Your full-color, friendly guide to getting started with HTML5 and CSS3!
HTML and CSS are essential tools for creating dynamic websites and help make your websites even more effective and unique. This friendly-but-straightforward guide gets you started with the basics of the latest versions of HTML and CSS: HTML5 and CSS3. Introducing you to the syntax and structure of the languages, this helpful guide shows you how to create and view a web page, explains ideal usage of HTML5 and CSS3, walks you through the CSS3 rules and style sheets, addresses common mistakes and explains how to fix them, and explores interesting HTML5 tools.
- Serves as an ideal introduction to HTML5 and CSS3 for beginners with little to no web development experience
- Details the capabilities of HTML5 and CSS3 and how to use both to create responsive, practical, and well-designed websites
- Helps you understand how HTML5 and CSS3 are the foundation upon which hundreds of millions of web pages are built
- Features full-color illustrations to enhance your learning process
Beginning HTML5 and CSS3 For Dummies is the perfect first step for getting started with the fundamentals of web development and design.
Table of Contents:
Introduction 1
About this Book 2
Foolish Assumptions 3
Icons Used in This Book 4
Beyond the Book 4
Where to Go from Here 5
Part I: Getting Started with HTML and CSS on the Web 7
Chapter 1: An Overview of HTML and CSS on the Web 9
How and Where Web Pages Come to Life Online 10
HyperText 10
Content versus presentation 14
Web browsers 14
Getting to know Internet protocols 16
Understanding HTML and Its Versions 17
Different versions of HTML 17
Creating HTML markup 18
Building HTML documents 19
Understanding the Role of CSS 20
Different versions here, too 20
Creating CSS markup 21
Dissecting a Simple Markup Example 22
Where’s the HTML? 22
Where’s the CSS? 23
A partnership of equals 23
Chapter 2: Meeting the Structure and Components of HTML 25
Like Any Language: Syntax and Rules 25
Color-coding the markup 26
Breaking down the elements 27
Adding Attributes to Your HTML 29
Examining Entities in Markup 30
Non-ASCII characters 30
Character codes 31
(Special) tag characters 32
Organizing Web Pages 32
Organizing HTML text 34
Complementing and enhancing text 36
Chapter 3: Creating and Viewing a Web Page 37
Before You Get Started 37
Creating a Page from Scratch 39
Step 0: Gather your tools 39
Step 1: Planning a simple design 40
Step 2: Writing some HTML 41
Step 3: Saving your page 44
Step 4: Viewing your page 46
Editing an Existing Web Page 47
Posting Your Page Online 49
Part II: Getting the Structure and Text Right 51
Chapter 4: HTML Documents Need Good Structure 53
Establishing a Document Structure 53
HTML Document Organization Revisited 54
HTML DOCTYPE Starts Things Off 55
The
Element 56 Anatomy of the
56 Meeting the
himself 57 Handling metadata with
57 Redirecting users to another page 58
Naming your page with a
About the Author :
Ed Tittel is a 30-year veteran of the technology industry with more than 140 computing books to his credit, including the bestselling HTML For Dummies.
Chris Minnick runs Minnick Web Services. He teaches, speaks, and consults on web-related topics and has contributed to numerous books, including WebKit For Dummies.
