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Practical HTML and CSS

Practical HTML and CSS - Second Edition

By : Brett Jephson, Lewis Coulson, Ana Carolina Silveira
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Practical HTML and CSS

Practical HTML and CSS

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By: Brett Jephson, Lewis Coulson, Ana Carolina Silveira

Overview of this book

In the ever-evolving landscape of web development, mastering HTML and CSS is crucial for building modern, responsive websites. This comprehensive guide equips you with the essential knowledge and skills you need to excel in web design and development. Starting with the foundational principles of HTML and CSS, the book swiftly advances to cover more complex topics, providing a thorough understanding of these vital technologies. You’ll learn how to build websites from scratch, create intuitive user input forms, and enhance web design by integrating multimedia elements like videos, animations, and themes. Emphasizing responsive web design principles, this book teaches you how to create layouts that flawlessly adapt to different devices using media queries. You’ll also get to grips with SEO essentials to optimize website visibility and search engine rankings. A dedicated section guides you through performance optimization techniques to ensure your websites deliver a smooth and lightning-fast user experience. By the end of this HTML and CSS book, you’ll have developed confidence in your web development skills, and you'll be well-equipped to build modern, visually appealing, and high-performing websites.
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Part 1: Introducing HTML and CSS
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Part 2: Understanding Website Fundamentals
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Part 3: Building for All
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Part 4: Advanced Concepts

Working with new text-based elements

Now, we will take a quick look at some new additions to the HTML language that allow us to further refine our text markup. These elements, while not used as regularly as the previous elements, are useful to know or be aware of.

In this section, we will look at the following HTML text-based elements:

  • address
  • details
  • abbr

address

The address element is used to mark up content that contains contact information. This could be an email address, phone number, physical address, or even a social media profile:

<address>
  You can visit us at:<br />
  123 HTML Street
  London
  E1 101
</address>

A web page from the preceding code would appear as follows:

Figure 3.14

Figure 3.14

Details

The details element creates a widget that allows content to be toggled as visible and hidden to the user. You have to provide a label for the widget using the summary...

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