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HTML & CSS IntroductionChapter 9. Web Design Basics

Design Element Representation in HTML and CSS

Design Element Representation in HTML and CSS

How HTML and CSS Differ from Drawing Software in Designing Elements

The way HTML and CSS form design elements is different from the way drawing software (illustrator, Figma, Sketch, Powerpoint, etc.) forms design elements. It is beneficial for you to understand the differences to control design in HTML and CSS more effectively.

Text

Making and styling text in HTML and CSS can be relatively intuitive. What you need to do is to add styles to HTML text content to change its color, size or other design aspects.

Images

Unlike what you can do with drawing software, you cannot place images with GUI (Graphic User Interface). You need to specify an image file path in HTML and add styles in CSS. You can add sizes using both HTML and CSS but if you want to change the shape of the image (e.g., adding a round edge), you need to use CSS.

Shapes and lines

Making and designing shapes and lines with design software are much easier than those with HTML and CSS. Usually, we use block elements to create boxes and lines. The <div> element is often used, but you can use other block elements too.

To customize shapes and lines, use the width and height properties for size, use the background-color property to fill the object with color, and use the border properties to design outlines or lines.

Using the border-radius property, you can also design round shapes. If you want to make shapes or lines with angles, you can use the clip-path function, which will be explained in another course.


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Web Design

HTML & CSS Introduction
Course Content

Chapter 1. Overview of Website Development

How Websites Work?

Designing, Building and Publishing Websites

Designing Websites

Building Websites – Frontend and Backend Coding

Web App vs. Website

Frontend Coding

Web Framework and CMS

Publishing Websites (Hosting Services)

Chapter 2. Preparing for Website Coding

Two Key Tools to Start Coding Websites

How Browsers Display Web Pages

File Name Rules

Website Directory Structure

Absolute Path vs. Relative Path

Chapter 3. HTML Basics

What Is HTML?

HTML Element

Attribute

HTML Document Structure

Layout Semantics

Heading and Paragraph Tag

Text-Level Semantics

Space, Line-break and Tag in Content

Comments in HTML Document

Chapter 4. HTML: Add Links and Images

Overview of Adding Links and Images

Embed Images – <img>

Image File Format

Add Hyperlinks – <a>

Add Hyperlinks to Images

Add Hyperlinks to Specific Location on Web Page

Link Tag – <link>

Script Tag – <script>

Chapter 5. HTML: Create Lists and Tables

Create Lists

Create Tables

Combine Table Cells

Chapter 6. HTML: Create Forms

Create Forms

Create Text Input Forms and Submit Button

Radio Button and Checkbox

Select Box

Labels

Auto Complete and Disabled

Chapter 7. Bridging HTML and CSS

Block Element vs. Inline Element

Nesting Elements – Parent Elements and Child Elements

Div vs. Span

Global Attribute – Class, ID and Style

Accordion – <Details> and <Summary>

Chapter 8. CSS Basics

What Is CSS?

CSS Syntax

Where To Type CSS?

CSS Basic Selectors

Descendant Selector

Inheritance

Specificity

Reset CSS

Browser Developer Tools for CSS

Comments in CSS Document

Chapter 9. Web Design Basics

Design Element Representation in HTML and CSS

Key Design Points by CSS

Length

Color Code – HEX and RGB

Color Theme

Chapter 10. CSS: Sizing and Spacing

CSS Box Model

width and height

padding

margin

Margin and Padding for Specific Side

margin: auto

box-sizing

Chapter 11. CSS: Styling Text and Images

Text Styling Properties

font-size

color

font-family

Web Font and Google Font

font-weight and font-style

text-decoration

line-height and letter-spacing

text-align

vertical-align

Styling Images

float: left and right

Chapter 12. CSS: Styling Backgrounds

background-color

background-image

background-size

background-repeat

background-position

background-attachment

background (Multiple Properties)

Chapter 13. CSS: Styling Borders and Drawing Lines

border-style

border-color

border-width

border-radius

Border (Multiple Properties)

