Table Of Content1.Websites: the beginning 2.Text Elements 3.Links and Objects 4.Tables 5.CSS Introduction 6.HTML & CSS Attributes 7.CSS: Text and Colors 8.Box Model 9.Float, Position, and Display 10.Page Layout 11.Navigation Styles 12.HTML Forms -- April 13.Sketching to Coding (the Design Process) 14.Looking Ahead: Interactive Design 15.Extra: HTML and CSS Validation 16.Extra: File Transfer Protocol (FTP) <div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: norma
SynopsisIf you are a beginner who needs a solid grounding in the best practices for creating websites, this book is for you. Written by innovative curriculum developer and university web instructor Thomas Michaud, this book provides an accessible yet comprehensive look at web design and front-end coding, covering HTML, CSS, design principles and more. You'll learn HTML semantics, structure, and validation, and how to separate content from design using CSS (levels 1, 2, and 3). Online videos and code examples let you follow along and practice with the code. Some of the other things you'll learn about include: - text elements, links, objects, and tables - using the box model for background images, padding, borders, and margins - fixed vs. liquid page layout - choosing between different navigation models - creating and styling forms - interactive design with JavaScript and jQuery Foundations of Web Design is an indispensable resource to quickly take you from sketching to coding., The book is an introduction to the basic principles of web design, and also serves as a curriculum guide for teachers developing a course in the basics of HTML and CSS. Readers will work through a semester project (covering 9 separate assignments), a midterm project (call-to-action site), and a final project (a website portfolio). Students will learn about HTML semantics, structure, and validation and how to separate content from design using CSS., If you are a beginner who needs a solid grounding in the best practices for creating websites, this book is for you. Written by innovative curriculum developer and university web instructor Thomas Michaud, this book provides an accessible yet comprehensive look at web design and front-end coding, covering HTML, CSS, design principles and more. You'll learn HTML semantics, structure, and validation, and how to separate content from design using CSS (levels 1, 2, and 3). Online videos and code examples let you follow along and practice with the code. Some of the other things you'll learn about include: * text elements, links, objects, and tables * using the box model for background images, padding, borders, and margins * fixed vs. liquid page layout * choosing between different navigation models * creating and styling forms * interactive design with JavaScript and jQuery Foundations of Web Design is an indispensable resource to quickly take you from sketching to coding.