HTML Essential Training
with: William E. Weinman

Whether you use a web authoring system or write HTML by hand, you need to know how HTML works. HTML Essential Training is designed to help you understand HTML, its strengths and weaknesses, and how to identify and fix problems in a web page. More than just an HTML tutorial, HTML Essential Training covers the how and the why of HTML documents, including document structure, block and inline level tags, floating images, controlling white space, phrase and font markup, and much more! From setting up a simple web page to adding CSS style sheets and JavaScript rollovers, HTML Essential Training gives you the skills you need to take control of your HTML.

Table of contents

welcome

intro 0:32 4 MB

introduction

introduction 2:16 1.5 MB
a brief overview 7:53 5 MB

HTML tags

HTML document type overview 6:06 4.3 MB
the outer structure of an HTML document 4:57 3.3 MB
the outer structure of an HTML document part 2 3:09 2 MB
creating and using templates 4:24 2.9 MB
HTML and text 3:43 2.6 MB
paragraphs 3:43 2.7 MB
block and inline tags 3:12 2.1 MB
controlling line breaks and spaces 5:48 4.5 MB
phrase elements 3:18 2.3 MB
font-markup elements 1:48 1.2 MB
quotations and quote marks 4:10 2.9 MB
pre-formatted text using the PRE tag 1:54 1.3 MB
aligning paragraphs 3:11 2.3 MB
HTML lists 8:14 6 MB
selecting a typeface using the FONT tag 5:05 3.9 MB
selecting a type size using the FONT tag 2:20 1.8 MB
introduction to hyperlinks 4:54 3.7 MB
absolute and relative URLs 5:47 4.1 MB
specifying a different base for relative URLs 2:17 1.5 MB
adding titles to your links 1:15 1 MB
fragments: linking to a segment of a page 4:59 3.9 MB
inline images and the IMG tag 6:18 4 MB
flowing text around an image 5:57 4.9 MB
breaking lines around an image 2:27 2 MB
image borders 3:57 3 MB
naming images for scripting 2:45 5.1 MB

cascading style sheets

introduction to CSS 3:20 2.7 MB
levels of inheritance 2:21 1.8 MB
syntax overview 2:22 1.5 MB
syntax overview continued 2:22 2.5 MB
using SPAN and DIV to apply style 2:06 1.6 MB
using selectors to create classes of styles 5:23 4 MB
some CSS units of measure 5:21 4.2 MB

tables

introduction to HTML tables 2:10 1.4 MB
formatting tables with CSS 4:03 2.8 MB
aligning images with tables 3:20 3.8 MB

frames

frames overview 3:17 2.3 MB
targeting links to the correct frame 2:52 2.2 MB
hiding frame borders 2:38 2 MB

forms

HTML forms 9:10 7.5 MB

javascript rollovers

javascript rollovers 10:28 9.4 MB