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Index: B

<b>(bold) tag: 8.2.4. Nesting HTML Tags (Web Design in a Nutshell)
10.1.2. Text Appearance (Inline Styles) (Web Design in a Nutshell)
10.3.2. Physical Styles (Web Design in a Nutshell)
2.6.1.2. Physical styles (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
Appendix A. HTML Elements (Web Design in a Nutshell)
WML: 32.4. WML Elements and Attributes (Web Design in a Nutshell)
background: 17.5.2. Creating a Potentially Transparent Image (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
(see also transparency)
audio: 24.7.2. Background Sound (Web Design in a Nutshell)
5.4. Background Audio (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
colors: 17.5.3. Background Properties (Web Design in a Nutshell)
5.3.1.1. The bgcolor attribute (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
5.3.1.9. Mixing and matching body attributes (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
8.4.4.2. The background-color property (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
Flash movies: 26.4.2.1. The <embed> tag (Web Design in a Nutshell)
GIF animation: 23.5.5. Other Options (Web Design in a Nutshell)
layers: 14.3.1.4. The background and bgcolor attributes (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
marquees: 5.5.1.3. The bgcolor attribute (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
tables: 13.4.6. Coloring Tables (Web Design in a Nutshell)
troubleshooting: 5.3.2.2. Problems with background, text, and link colors (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
images: 5.3.1.2. The background attribute (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
5.3.1.9. Mixing and matching body attributes (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
8.4.4.1. The background-attachment property (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
behind specific elements: 8.4.4.3. The background-image property (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
layers: 14.3.1.4. The background and bgcolor attributes (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
placement of: 8.4.4.4. The background-position property (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
in tables: 10.2.1.2. The bgcolor and background attributes (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
10.2.4.8. The bgcolor and background attributes (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
tiling whole background: 8.4.4.5. The background-repeat property (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
troubleshooting: 5.3.2.1. Problems with background images (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
images/patterns: 17.5.3. Background Properties (Web Design in a Nutshell)
positioning and scrolling: 17.5.3. Background Properties (Web Design in a Nutshell)
tiling: 9.3.2. Tiling Background Graphics (Web Design in a Nutshell)
layers (see layers)
style properties for: 8.4.4. Color and Background Properties (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
style sheet properties: 17.5.3. Background Properties (Web Design in a Nutshell)
background attachment: 6.2.5. Getting Attached (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
background-attachment property: 6.2.5. Getting Attached (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
8.4.4.1. The background-attachment property (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
background attribute: B. List of Attributes (Web Design in a Nutshell)
5.3.1.2. The background attribute (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
5.3.1.9. Mixing and matching body attributes (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
10.2.1.2. The bgcolor and background attributes (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
14.3.1.4. The background and bgcolor attributes (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
background-color property: 6.1.2. Background Color (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
8.4.4.2. The background-color property (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
inheritance and: 6.1.2. Background Color (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
background-image property: 6.2.1. Background Images (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
8.4.4.3. The background-image property (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
background music: 1.2. What you can do with sound on the Web (Designing Web Audio)
adding with Beatnik: 11.3.3. Lesson 3: Adding simple background music (Designing Web Audio)
background-position property (CSS): 17.5.3. Background Properties (Web Design in a Nutshell)
background property: 6.2.6. Bringing It All Together (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
8.4.4.6. The background property (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
background-repeat property: 6.2.2. Repeats with Direction (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
8.4.4.5. The background-repeat property (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
background sound, adding with HTML: 1.3.1. Adding a simple background sound (Designing Web Audio)
backgrounds: 6. Colors and Backgrounds (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
colors: 6.1.2. Background Color (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
importance of declaring foreground color with: 6.1.4. Good Practices (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
complex: 6.2. Complex Backgrounds (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
floated elements and: 7.6.1.1. Backgrounds and floats (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
images as: 6.2. Complex Backgrounds (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
specifying with background color: 6.2.1.1. Good background practices (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
