Create a Free Mobile Ready Website with Responsive Web Design
The future of web design is in Responsive Web Design
That simply means building one website that can be accessed with any device: desktop, laptop, tablet, cell phone and anything in between.
How to best use this website: Start with the first tag on a web page, the Doctype tag. Puruse the page and use the Next button on the bottom of the page to proceed to the next logical tag or element. You'll cycle through all the elements and sections used to build a W3C compliant document We'll even introduce you to the W3C code validator. The last web page in the series will send you to the 7 Step tutorial where you'll build a page similar to the index.html page in the #402 Template Kit.
Whether you plan to Do It Yourself or just want a better understanding of the process, you can get started right by spending a few minutes with us.
You'll see how web pages are built by DOING just that.
Your finished page will be Mobile Ready with Responsive Web Design features.
You'll actually be building a web page similar to the first page of the #402 Template Kit offered here. Along the way you'll be introduced to the Magic of CSS.
You can Start the Tutor Now! or begin The Overview
Note: The information presented here is entry level. If you can get grounded in the BASICS early it will be easier when you realize the magnitude of what CSS has brought to the web development industry.
Free 6 Page Responsive Web Design Kit
Once through the tutor, grab our free 6 page Responsive Web Design Template Kit #402 and start building your website.
It comes ready to perform on a full size desk top or your Android cell. Download #402 Template Kit
When you're ready to go online grab the same web hosting we use, get a free domain name and host it for as little as $3.99 a month.
Create a Free Website?
If you've visited the SERPS for that search phrase you realize what a joke it is. Yes, they are all FREE until you are ready to PUBLISH or put the pages online.
How are we different? We actually teach you to code your own web pages right on your desk top, lap top or tablet. Then you have the option of publishing with us or whoever else you choose.
SO, who's really FREE?
Test Drive Template Kit #402 Here or
Download 402.zip 6 Page Kit
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What Responsive Web Design Does
Web pages built using Responsive Web Design techniques will adjust to each different device width or resolution that visits. Below you see screenshots of the 402 template when viewed on 3 different devices.
Template #402 when viewed on a 1920 desk top with max-width set to 1440 pixels.
Template #402 when viewed on an Ipad Mini at 768 pixel width.
Template #402 when viewed on a Samsung Galaxy cell phone at 360 pixels.
Just to let you know, we rebuilt this entire website using the #402 template kit.
Our Tutorial Process
Beginners will start with a simple approach to learning:
Seeing + Doing = Learning
You will SEE HTML5 code:
<html>
<body>
<p>Paragraph code</p>
</body>
</html>
You will copy it and paste it into a web page you created.
You will SEE CSS code:
p {
font-family: arial, tahoma, serif;
font-size: 16px
}
You will copy it and paste it into a style sheet you created.
Then you will learn to look at the HTML document with a browser and see how HTML and CSS work together.
7 Step Tutorial (Using NotePad - Copy and Paste)
- HTML Page Structure - Create Style Sheet(CSS) <---Start Here!!
- Styling the header, footer and division tag with CSS
- Add an H1 tag and style it using CSS
- Add Nav Element and Use List to build a menu
- Add content using paragraph tag
- Add an image
- Build a drop down menu and make it Mobile Ready with Media Queries
Beginners are encouraged to work through the 7 Step tutorial several times. You'll be surprised at how much of the information sinks in about the third time through just by copying and pasting.
Put It On the Web
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Other Stuff You'll find on CaFW
You can increase your knowledge using the other HTML5/CSS tutorials on this website, including:
HTML:
- header element
- h1 to h6 elements
- section element
- nav element
- footer element
- division tag
- anchor tag
- lists
- paragraph tag
- tables
- forms
CSS:
- color
- background
- border
- text-shadow
- box-shadow
- float
- width
- lists
- border-radius
- max-width
- many more
Advanced Helps:
- Uploading your site
- Setting up a localhost
- Testing forms on a PC
- Responsive Web Design
This site will teach you the fundamentals you need to create a website with HTML.
We Focus On
Using as little HTML code as possible.
Learning a lot of CSS
Free Tools We Recommend
- Free Ebook How to Code in HTML5 and CSS3
- "How to Code in HTML5 and CSS3" is a free e-book about making websites in HTML5 and CSS for absolute beginners. It doesn't require any experience in IT to start....
- Free Logo Generator Turbologo.com
- If you are building a website for business you need to begin thinking about creating a brand identity. An unforgettable logo could be just the start you need. You can create it free at Turbologo.com. They also provide generators for business cards and letterheads.
- FREE HTML Editor (Windows): NoteTab Light
- All the features of a commercial HTML editor.
- FREE Apache Server (Windows): IndigoAmpp
- Set up a real time server environment right on your PC. Test forms and scripts before uploading to your web space.
- Linux Users
- If like us, you've left the insane world of Microsoft Windows for the even worse experience of Linux, we recommend the BlueFish HTML editor. You'll find it in your software repository. It does have some QUIRKS, but it's FREE.
- For image resizing we've found the easiest Linux tool to be Krita.
Planning Your Website
This HTML tutorial teaches the mechanical side of creating web pages.
Before you begin the actual construction of your website, you should visit our Website Design Tutor for information on Research and Planning your website. Includes entry level information on page layout and the use of color.
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