Introduction to HTML and CSS Coding: A well-designed website provides customers with information about a company, details on how to find or contact them, and the ability to make purchases and place orders. Businesses of all sizes can use websites to help drive traffic, and to reach more customers than ever before. The basis of many webpages ? a collection of webpages form a website — are the HTML and CSS computer programming languages. Learning how to use these languages, which are used to build and style the content of a webpage, is an important step to creating your own well-designed webpages.
The Introduction to HTML and CSS Coding course is intended as an introduction to using these computer programming languages ? teaching the basics of these languages, and then continuing to explore various ways to use these languages to create an effective webpage.
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Course Prerequisites
Course Overview
Course Objectives
How to Use This Book
Lesson 1: Getting Started with HTML
TOPIC A: HTML Basics
HTML – Background Information
Anatomy of an HTML Tag
Getting Started
Activity 1-1: Inspecting a Webpage
TOPIC B: Basic Webpage Elements
The Heading Tag
Paragraph and Break Tags
Basic Text Formatting Tags
Activity 1-2: Using HTML to Add Basic Elements
TOPIC C: Creating Lists
Ordered Lists
Unordered Lists
List Items
Activity 1-3: Creating an HTML List
Summary
Review Questions
Lesson 2: Doing More with HTML
TOPIC A: Images in HTML
The Image Tag
Defining an Image Source
Defining Alternative Text for the Image
Image Sizing
Activity 2-1: Adding an Image in HTML
TOPIC B: Links in HTML
Linking to Another Webpage
Internal Links
Activity 2-2: Adding a link
TOPIC C: Tables in HTML
Breakdown of a Table in HTML
Table Header Row
Table Data Rows
Activity 2-3: Creating an HTML Table
Summary
Review Questions
Lesson 3: Getting Started with CSS
TOPIC A: Basics of CSS
CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
The <style> Tag
CSS Typography and Hierarchy
Activity 3-1: Creating a Styling Area Using the <style> Tag
TOPIC B: CSS Color
Changing the Color of a Webpage Element
Color Names in CSS
RGB Color System
Hexadecimal Color System
Background Color
Activity 3-2: Adding CSS Colors in a Variety of Ways
TOPIC C: Using Additional CSS Identifiers
Using ID Names in CSS
Using Class Names in CSS
Activity 3-3: Using an ID Name for Styling
Summary
Review Questions
Lesson 4: Styling Text with CSS
TOPIC A: Font Families
What is a Font?
Using the Font-Family Property
Serif vs Sans-serif
Font Names
Additional Font Types
Font Backups
Activity 4-1: Changing the Font Family in CSS
TOPIC B: Font Size
The Font-Size Property
Pixels
EMs
Activity 4-2: Changing the Font Size of Text
TOPIC C: More CSS Text Properties
The Font-Style Property
The Font-Weight Property
The Line-Height Property
The Text-Align Property
Activity 4-3: Customizing Text Using Additional Properties
TOPIC D: Font Shorthand
CSS Shorthand
CSS Shorthand for Fonts
Activity 4-3: Using the CSS Font Shorthand in Practice
Summary
Review Questions
Lesson 5: Extended Styling Techniques using HTML and CSS
TOPIC A: Grouping Elements
What is a Grouping Element?
Inline vs Block Formatting
Activity 5-1: Using the <span> and <div> Tags to Group Webpage Elements
TOPIC B: Div Dimensions
Adjusting the Width of a Div
Adjusting the Height of a Div
Overflow
Activity 5-2: Adjusting the Style of a Div Block
TOPIC C: The CSS Box Model
The CSS Box Model
CSS Margins
CSS Borders
CSS Padding
Activity 5-3: Adjusting the Style of a Div Block
Summary
Review Questions
Lesson Labs
Lesson 1
Lesson Lab 1-1
Lesson 2
Lesson Lab 2-1
Lesson 3
Lesson Lab 3-1
Lesson 4
Lesson Lab 4-1
Lesson 5
Lesson Lab 5-1
Course Wrap-Up
Post-Course Assessment
Course Summary
Appendices
Glossary
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