Web Page Essentials

Abstract

You might wonder what’s meant by this chapter’s title: web page essentials. This chapter will run through everything you need to do with a web page prior to working on the layout and content, including creating the initial documents, attaching external documents to HTML files, and dealing with the head section of the web page. Little of this is a thrill with regard to visual design, which is why many designers ignore the topics we’ll cover or stick their fingers in their ears, hum loudly, and wish it would all go away (and then probably get rather odd looks from nearby colleagues). However, as the chapter’s title states, everything we’ll be talking about is essential for any quality web page, even if you don’t see exciting things happening visually.