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Organization
The philosophy behind this book is to learn by example and
the organization of this book complements that philosophy.
After a very brief
introduction to what the world wide web is and a brief introduction to how
web pages are made, the author jumps right into aspects of designing a web site.
There is short discussion of how to organize a web site. The presentation is very brief,
but more than adequate (if the reader pays attention!) to organize a typical
small website.
After the basics, the squence of presentation of the rest of topics is not
critical, the reader can skip around and dive into what ever looks interesting
to use for their design. Some topics are more complex than others, but
there are a lot of design examples to look at for guidance.
The next sections get into using standard HTML elements. There are a lot of
programming and display examples through out the text. For a lot of readers
this may as far as you may need to go.
The next sections progress into advanced topic such as CSS (Cascading Style
Sheets) lists, tables and frames which allow fine control of how design
elements are placed and displayed on the page
Next there is brief introduction to the use of scripting languages such as
Java script, WML for web pages displayed on mobile devices, and debugging web page
designs.
Finally there is very useful appendix of lots of design information like character
and color codes.
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