HTML and CSS   a quick list

The standards

• HTML5
• HTML5.1
• CSS standards
• CSS3 Selectors standard

HTML: HyperText Markup Languages

Terminology

• elements and tags
• attributes
• URL – Uniform Resource Locator
• entities
• character sets
• comments

Frequently used elements

• html
• head
• headings
• paragraphs
• hyperlinks
• images
• lists
• tables
• blocks
• semantic elements of HTML5

References

• MDN CSS (very intense)
• Creating a Website: The Missing Manual by Matthew MacDonald (UNC Asheville reference)
  • Chapter 1: Building Basic Web Pages
  • Chapter 2: Becoming Fluent in HTML
  • Chapter 4: Adding Graphics

CSS: Cascading Style Sheets

Start by taking a look at the CSS Zen Garden to get some idea of what CSS can do to an HTML page.

Terminology

• Adding CSS to HTML
• CSS syntax and selectors
• Detailed CSS selector reference
• Common CSS properties
• the box model
• CSS3 Backgrounds
• CSS3 Gradients

References

• Nice slides from Stanford CS 142
• MDN CSS (very intense)
• CSS3 Selectors standard (whew)
• Creating a Website: The Missing Manual by Matthew MacDonald (UNC Asheville reference)
  • Chapter 3: Building a Style Sheet
• HTML5: The Missing Manual by Matthew MacDonald (UNC Asheville reference)
  • Appendix A: Essential CSS