation lists, 236-248
vertical navigation, 236-244
margin property, 191-199
media-specific style sheets, 503-504
overflow property, text flow and, 220
padding property, 191, 199-202
positioning
absolute positioning, 213-217
overlapping elements, 213, 217-219
positioning property, 213
relative positioning, 213-215
z-index property, 217-219
print pages, designing style sheets for, 505-508
properties, hyphenating, 312
selectors, 57
strikethrough text, 56
style classes, 57-58
style IDs, 59
style properties, 57
color style rule, 86-87
font weight style rule, 83
font-family style rule, 86
font-size style rule, 86-87
list-style-type style rule, 99-101
multiple style properties in, 58
text-align style rule, 93-95
viewing, 51
text
formatting color, 46
sizing, 50
underline text, 56
validating, 61
web browsers, CSS support, 51
z-index property, 217-219
<sub> tags (HTML), 83
subscript text, 83
substrings
finding, 336-337
parts of strings, using, 335-336
single characters, getting, 336
Subversion website version control, 550
<sup> tags (HTML), 83
superscript text, 83
support
CSS, web browser support for, 51
web hosting providers, selecting, 6
switch statements (JavaScript)
multiple conditions, using, 375-376
syntax of, 376
syntax, JavaScript, 332
T
<table> tags (HTML), 107
tables
aligning within, 113-115
borders
sizing, 107
spacing, 116
specifying color via CSS, 146-148
cells
creating, 107
sizing, 111-113
color in, 115
creating, 107-110
headings, creating, 108
images in, 116
page layout via, 116-117
rows, creating, 107
sizing, 110-113
spanning within, 115
uses for, 107
tags (CSS), 50
elements and, 46
<link /> tag, 50
selectors, 57
<a> tags, 170
identifying locations within web pages, 126
linking to anchor locations, 126-129
naming, 127
<b> tags, 81-83
<big> tags, 83
closing tags, 30
containers, 307
custom tags, creating, 58
<div> tags, 170
<em> tags, 83
event handlers, 68
heading tags, 34-36
horizontal rule tag, 33
<hr /> tag, 33
<i> tags, 81-83
<img> tags, 162-163
line breaks, 32-33
naming files with, 27
nested tags, 97
older HTML tags, formatting and, 81
opening tags, 30
<p> tag, 31-33
paragraphs, 32-33
<pre> tags, 84-85
pseudoclasses, 134-138
saving files with, 27
<script> tags, 67-72
<small> tags, 83
<strike> tags, 84
<strong> tags, 83
<sub> tags, 83
<sup> tags, 83
<table> tags, 107
<td> tags, 107
<th> tags, 108
<tr> tags, 107
<tt> tags, 84-85
<u> tags, 84
xml : lang attribute, 31
xmlns attribute, 31
tags (XHTML)
<embed> tags, 183
<object> tags, 180-183
tasks, combining. See functions (JavaScript)
<td> tags (HTML), 107
templates, web page creation, 31
testing
AJAX quiz building example, 490-491
JavaScript scripts, Internet Explorer 6.0, 74
web content, 19-20
websites, multiple web browsers, 8-9, 26
text
aligning
attributes, 92-93
block-level elements, 93-95
paragraphs, 93-95
tables, 113-115
text-align style rule (CSS), 93-95
alternate text, 163-164
documents, writing text within, 302
flowing text, 220
fonts
Arial font, 86
color style rule (CSS), 86-87
font property (CSS), 56
font weight style rule (CSS), 83
font-family property (CSS), 55
font-family style rule (CSS), 86
font-size property (CSS), 55
font-size style rule (CSS), 86-87
font-style property (CSS), 56
font-weight property (CSS), 56
sans-serif font, 86
Times Roman font, 86
typewriter font. See monospaced text
formatting
aligning text, 92-95
big text, 83
boldface text, 82-83
customizing fonts in HTML, 85-89
foreign languages, 89-91
italic text, 82-83
monospaced text, 84-85
multitiered lists, 100-101
outlines, 98-100
resumes, creating, 87-89
small text, 83
special characters, 89-91
subscript text, 83
superscript text, 83
web page creation, 33-35
forms, accepting text input in, 519
graphics and, 163-164
HTML, whitespace, 32
indenting, web page creation, 35
italic text, style sheets, 56
leading, line height property (CSS), 56
line breaks, web page creation, 32-33
line-through text, style sheets, 56
paragraphs, web page creation, 32-33
printing, JavaScript and, 275
sizing, font-size style rule (CSS), 86-87
strikethrough text, style sheets, 56
style sheets, 56
