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Section 16.1 Create a basic table using HTML Define borders Merge cells Align content in tables Section 16.2 Create a frames-based Web page using HTML Create a link bar page Create a content page Create a container page Control Web page layout with frames
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Section 16.1 • Create a basic table using HTML • Define borders • Merge cells • Align content in tables • Section 16.2 • Create a frames-based Web page using HTML • Create a link bar page • Create a content page • Create a container page • Control Web page layout with frames • Create links between frames
pp. 420-424 Creating Tables in HTML 16.1 Guide to Reading Main Ideas HTML tables give Web page designers a great deal of control over page layout and the formatting of information. There are many HTML tags and attributes available for this purpose. Key Terms cell spacing cell padding header row header column
pp. 420-424 Creating Tables in HTML 16.1 Defining a Basic Table • Three sets of HTML tags define a table: • <table></table> - marks the beginning and end of the table area. • <tr></tr> - marks the beginning and end of a table row. • <td></td> - marks the beginning and end of a table column.
pp. 420-424 Creating Tables in HTML 16.1 Using Table Attributes • Controlling a table’s attributes allow you to modify the look of the table on your site. Here are some attributes you can modify: • Cell spacing • Cell padding • Header rows • Header columns • Alignment cell spacing The space between the outer border of a table and the cell border. (p. 421) cell padding The space between a table cell’s border and its content. (p. 421) header row Row in a table that contains the titles for each column. (p. 422) header column Column in a table that contains the titles for each row. (p. 422)
pp. 420-424 Creating Tables in HTML 16.1 Using Table Attributes Using the align attribute in the <table> tag centers the entire table on the Web page.
pp. 420-424 Creating Tables in HTML 16.1 • Activity 16A – Creating a Table Using HTML (p. 423)
pp. 426-431 Creating Frames in HTML 16.2 Guide to Reading Main Ideas HTML frames give you the ability to display more than one Web page on the screen at the same time. You can customize hyperlinks to support frames. Key Terms frame container page left-hand navigation content page top navigation
pp. 426-431 Creating Frames in HTML 16.2 Creating Frame Pages in HTML A Web page with two frames is made of three separate HTML documents. The first two, the link bar and the content page, define the frames separately. The third is the container page, which holds the other two documents. frame A separate region on a Web page that contains its own Web document. (p. 426) container page Page that defines the characteristics of each page in a frames-based site. (p. 427)
pp. 426-431 Creating Frames in HTML 16.2 Creating Frame Pages in HTML Link bars can appear anywhere on a page. Web designers can use either left-hand navigation or top navigation. The content page should remain the site’s main focus. left-hand navigation A frames-based Web site with a link bar on the left side of the screen. (p. 427) top navigation A frames-based Web site with a link bar at the top of the screen. (p. 429) content page The page that contains the main information on a frames-based site and fulfills the site’s main purpose. (p. 428)
pp. 426-431 Creating Frames in HTML 16.2 Creating Links Between Frames To keep the link bar from changing, include the target attribute in the link’s anchor tag. This attribute tells the browser to load the target Web page into a specified frame (the content frame) rather than into the current frame.
pp. 426-431 Creating Frames in HTML 16.2 • Activity 16B – Creating a Frames-Based Web Page (p. 429)
Chapter 16 Resources For more resources on this chapter, go to the Introduction to Web Design Web site at webdesign.glencoe.com.