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The HTML Presentation Framework

Created by Hakim El Hattab and contributors

Hello There

reveal.js enables you to create beautiful interactive slide decks using HTML. This presentation will show you examples of what it can do.

Vertical Slides

Slides can be nested inside of each other.

Use the Space key to navigate through all slides.

Basement Level 1

Nested slides are useful for adding additional detail underneath a high level horizontal slide.

Basement Level 2

That's it, time to go back up.

Not a coder? Not a problem. There's a fully-featured visual editor for authoring these, try it out at https://slides.com .

Pretty Code

Code syntax highlighting courtesy of highlight.js .

Even Prettier Animations

Point of view.

Press ESC to enter the slide overview.

Hold down the alt key ( ctrl in Linux) and click on any element to zoom towards it using zoom.js . Click again to zoom back out.

(NOTE: Use ctrl + click in Linux.)

Auto-Animate

Automatically animate matching elements across slides with Auto-Animate .

Touch Optimized

Presentations look great on touch devices, like mobile phones and tablets. Simply swipe through your slides.

Add the r-fit-text class to auto-size text

Hit the next arrow...

... to step through ...

... a fragmented slide.

Fragment Styles

There's different types of fragments, like:

fade-right, up, down, left

fade-in-then-out

fade-in-then-semi-out

Highlight red blue green

Transition Styles

You can select from different transitions, like: None - Fade - Slide - Convex - Concave - Zoom

Slide Backgrounds

Set data-background="#dddddd" on a slide to change the background color. All CSS color formats are supported.

Image Backgrounds

Tiled backgrounds, video backgrounds, ... and gifs, background transitions.

Different background transitions are available via the backgroundTransition option. This one's called "zoom".

You can override background transitions per-slide.

Iframe Backgrounds

Since reveal.js runs on the web, you can easily embed other web content. Try interacting with the page in the background.

Marvelous List

• No order here

Fantastic Ordered List

• One is smaller than...
• Two is smaller than...

Tabular Tables

Clever Quotes

These guys come in two forms, inline: The nice thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from and block:

“For years there has been a theory that millions of monkeys typing at random on millions of typewriters would reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. The Internet has proven this theory to be untrue.”

Intergalactic Interconnections

You can link between slides internally, like this .

Speaker View

There's a speaker view . It includes a timer, preview of the upcoming slide as well as your speaker notes.

Press the S key to try it out.

Export to PDF

Presentations can be exported to PDF , here's an example:

Global State

Set data-state="something" on a slide and "something" will be added as a class to the document element when the slide is open. This lets you apply broader style changes, like switching the page background.

State Events

Additionally custom events can be triggered on a per slide basis by binding to the data-state name.

Take a Moment

Press B or . on your keyboard to pause the presentation. This is helpful when you're on stage and want to take distracting slides off the screen.

• Right-to-left support
• Extensive JavaScript API
• Auto-progression
• Parallax backgrounds
• Custom keyboard bindings

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Create Stunning Presentations on the Web

reveal.js is an open source HTML presentation framework. It's a tool that enables anyone with a web browser to create fully-featured and beautiful presentations for free.

Presentations made with reveal.js are built on open web technologies. That means anything you can do on the web, you can do in your presentation. Change styles with CSS, include an external web page using an <iframe> or add your own custom behavior using our JavaScript API .

The framework comes with a broad range of features including nested slides , Markdown support , Auto-Animate , PDF export , speaker notes , LaTeX support and syntax highlighted code .

Ready to Get Started?

It only takes a minute to get set up. Learn how to create your first presentation in the installation instructions !

Online Editor

If you want the benefits of reveal.js without having to write HTML or Markdown try https://slides.com . It's a fully-featured visual editor and platform for reveal.js, by the same creator.

Supporting reveal.js

This project was started and is maintained by @hakimel with the help of many contributions from the community . The best way to support the project is to become a paying member of Slides.com —the reveal.js presentation platform that Hakim is building.

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Become a reveal.js pro in the official video course.

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How to Create Presentation Slides With HTML and CSS

As I sifted through the various pieces of software that are designed for creating presentation slides, it occurred to me: why learn yet another program, when I can instead use the tools that I'm already familiar with?

