The opening of this book focuses more on the overview of Internet, Web and introductory networking concepts. HTML is the language used to create web pages. Berners – Lee create the World Wide Web. An Intranet is a private network that is contained within the business or organization. An extranet is a private network that securely shares parts of an organizations information. Following the W3C recommendations is the first step to creating an accessible web site. Accessible websites may be more thoroughly indexed by search engines, which can be helpful in bringing new visitors to the site. IPV6 is the next standard in IP protocol. HTML5 is the newest version of HTML.
The second chapter is an introduction to HTML, XHTML and HTML The first line of a webpage has to be Document Type Definition. The purpose of the HTML element is to indicate that the document is HTML formatted. A web page has 2 sections, the head and the body. The head contains information about the webpage, such as title of page. The body contains the content of the webpage. Index.html is a common name for home page. The following are important steps when designing a web page. Determining the Intended Audience, Determining the goals of the site, Determining the General Content and Create a site map. The HTML validation tool can check the HTML code for syntax errors.
The 3rd chapter introduces Cascading Style Sheet. CSS is used to configure text, color, and page layout. Advantages of using CSS include better control of Typography and layout, serration of style from structure, storing of styles and potentially smaller documents. Times New Roman is the default font for most browsers if the Font on the website is not installed on the users