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S tag (STRIKE) 53
safe colors. Seebrowser safe colors
SAMP tag 54
Sausage Software 351
saving Web pages 40
scaling images 92
scanners 61
scheme 27
SCRIPT tag 292
scripts 291, 308
adding "automatic" 292
adding alternate information 298
and quotation marks 295
calling external automatic 293
CGI. See CGI scripts
changing multiple frames 304
controlling status area 303
controlling window size 308
hiding from older browsers 297
JavaScript for your use 301-308
loading images into cache 305
location on page 292
rollovers 306-307
setting default language 299
triggering with intrinsic event 294
with buttons 296
scroll bars, in frames 176
SCROLLAMOUNT attribute, in MARQUEE tag 236
SCROLLDELAY attribute, in MARQUEE tag 236
SCROLLING attribute, in FRAME tag 176
search engines
adding information for 340
and XML 19
controlling summary 341
improving ranking
with description 341
with keywords 340
with title 37, 347
keeping out 343
specialized 346
submitting your site to 346
security, and CGI scripts 189
SELECT tag 201
SELECTED attribute, in OPTION tag 201
selectors (CSS) 242
server name in URL 27
shading
of horizontal rules 95
of table borders 147
SHAPE attribute, in AREA tag 130
shims. Seepixel shims
Shockwave 234
SHUFFLE attribute, in EMBED tag 231
SimpleText 21, 34, 350
site, designing 32
size
and viewing speed 84-85
of cells in table 148, 155
of frames 180
of images 84-85, 92
changing 92
download time 59
figuring out 84
of individual characters 48
of multimedia files 217
of new windows 308
of pages, with tables 144
of tables 148
of text
changing a few letters 48
changing all 47
changing with BIG and SMALL 49
changing with style sheets 262
reducing images 62-63
SIZE attribute
in BASEFONT tag 47
in FONT tag 48
in HR tag 95
in INPUT tag
for password boxes 197
for text boxes 196
for uploading files 203
in SELECT tag 201
in SPACER tag 105, 106
slicing images 314, 315
slide shows 321
with animated GIFs 74
small caps, setting with style sheets 272
SMALL tag 49
smart quotes 354
SoftQuad HoTMetaL 351
Sol, Selena 190
sound 220, 231
and icons 224
background 225
embedding 222
external 224
getting 221
links to 224
RealMedia
creating 226-227
embedding 230-231
links to 229
metafiles 228
streaming vs. non-streaming 220
source code from this book 20
SPACER tag 105, 106, 108
spaces
between attributes 21
controlling with style sheets 268
in HTML 24, 141
spacing
and preformatted text 113
and sub/superscripted characters 52
around elements (with style sheets) 280-281
around images 91
around tables 151
between lines and paragraphs 24, 102
between paragraphs 39, 102, 105
blocks 108
frames 169, 171, 175
indents 106
line breaks 102-104
maintaining original 113
margins 101
of cells in table 155
of text (with style sheets) 267
pixel shims 109
vertical 105
SPAN attribute
in COL tag 160-161
in COLGROUP tag 160-161
SPAN tag 254, 255
spanning cells
across columns 152
across rows 153
special symbols 353
accented characters (table) 355
creating with images 354
curly (smart) quotes 354
in file names 33
in title 37
table of 356
using 25, 354
special techniques 309, 321
automatic page navigating 321
counters 312
creating buttons with tables 316
drop caps 318
JavaScript for your use 301-308
labeling elements in a Web page 320
password protection 311
slicing images 314-315
souped up mailto links 313
using image for table border 317
vertical rules 319
widening margin 319
speed
and images 59, 82, 84-85
background images 99
loading images into cache 305
of table display 166
and nested tables 156
slicing images 314-315
spiders 343
SRC attribute
in EMBED tag 222, 234
in FRAME tag 168
in IFRAME tag 174
in IMG tag 82
in INPUT tag 210
in LAYER tag 114
in SCRIPT tag 293
standards 18
browser wars 14
importance of 15
Star Trek search engine 346
START attribute
in IMG tag 235
in OL tag 136
starting
new lines 102
new paragraph 39
Web pages 35
statistics
browser usage 326
color depth of monitors 58
Web use 18
Statmark 18, 58, 326
status area, controlling 303
stock images 61
stopping text wrap
around images 90
around tables 150
with style sheets 284
streaming audio 220
strike out formatting 53
with style sheets 270
STRIKE tag 53
STRONG tag 46
with PRE tag 113
structure, of tables 144
STYLE attribute
in any tag 248
in BUTTON tag 207, 209, 296
style sheets 239, 290
advantages 240
aligning
text 269
vertically 282
and URLs 247
applying locally 248
background 286
blinking text 271
block-level vs inline tags 251
bold formatting 261
borders of elements 279
browser problems 326
case (upper/lower) 272
changing all font values 264
child element 273
clipping elements 288
color 265
custom tags 251-255
defining multiple properties for same tag 245
defining tags dependent on other tags 245
disadvantages 241
displaying and hiding elements 277
DIV tag 252-253
element height 278
element width 278
eliminating italics 260
embedding fonts 259
external 246
file extension 246
using 247
file extension 246
font 264
font-family 258
font size 262, 264
foreground color 285
formatting text 257-272
hierarchy of 247
indents 267
inheritance 242
internal 244
italics 260
kerning 267
layout 273-290
line height 263, 264
list properties 289
margins 281
offsetting elements within flow 274
Opera 241
overflow 287
overlining text 270
padding 280
page breaks 290
parent element 273
positioning elements
absolutely 275
in 3D 276
relatively 274
vertically 282
setting up 243-256
small cap fonts 272
SPAN tag 254-255
stopping text wrap 284
strike out text 270
support for 241
tester pages on Web site 241
Text Only format 246
tracking 267
underlining text 270
vs. HTML tags 44
word spacing 267
wrapping text 283
STYLE tag 244
styles
anatomy 242
custom 253, 255
for links 256
support for 16
tester pages 20
See also style sheets
SUB tag 52
submenus, in forms 202
submit buttons 206
creating 206-207
multiple 206
vs. active images 210
with image 207
subscripts 52
Sun Microsystems 237
SUP tag 52
superscripts 52
support, technical 20, 328
Swift, Jill 351
symbols
curly (smart) quotes 354
in file names 33
in ordered lists 136
special 353
table of 356
using 25, 354
Syntrillium Software 221

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This index is from my book, HTML 4 for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide, Fourth Edition, published by Peachpit Press.