formatting color, 46
sizing, 50
text-align property (CSS), 55-56
text-align style rule (CSS), 93-95
text area macro user scripts, 475-476
text areas (forms), 526
text-decoration property (CSS), 56
text editors, 74
text fields (forms), 526
text-indent property (CSS), 55
underline text, style sheets, 56
web browsers, adjusting font size settings, 20
web pages
adding to web pages, 319-321
modifying text in, 317-318
TextEdit, creating HTML files, 27
<th> tags (HTML), 108
third-party JavaScript libraries
AJAX Frameworks, 456
Dojo, 456
downloading, 457
effects, adding via, 457-459
effects, using, 457
HTML documents, adding libraries to, 457
jQuery, 454-455
Mochikit, 456
MooTools, 456
Prototype, 453-454
Script.aculo.us, 455-459
scripts, building, 458-459
Yahoo! UI Library, 456
tiled backgrounds, 159-160
time, displaying (JavaScript example), 71
Date objects, 72
error handling, 76-78
output, creating, 73
scripts
adding to web pages, 73-74
modifying, 74-76
<script> tags, 71-72
testing, 74
statements, 72
variables, 72
time zones, date object (JavaScript) and, 365
timeouts (browser windows), 414-416
Times Roman font (text), 86
timing loading of web content, 20
toLowerCase() method (JavaScript), 334
tool tips, 164
toUpperCase() method (JavaScript), 334
<tr> tags (HTML), 107
transferring HTML files, FTP clients, 10-13, 29
transparent images, 158
triadic color schemes, 143
Trixie, 465
turning on/off, 468
user scripts
installing, 466
managing, 467
truncating decimal numbers, 360
<tt> tags (HTML), 84-85
turning on/off
Greasemonkey, 468
Trixie, 468
.txt file extension, 74
typewriter font. See monospaced text
U
<u> tags (HTML), 84
underline text, style sheets, 56
“unobtrusive scripting”, 433, 447-449
“uptime,” servers and, 6
URLs, opening, 483
usability, JavaScript best practices, 438-439
USB drivers, 18
user input, accepting in forms, 519
user scripts
debugging, 474-476
describing, 469-470
finding, 466
Greasemonkey, 463
API functions, 471
browser support, 465
creating user scripts, 468, 475
debugging user scripts, 474-476
describing user scripts, 469-470
finding user scripts, 466
installing, 464
installing user scripts, 466
managing user scripts, 466-467
metadata and user scripts, 469-470
site-specific user scripts, 472-473
testing user scripts, 468-471
text area macro user scripts, 475-476
installing, 466
managing, 466-467
metadata and, 469-470
security, 465
site-specific scripts, 472-473
testing, 468-471
text area macro user scripts, 475-476
Trixie, 465
installing user scripts, 466
managing user scripts, 467
UTC (Universal Time [Coordinated]), 71
UTC variable (JavaScript), 72
V
validating
style sheets, 61
web content, 36-37
variables (JavaScript), 288
declaring, 326
global variables, 326
incrementing/decrementing, 327
local variables, 326
localtime variable, 72
scope of, 326
time display example, 72
UTC variable, 72
values, assigning to variables, 327-328
VBScript scripting language, 274
version control, websites and, 548-550
vertical image alignment, 167-168
vertical navigation, 236-238
multilevel vertical navigation, 240-244
single-level vertical navigation, 239-241
vertical-align style property, 167
video, embedding, 182
viewing
CSS style rules, 51
HTML files, 29
web pages, 29
visual editors, blogs, 19
W
W3C color standards, 143
W3C CSS Validator, 61
W3C event model, 436-437
W3C Validation Service, 37-38
web browsers
140 cross-browser color names, 143-144
cross-browser scripting
debugging browsers, 444
CSS, support for, 51
debugging, 444
development of, 2
dialog boxes, displaying, 417-418
distributing, 18
frames, 418-420
adding individual frames, 423
creating frameset documents, 421-423
frames array, 426
inline frames, 426-429
JavaScript objects and, 425
linking windows to frames, 423-424
modifying borders, 424-425
nested framesets, 425
history, accessing, 2, 303-305
HTML development, 2
images, auto image loading, 20
information, reading via JavaScript
dishonest browsers, 442-443
displaying information, 440-441
Internet Explorer, 9
event properties, 393
Trixie, 465-468
links, opening in new browser windows, 134