Netscape Navigator 4.x, correcting placement: 11.2.5. Getting Full Content Backgrounds in Navigator (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
padding and: 7.2. Margins or Padding? (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
perfect alignment of: 6.2.5.1. Interesting effects (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
positioning: 6.2.3. Background Positioning (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
scrolling vs. fixed: 6.2.5. Getting Attached (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
BACKSPACE property (Key object): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
backward accessibility: 1.4.4. Actual Styles (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
backwards compatibility, RealPlayer: 6.2.3. HTTP streaming tutorial (Designing Web Audio)
backwards effect: 4.2.5. Backwards (Designing Web Audio)
balance of left/right channels
determining: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
setting: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
balancing perspectives: 2.2.4. Balance Your Perspective (Information Architecture for the World Wide Web)
bandwidth: 6.2.3. HTTP streaming tutorial (Designing Web Audio)
codec chart, RealAudio: 6.3.1. Selecting the right RealAudio codecs (Designing Web Audio)
dynamic allocation with SureStream: 7. Designing Multimedia Presentations with SMIL and RealSystem G2 (Designing Web Audio)
limitations: 1.5. Audio challenges and limitations (Designing Web Audio)
1.7. Designing web audio (Designing Web Audio)
negotiation
live broadcasting: 6.5. Live broadcasting with RealAudio (Designing Web Audio)
RealAudio, using with: 6.3.3.3. Using bandwidth negotiation (Designing Web Audio)
RealMedia, streaming audio: 5.2.4. Flash and Director Shockwave (Designing Web Audio)
RealServer: 6.1.2. RealServer (Designing Web Audio)
6.3.1. Selecting the right RealAudio codecs (Designing Web Audio)
range of frequencies, amplifying or reducing: 4.3.3. Equalization: customizing your sound (Designing Web Audio)
separate audio and animation files: 6.4.4. Creating RealFlash content (Designing Web Audio)
Bandwidth Profiler (debugging tool): 19.1.4. The Bandwidth Profiler (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
Bandwidth Profiler, Flash: 9.2.2.2. Publishing and file size optimization (Designing Web Audio)
Bandwidth Tuner: 6.4.4. Creating RealFlash content (Designing Web Audio)
BarbaBatch: 6.3.2. Using the RealEncoder (Designing Web Audio)
Appendix A.3.5. Audio plug-ins and utilities (Designing Web Audio)
Bare Bones Software, Inc.: 8.6.1. HTML Editors (Web Design in a Nutshell)
base-2
logarithm of e: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
number system (binary system): 15.2. Bitwise Programming (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
base-8 integers: 4.3.1. Integer Literals (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
base attribute ( ): 26.4.2.1. The <embed> tag (Web Design in a Nutshell)
base class of ActionScript: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
Base Skin, Winamp: 8.3.4.1. Skin-making tutorial (Designing Web Audio)
<base> tag: 3.7.3. Related Header Tags (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
base URLs: 2.7.1. URLs (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
6.7.1. The <base> Header Element (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
<basefont> tags: 4.6.2. The <basefont> Tag (Deprecated) (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
baseline alignment: 4.1.3.1. Baseline alignment (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
baseline height, text: 17.5.1. Type-Related Properties (Web Design in a Nutshell)
baseline value: 5.2.6.4. The align attribute (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
5.2.6.4. The align attribute (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
(see also alignment)
align: 12.3.4. Vertical Alignment (Web Design in a Nutshell)
valign: 13.4.3. Aligning Text in Cells (Web Design in a Nutshell)
13.6.3. Baseline Alignment Trick (Web Design in a Nutshell)
Basic RealServer: 6.3.3. Broadcasting audio with the RealServer (Designing Web Audio)
Basic Server Plus, RealNetwork: 6.2. Streaming RealAudio from a web server (Designing Web Audio)
bass: 2.1.2. Pitch (Designing Web Audio)
removing with high-pass filter: 4.3.4.2. Using low-pass and high-pass filters (Designing Web Audio)
batch-encoding
AppleScript, parameters for: 6.3.2.1. Encoding RealAudio with a batch processor (Designing Web Audio)
command-line options, RealAudio: 6.3.2.1. Encoding RealAudio with a batch processor (Designing Web Audio)
batch vs. event-based programs: 1.2.6. The Event-Based Execution Model (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
BBEdit (Bare Bones Software, Inc.) HTML editor: 8.6.1. HTML Editors (Web Design in a Nutshell)
Beatnik: 5.2.5. Beatnik's Rich Music Format (RMF) (Designing Web Audio)
9.3.1. Using Shockwave "internal" sounds: embedded cast members versus streamed SWA sounds (Designing Web Audio)
10.1. MIDI: A universal approach (Designing Web Audio)
10.3. Creating your own MIDI files (Designing Web Audio)
11. Designing Audio Web Sites with Beatnik (Designing Web Audio)
advantages: 11.1. New possibilities for interactive sound (Designing Web Audio)
Beatnik Audio Engine: 11.2. Beatnik authoring system (Designing Web Audio)
11.2.2. Beatnik Audio Engine (Designing Web Audio)
Beatnik Editor: 11.2. Beatnik authoring system (Designing Web Audio)
11.2.3. Beatnik Editor (Designing Web Audio)
11.4. Using the Beatnik Editor (Designing Web Audio)
copyright window: 11.4.3.1. Working with songs (Designing Web Audio)
creating new sessions: 11.4.1. Getting started (Designing Web Audio)
custom instruments: 11.4.4. Making a custom instrument from your imported samples (Designing Web Audio)
exporting RMF files: 11.4.5. Exporting an RMF file with the Beatnik Editor (Designing Web Audio)
