Basics of Web Design
HTML5 & CSS   Fifth Edition

Basics of Web Design: HTML5 & CSS, 5th Edition

• Chapter 1: Internet and Web Basics

  This brief introduction covers the terms and concepts related to the Internet and the Web with which Web developers need to be familiar. For many students, some of this will be a review. Chapter 1 provides the base of knowledge on which the rest of the textbook is built.
  
  

• Chapter 2: HTML Basics

  As HTML5 is introduced, examples and exercises encourage students to create sample pages and gain useful experience. Students are encouraged to create sample pages as they read through the text.
  
  

• Chapter 3: Web Design Basics

  This chapter focuses on recommended web design practices. Page layout, color theory, navigation design, and best practices for text, graphics, and multimedia are introduced.
  
  

• Chapter 4: Cascading Style Sheets Basics

  The technique of using Cascading Style Sheets to configure the color and text on web pages is introduced.
  
  

• Chapter 5: Graphics & Text Styling Basics

  This chapter introduces configuring text and graphics on web pages. Topics including text size, weight and font typeface styling, types of images, image optimization, CSS borders, CSS image backgrounds, new CSS3 visual effects, and new HTML5 elements. Students are encouraged to create web pages as they read through the text.
  
  

• Chapter 6: More CSS Basics

  This chapter continues the study of CSS and introduces the box model and techniques for configuring margin, padding, and borders. In addition, CSS3 properties to configure rounded corners, box shadow, text shadow, opacity, and gradients are also featured. Centering page content with CSS is also practiced in this chapter.
  
  

• Chapter 7: Page Layout Basics

  This chapter continues the study of CSS and introduces techniques for positioning and floating web page elements, including a two-column CSS page layout.
  
  

• Chapter 8: Responsive Layout Basics

  This chapter introduces techniques used to create responsive web pages, including Media Queries, CSS Flexbox Layout, CSS Grid Layout, and Responsive Images with an emphasis on coding for mobile devices first.
  
  

• Chapter 9: Table Basics

  This chapter focuses on the HTML elements used to create tables. Methods for configuring a table with CSS are introduced.
  
  

• Chapter 10: Form Basics

  This chapter focuses on the HTML elements used to create forms. Methods for confi guring the form with CSS are introduced. New HTML5 form control elements and attribute values are introduced.
  
  

• Chapter 11: Media and Interactivity Basics

  This chapter offers an overview of topics related to adding media and interactivity to web pages. These topics include new HTML5 video and audio, Flash, a CSS Image Gallery, CSS3 transform and transition properties, HTML5 details and summary elements, HTML5 APIs, JavaScript, and jQuery.
  
  

• Chapter 12: Web Publishing Basics

  This chapter discusses how to register a domain name, choose a web host, and publish to the Web. Search engine submission, search engine optimization, accessiblity testing and usability testing are also introduced.