Course Description

Build a website from scratch with me, hands-on. HTML5, CSS3, and little JavaScript, and little PHP. Great opportunity for aspiring web coders to see the whole process from beginning to end. No jQuery, Bootstrap, or other libraries.

Alan Simpson

Alan Simpson is an award-winning web developer, author, and educator. His 100+ computer books have been published throughout the world in over a dozen languages. His millions of readers and online students consistently praise him with rave reviews and he is considered a "master communicator" by many.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    What this is About

    • What this is About
  • 2

    Start Building

    • Start Building your Site

    • Files at the end of Lesson 2
  • 3

    Choose Your Fonts

    • Choose Your Fonts

    • Files at the End of Lesson 3
  • 4

    Choose your Color Scheme

    • Choose your Fonts

    • Files at the End of Lesson 4
  • 5

    Add the Nav Bar

    • Add the Nav Bar

    • Files at the end of Lesson 5
  • 6

    Add a Page Footer

    • Add a Page Footer

    • Files at the end of Lesson 6
  • 7

    Body Text Styling

    • Body Text Styling

    • Files at the end of Lesson 7
  • 8

    Make it Responsive

    • Make it Responsive

    • Files at the End of Lesson 8
  • 9

    Activate the Hamburger Menu

    • Activate the Hamburger Menu

    • Files at the end of Lesson 9
  • 10

    Add Some Animations!

    • Add Some Animations

    • Files at the end of Lesson 10
  • 11

    Share Header, Nav and Footer Across Pages

    • Share Header, Nav, and Footer Across Pages
  • 12

    Install AMPPS in Windows

    • Install AMPPS in WIndows
  • 13

    Install AMPPS on a Mac

    • Install AMPPS on a Mac
  • 14

    Break Out the Shared Content

    • Break Out the Shared Content

    • Files at the end of Lesson 14
  • 15

    Externalize JavaScript and Meta Tags

    • Externalize JavaScript and Meta Tags

    • Files at the end of lesson 15
  • 16

    Adding More Pages

    • Adding More Pages

    • Files at the End of Lesson 16
  • 17

    Highlight the Current Page Link

    • Highlight the Current Page Link

    • Files at the end of Lesson 17
  • 18

    More Body Text Styling

    • More Body Text Styling

    • Files at the end of Lesson 18
  • 19

    Design your own Media Cards

    • Design Your Own Media Cards

    • Files at the end of Lesson 19
  • 20

    Advanced List Styling

    • Advanced List Styling

    • Files at the end of Lesson 20
  • 21

    Styling Form Controls

    • Styling Form Controls

    • Files at the end of Lesson 21