General MIDI bank: 11.4.3.2. Working with instruments (Designing Web Audio)
Groovoids: 11.4.3.1. Working with songs (Designing Web Audio)
importing files: 11.4.2. Importing MIDI and audio files (Designing Web Audio)
Instrument menu: 11.4.3.2. Working with instruments (Designing Web Audio)
keymapping tool: 11.4.4. Making a custom instrument from your imported samples (Designing Web Audio)
samples: 11.4.3.3. Working with samples (Designing Web Audio)
songs: 11.4.3. Manipulating the files (Designing Web Audio)
special bank: 11.4.3.2. Working with instruments (Designing Web Audio)
system requirements: 11.4. Using the Beatnik Editor (Designing Web Audio)
user bank: 11.4.3.2. Working with instruments (Designing Web Audio)
Beatnik Player: 11.2. Beatnik authoring system (Designing Web Audio)
11.2.1. Beatnik Player (Designing Web Audio)
Beatnik Xtra: 11.4.4. Making a custom instrument from your imported samples (Designing Web Audio)
capabilities, ratings of: B.8. Beatnik (Designing Web Audio)
disadvantages: 11.1. New possibilities for interactive sound (Designing Web Audio)
Groovoids: 11.2. Beatnik authoring system (Designing Web Audio)
HTTP web servers: 5.1. Streaming protocols (Designing Web Audio)
interactive mouse rollover sounds: 1.4. Adding sound effects (Designing Web Audio)
interactive sound: 11.1. New possibilities for interactive sound (Designing Web Audio)
JavaScript: 11.2.4. Authoring with Beatnik (Designing Web Audio)
MIDI, use of: 5.3.6. Low bandwidth performance overall (Designing Web Audio)
11.2. Beatnik authoring system (Designing Web Audio)
Mixman remixers: 11.2. Beatnik authoring system (Designing Web Audio)
MP3 files, use of: 11.2. Beatnik authoring system (Designing Web Audio)
Music Object: 11.2.5. Introduction to the Music Object (Designing Web Audio)
security: 11.4.3.1. Working with songs (Designing Web Audio)
sonifying web sites: 11.2.4. Authoring with Beatnik (Designing Web Audio)
adding background music: 11.3.3. Lesson 3: Adding simple background music (Designing Web Audio)
mouseover, simple: 11.3.1. Lesson 1: A simple mouseover (Designing Web Audio)
Music Object, multiple on page: 11.3.4. Lesson 4: Creating multiple Music Object instances on a page (Designing Web Audio)
navbar, building: 11.3.2. Lesson 2: Building a sonified navbar (Designing Web Audio)
putting together audio behaviors: 11.3.5. Lesson 5: Putting it all together (Designing Web Audio)
sound conversion: 11.2.4. Authoring with Beatnik (Designing Web Audio)
sound bank: 11.3.2. Lesson 2: Building a sonified navbar (Designing Web Audio)
Beatnik, using .rmf files: 24.5.9. Beatnik's Rich Music Format (.rmf) (Web Design in a Nutshell)
Beck, Kent: 19.2.4. Fixing Bugs (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
:before pseudo-element: 10.2.3.5. Miscellaneous pseudo-elements and pseudo-classes (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
generated content: 10.4. Generated Content (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
Beggs, Josh: 1.9.2. Timing loops (Designing Web Audio)
behavior attribute ( ): 12.1. Summary of Object Placement Tags (Web Design in a Nutshell)
5.5.1.2. The behavior, direction, and loop attributes (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
being visited link state: 8.3.4.1. Hyperlink pseudo-classes (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
below attribute ( ): 14.3.1.3. The above, below, and z-index attributes (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
bender effect: 4.2.4. Bender (Designing Web Audio)
BeOS: 8.3.4. Skins (Designing Web Audio)
8.3.5. Plug-ins (Designing Web Audio)
8.6.2.1. An easier way? (Designing Web Audio)
Beyer dynamic microphone: 3.1.1.2. Dynamic microphones (Designing Web Audio)
bgcolor attribute: B. List of Attributes (Web Design in a Nutshell)
5.3.1.1. The bgcolor attribute (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
5.3.1.9. Mixing and matching body attributes (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
5.5.1.3. The bgcolor attribute (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
10.2.1.2. The bgcolor and background attributes (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
10.2.3.3. The bgcolor attribute (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
14.3.1.4. The background and bgcolor attributes (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
bgproperties attribute ( ): 9.1. Summary of Structural Tags (Web Design in a Nutshell)
5.3.1.3. The bgproperties attribute (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
BGSOUND tag: 1.3. Two easy ways to add sound (Designing Web Audio)
MIDI: 10.2. Adding MIDI to your web pages (Designing Web Audio)
bi-directional override: 7.2.2. Directionality (Web Design in a Nutshell)
Bias (Peak): 24.3.2.2. Mac audio tools (Web Design in a Nutshell)
bibliographic citations: 4.4.3. The <cite> Tag (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
bidirectional microphones: 3.1.1.5. Directionality and pick-up patterns (Designing Web Audio)
binary files: 1.2.2. The Flow of Information (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
binary mode, transferring files: 4.4.1. The FTP Process (Web Design in a Nutshell)
WAP: 32.1.2. How WAP Works (Web Design in a Nutshell)
binary numbers and bitwise operators: 15.2. Bitwise Programming (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
binary operators: 5.1.2. Number of Operands (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
bird calls, recording: 3.2.2.3. Capturing ambient sounds (Designing Web Audio)
bit-depth: 2.2. Digital audio demystified (Designing Web Audio)
BitHeadz: 10.1.1. Advantages to using the MIDI format (Designing Web Audio)
bitrate: 8.2.1. MP3 technical details (Designing Web Audio)
constant: 8.4.1. Encoding MP3 files (Designing Web Audio)
encoding: 8.4.1. Encoding MP3 files (Designing Web Audio)
for RealSystem G2: 7. Designing Multimedia Presentations with SMIL and RealSystem G2 (Designing Web Audio)
