Description

Web Design Playground takes you step by step from writing your first line of HTML to creating interesting and attractive web pages. In this project-based book, you’ll use a custom online workspace, the book’s companion Playground, to design websites, product pages, photo galleries, and more.

About the Technology

How do top designers learn to create beautiful web pages and intuitive user experiences? Great examples, expert mentoring, and lots of practice! Written by web designer and master teacher Paul McFedries, this unique book shapes and sharpens your skills in HTML, CSS, and web page design.

About the Technology

How do top designers learn to create beautiful web pages and intuitive user experiences? Great examples, expert mentoring, and lots of practice! Written by web designer and master teacher Paul McFedries, this unique book shapes and sharpens your skills in HTML, CSS, and web page design.

About the Book

Web Design Playground takes you step by step from writing your first line of HTML to creating interesting, attractive web pages. In this project-based book, you’ll use a custom online workspace to design websites, product pages, photo galleries, and more. Don’t worry about setting up your own servers and domain names—the book comes with a free “playground” which lets you experiment without any of that! You can concentrate on core skills like adding images and video and laying out the page, plus learning typography, responsive design, and the other tools of the web trade.

What’s inside

• Getting started with HTML, CSS, and web design

• A free, fully interactive web design workspace

• Working with images, color, and fonts

• Full-color illustrations throughout

About the Reader

If you can use a browser, you’re ready to create web pages!

About the Author

Paul McFedries has written nearly 100 books, which have sold over four million copies world-wide.

Table of Contents

1. PART 1 – GETTING STARTED WITH HTML AND CSS

2. Getting to Know HTML and CSS

3. Building Your First Web Page

4. Adding Structure to Your Page

5. Formatting Your Web Page

6. Project: Creating a Personal Home Page

7. PART 2 – WORKING WITH IMAGES AND STYLES

8. Adding Images and Other Media

9. Learning More About Styles

10. Floating and Positioning Elements

11. Styling Sizes, Borders, and Margins

12. Project: Creating a Landing Page

13. PART 3 – LAYING OUT A WEB PAGE

14. Learning Page Layout Basics

15. Creating Page Layouts with Flexbox

16. Designing Responsive Web Pages

17. Making Your Images and Typography Responsive

18. Project: Creating a Photo Gallery

19. PART 4 – MAKING YOUR WEB PAGES SHINE

20. More HTML Elements for Web Designers

21. Adding a Splash of Color to Your Web Designs

22. Enhancing Page Text with Typography

23. Learning Advanced CSS Selectors

24. Project: Creating a Portfolio Page

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