Your full-color, friendly guide to getting started with HTML5 and CSS3! HTML and CSS are essential tools for creating dynamic websites and help make your websites even more effective and unique. This friendly-but-straightforward guide gets you started with the basics of the latest versions of HTML and CSS: HTML5 and CSS3. Introducing you to the syntax and structure of the languages, this helpful guide shows you how to create and view a web page, explains ideal usage of HTML5 and CSS3, walks you through the CSS3 rules and style sheets, addresses common mistakes and explains how to fix them, and explores interesting HTML5 tools. Serves as an ideal introduction to HTML5 and CSS3 for beginners with little to no web development experience Details the capabilities of HTML5 and CSS3 and how to use both to create responsive, practical, and well-designed websites Helps you understand how HTML5 and CSS3 are the foundation upon which hundreds of millions of web pages are built Features full-color illustrations to enhance your learning process Beginning HTML5 and CSS3 For Dummies is the perfect first step for getting started with the fundamentals of web development and design.

Introduction 1
About this Book 2
Foolish Assumptions 3
Icons Used in This Book 4
Beyond the Book 4
Where to Go from Here 5
Part I: Getting Started with HTML and CSS on the Web 7
Chapter 1: An Overview of HTML and CSS on the Web 9
Chapter 2: Meeting the Structure and Components of HTML 25
Chapter 3: Creating and Viewing a Web Page 37
Part II: Getting the Structure and Text Right 51
Chapter 4: HTML Documents Need Good Structure 53
Chapter 5: Text and Lists 63
Chapter 6: Tip-Top Tables in HTML 81
Chapter 7: Working with Forms in HTML 97
Part III: Adding Links, Images, and Other Media 123
Chapter 8: Getting Hyper with Links in HTML 125
Chapter 9: Working with Images in HTML 139
Chapter 10: Managing Media and More in HTML 153
Part IV: Adopting CSS Style 169
Chapter 11: Advantages of Style Sheets 171
Chapter 12: CSS Structure and Syntax 191
Chapter 13: Using Different Kinds of Style Sheets 207
Part V: Enhancing Your Pages' Look and Feel 215
Chapter 14: Managing Layout and Positioning 217
Chapter 15: Building with Boxes, Borders, and Buttons 233
Chapter 16: Using Colors and Backgrounds 251
Chapter 17: Web Typography 261
Chapter 18: CSS Text and Shadow Effects 281
Chapter 19: Multimedia and Animation with CSS 291
Part VI: The Part of Tens 305
Chapter 20: Ten Keys to Mobile Web Design 307
Chapter 21: Ten HTML Do's and Don'ts 317
Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Kill Web Bugs Dead 325
Chapter 23: Ten Cool HTML Tools and Technologies 333
Part VII: Appendixes 343
Appendix A: Twitterati 345
Appendix B: About the Dummies HTML Site 349
Index 357