Your full-color, friendly guide to getting started with HTML5 and CSS3! HTML and CSS are essential tools for creating dynamic websites and help make your websites even more effective and unique. This friendly-but-straightforward guide gets you started with the basics of the latest versions of HTML and CSS: HTML5 and CSS3. Introducing you to the syntax and structure of the languages, this helpful guide shows you how to create and view a web page, explains ideal usage of HTML5 and CSS3, walks you through the CSS3 rules and style sheets, addresses common mistakes and explains how to fix them, and explores interesting HTML5 tools. Serves as an ideal introduction to HTML5 and CSS3 for beginners with little to no web development experience Details the capabilities of HTML5 and CSS3 and how to use both to create responsive, practical, and well-designed websites Helps you understand how HTML5 and CSS3 are the foundation upon which hundreds of millions of web pages are built Features full-color illustrations to enhance your learning process Beginning HTML5 and CSS3 For Dummies is the perfect first step for getting started with the fundamentals of web development and design.

Your full-color, friendly guide to getting started with HTML5and CSS3!HTML and CSS are essential tools for creating dynamic websitesand help make your websites even more effective and unique. Thisfriendly-but-straightforward guide gets you started with the basicsof the latest versions of HTML and CSS: HTML5 and CSS3. Introducingyou to the syntax and structure of the languages, this helpfulguide shows you how to create and view a web page, explains idealusage of HTML5 and CSS3, walks you through the CSS3 rules and stylesheets, addresses common mistakes and explains how to fix them, andexplores interesting HTML5 tools.* Serves as an ideal introduction to HTML5 and CSS3 for beginnerswith little to no web development experience* Details the capabilities of HTML5 and CSS3 and how to use bothto create responsive, practical, and well-designed websites* Helps you understand how HTML5 and CSS3 are the foundation uponwhich hundreds of millions of web pages are built* Features full-color illustrations to enhance your learningprocessBeginning HTML5 and CSS3 For Dummies is the perfect firststep for getting started with the fundamentals of web developmentand design.

Introduction 1About this Book 2Foolish Assumptions 3Icons Used in This Book 4Beyond the Book 4Where to Go from Here 5Part I: Getting Started with HTML and CSS on the Web 7Chapter 1: An Overview of HTML and CSS on the Web 9Chapter 2: Meeting the Structure and Components of HTML 25Chapter 3: Creating and Viewing a Web Page 37Part II: Getting the Structure and Text Right 51Chapter 4: HTML Documents Need Good Structure 53Chapter 5: Text and Lists 63Chapter 6: Tip-Top Tables in HTML 81Chapter 7: Working with Forms in HTML 97Part III: Adding Links, Images, and Other Media 123Chapter 8: Getting Hyper with Links in HTML 125Chapter 9: Working with Images in HTML 139Chapter 10: Managing Media and More in HTML 153Part IV: Adopting CSS Style 169Chapter 11: Advantages of Style Sheets 171Chapter 12: CSS Structure and Syntax 191Chapter 13: Using Different Kinds of Style Sheets 207Part V: Enhancing Your Pages' Look and Feel 215Chapter 14: Managing Layout and Positioning 217Chapter 15: Building with Boxes, Borders, and Buttons 233Chapter 16: Using Colors and Backgrounds 251Chapter 17: Web Typography 261Chapter 18: CSS Text and Shadow Effects 281Chapter 19: Multimedia and Animation with CSS 291Part VI: The Part of Tens 305Chapter 20: Ten Keys to Mobile Web Design 307Chapter 21: Ten HTML Do's and Don'ts 317Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Kill Web Bugs Dead 325Chapter 23: Ten Cool HTML Tools and Technologies 333Part VII: Appendixes 343Appendix A: Twitterati 345Appendix B: About the Dummies HTML Site 349Index 357