HTML5 Course for beginners | Create your first websites

Discover how HTML forms the web's foundation and defines hypertext and markup language. Learn how HTML elements and tags shape web pages, browser rendering, and the page skeleton.

Create a simple webpage using HTML by renaming a text file to .html, then add headings, paragraphs, and a button, and preview in the browser.

Explore HTML tags and attributes, including self-closing tags like br, and how input elements change with type and placeholder attributes.

Discover how Visual Studio Code accelerates HTML editing with automatic code completion and Emmet abbreviations. Prepare a project folder, open it in VS Code, and explore extensions and themes.

Explore the HTML5 basic structure, including doctype, html, head, and body, and learn to nest elements, use the title and meta tags, and create index.html.

Install the live server extension in Visual Studio Code, start it with Go Live, and enjoy automatic browser updates on save to streamline HTML development.

Learn to add images to your html page using the img tag and src attribute, grab copyright-free images from pixabay, and keep them in an images folder with correct paths.

Discover how relative paths in HTML point to images and other resources, navigate folders with slash and dot dot, and update source attributes to keep links correct.

Use the alt attribute for image descriptions, accessibility, and SEO; set height and width to prevent layout shifts and preserve aspect ratio.

Learn how semantic html structures content by meaning, not appearance, with elements like h1 and nav, while div and span have no semantic meaning, aiding search engines and screen readers.

Explore how to modify text in HTML using formatting tags such as strong, B, M, AI, and mark, del, and insert tags, emphasizing their semantic meaning, while CSS handles styling.

Discover how the anchor tag and href create hyperlinks to home, about us, and sub pages, with the target attribute controlling tabs.

Create bookmark links within a page by assigning an id to a heading and using an anchor tag with a hash href to scroll to that destination.

Learn to create ordered lists (ol) and unordered lists (ul) in HTML using li items, with nesting, indentation, and visible numbering or bullets.

Explore HTML comments to describe code, document meaning, and temporarily disable sections. Learn the opening and closing comment tags and how commenting aids testing and collaboration.

Reinforce HTML basics by building an about me website with a big heading, subheadings, lists, navigation, and a hometown image, then pause to recreate the project.

Explore the basic HTML structure with head and body, learn to use h1, p, h2, hr, ol, ul, li, nav, a, and img with src, width, and alt attributes.

Explore advanced HTML5 concepts, including forms, input types, debugging with browser inspection, SEO basics, tables and videos, video embedding, and modern semantic tags like sections, header, main, and footer.

Learn to build HTML forms using the form and input elements, set type, placeholder, and value, connect labels with id and for attribute, and create dropdowns with select and option.

Explore various HTML input types, from text and number to email, password, date, time, color, and file, and learn essential attributes like disabled, required, min, max, and max length.

Master the web inspector to inspect HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, highlight elements on a page, analyze layout and optimize styling, and safely edit code locally for debugging and learning.

Learn to build HTML tables using table, tr, th, and td tags. Structure data with thead and tbody to separate headers from rows and style via CSS.

Explore creating a simple two-column layout with an HTML table, placing an image and text side by side, and understand why CSS is usually preferred for layouts.

Learn how to display copyright-free mp4 videos on a webpage using the video tag, specify src, width, height, aspect ratio, and playback controls, autoplay, muted, and loop.

Learn to embed a YouTube video on your webpage by using share, the HTML embed icon, and copying the code into your HTML file; some videos disallow embedding.

Learn to create a tooltip in HTML using the title attribute, which appears on hover to explain an element's purpose and add extra keywords for search engine optimization.

Explore semantic HTML tags such as div, section, header, footer, main, and aside to structure web pages; learn how CSS targets these containers to define layout and support screen readers.