Beginning HTML5 and CSS3 For Dummies

Introduction

Anyone can create or edit web pages. Crafting such pages doesn’t require an especially high IQ or an advanced degree. Creating or editing web pages simply requires a desire to learn and enough gumption to see the process through to its natural end — a page visible on the web.

In this book, we reveal the ins and outs of the markup languages that are the web’s lifeblood — the HyperText Markup Language (HTML) used to capture text, graphics, and other content, and the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) language used to make web pages look good wherever they appear. Because HTML and CSS are basic building blocks for creating web pages, knowing how to use them adds you to the fold of web authors and content developers.

If you’ve tried to build your own web pages but found it too daunting, it’s okay to relax now. If you can dial a telephone or find your keys in the morning, you too can create web pages. No kidding!

This book keeps the technobabble to a minimum and sticks with plain English whenever possible. Besides plain talk about hypertext, HTML, and the web, we include lots of examples, plus tag-by-tag instructions to help you build web pages with minimal fuss and bother. We also provide examples about what to do with your web pages after you’ve built them, so you can publish them online. We explain the differences between various flavors of HTML (HTML4, HTML5, and even something called XHTML) so you can pick the style that works best for you. Spoiler alert: We think you ...