quality-to-file-size ratio: 8. Playing, Serving, and Streaming MP3 (Designing Web Audio)
8.4.2.3. 128 Kbps Internet standard (Designing Web Audio)
variable: 8.4.1. Encoding MP3 files (Designing Web Audio)
bits (binary digits): 15.2. Bitwise Programming (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
Bitstream (font designers): 3.2.4. Embedded Fonts (Web Design in a Nutshell)
bitwise AND (&) operator: 15.2.1. Bitwise AND (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
bitwise AND assignment (&=) operator: 5.1.3. Operator Precedence (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
bitwise eXclusive OR (^) operator: 15.2.3. Bitwise XOR (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
bitwise left shift assignment (<<=) operator: 5.1.3. Operator Precedence (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
bitwise left shift (<<) operator: 15.2.5.3. Left shift (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
bitwise NOT (~) operator: 15.2.4. Bitwise NOT (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
bitwise operators: 15.2. Bitwise Programming (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
real-life operations: 15.2.6. Bitwise Operations Applied (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
vs. logical operators: 5.11.1. The Bitwise Operators (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
bitwise OR (|) operator: 15.2.2. Bitwise OR (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
bitwise OR assignment (|=) operator: 5.1.3. Operator Precedence (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
bitwise shift operators: 15.2.5. The Bitwise Shift Operators (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
bitwise signed right shift assignment (>>=) operator: 5.1.3. Operator Precedence (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
bitwise signed right shift (>>) operator: 15.2.5.1. Signed right shift (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
bitwise unsigned right shift assignment (>>>=) operator: 5.1.3. Operator Precedence (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
bitwise unsigned right shift (>>>) operator: 15.2.5.2. Unsigned right shift (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
bitwise XOR (^) operator: 15.2.3. Bitwise XOR (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
bitwise XOR assignment (^=) operator: 5.1.3. Operator Precedence (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
black and white, designing for: 2.4. Monitor Color Issues (Web Design in a Nutshell)
2.4. Monitor Color Issues (Web Design in a Nutshell)
(see also grayscale)
blank keyframes, adding: 1.3.7. Building the Quiz End (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
blank lines (see paragraphs)
blank space around elements (see margins)
_blank target ( ): 11.5. Targeting Windows (Web Design in a Nutshell)
14.5.2. Reserved target names (Web Design in a Nutshell)
blenders, color: 22.4. Color Blenders (Web Design in a Nutshell)
blind carbon copy (bcc) field, mail messages: 6.2.8.1. Defining mail header fields (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
blinking text: 4.1.6. Text Decoration (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
8.4.5.4. The text-decoration property (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
block items: 8.4.8.1. The display property (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
block-level elements: 2.9. Classification of Elements (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
8.2. Block-Level Elements (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
10.2.1. Paragraphs and Line Breaks (Web Design in a Nutshell)
auto value: 8.2.2.2. Using auto (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
collapsing vertical margins: 8.2.1.2. Collapsing vertical margins (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
floated elements and[block level elements
floated elements and: 8.3. Floated Elements (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
height: 8.2.1.1. Height (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
horizontal formatting: 8.2.2. Horizontal Formatting (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
horizontal properties: 8.2.2.1. Horizontal properties (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
list items: 8.2.3. List Items (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
margins and, caution with: 7.3.6. Negative Margin Values (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
negative margins: 8.2.2.4. Negative margins (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
replaced: 8.2.4. Block-Level Replaced Elements (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
vertical formatting: 8.2.1. Vertical Formatting (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
block quotes: 4.8. Block Quotes (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
tags: 4.8.1. The <blockquote> Tag (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
4.8.2. The <q> Tag (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
blocks of whitespace: 14.1.1.3. Creating blocks of space (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
blueprints: 8.4. High-Level Architecture Blueprints (Information Architecture for the World Wide Web)
9.1. Detailed Architecture Blueprints (Information Architecture for the World Wide Web)
9.5. Architecture Style Guides (Information Architecture for the World Wide Web)
blurring (see antialiasing)
BMI, license agreement information: 8.6.2.2. Complying with copyright laws (Designing Web Audio)
.bmp (bitmap) files: 8.3.4.1. Skin-making tutorial (Designing Web Audio)
boards, mixing: 3.1.3. Mixers (Designing Web Audio)
Bobby validator: 6.1.3. The Techniques (Web Design in a Nutshell)
BODY attributes: 2.4.1. Pseudo-Class Selectors (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
