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17: Images in HTML
By Christian Heilmann · Tuesday, July 8, 2008 11
The Web sure got more interesting when images were introduced! This article shows you how to add images to your pages using the
element, and how to use alt, title and longdesc to provide further background information and make them more accessible. It finishes off with a brief look at adding decorative images to a page using CSS, a topic which will be covered in a lot more detail in the CSS section of the course later on. Read more…
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16: HTML lists
By Ben Buchanan · Tuesday, July 8, 2008 3
In this article, Ben Buchanan gives you the lowdown on the venerable HTML list, covering unordered lists, ordered lists, nested lists, and definition lists. It finished off with a nice complete recipe example. Read more…
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15: Marking up textual content in HTML
By Mark Norman Francis · Tuesday, July 8, 2008 7
One of the most important things you can do in HTML is structure plain, basic paragraphs of text, and this article shows you how. It covers the difference between block and inline elements, and basic HTML constructs like paragraphs, quotes, preformatted text, and emphasis. Read more…
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14: Choosing the right doctype for your HTML documents
By Roger Johansson · Tuesday, July 8, 2008 12
At the very top of every good HTML document is a doctype - a link to a set of rules that the HTML in your document must follow. This is useful for many reasons. In this article, Roger Johansson tells you why, and takes you through the different available doctypes. Read more…
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13: The HTML <head> element
By Christian Heilmann · Tuesday, July 8, 2008 225
In this article, Christian Heilmann takes you through the most important parts contained within the HTML <head> element. This is the part of the HTML that describes your document, and links it to further resources. Read more…
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12: The basics of HTML
By Mark Norman Francis · Tuesday, July 8, 2008 23
HTML is the language that contains all our content on the Web, and gives it structure and meaning. It is probably the most important language to learn when starting web design, so pay close attention to this article, which introduces the basics. Read more…
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11: Typography on the web
By paul-haine · Tuesday, July 8, 2008 13
Typography - what typefaces you choose for your design and how you choose to position your text - is an important on the web as it is in printed work, but web typography is a bit more limited. In this article Paul Haine takes you through all the basics of web typography, its limitations and theory. Read more…
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10: Colour schemes and design mockups
By Linda · Tuesday, July 8, 2008 8
If you followed on with the previous two articles in this series, you should now have a good idea of what color scheme you want your site to have, and roughly what the layout of each page will be. In this article, we move on to the next stage - creating a mockup of the site with site features added, so you can get more of an idea of how the final version will look. Read more…