We can easily create beautiful and interactive presentations with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, the three basic web technologies. In this tutorial, we'll use modern HTML5 markup to structure our slides, we'll use CSS to style the slides and add some effects, and we'll use JavaScript to trigger these effects and reorganize the slides based on click events.

This tutorial is perfect for those of you new to HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript, who are looking to learn something new by building. After this you could even learn to build an HTML5 slide deck or a dynamic HTML with JavaScript PPT . The sky is the limit. 

Wondering how to create an HTML slideshow? Here's the final preview of the presentation HTML tutorial slides we're going to build:

Have you checked out HTML tutorial slides? It's a good example of HTML PPT slides for download.

Let's begin.

1. Create the Directory Structure

Before we get started, let's go ahead and create our folder structure; it should be fairly simple. We'll need:

• css/style.css
• js/scripts.js

This is a simple base template. Your files remain blank for the time being. We'll fix that shortly.

2. Create the Starter Markup

Let's begin by creating the base markup for our presentation page. Paste the following snippet into your index.html file.

From the base markup, you can tell that we are importing Font Awesome Icons, our stylesheet ( style.css ), and our JavaScript ( index.js ).

Now we'll add the HTML markup for the actual slides inside the <div> wrapper:

We have seven slides in total, and each slide is composed of the heading section and the content section.

Only one slide will be shown at a time. This functionality is handled by the .show class, which will be implemented later on in our stylesheet. Using JavaScript, later on, we'll dynamically add the .show class to the active slide on the page.

Below the slides, we'll add the markup for our slide's counter and tracker:

Later on, we'll use JavaScript to update the text content as the user navigates through the slides.

Finally, we'll add the slide navigator just below the counter:

This section consists of four buttons responsible for navigating left and right and switching between full-screen mode and small-screen mode. Again, we'll use the class .show to regulate which button appears at a time.

That'll be all for the HTML part. Now, let's move over to styling.

3. Make It Pretty

Our next step takes place within our stylesheet. We'll be focusing on both aesthetics and functionality here. To make each slide translate from left to right, we'll need to target the class .show with a stylesheet to show the element.

Here's the complete stylesheet for our project:

4. Enable Slide Navigation

Whenever we click on the left or right icon, we want the next slide or previous slide to appear. We also want to be able to toggle between full-screen mode and small-screen mode.

Furthermore, we want the slide's counter to display the accurate slide number on every slide. All these features will be enabled with JavaScript.

Inside js/index.js , we'll begin by storing references to the presentation wrapper, the slides, and the active slide:

Next, we'll store references to the slide counter and both of the slide navigators (left and right icons):

Then store references to the whole presentation container and both button icons for going into full screen and small screen mode:

Now that we're done with the references, we'll initialize some variables with default values:

screenStatus represents the screen orientation. 0 represents a full screen mode, and 1 represents a small screen mode.

currentSlideNo represents the current slide number, which as expected is the first slide. totalSlides is initialized with 0, but this will be replaced by the actual number of our slides.

Moving the Presentation to the Next and Previous Slides

Next, we'll add click event listeners to the left button, right button, full screen button, and small screen button:

We bind corresponding functions that will run when the click event is triggered on the corresponding element.

Here are the two functions responsible for changing the slide:

In the function moveToLeftSlide , we basically access the previous sibling element (i.e. the previous slide), remove the .show class on the current slide, and add it to that sibling. This will move the presentation to the previous slide.

We do the exact opposite of this in the function moveToRightSlide . Because nextElementSibling is the opposite of previousElementSibling , we'll be getting the next sibling instead.

Code for Showing the Presentation in Full Screen and Small Screen

Recall that we also added click event listeners to the full screen and small screen icons. Here's the function responsible for toggling full-screen mode:

Recall that presentationArea refers to the element that wraps the whole presentation. By adding the class full-screen to this element, we trigger the CSS that will expand it to take up the whole screen.

Since we're now in full-screen mode, we need to show the icon for reverting back to the small screen by adding the class .show to it. Finally, we update the variable screenStatus to 1.

For the smallScreenMode function, we do the opposite—we remove the class full-screen , show the expand button icon, and update screenStatus .

Hiding the Left and Right Icons on the First and Last Slides

Now, we need to invent a way to hide the left and right buttons when we're on the first slide and last slide respectively.