lists, displaying in, 97
margins and, 226-229
non-Internet Explorer event properties, 393-394
non-JavaScript browsers
avoiding errors, 446-449
detecting, 445-446
JavaScript optionality, 446
<noscript> tag, 445-446
<script> tag, 457
non-viewable window areas, 254
padding and, 226-228
pop-up windows, 134
popularity of, 26
Safari, 9
search engines, 445
sensing. See feature sensing
servers, basic browser server interaction, 3-5
text, adjusting font size settings, 20
websites
comparing, 26
windows
creating, 410-411
linking frames to windows, 423-424
moving, 413-414
opening/closing, 411-412
resizing, 413-414
timeouts, 414-416
web content
absolute addresses, 124-125
aligning via align property (CSS), 191, 203-204
clear property (CSS), text flow and, 220
color
140 cross-browser color names, 143-144
best practices, 141-143
Colorblind Web Page Filter tool, 148
hexadecimal color codes, 144-146
using, 141-143
W3C color standards, 143
comparing, 26
creating, 2-3
boilerplate code, 28-30
comparing web content HTML codes, 37
formatting text, 33-35
HTML tags, 27-33
indenting text, 35
line breaks, 32-33
organizing content via headings, 34-36
overview of, 29
paragraphs, 32-33
templates, 31
CSS box model, 209
borders, 210
content, 210
lists and, 226-229
margins, 210
padding, 210
sizing elements, 210-212
delivering, 3-5
directories, 123-124
float property (CSS), 191, 204-207, 220
folders, 123-125
forms, 513
accessing elements via JavaScript, 528
check boxes, 521-523
creating, 514-519
displaying data in pop-up windows, 528-530
hidden data, 520
JavaScript events, 527-528
naming form data, 519-520
pull-down pick lists, 524-525
radio buttons, 523-524
scrolling lists, 524-525
selection lists, 524-525
sending data via email, 530-531
submitting form data, 527
text areas, 526
text fields, 526
text input, 519
user input, 519
validating, 531-532
“graceful degradation”, 434
graphics
adjusting color, 154
Adobe Photoshop, 148
aligning graphics, 165-168
animated graphics, 160-161
background graphics, 171-172
banners, 156
buttons, 156
choosing software, 149
clip art, 149
compression, 150
copyrights and, 149
Creative Commons licenses, 149
cropping, 151-152
dithering, 158
file sizes, 150
GIFs, 157-161
GIMP, 149
GIMP, adjusting image color, 154
GIMP, banners, 156
GIMP, buttons, 156
GIMP, cropping images, 151-152
GIMP, JPEG compression, 155
GIMP, resizing images, 153
Google Images, 161
Google Picasa, 149
grabbing from web pages, 149
image maps, 173-178
Picnik, 149
placing graphics on web pages, 161-163
PNGs, 158-159
Red Eye Removal, 154
republishing, 163
resizing, 153
resolution, 150
specifying height/width, 165
text descriptions, 163-164
tiled backgrounds, 159-160
transparent graphics, 158
turning graphics into links, 169-171
uses of, 150
images, changing images via user interaction, 281-283
links
absolute links, 124
anchor tags, 126-129
email addresses, 132-133
images as, 134
linking between, 129-131
linking to external web content, 131-132
opening in new browser windows, 134
relative-root links, 124
styling via CSS, 134-138
lists
borders, 227-228
color, 227-228
CSS box model and, 226-229
horizontal navigation, 245-248
navigation lists, 235-248
placing list item indicators, 229-231
vertical navigation, 236-244
loading, timing, 20
managing
coding clarity, 548
comments, 546-547
documenting code, 546-547
indenting code, 548
maintainable code, 546-548
version control, 548-550
margins
browsers and, 226-229
margin property (CSS), 191-199
multimedia, integrating with, 178
embedded multimedia files, 180-183
links, 179-180
tips for using, 184-185
larger websites, 543-546
simple websites, 540-542
single-page websites, 538-539
overflow property (CSS), text flow and, 220
padding
browsers and, 226-228
padding property (CSS), 191, 199-202
Print Preview, viewing web content in, 508-509
print-friendly web pages, 499
criteria for print-friendliness, 500-503
designing style sheets for print pages, 505-508
media-specific style sheets, 503-504
reviewing content for print-friendliness, 500
viewing web pages in Print Preview, 508-509
