Diploma in Website Development Using HTML and CSS (Free Online Course)

This free online course examines the various features available for building websites from scratch using HTML and CSS.

Interested in website development but not quite sure how to approach your learning? This free online course introduces you to website development using HTML and CSS and explains the introductory aspect of developing a website and the basics of website design. You will learn how to build the structure of a website, the cascading style sheet (CSS) model and how to build components in the navigation bar in order to build world-class websites.

What You Will Learn In This Free Course

• State the similarities between HTML and CSS
• Explain the introductory aspect of developing a website and the basics of website design
• Discuss the role played by CSS in loading websites
• Discuss how to build the structure of a website and the cascading style sheet model
• List the different methods used in styling the columns in a navigation bar
• Explain how to add text overlays on parallax image
• Describe the process used in building the footer structure
• Discuss how to add styles in HTML
• Explain how to control the brightness of an image in HTML using CSS
• Discuss how to build the ‘about us’ page on a website
• Explain how the CSS transform property to create skewed images
• Describe CSS floats and how to create a two-column CSS grid
• Describe how to develop the contact page and integrate animations into it
• Discuss how to style the contact page using the logo and the sidebar content

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