replacing with color property: 6.1.1.1. BODY attributes (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
body content: 2.4. HTML Skeleton (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
3.8.1. The <body> Tag (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
margins for: 5.3.1.6. The leftmargin attribute (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
boilerplate HTML documents: 17.1.2. Boilerplate Documents (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
uses of and tags in: 3.9.2. Using Editorial Markup (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
bold tag (see tag)
bold text: 5.2.2. Getting Bolder (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
preserving with Netscape Navigator 4.x: 11.2.7. Preserving Boldness (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
setting color: 6.1.1. Foreground Colors (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
bold text (HTML support in text fields): 18.5.1. <B> (Bold) (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
boldface text: 4.5.1. The <b> Tag (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
8.4.3.7. The font-weight property (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
boldness, text: 17.5.1. Type-Related Properties (Web Design in a Nutshell)
bookmarks, frames and: 14.2.2. Disadvantages (Web Design in a Nutshell)
Boolean class: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
Boolean datatype: 3.2.1. The ActionScript Datatypes (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
4.7. The Boolean Type (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
converting
datatypes to: 3.4.1. Automatic Type Conversion (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
3.4.2.7. Converting to a Boolean (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
7.1. The if Statement (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
values to: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
equality rules for: 5.4.1. Primitive Datatype Equality (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
Boolean( ) global function: 3.4.2.7. Converting to a Boolean (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
boolean keyword (potential reserved word): 14.4. Reserved Words (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
Boolean logical operators (see logical operators)
Boolean values
comparison operators and: 4.6.2.2. Character order and alphabetic comparisons (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
4.7. The Boolean Type (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
equality/inequality operators and: operators (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide) 4.6.2.1. Using the equality (==) and inequality (!=)
Boolean.toString( ): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
Boolean.valueOf( ): 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
border attribute: B. List of Attributes (Web Design in a Nutshell)
5.2.6.8. The border attribute (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
9.5.4.3. Custom image buttons (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
10.2.1.3. The border attribute (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
10.2.1.8. Combining border, cellspacing, and cellpadding attributes (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
12.2.1.7. The align, class, border, height, hspace, style, vspace, and width attributes (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
12.2.4.1. The align, border, height, width, hspace, and vspace attributes (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
border-bottom property: 7.4.4. Shorthand Border Properties (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
border-bottom property (CSS): 17.5.2. Box Properties (Web Design in a Nutshell)
border-bottom-width property: 7.4.2. Border Widths (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
border-bottom-width property (CSS): 17.5.2. Box Properties (Web Design in a Nutshell)
border-color property: 6.1.1.2. Affecting borders (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
7.4.3. Border Colors (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
8.4.6.3. The border-color property (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
border colors for frames: 14.4.1.3. Border color (Web Design in a Nutshell)
border-left property: 7.4.4. Shorthand Border Properties (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
border-left property (CSS): 17.5.2. Box Properties (Web Design in a Nutshell)
border-left-width property: 7.4.2. Border Widths (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
border-left-width property (CSS): 17.5.2. Box Properties (Web Design in a Nutshell)
border property: 7.4.4.1. Setting borders as quickly as possible (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
border-right property: 7.4.4. Shorthand Border Properties (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
border-right property (CSS): 17.5.2. Box Properties (Web Design in a Nutshell)
border-right-width property: 7.4.2. Border Widths (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
border-right-width property (CSS): 17.5.2. Box Properties (Web Design in a Nutshell)
border-style property: 8.4.6.5. The border-style property (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
border-style property[border style property: 7.4.1. Borders with Style (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
border-top property: 7.4.4. Shorthand Border Properties (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
border-top property (CSS): 17.5.2. Box Properties (Web Design in a Nutshell)
border-top-width property: 7.4.2. Border Widths (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
border-top-width property (CSS): 17.5.2. Box Properties (Web Design in a Nutshell)
border-width property: 7.4.2. Border Widths (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
