Description
Book SynopsisWritten as an illustrated, step-by-step guide for beginners, this book will introduce you to HTML and CSS with lab exercises and examples of code.
You''ll begin by setting up the development environment such as local web server and html editor. The next few chapters cover web servers, the basics of HTML such as language syntax, tags, and how to write a program. Next, you''ll learn how to put together simple web pages demonstrating how the code works and how to use various HTML tags and CSS to style the pages. Finally, the use of CMS to build websites such as Drupal and WordPress and how HTML and CSS fits in. At the end there are reference libraries for both HTML tags and CSS.
The Absolute Beginners Guide to HTML and CSS provides you with the tools, confidence, and inspiration to start building web pages and websites. If you are a programmer, developer or a student, or just someone who wants to learn on their own, this book is for you.
What You''ll Learn<
Table of Contents
1) What is HTML?
Structure of an HTML File
HTML Element Structure
Hypertext
Where are the HTML Files Stored?
HTML 5
What is CSS?
What is a URL?
Web Servers
Development Tools
2) Getting Started with HTML
Setting Up
Tags for Formatting Text
Headings
Paragraphs
Bold Text
Italic Text
Adding Images
Understanding Images Dimensions
Image Alignment
Adding Tables
Adding Links
Using Images as Links
Adding Lists
Unordered List
Ordered List
Creating Forms
Input Types
Text Fields
Text Area
Radio Buttons
Select Lists
Labels
Submission Method
3) Adding Multimedia
Adding Video
Adding Audio
Adding Image Maps
4) Inline HTML Styles
Adding Color
Background Color
Text Color
Fonts
5) Cascading Style Sheets
CSS Files
CSS Syntax
Type/Element Selector
Class Selector
ID Selector
Styling Text
Styling Layouts
Block vs Inline Elements
Floating & Cleared Elements
6) Adding Structure
Designing a Layout
Styling the Structure with CSS Styles
Building your Text Styles
Building the HTML Page
7)
CMS Systems What are they
How do they work
Connecting to Databases
WordPress
8) HTML Color Codes
9) HTML Tag Reference Library
Basic Structure
Text Formatting
Links
Lists
Multimedia
Tables
Forms
10) CSS Property Reference Library
11) Common Web Fonts
Web Safe Fonts
Google Fonts
12) Common Web Measurements
Relative Lengths
Absolute Lengths