We'll use the following two functions to achieve this:

Both these functions perform a very simple task: they check for the current slide number and hide the left and right buttons when the presentation is pointing to the first and last slide respectively.

Updating and Displaying the Slide Number

Because we're making use of the variable currentSlideNo to hide or show the left and right button icons, we need a way to update it as the user navigates through the slides. We also need to display to the user what slide they are currently viewing.

We'll create a function getCurrentSlideNo to update the current slide number:

We start the counter at 0, and for each slide on the page, we increment the counter. We assign the active counter (i.e. with the class .show ) to the currentSlideNo variable.

With that in place, we create another function that inserts some text into the slide counter:

So if we were on the second slide, for example, the slide's counter would read: "2 of 6".

Putting Everything Together

To ensure that all of these functions run in harmony, we'll run them in a newly created init function that we'll execute at the start of the script, just below the references:

We must also run init() at the bottom of both the moveToLeftSlide and moveToRightSlide functions:

This will ensure that the init function runs every time the user navigates left or right in the presentation.

Wrapping Up

I hope this tutorial helped you understand basic web development better. Here we built a presentation slideshow from scratch using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It's a great way to get into creating dynamic HTML with JavaScript PPT 

With this project, you should have learned some basic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript syntax to help you with web development.

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How To Build A Captivating Presentation Using HTML, CSS, & JavaScript

Building beautiful presentations is hard. Often you're stuck with Keynote or PowerPoint, and the templates are extremely limited and generic. Well not anymore.

Today, we're going to learn how to create a stunning and animated presentation using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

If you're a beginner to web development, don't fret! This tutorial will be easy enough to keep up with. So let's slide right into it!

We're going to be using an awesome framework called Reveal.js . It provides robust functionality for creating interesting and customizable presentations.

• Head over to the Reveal.js repository and clone the project (you can also fork this to your GitHub namespace).

• Change directories into your newly cloned folder and run npm install to download the package dependencies. Then run npm start to run the project.

The index.html file holds all of the markup for the slides. This is one of the downsides of using Reveal.js; all of the content will be placed inside this HTML file.

Built-In Themes

Reveal includes 11 built-in themes for you to choose from:

Changing The Theme

• Open index.html
• Change the CSS import to reflect the theme you want to use

The theme files are:

• solarized.css

Custom Themes

It's quite easy to create a custom theme. Today, I'll be using my custom theme from a presentation I gave called "How To Build Kick-Ass Website: An Introduction To Front-end Development."

Here is what my custom slides look like:

Creating A Custom Theme

• Open css/theme/src inside your IDE. This holds all of the Sass files ( .scss ) for each theme. These files will be transpiled to CSS using Grunt (a JavaScript task runner). If you prefer to write CSS, go ahead and just create the CSS file inside css/theme.
• Create a new  .scss file. I will call mine custom.scss . You may have to stop your localhost and run npm run build to transpile your Sass code to CSS.
• Inside the index.html file, change the CSS theme import in the <head> tag to use the name of the newly created stylesheet. The extension will be  .css , not  .scss .
• Next, I created variables for all of the different styles I wanted to use. You can find custom fonts on Google Fonts. Once the font is downloaded, be sure to add the font URL's into the index.html file.

Here are the variables I chose to use:

• Title Font: Viga
• Content Font: Open Sans
• Code Font: Courier New
• Cursive Font: Great Vibes
• Yellow Color: #F9DC24
• Add a  .reveal class to the custom Sass file. This will wrap all of the styles to ensure our custom theme overrides any defaults. Then, add your custom styling!

Unfortunately, due to time constraints, I'll admit that I used quite a bit of  !important overrides in my CSS. This is horrible practice and I don't recommend it. The reveal.css file has extremely specific CSS styles, so I should have, if I had more time, gone back and ensured my class names were more specific so I could remove the  !importants .

Mixins & Settings

Reveal.js also comes with mixins and settings you can leverage in your custom theme.

To use the mixins and settings, just import the files into your custom theme:

Mixins You can use the vertical-gradient, horizontal-gradient, or radial-gradient mixins to create a neat visual effect.

All you have to do is pass in the required parameters (color value) and voila, you've got a gradient!

Settings In the settings file, you'll find useful variables like heading sizes, default fonts and colors, and more!

The structure for adding new content is:

.reveal > .slides > section

The <section> element represents one slide. Add as many sections as you need for your content.

