Lessons by tag «Layout»

The fundamentals of modern layout course covers the nuts and bolts for learning HTML and CSS. In this lesson, we'll look over some of the topics covered in the course and how you can put this new knowledge into practice.

Which elements are responsible for page layouts, and which ones help with styling or adding functional elements to the page? Discover block and inline HTML elements and how you can influence the width of elements.

There are several major editors on the market. Some of them are designed for one operating system only, others can be installed on any of them. In this unit, we'll look at the HTML/CSS developer's basic steps when working with Figma, an online graphic editor.

What is cascading, and how does it work in CSS? This lesson focuses on selector precedence, and how to use selectors in your projects.

When designing a website, it's important that you find errors quickly and understand how to convert the block you need properly. Previously, most of this was done manually, but modern browsers now have a web inspector function. We'll look at the capabilities of one of them — Chrome DevTools.

Learn how to design HTML from scratch. We'll talk about the role of attributes and study how to define HTML tags.

The main goal of any HTML layout is to convey the context of the blocks on the page. In this lesson, we'll look at the semantic capabilities of the latest HTML5 standard and learn about accessibility on the web.

The CSS language was created to manage the visuals of webpages. Explore the basic features of stylesheets and learn to use it alongside HTML. Learn to link CSS files and discover the basic types of selectors.

If you want to save the results of your work, you'll need a code editor. In this lesson, we'll look at how to install Visual Studio Code. This is a powerful tool that can be used not only for designing layouts, but also for coding in any programming language.

We'll check out one of the most useful plugins for HTML/CSS developer — Emmet. It can speed up HTML markup and eliminate most of the routine work.

If you want to upload your project to the Internet, you'll need to use a hosting service — a special server that will store files and provide access to them via domain name. In this tutorial, we'll look at GitHub, a free hosting service.

Every HTML document has a basic structure made up of tags and special elements. The browser needs them in order to properly display information. In this lesson, we'll look at each part of this structure.

Get acquainted with the main styles used for text design

Learn how to connect and select fonts on the page. Learn how to control the size, formatting and spacing within the text. Examine the generalized font property

Get to know CSS Multi-column Layout and where to use it

Get to know pseudo-elements and learn how to generate new content via CSS

Explore how the overflow property works and how to hide content inside blocks. Learn about the text-overflow property

Learn about CSS variables, their application and scope

Explore the possibilities for setting and managing the page background using the relevant property. Learn how to position background images and adjust their behavior

There are other ways besides a monochrome background or image to style a block. To create a background, artists and designers frequently use gradients — smooth transitions from one color to another. In this lesson, we will learn how to make linear and radial gradients. We'll examine how to make clear color transitions using gradients and other techniques. We'll also learn about the color wheel and how to use it to find gradient color schemes.