8.4.6.4. The border-width property (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
Border/Bg option for text fields: 18.3.3. Border/Bg (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
bordercolor, bordercolordark, bordercolorlight attributes: 10.2.1.5. The bordercolor, bordercolorlight, and bordercolordark attributes (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
10.2.3.4. The bordercolor, bordercolorlight, and bordercolordark attributes (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
11.4.1.6. The frameborder and bordercolor attributes (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
10.2.1.5. The bordercolor, bordercolorlight, and bordercolordark attributes (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
10.2.3.4. The bordercolor, bordercolorlight, and bordercolordark attributes (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
borders: 7.4. Borders (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
color: 7.4.3. Border Colors (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
replication: 7.4.3. Border Colors (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
setting: 6.1.1.2. Affecting borders (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
colors: 8.4.6.3. The border-color property (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
frame: 11.3.1.2. Controlling frame borders and spacing (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
11.4.1.6. The frameborder and bordercolor attributes (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
frames: 14.4.1. Frame Borders and Spacing (Web Design in a Nutshell)
image buttons (forms): 9.5.4.3. Custom image buttons (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
images: 5.2.6.8. The border attribute (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
6.3.1.2. The href attribute (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
inline elements and: 7.4.5. Borders and Inline Elements (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
multiple styles: 7.4.1.1. Multiple styles (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
new properties with CSS2: 10.6. Borders (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
size: 8.4.6.4. The border-width property (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
style properties for: 8.4.6.2. The border properties (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
shorthand properties for complex: 8.4.6.6. Borders in shorthand (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
style sheet properties for: 17.5.2. Box Properties (Web Design in a Nutshell)
tables: 10.2.1.3. The border attribute (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
10.2.3.4. The bordercolor, bordercolorlight, and bordercolordark attributes (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
10.2.4.9. The bordercolor, bordercolorlight, and bordercolordark attributes (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
13.4.1. Borders, Frames, and Rules (Web Design in a Nutshell)
width: 7.4.2. Border Widths (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
for individual sides: 7.4.2. Border Widths (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
keywords for: 7.4.2. Border Widths (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
none, setting to: 7.4.2.1. No border at all (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
replication: 7.4.2. Border Widths (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
bottom property: 9.1.2. Side Offsets (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
bottom-up organization approach: 3.2.2.4. The relational database model: A bottom-up approach (Information Architecture for the World Wide Web)
bottom value: 2.8.1. Inline Images (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
5.2.6.4. The align attribute (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
5.2.6.4. The align attribute (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
(see also alignment)
bottom value (align): 12.3.4. Vertical Alignment (Web Design in a Nutshell)
boundary string: 13.3.1. The Multipart/Mixed Media Type (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
bounding boxes, determining: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
Boutell, Thomas: 11.6.1.1. Available tools (Web Design in a Nutshell)
21.1. The PNG Story (Web Design in a Nutshell)
box properties: 7.4.5. Borders and Inline Elements (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
7.4.6. Borders: Known Issues (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
adding to
inline elements: 8.4.2.2. Adding box properties (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
inline replaced elements: 8.4.4.1. Adding box properties (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
box properties (style sheets): 17.5.2. Box Properties (Web Design in a Nutshell)
box rules (example): 13.7.4. Creating a Box Rule (Web Design in a Nutshell)
box style properties: 8.4.6. Box Properties (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
BoxTop Software
GIFmation: 23.5. Creating Animated GIFs (Web Design in a Nutshell)
23.5. Creating Animated GIFs (Web Design in a Nutshell)
PhotoGIF: 19.5. Tools Overview (Web Design in a Nutshell)
ProJPEG utility: 20.5. Creating JPEGs (Web Design in a Nutshell)
20.6.2. "Optimized" JPEGs (Web Design in a Nutshell)
<br> tag, vertical vs.: 14.1.1.2. Creating vertical space (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
Braille (see accessibility)
braille media type, connecting style sheets and HTML: 5.3.2. Connecting the Style Sheets and HTML (Web Design in a Nutshell)
braille value (style media): 8.1.2.2. The media attribute (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
brainstorming site design: 8.1. Brainstorming with White Boards and Flip Charts (Information Architecture for the World Wide Web)
branching logic and logical operators: 5.7. The Logical Operators (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