Vertical Slides

To create vertical slides, simply nest sections.

Transitions

There are several different slide transitions for you to choose from:

To use them, add a data-transition="{name}" to the <section> which contains your slide data.

Fragments are great for highlighting specific pieces of information on your slide. Here is an example.

To use fragments, add a class="fragment {type-of-fragment}" to your element.

The types of fragments can be:

• fade-in-then-out
• fade-in-then-semi-out
• highlight-current-blue
• highlight-red
• highlight-green
• highlight-blue

You can additionally add indices to your elements to indicate in which order they should be highlighted or displayed. You can denote this using the data-fragment-index={index} attribute.

There are way more features to reveal.js which you can leverage to build a beautiful presentation, but these are the main things which got me started.

To learn more about how to format your slides, check out the reveal.js tutorial . All of the code for my presentation can be viewed on GitHub. Feel free to steal my theme!

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I really love reveal.js. I haven't spoken in a while so I haven't used it. I've always used their themes and never thought about making my own. This is probably super useful for company presentations, too. I'm SO over google slides. Trying to format code in those is a nightmare LOL

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Yeah it is time consuming, but the result is much better

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The best thing in this - and now I'm not being ironic - is that while you work on a not so much technical task - creating a presentation - you still have to code. And the result is nice.

On the other hand, I know what my presentation skills teachers would say. Well, because they said it... :) If you really want to deliver a captivating presentation, don't use slides at all. Use the time to prepare what you want to say.

I'm not that good - yet, but taking their advice, if must I use few slides, with little information on them and with minimal graphical distractions. My goal is to impress them by what I say, not is what behind my head.

I'm going to a new training soon, where the first day we have to deliver a presentation supported by slides at a big auditorium and the next day we have to go back and forget about the slides and just get on stage and speak. I can't wait for it.

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How about github.com/team-fluxion/slide-gazer ?

It's my fourth attempt at creating a simple presentation tool to help one present ideas quickly without having to spend time within a presentation editor like Microsoft PowerPoint. It directly converts markdown documents into elegant presentations with a few features and is still under development.

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Yup, RevealJS is awesome !

Previously I either used PPT or Google Slides. One is a paid license and the other requires an internet connection.

The cool thing about it is that since it's just HTML files behind the scenes, the only software you need to view it with is a web browser. Has amazing syntax-highlighting support via PrismJS. And as a web developer, it makes it simple to integrate other npm packages if need be...

I actually just used it to present a talk this week!

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Great article, Emma! I love Reveal and this is a great write up for using it!

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I think its a coincidence 😅 I was just starting to think to use reveal.js and suddenly you see this post 🤩

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Check out slides.com If you want to skip the heavy lifting and/or use a presentation platform based on reveal.js.

Everything is still easy to customize. The platform provides a UI to work from and an easy way to share your stuff.

BTW - I have no affiliation with slides.com, or even a current account. I used the service a few years back when I regularly presented and wanted to get over PowerPoint, Google Slides, Prezi, etc.

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Well I guess you get to look ultra pro by skipping the moment where you have to adjust for display detection and make sure your notes don’t show because you plugged your display connector in 😩 But If the conference has no wifi then we’re screwed I guess

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I like Reveal, but I still have not moved past using Google docs slides because every presentation I do has to be done yesterday. Hoping that I can use Reveal more often this year as I get more time to work on each presentation.

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Well this is nice and I haven't tried it maybe because I haven't spoken much in meet ups but I think PowerPoint is still much better than going all these steps and what if I have network connection issues that day then I'm scrolled right?

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Using Node and Soket.io remote control (meant to be used on phones) for my school's computer science club, it also features some more goodies which are helpful when having multiple presentations. It can be modded to use these styling techniques effortlessly. Feel free to fork!

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You may add text however you desire, but for titles use the…

Awesome post! I’m glad I’m not the only one who likes libraries. 😎

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Fantastic post. I just loved it.

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Awesome introduction! I feel like I need to give this a try the next time I create a presentation.

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As I sifted through the various pieces of software that are designed for creating presentation slides, it occurred to me: why learn yet another program, when I can instead use the tools that I’m already familiar with? 

