Thoroughly revised and updated with examples rewritten to conform to
HTML5, CSS3, and contemporary web development practices, this
easy-to-understand, step-by-step tutorial helps you quickly master the
basics of HTML and CSS before moving on to more advanced topics such as
graphics, video, and interactivity with JavaScript and jQuery.
In just one hour a day, you'll learn the skills you need to design,
create, and maintain a professional-looking website.
- No previous experience required. By following each short, one-hour
lesson in this book, anyone can learn the basics of web development.
- Learn at your own pace. You can work through each lesson
sequentially to make sure you thoroughly understand all the concepts
and methodologies, or you can focus on specific lessons to learn the
techniques that interest you most.
- Test your knowledge. Each lesson ends with a Workshop section
filled with questions, answers, and exercises for further study.
Learn how to...
- Fully implement the HTML5 and CSS3 standards
- Work with text and create links
- Add images and graphics to your page
- Use CSS to style a site and position elements on a page
- Structure a page with HTML5
- Use responsive web design to make your pages look good on
different-sized screens
- Use JavaScript to add dynamic elements and interactivity on your pages
- Leverage jQuery to add JavaScript features to your pages
- Design for the mobile web
- Get your site online and let people know it's there
- Optimize your site for search engines
Contents at a Glance
PART I: Getting Started 1 What Is Web Publishing 2 Getting Your
Tools in Order 3 Introducing HTML and CSS
PART II: Creating Web Pages 4 Learning the Basics of HTML 5
Organizing Information with Lists 6 Working with Links
PART III: Doing More with HTML and CSS 7 Formatting Text with HTML
and CSS 8 Using CSS to Style a Site 9 Using Images on Your Web Pages 10
Building Tables 11 Using CSS to Position Elements on a Page 12 Designing
Forms 13 Structuring a Page with HTML5 14 Integrating Multimedia: Video
and Sound 15 Advanced CSS: Page Layout in CSS 16 Using Responsive Web
Design
PART IV: Using JavaScript and jQuery 17 Introducing JavaScript 18
Using jQuery 19 Using JavaScript in Your Pages 20 Working with Frames
and Linked Windows
PART V: Designing for Everyone 21 Designing for the Mobile Web 22
Designing for User Experience
PART VI: Going Live on the Web 23 How to Publish Your Site 24 Taking
Advantage of the Server 25 Search Engines and SEO
