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Professional Projects
John W. Gosney
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Acknowledgments
While I may be the only person with his name on the cover, a book of this size
and scope is most definitely the work of several people,and those people deserve
some very well-earned acknowledgment.
Todd Jensen, acquisitions editor extraordinaire, retained his patience (and great
sense of humor) as the book evolved over various deadlines and life interventions
(including a little life intervention of his own—congratulations, Todd, on
becoming a father for a second time).
Brian Lich, technical editor, continues to prove himself an absolute professional
and trusted friend. Aside from always answering my silly questions with tact
(that is, not laughing directly at me for asking such questions in the first place),
Brian is a virtual cornucopia of knowledge; there is very little, if anything, he
doesn’t know about computers and technology in general. Having Brian’s skill
applied to this project has made it a better book several times over.
Special thanks are in order to Cathleen Snyder,copy editor,and Jenny Davidson,
project editor. They (along with Brian) ensured the accuracy of this book’s
content to a level that is beyond my comprehension;the three of them caught so
many of my mistakes—technical,grammatical,or otherwise—I couldn’t imagine
working on a project like this without them. Best of all, they are all incredibly
funny and generally just plain cool people to work with. Can an author ask for
anything more? An extra special nod to Jenny,who had to track this project over
the inevitable content and structure revisions and keep everything coordinated
and moving forward.Jenny,I owe you one.
I’d also like to thank Dr. Chris Miller of the Indiana University School of
Dentistry, who always encourages me to explore and develop my professional
interests—I could not have completed this project (or several others) without his
mentorship and support. Thanks as well to Stacy Hiquet of Premier Press for
continuing to present project opportunities.Stacy,it is always a pleasure to work
with you! Thanks as well to Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, and Robert
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Zimmerman, as without their special creative talents this book would have been
a lot less fun to work on (you need good music as you write, and these guys
provided it over long hours of sitting at the computer).
Finally,and as always,I’d like to give very special thanks to my family for always
supporting and encouraging me while I worked on this and other projects. You
make everything worthwhile,and I love you all very,very much.
John Gosney
August,2003
About the Author
John W. Gosney is currently the Director of Information Technology for the
Indiana University School of Dentistry,as well as an instructor for the university
on the Indianapolis campus. He also has worked within the pharmaceutical
industry as both a technical writer and Web/systems application developer. His
professional writing credits include several industry analysis/market research
reports on different aspects of technology, including reports on artificial
intelligence, emerging trends in electronic delivery of entertainment, and
commercial applications of artificial sense technologies. Additionally, he has
published seven titles with Premier Press, including JavaScript Professional
Projects (w/Paul A. Hatcher), ASP Programming for the Absolute Beginner, and
Web-Enable Your Small Business In a Weekend. Mr. Gosney holds a B.A. from
Purdue University and an M.A.from Butler University.
Contents at a Glance
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XXVI
Part I HTML Essentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1 HTML and the World Wide Web Consortium:Past,
Present,and Future. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2 Manipulating and Formatting HTML Text. . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3 Placing and Manipulating Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
4 Working with Page Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
5 Understanding Hyperlinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
6 Creating and Manipulating Tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
7 Integrating HTML Frames and Advanced Formatting . . 117
8 Utilizing Forms for Dynamic Web Pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
9 Working with Cascading Style Sheets,Part 1 . . . . . . . . . 171
10 Working with Cascading Style Sheets,Part 2 . . . . . . . . . 189
11 Integrating Scripts and Other Advanced Functionality. . . 203
12 Working with an HTML Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Part II Applied HTML: Coding Professional
Web Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
PROJECT 1 THE SMALL BUSINESS WEB SITE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
13 MuseToMusic Web Site:Project Introduction. . . . . . . . . 271
14 MuseToMusic Web Site:Identifying Process Goals
for the Commercial Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
15 MuseToMusic Web Site:Addressing Customer
Usability Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
16 MuseToMusic Web Site:Building the Solution. . . . . . . . 309
PROJECT 2 THE NONPROFIT WEB SITE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
17 Greenlawn School Web Site:Project Introduction. . . . . . 343
18 Greenlawn School Web Site:Identifying Process
Goals for the Nonprofit Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