We can easily create beautiful and interactive presentations with HTML, CSS and JavaScript, the three basic web technologies. In this tutorial, we’ll use modern HTML5 markup to structure our slides, we’ll use CSS to style the slides and add some effects, and we’ll use JavaScript to trigger these effects and reorganize the slides based on click events. 

This tutorial is perfect for those of you new to HTML5, CSS and JavaScript, who are looking to learn something new by building.

Here’s the final preview of the presentation slide we’re going to build:

You can also find the complete source code in the GitHub repo .

Let’s begin.

Table of Contents

1. Create the Directory Structure

Before we get started, let’s go ahead and create our folder structure; it should be fairly simple. We’ll need:

index.html css/style.css js/scripts.js

This is a simple base template. Your files remain blank for the time being. We’ll fill that shortly.

2. Create the Starter Markup

Let’s begin by creating the base markup for our presentation page. Paste the following snippet into your index.html file.

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang=”en”> <head> <meta charset=”UTF-8″> <meta name=”viewport” content=”width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0″> <meta http-equiv=”X-UA-Compatible” content=”ie=edge”> <title>Document</title> <link rel=”stylesheet” href=”css/style.css”>

<!– Font Awesome Icon CDN –> <link rel=”stylesheet” href=”https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.0.0/css/all.min.css” integrity=”sha512-9usAa10IRO0HhonpyAIVpjrylPvoDwiPUiKdWk5t3PyolY1cOd4DSE0Ga+ri4AuTroPR5aQvXU9xC6qOPnzFeg==” crossorigin=”anonymous” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer” /> </head> <body> <div class=”container” <div id=”presentation-area”> <!– slides go here –> </div> </div> <script src=”js/index.js” type=”text/javascript”></script> </body> </html>

From the base markup, you can tell that we are importing Font Awesome Icons, our stylesheet ( style.css ) and our JavaScript ( index.js ). 

Now we’ll add the HTML markup for the actual slides inside the <div> wrapper:

<section class=”presentation”>

<!– Slide 1 –> <div class=”slide show”> <div class=”heading”> Presentation on C# </div> <div class=”content grid center”> <h3 class=”title”> What is C# ? <br /> All You Need To Know </h3> </div> </div>

<!– Slide 1 –> <div class=”slide”> <div class=”heading”> Overview </div> <div class=”content grid center”> <h3 class=”title”> Introduction to C+ </h3> <p class=”sub-title”> Basic and Advanced Concepts </p> <p>Lecture No. 1</p> <p>My Email Address</p> <p><a href=””> [email protected] </a></p> </div> </div>

<!– Add 5 more slides here –> </section>

We have seven slides in total, and each slide is comprised of the heading section and the content section.

Only one slide will be shown at a time. This functionality is handled by the .show class which will be implemented later on in our stylesheet. 

Using JavaScript, later on, we’ll dynamically add the .show class to the active slide on the page.

Below the slides, we’ll add the markup for our slide’s counter and tracker:

<div id=”presentation-area”> <!– <section class=”slides”><-></section> –> <section class=”counter”> 1 of 6 </section> </div>

Later on, we’ll use JavaScript to update the text content as the user navigates through the slides.

Finally, we’ll add the slide navigator just below the counter:

<div id=”presentation-area”> <!– <section class=”slides”><-></section> –> <!– <section class=”counter”><-></section> –> <section class=”navigation”> <button id=”full-screen” class=”btn-screen show”> <i class=”fas fa-expand”></i> </button>

<button id=”small-screen” class=”btn-screen”> <i class=”fas fa-compress”></i> </button>

<button id=”left-btn” class=”btn”> <i class=”fas fa-solid fa-caret-left”></i> </button>

<button id=”right-btn” class=”btn”> <i class=”fa-solid fa-caret-right”></i> </button> </section> </div>

This section consists of four buttons responsible for navigating left and right and switching between full-screen mode and small-screen mode. Again, we’ll use the class .show to regulate which button appears at a time.

That’ll be all for the HTML part, let’s move over to styling.

3. Make It Pretty

Our next step takes place within our stylesheet. We’ll be focusing on both aesthetics as well as functionality here. To make each slide translate from left to right, we’ll need to target the class .show with a stylesheet to show the element.

