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.

Ed Tittel is a 30-year veteran of the technology industry with more than 140 computing books to his credit, including the bestselling HTML For Dummies.

Chris Minnick runs Minnick Web Services. He teaches, speaks, and consults on web-related topics and has contributed to numerous books, including WebKit For Dummies.

Introduction 1

About this Book 2

Foolish Assumptions 3

Icons Used in This Book 4

Beyond the Book 4

Where to Go from Here 5

Part I: Getting Started with HTML and CSS on the Web 7

Chapter 1: An Overview of HTML and CSS on the Web 9

Chapter 2: Meeting the Structure and Components of HTML 25

Chapter 3: Creating and Viewing a Web Page 37

Part II: Getting the Structure and Text Right 51

Chapter 4: HTML Documents Need Good Structure 53

Chapter 6: Tip-Top Tables in HTML 81

Chapter 7: Working with Forms in HTML 97

Part III: Adding Links, Images, and Other Media 123

Chapter 8: Getting Hyper with Links in HTML 125

Chapter 9: Working with Images in HTML 139

Chapter 10: Managing Media and More in HTML 153

Part IV: Adopting CSS Style 169

Chapter 11: Advantages of Style Sheets 171

Chapter 12: CSS Structure and Syntax 191

Chapter 13: Using Different Kinds of Style Sheets 207

Part V: Enhancing Your Pages' Look and Feel 215

Chapter 14: Managing Layout and Positioning 217

Chapter 15: Building with Boxes, Borders, and Buttons 233

Chapter 16: Using Colors and Backgrounds 251

Chapter 17: Web Typography 261

Chapter 18: CSS Text and Shadow Effects 281

Chapter 19: Multimedia and Animation with CSS 291

Part VI: The Part of Tens 305

Chapter 20: Ten Keys to Mobile Web Design 307

Chapter 21: Ten HTML Do's and Don'ts 317

Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Kill Web Bugs Dead 325

Chapter 23: Ten Cool HTML Tools and Technologies 333

Part VII: Appendixes 343

Appendix A: Twitterati 345

Appendix B: About the Dummies HTML Site 349

Index 357