Understanding HTML and CSS can help anyone who works with the web; designers can create more attractive and usable sites, website editors can create better content, marketers can communicate with their audience more effectively, and managers can commission better sites and get the best out of their teams. I've focussed on the code you

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Jon Duckett, a seasoned web developer and advocate for accessible and user-friendly design, shares his insights on mastering HTML and CSS for website creation. HTML (HyperText Markup Language) forms the structural backbone of any website. It defines the content, elements, and overall layout of a web page.

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•In the next slide and in Duckett, “OLD CODE” means pre-HTML5 • In HTML5, we use CSS to arrange non-default positioning •Skip “OLD CODE” for this class, but note it could be useful for working with older HTML. • We should revisit these examples once we’ve tackled CSS.

Jon Duckett published his first web site in 1996 while studying for a BSc (Hons) in Psychology at Brunel University, London. Since then, he has helped create a wide variety of web sites for companies of all sizes. He has also co-written more than ten programming-related books on topics from ASP to XML (via

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• Introduces HTML and CSS in a way that makes them accessible to everyone—hobbyists, students, and professionals—and it’s full- color throughout • Utilizes information graphics and lifestyle photography to explain the topics in a simple way that is engaging

HTML & CSS covers structure, text, links, images, tables, forms, useful options, adding style with CSS, fonts, colors, thinking in boxes, styling lists and tables, layouts, grids, and even SEO, Google analytics, ftp, and HTML5.

This comprehensive introduction clearly shows you how to combine Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) with HTML, XHTML, or XML to create rich, aesthetically compelling web designs. Packed with detailed examples in syntax-colored code and showing the resulting web pages