Borders on Specific Side

Border Radius on Specific Side

Chapter 14. CSS: Layout – Key Concepts and Display Property

Layout Before and After

Layout Key Design Points

Display Property

inline, block and inline-block

display: none

Chapter 15. CSS: Layout – Flex Box

Flex Box – display: flex

flex-direction

Main Axis and Cross Axis

flex-wrap

justify-content

align-items

align-content

align-self

flex-grow

flex-shrink

flex-basis

margin: auto with Flex Box

Inline Flex Box

Nested Flex Box

Chapter 16. CSS: Styling Lists

List Styling Properties

list-style-type

list-style-image

list-style-position

Chapter 17. Creating and Styling Components

Components and Layout

Buttons

Cards

Top Bar

Footer and Bottom Bar

Chapter 18. Completing Website Development

Website Structure Design

Live Server

Home (Landing) Page Development

Main (List) Page Development

Content (Detail) Page Development

Chapter 19. Publishing Websites

Key Steps to Publish Websites

Domain and DNS Server

Favicon

GitHub Pages

Chapter 20. Supplemental Topics

Horizontal Rule – <hr>

Line Break – <br>

Reserved Characters and HTML Entities

Non-breaking Space – &nbsp;

Chapter 1. Overview of Website Development

How Websites Work?

Designing, Building and Publishing Websites

Designing Websites

Building Websites – Frontend and Backend Coding

Web App vs. Website

Frontend Coding

Web Framework and CMS

Publishing Websites (Hosting Services)

Chapter 2. Preparing for Website Coding

Two Key Tools to Start Coding Websites

How Browsers Display Web Pages

File Name Rules

Website Directory Structure

Absolute Path vs. Relative Path

Chapter 3. HTML Basics

What Is HTML?

HTML Element

Attribute

HTML Document Structure

Layout Semantics

Heading and Paragraph Tag

Text-Level Semantics

Space, Line-break and Tag in Content

Comments in HTML Document

Chapter 4. HTML: Add Links and Images

Overview of Adding Links and Images

Embed Images – <img>

Image File Format

Add Hyperlinks – <a>

Add Hyperlinks to Images

Add Hyperlinks to Specific Location on Web Page

Link Tag – <link>

Script Tag – <script>

Chapter 5. HTML: Create Lists and Tables

Create Lists

Create Tables

Combine Table Cells

Chapter 6. HTML: Create Forms

Create Forms

Create Text Input Forms and Submit Button

Radio Button and Checkbox

Select Box

Labels

Auto Complete and Disabled

Chapter 7. Bridging HTML and CSS

Block Element vs. Inline Element

Nesting Elements – Parent Elements and Child Elements

Div vs. Span

Global Attribute – Class, ID and Style

Accordion – <Details> and <Summary>

Chapter 8. CSS Basics

What Is CSS?

CSS Syntax

Where To Type CSS?

CSS Basic Selectors

Descendant Selector

Inheritance

Specificity

Reset CSS

Browser Developer Tools for CSS

Comments in CSS Document

Chapter 9. Web Design Basics

Design Element Representation in HTML and CSS

Key Design Points by CSS

Length

Color Code – HEX and RGB

Color Theme

Chapter 10. CSS: Sizing and Spacing

CSS Box Model

width and height

padding

margin

Margin and Padding for Specific Side

margin: auto

box-sizing

Chapter 11. CSS: Styling Text and Images

Text Styling Properties

font-size

color

font-family

Web Font and Google Font

font-weight and font-style

text-decoration

line-height and letter-spacing

text-align

vertical-align

Styling Images

float: left and right

Chapter 12. CSS: Styling Backgrounds

background-color

background-image

background-size

background-repeat

background-position

background-attachment

background (Multiple Properties)

Chapter 13. CSS: Styling Borders and Drawing Lines

border-style

border-color

border-width

border-radius

Border (Multiple Properties)

Borders on Specific Side

Border Radius on Specific Side

Chapter 14. CSS: Layout – Key Concepts and Display Property

Layout Before and After

Layout Key Design Points

Display Property

inline, block and inline-block

display: none

Chapter 15. CSS: Layout – Flex Box

Flex Box – display: flex

flex-direction

Main Axis and Cross Axis

flex-wrap

justify-content

align-items

align-content

align-self

flex-grow

flex-shrink

flex-basis

margin: auto with Flex Box

Inline Flex Box

Nested Flex Box

Chapter 16. CSS: Styling Lists

List Styling Properties

list-style-type

list-style-image

list-style-position

Chapter 17. Creating and Styling Components

Components and Layout

Buttons

Cards

Top Bar

Footer and Bottom Bar

Chapter 18. Completing Website Development

Website Structure Design

Live Server

Home (Landing) Page Development

Main (List) Page Development

Content (Detail) Page Development

Chapter 19. Publishing Websites

Key Steps to Publish Websites

Domain and DNS Server

Favicon

GitHub Pages

Chapter 20. Supplemental Topics

Horizontal Rule – <hr>

Line Break – <br>

Reserved Characters and HTML Entities

Non-breaking Space – &nbsp;