breadth, hierarchy: 3.2.2.2. Designing hierarchies (Information Architecture for the World Wide Web)
break statement: 6.3. The ActionScript Statements (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
8.6.1. The break Statement (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
brightness, display: 2.4. Monitor Color Issues (Web Design in a Nutshell)
21.6.2. Gamma Correction (Web Design in a Nutshell)
brightness, setting with a Color object: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
Broadcast.com: 5.3.7. Server performance and software quality (Designing Web Audio)
broadcasting
through firewalls: 6.4.1. Broadcasting through firewalls (Designing Web Audio)
intranets: 6.4.1. Broadcasting through firewalls (Designing Web Audio)
large-scale: 5.3.7. Server performance and software quality (Designing Web Audio)
browser navigation features: 4.1. Browser Navigation Features (Information Architecture for the World Wide Web)
Browser Watch site: 1.2.1.3. General statistics listings (Web Design in a Nutshell)
browsers (see web browsers)
appearance and: 10.5. Adapting to the Environment (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
background images and: 6.2.1. Background Images (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
background property and: 6.2.6. Bringing It All Together (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
backward accessibility for: 1.4.4. Actual Styles (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
client-pull, meta tags for: 9.4.1.1. Meta tags for client-pull (Web Design in a Nutshell)
color name support: 16.2.2. Color Name Cautions (Web Design in a Nutshell)
colors on the Web: 3.3. Color on the Web (Web Design in a Nutshell)
compatibility: 5.3.2. Browser compatibility (Designing Web Audio)
cursor shape: 10.5.1. Cursors (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
designing for: 1. Designing for a Variety of Browsers (Web Design in a Nutshell)
print designers and: 3.1.1. Designing for the Unknown (Web Design in a Nutshell)
strategies: 1.3. Design Strategies (Web Design in a Nutshell)
determining type and version: 17.1.3. Strategies for Using Style Sheets Today (Web Design in a Nutshell)
DHTML, detecting with: 29.6. Browser Detection (Web Design in a Nutshell)
environment and: 10.5. Adapting to the Environment (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
feature overview: 1.2.3. Browser Features (Web Design in a Nutshell)
GIF animation support: 23.3. Browser Support (Web Design in a Nutshell)
ignoring information: 8.3. Information Browsers Ignore (Web Design in a Nutshell)
important rules and: 2.7.2. Importance (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
inheritance and: 2.6.1. Limitations of Inheritance (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
JavaScript errors: 6.4.2.2. Note of caution (Designing Web Audio)
JavaScript, handling multiple with: 28.4. Handling Multiple Browsers (Web Design in a Nutshell)
list of: 1.1.1. The "Big Two" (Web Design in a Nutshell)
Òlive space,Ó considering: 2.1.2. "Live" Space in the Browser Window (Web Design in a Nutshell)
margins, adjusting: 9.3.3. Adjusting Browser Margins (Web Design in a Nutshell)
negative background positions and: 6.2.3.3. Length values (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
negative margins, support for: 7.3.6. Negative Margin Values (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
negative padding and: 7.5. Padding (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
objects, centering in window: 13.7.2. Centering an Object in the Browser Window (Web Design in a Nutshell)
PNG support: 21.3. Platform/Browser Support (Web Design in a Nutshell)
points/pixels, treatment of: 5.3.5. Using Length Units (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
print mechanisms: 5.1. Browser Print Mechanisms (Web Design in a Nutshell)
proprietary HTML tags: D. Proprietary Tags (Web Design in a Nutshell)
speech-synthesis: 1.1.1. What a Mess (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
1.1.1. What a Mess (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
10.8.2. The Spoken Word (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
status bar text: 11.4.5. Changing Status Bar Text with JavaScript (Web Design in a Nutshell)
style sheet support: 17.1.2. Disadvantages (Web Design in a Nutshell)
text justification and: 4.1.1.2. Aligning text (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
typography: 3.2. Typography on the Web (Web Design in a Nutshell)
underlining, turning off in: 4.1.6.1. Weird decorations (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
usage statistics: 1.2. Browser Usage Statistics (Web Design in a Nutshell)
trends: 1.2.2. Current Browser Usage Trends (Web Design in a Nutshell)
WAP: 32.2.2. WAP Browsers (Web Design in a Nutshell)
Web Palette and: 3.3.2. Color in Browsers ( The Web Palette) (Web Design in a Nutshell)
whitespace, handling in: 4.1.1.3. Handling whitespace (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
window resizing and page size: 2.2. Fixed Versus Flexible Web Page Design (Web Design in a Nutshell)
browsers, web (see web browsers)
browsing (see navigation)
buffer space (see margins)
bugs (see debugging)
in HTML extensions: 1.6.3. Beyond Extensions: Exploiting Bugs (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
height/width attributes: 5.2.6.12. Problems with height and width (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
multiple tags: 1.6.3. Beyond Extensions: Exploiting Bugs (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
built-in classes: 12.6.1. Built-in Classes (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
20.3. Built-in Classes and Objects (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
attaching event handlers to: 10.6.2. Attaching Event Handlers to Other Objects (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