“progressive enhancement”, 435
publishing
locally, 18-19
to blogs, 19
random web content, displaying via JavaScript, 276-280
relative addresses, 124-125
relative-root addresses, 124
search engines, listing web content with, 555-562
style sheets
creating, 47-52
definition of, 45
external style sheets, 46-51
formatting properties, 53-56
formatting text color, 46
inline styles, 60-61
internal style sheets, 46, 59-61
layout properties, 52-53
linking to HTML documents, 50
selectors, 57
sizing text, 50
style classes, 57-58
style IDs, 59
style properties, 57
validating, 61
web browser support, 51
tables
aligning within, 113-115
cells, creating, 107
cells, sizing, 111-113
color in, 115
creating, 107-110
headings, creating, 108
images in, 116
page layout via, 116-117
rows, creating, 107
sizing, 110-113
sizing borders, 107
spacing borders, 116
spanning within, 115
uses for, 107
testing, 19-20
text, formatting, 82
adding to web pages, 319-321
aligning text, 92-95
big text, 83
boldface text, 82-83
customizing fonts in HTML, 85-89
flowing text, 220
foreign languages, 89-91
italic text, 82-83
modifying, 317-318
monospaced text, 84-85
multitiered lists, 100-101
older HTML tags, 81
outlines, 98-100
resumes, creating, 87-89
small text, 83
special characters, 89-91
subscript text, 83
superscript text, 83
transferring, FPT, 29
validating, 36-37
web hosting providers, selecting, 6-8, 26
website architectures, creating, 125
YouTube and, 184
web design
“graceful degradation”, 434
“progressive enhancement”, 435
web hosting provider DailyRazor, 7
web hosting providers
A Small Orange, 7
bandwidth, 6
control panels, 7-8
customer service, 6
domain names, purchasing, 6
LunarPages, 7
pricing, 6
reliability, 6
server space, 6
web pages
absolute addresses, 124-125
aligning via align property (CSS), 191, 203-204
clear property (CSS), text flow and, 220
color
140 cross-browser color names, 143-144
best practices, 141-143
Colorblind Web Page Filter tool, 148
hexadecimal color codes, 144-146
using, 141-143
W3C color standards, 143
creating
boilerplate code, 28-30
comparing web page HTML codes, 37
formatting text, 33-35
HTML tags, 27-33
indenting text, 35
line breaks, 32-33
organizing content via headings, 34-36
overview of, 29
paragraphs, 32-33
templates, 31
CSS box model, 209
borders, 210
content, 210
lists and, 226-229
margins, 210
padding, 210
sizing elements, 210-212
directories, 123-124
float property (CSS), 191, 204-207, 220
folders, 123-125
forms, 513
accessing elements via JavaScript, 528
check boxes, 521-523
creating, 514-519
displaying data in pop-up windows, 528-530
hidden data, 520
JavaScript events, 527-528
naming form data, 519-520
pull-down pick lists, 524-525
radio buttons, 523-524
scrolling lists, 524-525
selection lists, 524-525
sending data via email, 530-531
submitting form data, 527
text areas, 526
text fields, 526
text input, 519
user input, 519
validating, 531-532
“graceful degradation”, 434
graphics
adjusting color, 154
Adobe Photoshop, 148
aligning graphics, 165-168
animated graphics, 160-161
background graphics, 171-172
banners, 156
buttons, 156
choosing software, 149
clip art, 149
compression, 150
copyrights and, 149
Creative Commons licenses, 149
cropping, 151-152
dithering, 158
file sizes, 150
Flickr, 161-163
GIFs, 157-161
GIMP, 149
GIMP, adjusting image color, 154
GIMP, banners, 156
GIMP, buttons, 156
GIMP, cropping images, 151-152
GIMP, JPEG compression, 155
GIMP, resizing images, 153
Google Images, 161
Google Picasa, 149
grabbing from web pages, 149
image maps, 173-178
JPEG compression, 155
JPEGs, 159-160
Picnik, 149
placing graphics on web pages, 161-163
PNGs, 158-159
Red Eye Removal, 154
republishing, 163
resizing, 153
resolution, 150
specifying height/width, 165
text descriptions, 163-164
tiled backgrounds, 159-160
transparent graphics, 158
turning graphics into links, 169-171
uses of, 150
images, changing images via user interaction, 281-283
JavaScript, adding to web pages, 67-68
links
absolute links, 124
anchor tags, 126-129
email addresses, 132-133
images as, 134
linking between web pages, 129-131
