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Our Audience
We wrote this book for anyone interested in learning and using the
language of the Web, from the most casual user to the full-time
design professional. We don't expect you to have any
experience in HTML or XHTML before picking up this book. In fact, we
don't even expect that you've ever
browsed the Web, although we'd be very surprised if
you haven't. Being connected to the Internet is not
strictly necessary to use this book, but if you're
not connected, this book becomes like a travel guide for the
homebound.
The only things we ask you to have are a computer, a text editor that
can create simple ASCII text files, and copies of the latest leading
web browsers -- preferably Netscape Navigator and Internet
Explorer. Because HTML and XHTML documents are stored in a
universally accepted format -- ASCII text -- and because the
languages are completely independent of any specific computer, we
won't even make an assumption about the kind of
computer you're using. However, browsers do vary by
platform and operating system, which means that your HTML or XHTML
documents can look quite different depending on the computer and
browser version. We explain how the various browsers use certain
language features, paying particular attention to how they are
different.
If you are new to HTML, the Web, or hypertext documentation in
general, you should start by reading Chapter 1. In
it, we describe how all these technologies come together to create
webs of interrelated documents.
If you are already familiar with the Web, but not with HTML or XHTML
specifically, start by reading Chapter 2. This
chapter is a brief overview of the most important features of the
language and serves as a roadmap to how we approach the language in
the remainder of the book.
Subsequent chapters deal with specific language features in a roughly
top-down approach to HTML and XHTML. Read them in order for a
complete tour through the language, or jump around to find the exact
feature you're interested in.
