A Webvanta Online Course
HTML5 and CSS3
Learn the Language of the Web
HTML and CSS are the heart of the web. If you aren't comfortable with them, your ability to design web sites and create web content is severely limited.
Even if you depend on others to do much of the technical work for you, your understanding of the web and your ability to evolve sites that you've designed will improve dramatically when you have a good grasp of these two key technologies.
By the end of this course, you'll be comfortable writing HTML and doing simple styling with CSS. And you'll be up-to-date on the latest HTML5 and CSS3 techniques.
Watch at Your Own Pace
When you sign up for the full course package, you'll get access to the Course Portal, with all four hours of lessons for each of the three courses: 12 hours total. You can watch the recordings at your own pace, and download the slides and sample code files so you can follow along.
You'll also be invited to join an online group, where the instructors will answer questions.
Who This Course is For
This class is intended for anyone who may know a little HTML and CSS, but is not an experienced HTML coder. If you can recognize an <h1> tag and a <p> tag, you have the prerequisites for this class.
People with a modest amount of HTML experience will find some of the material to be a review, and can reinforce that knowledge while learning about the latest (but production-ready) features in HTML5 and CSS3.
Course Outline
Lesson 1: Semantic HTML
- A brief history of HTML, and why you can ignore most of the junk in the code that you see in common code examples.
- The small set of HTML tags that you need to know, for headings, paragraphs, lists, images, and forms.
- A simple, effective approach to marking up content
- How to use IDs and classes.
- The basic markup tags, and what's new in HTML5
Lesson 2: Styling with CSS
- Why CSS is the way to go, and you can forget about most HTML attributes.
- The basic set of styles that every site should start with.
- Styling type and using webfonts.
- Using background images to spice up your designs.
- Working with margins and padding.
Lesson 3: Putting it All Together
- Creating common page layouts with HTML and CSS.
- Browser compatibility nightmares and how to avoid them.
- Fixed and fluid layouts.
- Using HTML5 structural elements.
- Creating headers, footers, columns, and sidebars.
Lesson 4: The Cool New Stuff
- Rounded corners, shadows, and gradients using CSS3.
- What you can do with CSS3 transitions and transforms.
- HTML5's new audio, video, structural, and form elements.
- What's different about mobile.
- Next steps: why you should also learn a little JavaScript.
Enjoyable Learning
“Webvanta‘s online HTML5/CSS3 course gave a practical look into the current markup languages that was essential to me as a web designer. They gave instruction with application in mind, rather than spending time on general theory, which I appreciated.”
— Alexa Chipman
“Great overview of some of the key technologies needed for website development; saved me lots of time by focusing on mainstream, best-practice approaches to solving these problems, with an emphasis on where things are headed. Delivered in a friendly, interactive, right-paced manner with lots of straightforward coding samples from accomplished professionals.”
— John Henel
“The Design for the Mobile Web course was excellent. The clear and concise examples showed how, why and when to build web apps versus a fully native app, how to structure user interfaces for different devices, and how
to optimize the app to target devices.”
— Dave Corbin
“These courses helped to focus my attention on those areas I want to learn more about, and those I don't ... which is just as important! The combination of live instruction, slides, and recorded archives with sample files made for a comprehensive course that is typical of Webvanta's thorough and quality approach to everything they do.”
— Dan Gilbert
For a Limited Time, Get All 3 Courses for Just $179!
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Includes all three courses, 12 lessons in total.
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You'll get access to the course portal, with all the videos and sample files, for at least one year. In addition, you'll have access to a discussion group and course email address so you can ask questions of the instructors.
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Course Instructors
Lisa Irwin
Michael Slater
All our courses are taught by the leaders and staff of Webvanta.
You can read more about the instructors on our team page.
We spend all day, every day, helping designers deliver better sites.
In addition to being technology experts, we're great communicators and we love to teach.
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