HTML, XHTML & CSS For Dummies
Chapter One
The Least You Need to Know about
HTML, CSS, and the Web
In This Chapter
* Creating HTML in text files
* Serving and browsing Web pages
* Understanding links and URLs
* Understanding basic HTML syntax
* Understanding basic CSS
Welcome to the wonderful world of the Web, (X)HTML, and CSS. With
just a little knowledge, some practice, and something to say, you can
either build your own little piece of cyberspace or expand on work you've
already done.
This book is your down-and-dirty guide to putting together your first Web
page, sprucing up an existing Web page, or creating complex and exciting
pages that integrate intricate designs, multimedia, and scripting.
The best way to start working with HTML is to jump right in, so that's what
this chapter does: It brings you up to speed on the basics of how (X)HTML
and CSS work behind the scenes of Web pages, introducing you to their
underlying building blocks. When you're done with this chapter, you'll know
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