General
9 Step Tutor
Create a 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.
Seeing + Doing = Learning
How to best use this website: Start with the first tag on a web page, the Doctype tag. Just SKIM the pages (Start the Seeing process) and use the Next button on the bottom of the page to proceed to the next logical tag or element.
You'll cycle through 7 BASIC elements used to build a W3C compliant document We'll even introduce you to the W3C code validator and show you how to use it. The last web page in the series will send you to the Our Beginner tutorial How to Create a Website with HTML5 which will prepare beginners for the 9 Step tutorial where you'll build a page similar to the index.html page in the #402 Template Kit.
Whether you plan to Build a Website Yourself, are thinking about a career in Web Development 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 first SEEING and then 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 begin The Overview ,the Beginner Tutorial or the 9 Step Tutor
Note: The information presented here is entry level for beginners. Get grounded in the BASICS early and 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
Scored 100 on PageSpeed Insights.
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.
9 Step Tutorial (Using a Text Editor - Copy and Paste)
- 1...HTML Page Structure - Create Style Sheet(CSS) <---Start Here!!
- 2...Styling the header, footer and division tag with CSS
- 3...Add an H1 tag and style it using CSS
- 4...Add Nav Element and Use List to build a menu
- 5...Add content using paragraph tag
- 5a..Use Web Tools and Media Queries
- 5b..Add lmenu System for Small Devices
- 6...Add an image
- 7...Build a drop down menu and make it Mobile Ready with Media Queries
Beginners are encouraged to work through the 9 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.
Our Newest Tutorials
We just added 2 brand new Tutorials. Check out How to Use the W3C Validator and How to Find and Use the WebDev Emulator Tool. If you're serious about learning to build websites you should check out both of them.
Put It On the Web
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How much business are you missing every month trying to run it on the mess that Facebook has become?
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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 nav element footer element division tag anchor tag lists paragraph tag responsive images responsive 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 Checking code in W3C validator Using Dev. Tools to test pages
This site will teach beginners the fundamentals you need to create a responsive website with HTML5.
We Focus On
Using as little HTML code as possible. Learning a lot of CSS