10.16. Dynamic Movie Clip Event Handlers (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
event handler scope: 10.7.3. Other Object Event Handler Scope (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
built-in functions: 1.2.4.1. Built-in functions (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
1.2.4.1. Built-in functions (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
20.1. Global Functions (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
mathematical: 4.4.2. Built-in Mathematical Functions (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
built-in movie clip
methods: 13.8.3. Built-in Movie Clip Methods (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
properties: 13.7. Built-in Movie Clip Properties (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
built-in objects: 12.6.2. Built-in Objects (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
20.3. Built-in Classes and Objects (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
for-in loops and: 8.5. The for-in Loop (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
bulleted (unordered) lists: 7.1. Unordered Lists (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
bullet shape: 7.3.1.1. The type attribute (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
custom bullets: 17.3. Custom Bullets (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
list marker style properties: 8.4.7.1. The list-style-image property (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
nesting: 7.4.1. Nested Unordered Lists (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
bullets: 7.7. Lists (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
8.2.3. List Items (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
fallback for: 7.7.2. List Item Images (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
images used as: 7.7.2. List Item Images (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
position of: 7.7.3. List Item Positions (Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide)
bullets (lists): 10.6.1.1. Changing the bullet shape (Web Design in a Nutshell)
CSS properties: 17.5.4. Classification Properties (Web Design in a Nutshell)
Burns, Martin: 15.6.3. Working with Menus (Web Design in a Nutshell)
button event handlers: 16.3. Adding Scripts to Buttons (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
button events for: 10.8. Button Events (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
defining: 10.5. Event Handler Syntax (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
scope rules: 10.7.2. Button Event Handler Scope (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
button events: 10.8. Button Events (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
dragOut: 10.8.6. dragOut (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
dragOver: 10.8.7. dragOver (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
press: 10.8.1. press (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
release: 10.8.2. release (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
releaseOutside: 10.8.3. releaseOutside (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
rollOut: 10.8.5. rollOut (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
rollOver: 10.8.4. rollOver (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
simulating dynamic event handling: 10.16. Dynamic Movie Clip Event Handlers (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
button rollovers: 1.4. Adding sound effects (Designing Web Audio)
button sounds
length: 1.8. Interactive sound effects and buttons (Designing Web Audio)
mistakes: 1.7.1. Easy-to-use narration (Designing Web Audio)
multitrack digital editor, creating with: 1.8. Interactive sound effects and buttons (Designing Web Audio)
buttons
adding code to: 1.3.6. Scripting the Answer Buttons (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
adding scripts to: 16.3. Adding Scripts to Buttons (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
attaching event handlers to: 10.6.1. Attaching Event Handlers to Buttons and Movie Clips (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
form action buttons: 9.5.4. Action Buttons (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
hit areas of: 10.8. Button Events (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
mouse (see event attributes Javascript language)
radio buttons: 9.5.3. Radio Buttons (HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide)
toggling yellow highlight rectangle: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
buttons, JavaScript-enabled: 11.6.4.2. Rollover buttons (Web Design in a Nutshell)
buttons on forms
tags for: 15.1. Summary of Form Tags (Web Design in a Nutshell)
Appendix A. HTML Elements (Web Design in a Nutshell)
checkboxes: 15.1. Summary of Form Tags (Web Design in a Nutshell)
15.4.1.4. Checkbox (type=checkbox) (Web Design in a Nutshell)
custom: 15.1. Summary of Form Tags (Web Design in a Nutshell)
15.4.1.7. Custom button (type=button) (Web Design in a Nutshell)
image: 15.4.1.8. Image button (type=image) (Web Design in a Nutshell)
radio: 15.1. Summary of Form Tags (Web Design in a Nutshell)
15.4.1.5. Radio button (type=radio) (Web Design in a Nutshell)
submit and reset: 15.1. Summary of Form Tags (Web Design in a Nutshell)
15.4.1.6. Submit and reset buttons (type=submit; type=reset) (Web Design in a Nutshell)
byte keyword (potential reserved word): 14.4. Reserved Words (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
bytes
checking number downloaded to Player: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
checking size of clips or movies in: 20.5. Alphabetical Language Reference (ActionScript: The Definitive Guide)
byteserving, linking to PDF files: 5.4.3.2. Linking to a specific page in a PDF file (Web Design in a Nutshell)

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