Up and Running with HTML

This course is designed to quickly lead you through the steps of building an HTML website, from creating a new page to building links and tables. Author James Williamson simplifies the coding process, with straightforward steps you can recreate on your own. The course explains the basic structure of an HTML document, shows how to add text and images, and introduces font styling with CSS. James also offers a bonus design challenge at the end of each chapter, where he asks you to think of a solution before offering his own.

Topics include:
Choosing a code editor
Coding a basic page
Adding headings
Formatting paragraphs
Creating lists
Inserting images
Linking to internal and external pages
Linking to downloadable content
Building tables with headers and captions
Creating inline CSS styles
Changing the color and font of your text

Introduction 2m 12s
Welcome 55s
Using the exercise files 1m 17s

1. Getting Started 29m 30s
Learning HTML 2m 47s
Choosing a code editor 5m 2s
Exploring basic HTML syntax 8m 18s
Do I need to learn HTML5? 5m 6s
Exploring HTML references 8m 17s

2. Basic Page Structure 35m 40s
Exploring an HTML document 5m 19s
Working with doctype declarations 4m 3s
Examining the document head 8m 20s
Looking at the document body 3m 21s
Adding document structure 8m 52s
Lab: Coding a basic page 3m 9s
Solution: Coding a basic page 2m 36s

3. Formatting Page Content 1h 23m
How does HTML format text? 5m 51s
Adding headings 7m 24s
Formatting paragraphs 4m 54s
Controlling line breaks 3m 50s
Creating lists 10m 37s
Emphasizing text 6m 42s
Displaying special characters 5m 8s
Controlling whitespace 4m 35s
Inserting images 9m 20s
Lab: Controlling page content 13m 57s
Solution: Controlling page content 10m 55s

4. Creating Links 31m 54s
Linking to pages within your site 6m 45s
Linking to external pages 3m 2s
Linking to downloadable resources 2m 25s
Linking to page regions 8m 0s
Lab: Creating Links 5m 57s
Solution: Creating Links 5m 45s

5. Building Tables 40m 27s
Examining basic table structure 5m 10s
Adding content to tables 6m 20s
Setting table attributes 7m 42s
Adding table captions 4m 3s
Defining table headers 2m 13s
Making table data accessible 5m 46s
Lab: Building tables 4m 13s
Solution: Building tables 5m 0s

6. Controlling Styling 43m 23s
Understanding the relationship between HTML and CSS 4m 58s
Creating inline styles 4m 53s
Exploring the style element 5m 13s
Basic font styling 9m 24s
Changing color 4m 55s
Taking styles further 5m 24s
Lab: Controlling basic styles 5m 10s
Solution: Controlling basic styles 3m 26s

Conclusion 5m 44s
Next steps 2m 56s
Additional resources 2m 48s