HTML5 & CSS3 Visual QuickStart Guide

by Castro, Elizabeth; Hyslop, Bruce

• ISBN13: 9780321719614
• ISBN10: 0321719611
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-12-21
• Publisher: Peachpit Press

Summary

Need to learn HTML5 fast? This best-selling reference's visual format and step-by-step, task-based instructions will have you up and running with HTML in no time. In this completely updated edition of our best-selling guide to HTML, authors Elizabeth Castro and Bruce Hyslop use crystal-clear instructions and friendly prose to introduce you to all of today's HTML5 and CSS essentials. You'll learn how to design, structure, and format your website. You'll learn about the new elements and form input types in HTML5. You'll create and use images, links, styles, lists, tables, frames, and forms; and you'll add video, audio, and other multimedia to your site. You'll learn how to add visual effects with CSS3. You'll understand web standards and learn from code examples that reflect today's best practices. Finally, you will test and debug your site, and publish it to the web. Throughout the book, the authors will cover all of HTML and offer extensive coverage of HTML5 and CSS techniques.

Author Biography

Bruce Hyslop began developing for the Web in 1997 and focuses on interface technical architecture, development, usability, accessibility, and advocating best practices. He is the author of The HTML Pocket Guide (Peachpit Press, 2010), a thorough discussion and reference of all HTML elements (HTML5 and prior). Bruce also teaches a CSS course at UCLA Extension and occasionally speaks on matters regarding front-end development. Over the years, he has overseen front-end teams or been a developer for more than 150 projects, including those for ABC, BBC, Disney, Logitech, Microsoft, NBC Universal, Nokia, Target, Toyota, and Yahoo!, among others.

Bruce is an independent developer and consultant to agencies, start-ups, and others, previously having spent a decade in the digital agency world. Formerly, he was the senior director of the Interface Engineering Group (IEG) at Schematic, where he oversaw company-wide efforts to define and implement best practices regarding HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and accessibility wherever they may be applied: the browser, desktop, mobile devices, and emerging platforms.

Bruce was an early adopter of Web standards. At a previous agency in the early 2000s, he lead companies such as Baskin-Robbins and Pacific Gas & Electric into the fray of modern client-side practices while managing development between offices in Los Angeles, China, and New York.

Table of Contents

 Introduction
Chapter 1: Web Page Building Blocks
Chapter 2: Working with Web Page Files
Chapter 3: Basic HTML Structure
Chapter 4: Text
Chapter 5: Images
Chapter 6: Links
Chapter 7: CSS Building Blocks
Chapter 8: Working with Style Sheets
Chapter 9: Defining Selectors
Chapter 10: Formatting Text with Styles
Chapter 11: Layout with Styles
Chapter 12: Style Sheets for Mobile to Desktop
Chapter 13: Working with Web Fonts
Chapter 14: Enhancements with CSS3
Chapter 15: Lists
Chapter 16: Forms
Chapter 17: Video, Audio, and Other Multimedia
Chapter 18: Tables
Chapter 19: Working with Scripts
Chapter 20: Testing & Debugging Web Pages
Chapter 21: Publishing Your Pages on the Web
Index