Web Standards Solutions. The Markup and Style Handbook 

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• 1. Table of Contents

• 2. Web Standards Solutions-The Markup and Style Handbook

• 3. Foreword

• 4. Introduction

  What are Web Standards?

• 5. Why Web Standards?

  Why Web Standards?

• 6. Why XHTML?

  Why XHTML?

• 7. Structured Markup

  Structured Markup

• 8. Origins of this Book

  Origins of this Book

• 9. About the Format

  About the Format

• 10. Part One: Get Down with Markup

  Chapter List

• 11. Chapter 1: Lists

  Let s Go Shopping

• 12. Quiz Time

  Quiz Time Method A: The br Breakdown It s a Wrap Method B: The Bullet that Bites Method C: Getting Closer Method D: Wrapper s Delight

• 13. Summary

  Summary

• 14. Extra Credit

  Extra Credit Bite the Bullet Getting Fancier with Custom Bullets Lists that Navigate Mini-Tab Shapes

• 15. Chapter 2: Headings

  Overview

• 16. What is the Best Way to Mark up the Title of a Document?

  What is the Best Way to Mark up the Title of a Document? Method A: Meaningful? Method B: The p and b Combo Method C: Style and Substance

• 17. Summary

  Summary

• 18. Extra Credit

  Extra Credit Simple Styling Adding Backgrounds Swappable Icons Easy Updates The Chameleon Effect

• 19. Wrapping Up

  Wrapping Up

• 20. Chapter 3: Tables are Evil?

  Overview

• 21. Totally Tabular

  Totally Tabular

• 22. A Table that Everyone Can Sit At

  A Table that Everyone Can Sit At

• 23. Adding a Summary

  Adding a Summary

• 24. The Head(s) of the Table

  The Head(s) of the Table

• 25. Header and Data Relationships

  Header and Data Relationships

• 26. Using the abbr Attribute

  Using the abbr Attribute

• 27. thead, tfoot, and

  thead tfoot and tbody

• 28. Are Tables Evil?

  Are Tables Evil?

• 29. Extra Credit

  Extra Credit Creating a Grid Collapse the Gaps Customize Those Headers Headers with Background Images Assigning Icons to IDs

• 30. Wrapping Up

  Wrapping Up

• 31. Chapter 4: Quotations

  Overview

• 32. Method A: Lacks Meaning

  Method A: Lacks Meaning

• 33. Method B: A Class Act?

  Method B: A Class Act?

• 34. Method C: blockquote is Best

  Method C: blockquote is Best Using a Screwdriver to Hammer a Nail

• 35. Summary

  Summary

• 36. Extra Credit

  Extra Credit A Cite for Curious Eyes Inline Quotations Styling blockquote

• 37. Wrapping Up

  Wrapping Up

• 38. Chapter 5: Forms

  What are Our Options When Marking up a Form? Method A: Using a Table Method B: Tableless but Cramped Method C: Simple and More Accessible Method D: Defining a Form

• 39. Summary

  Summary

• 40. Extra Credit

  Extra Credit The Fabulous Tabindex Accesskey for Frequented Forms Styling Forms

• 41. Wrapping Up

  Wrapping Up

• 42. Chapter 6: STRONG, EM, and Other Phrase Elements

  Overview

• 43. Presentational vs. Structural

  Presentational vs. Structural Why are strong and em Better Than b and i? What About em? Just Bold or Italic Please Both Bold and Italic

• 44. Summary

  Summary

• 45. Extra Credit

  Extra Credit The Phrase Elements cite Design abbr and acronym code samp var kbd

• 46. Final Phrase

  Final Phrase

• 47. Chapter 7: Anchors

  When Pointing to a Specific Portion of a Page What is the Best Way to Mark up an Anchor? Method A: An Empty Name Method B: It s all in a Name Method C: Lose the Name Method D: The All-In-One

• 48. Summary

  Summary

• 49. Extra Credit

  Extra Credit The Title Attribute Styling Links

• 50. Anchors Aweigh

  Anchors Aweigh

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