HTML 4 For Dummies?: Quick Reference - Softcover

Ray, Deborah S.; Ray, Eric J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764503324 ISBN 13: 9780764503320

Publisher: For Dummies, 1998

Synopsis

For years, HTML has been synonymous with Web development. Before you can cultivate your online visions, you must first master basic HTML. But even the most advanced HTML technician needs an easy-to-read lexicon. Enter HTML 4 For Dummies Quick Reference, the handy, fingertip HTML guide with clear explanations, tag definitions, and detailed tables.

Award-winning authors and HTML experts Deborah and Eric Ray share their expertise on everything from using images in your Web pages to determining who your readers are and evaluating their motivations for visiting your site. As an added bonus, HTML 4 For Dummies Quick Reference includes a full color cheat sheet listing 216 consistent and reliable HTML colors.

About this title

About the Author

About the Authors Just a word about us — so that you know who the "we" is that we refer to throughout this book. We are Deborah and Eric Ray, owners of RayComm, Inc., a technical communication consulting company. For the most part, we write computer books, including Dummies 101: HTML and Netscape Composer For Dummies, to name a couple. In fact, (if you can pardon a little bragging) HTML For Dummies Quick Reference (this book's 1st edition) and Dummies 101: HTML won international awards at the 1997 Society for Technical Communication Technical Publications Competition. And, when we're not trapped under mounds of book drafts, we also give occasional seminars on HTML and Internet-related topics, and we take on other techno-jargonese-into-English translation projects. I, Deborah Ray (my friends call me Deb), have been a technical communicator for the past four years and have been involved with the Internet for the past three years. I taught technical writing to students at Utah State University and Oklahoma State University. I also have a variety of technical experiences, including creating various computer and engineering documents for sundry purposes. My areas of emphasis include writing, designing, and illustrating documents to meet various audiences' information needs. I, Eric Ray (my friends call me, well, Eric), have been involved with the Internet for five years and have made numerous presentations and written several papers about HTML and online information. (I like to hear myself write.) My technical experience includes creating and maintaining the TECHWR-L listserv list (a discussion forum for technical communications) as well as implementing and running Web servers. I guess you'd say that I'm a Webmaster. As a technical communicator, I focus on making "techie" information easy for normal people to understand. Thanks to our combined skills, we've reached stereotypical geek status, having side-by-side home computer workstations at which we work hours and hours every day. Our cats perch on the monitors, stare at us, and attempt to supervise our work. (Actually, we think they're just keeping their tummies warm.)

From the Back Cover

Fun, Fast & Cheap!

Previous Edition Recipient of the Society for Technical Communications 1997 Award of Excellence! A Quick Reference for the Rest of Us! HTML 4 For Dummies Quick Reference is the right book for anyone who wants to quickly start developing Web pages or for experienced HTML authors who need an "at-your-fingertips" reference to keep those tags straight. No matter which tool you use to create Web pages, you'll need to have fundamental HTML instructions and reference information readily available. Concise and relevant examples, effective analogies, and samples of what really works make this book the indispensable choice! Now you can find what you need quickly with our …For Dummies Quick References! With tasks and commands in alphabetical order, clear-cut, step-by-step instructions, and easy-to-follow advice, you'll quickly find the information you really need — without reading lots of extra material! Look for IDG Books Worldwide's HTML 4 For Dummies, the fast and friendly way to access all the latest HTML commands! …For Dummies Quick References and …For Dummies books are available on all your favorite or not-so-favorite hardware and software products. Look for them wherever computer books are sold!

Edition details

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0764503324
• ISBN 13: 9780764503320
• Binding: Plastic Comb
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 228