linking to external web pages, 131-132
opening in new browser windows, 134
relative-root links, 124
styling via CSS, 134-138
lists
borders, 227-228
color, 227-228
CSS box model and, 226-229
horizontal navigation, 245-248
navigation lists, 235-248
placing list item indicators, 229-231
vertical navigation, 236-244
loading, timing, 20
managing
coding clarity, 548
comments, 546-547
documenting code, 546-547
indenting code, 548
maintainable code, 546-548
version control, 548-550
margins
browsers and, 226-229
margin property (CSS), 191-199
multimedia, integrating with, 178
embedded multimedia files, 180-183
links, 179-180
tips for using, 184-185
larger websites, 543-546
single-page websites, 538-539
overflow property (CSS), text flow and, 220
padding
browsers and, 226-228
padding property (CSS), 191, 199-202
Print Preview, viewing web pages in, 508-509
print-friendly web pages, 499
criteria for print-friendliness, 500-503
designing style sheets for print pages, 505-508
media-specific style sheets, 503-504
reviewing content for print-friendliness, 500
viewing web pages in Print Preview, 508-509
“progressive enhancement”, 435
relative addresses, 124-125
relative-root addresses, 124
scripts, adding to web pages (JavaScript), 73-74
search engines, listing web pages with, 555-562
style sheets
creating, 47-52
definition of, 45
external style sheets, 46-51
formatting properties, 53-56
formatting text color, 46
inline styles, 60-61
internal style sheets, 46, 59-61
layout properties, 52-53
linking to HTML documents, 50
selectors, 57
sizing text, 50
style classes, 57-58
style IDs, 59
style properties, 57
validating, 61
web browser support, 51
tables
aligning within, 113-115
cells, creating, 107
cells, sizing, 111-113
color in, 115
creating, 107-110
headings, creating, 108
images in, 116
page layout via, 116-117
rows, creating, 107
sizing, 110-113
sizing borders, 107
spacing borders, 116
spanning within, 115
uses for, 107
text, formatting
adding to web pages, 319-321
aligning text, 92-95
big text, 83
boldface text, 82-83
customizing fonts in HTML, 85-89
flowing text, 220
foreign languages, 89-91
italic text, 82-83
modifying, 317-318
monospaced text, 84-85
multitiered lists, 100-101
older HTML tags, 81
outlines, 98-100
resumes, creating, 87-89
small text, 83
special characters, 89-91
subscript text, 83
superscript text, 83
transferring FTP, 29
validating, 36-37
viewing, 29
web content, displaying random content via JavaScript, 276-280
website architectures, creating, 125
YouTube and, 184
websites
aligning via align property (CSS), 191, 203-204
architectures, creating, 125
bad website examples, 144
clear property (CSS), text flow and, 220
color
140 cross-browser color names, 143-144
best practices, 141-143
Colorblind Web Page Filter tool, 148
hexadecimal color codes, 144-146
using, 141-143
W3C color standards, 143
comparing, 26
connecting to, Classic FTP client, 12
CSS box model, 209
borders, 210
content, 210
lists and, 226-229
margins, 210
padding, 210
sizing elements, 210-212
dynamic websites
changing images via user interaction, 281-283
client-side scripting, 274
displaying random web content via JavaScript, 276-280
DOM, 280-281
printing text via JavaScript, 275
server-side scripting, 274
float property (CSS), 191, 204-207, 220
forms, 513
accessing elements via JavaScript, 528
check boxes, 521-523
creating, 514-519
displaying data in pop-up windows, 528-530
hidden data, 520
JavaScript events, 527-528
naming form data, 519-520
pull-down pick lists, 524-525
radio buttons, 523-524
scrolling lists, 524-525
selection lists, 524-525
sending data via email, 530-531
submitting form data, 527
text areas, 526
text fields, 526
text input, 519
user input, 519
validating, 531-532
“graceful degradation”, 434
graphics
adjusting color, 154
Adobe Photoshop, 148
aligning graphics, 165-168
animated graphics, 160-161
background graphics, 171-172
banners, 156
buttons, 156
choosing software, 149
clip art, 149
compression, 150
copyrights and, 149
Creative Commons licenses, 149
cropping, 151-152
dithering, 158
file sizes, 150
Flickr, 161-163
GIFs, 157-161
GIMP, 149
GIMP, adjusting image color, 154
GIMP, banners, 156
GIMP, buttons, 156
GIMP, cropping images, 151-152
GIMP, JPEG compression, 155
GIMP, resizing images, 153
Google Images, 161
Google Picasa, 149
grabbing from web pages, 149
image maps, 173-178
Picnik, 149
placing graphics on web pages, 161-163
PNGs, 158-159
Red Eye Removal, 154
republishing, 163
resizing, 153
resolution, 150
specifying height/width, 165
text descriptions, 163-164
tiled backgrounds, 159-160
transparent graphics, 158
turning graphics into links, 169-171
uses of, 150
links
absolute links, 124
anchor tags, 126-129
email addresses, 132-133
images as, 134
linking between web pages, 129-131
linking to external web pages, 131-132
opening in new browser windows, 134
relative-root links, 124
styling via CSS, 134-138
lists
borders, 227-228
color, 227-228
CSS box model and, 226-229
horizontal navigation, 245-248
navigation lists, 235-248
placing list item indicators, 229-231
vertical navigation, 236-244
managing
coding clarity, 548
comments, 546-547
documenting code, 546-547
indenting code, 548
maintainable code, 546-548
version control, 548-550
margins
browsers and, 226-229
margin property (CSS), 191-199
multimedia, integrating with, 178-179
embedded multimedia files, 180-183
links, 179-180
tips for using, 184-185
navigating JavaScript, 70
organizing
Amazon.com, 543
BAWSI.org, 545
ESPN.com, 540-542
larger websites, 543-546
simple websites, 540-542
single-page websites, 538-539
Starbucks.com, 544
overflow property (CSS), text flow and, 220
padding
browsers and, 226-228
padding property (CSS), 191, 199-202
“progressive enhancement”, 435
publicizing, 553-555
search engines, listing websites with, 555-562
single-page websites, 538-539
creating, 47-52
definition of, 45
external style sheets, 46-51
formatting properties, 53-56
formatting text color, 46
inline styles, 60-61
internal style sheets, 46, 59-61
layout properties, 52-53
linking to HTML documents, 50
selectors, 57
sizing text, 50
style classes, 57-58
style IDs, 59
style properties, 57
validating, 61
web browser support, 51
text
adding to web pages, 319-321
flowing text, 220
modifying, 317-318
web content
absolute addresses, 124-125
directories, 123-124
folders, 123-125
organizing, 123-124
relative addresses, 124-125
relative-root addresses, 124
web pages
print-friendly web pages, 499-509
viewing in Print Preview, 508-509
YouTube and, 184
while loops (JavaScript), 379-380
whitespace (spacing)
HTML, 32
JavaScript syntax, 292
width
CSS box model, adjusting in, 210-212
fixed/liquid hybrid layouts, setting minimum width in, 262-263
images, specifying width in, 165
width property (CSS), 53
window objects (DOM), 300
browser windows
creating, 410-411
moving, 413-414
opening/closing, 411-412
resizing, 413-414
timeouts, 414-416
dialog boxes, displaying, 417-418
properties of, 409-410
windows (browser)
closing, 412
creating, 410-411
frames, linking to windows, 423-424
moving, 413-414
non-viewable window areas, 254
opening/closing, 411-412
pop-up windows, displaying form data in, 528-530
resizing, 413-414
timeouts, 414-416
with keyword (JavaScript), 363-364
.WMV video clips, embedding, 182
Word, creating HTML files, 27
WordPress Theme Gallery, layouts and, 253
writing text within documents, 302
WWW (World Wide Web), HTML development, 2
WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) editors, 27
X
XHTML
boilerplate code, 30
check boxes (forms), 522
defining, 3
development of, 40
function of, 51
goal of, 51
image maps, 231
inline frames, 426-429
tags
<embed> tags, 183
<object> tags, 180-183
xml : lang attribute (HTML tags), 31
xmlns attribute (HTML tags), 31
XML
boilerplate code, 30
development of, 39-40
xml : lang attribute (HTML tags), 31
XMLHttpRequest, 483
requests
awaiting responses, 484
creating, 483
interpreting response data, 484
sending, 484
URLs, opening, 483
xmlns attribute (HTML tags), 31
Y - Z
Yahoo! Developer Network, JavaScript design patterns, 439
Yahoo! Search, listing websites with, 556
YouTube, website integration, 184
z-index property (CSS), 217-219