Here’s the complete stylesheet for our project:

* { margin: 0; padding: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; transition: all 0.5s ease; }

body { width: 100vw; height: 100vh; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; }

ul { margin-left: 2rem; }

ul li, a { font-size: 1.2em; }

.container { background: #212121; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: relative; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; }

#presentation-area { width: 1000px; height: 500px; position: relative; background: purple; }

/* Styling all three sections */ #presentation-area .presentation { width: 100%; height: 100%; overflow: hidden; background: #ffffff; position: relative; }

#presentation-area .counter { position: absolute; bottom: -30px; left: 0; color: #b6b6b6; }

#presentation-area .navigation { position: absolute; bottom: -45px; right: 0; }

/* On full screen mode */ #presentation-area.full-screen { width: 100%; height: 100%; overflow: hidden; }

#presentation-area.full-screen .counter { bottom: 15px; left: 15px; }

#presentation-area.full-screen .navigation { bottom: 15px; right: 15px; }

#presentation-area.full-screen .navigation .btn:hover { background: #201e1e; color: #ffffff; }

#presentation-area.full-screen .navigation .btn-screen:hover { background: #201e1e; } /* End full screen mode */

/* Buttons */ .navigation button { width: 30px; height: 30px; border: none; outline: none; margin-left: 0.5rem; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 30px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; }

.navigation .btn { background: #464646; color: #ffffff; border-radius: 0.25rem; opacity: 0; transform: scale(0); }

.navigation .btn.show { opacity: 1; transform: scale(1); visibility: visible; }

.navigation .btn-screen { background: transparent; color: #b6b6b6; visibility: hidden; }

.btn-screen.show { opacity: 1; transform: scale(1); visibility: visible; }

.btn-screen.hover { color: #ffffff; box-shadow: 0px 10px 30px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); } /* End Buttons */

/* content */ .presentation .content { padding: 2em; width: 100%; height: calc(100% – 100px); z-index: 11; }

.presentation .content.grid { display: grid; }

.presentation .content.grid.center { justify-content: center; align-items: center; text-align: center; }

.content .title { font-size: 3em; color: purple; }

.content .sub-title { font-size: 2.5em; color: purple; }

.content p { font-size: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1rem; } /* End Content Stylesheet */

/* Slide */ .presentation .slide { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; background: #ffffff; opacity: 0; transform: scale(0); visibility: none; }

.slide.show { opacity: 1; transform: scale(1); visibility: visible; }

.slide .heading { padding: 2rem; background: purple; font-size: 2em; font-weight: bold; color: #ffffff; }

4. Enable Slide Navigation

Whenever we click on the left or right icon, we want the next slide or previous slide to appear. We also want to be able to toggle between full-screen mode and small-screen mode. 

Furthermore, we want the slide’s counter to display the accurate slide number on every slide. All these features will be enabled with JavaScript.

Inside js/index.js , we’ll begin by storing references to the presentation wrapper, the slides, and the active slide:

let slidesParentDiv = document.querySelector(‘.slides’); let slides = document.querySelectorAll(‘.slide’); let currentSlide = document.querySelector(‘.slide.show’);

Next, we’ll store references to the slide counter and both of the slide navigators (left and right icons):

var slideCounter = document.querySelector(‘.counter’); var leftBtn = document.querySelector(‘#left-btn’); var rightBtn = document.querySelector(‘#right-btn’);

Then store references to the whole presentation container and both button icons for going into full screen and small screen mode:

let presentationArea = document.querySelector(‘#presentation-area’); var fullScreenBtn = document.querySelector(‘#full-screen’); var smallScreenBtn = document.querySelector(‘#small-screen’);

Now that we’re done with the references, we’ll initialize some variables with default values:

var screenStatus = 0; var currentSlideNo = 1 var totalSides = 0;

screenStatus represents the screen orientation. 0 represents a full screen mode and 1 represents a small screen mode. 

currentSlideNo represents the current slide number, which as expected is the first slide. totalSlides is initialized with 0, but this will be replaced by the actual number of our slides.

Moving the Presentation to the Next and Previous Slides

Next, we’ll add click event listeners to the left button, right button, full screen button and small screen button:

leftBtn.addEventListener(‘click’, moveToLeftSlide); rightBtn.addEventListener(‘click’, moveToRightSlide);

fullScreenBtn.addEventListener(‘click’, fullScreenMode); smallScreenBtn.addEventListener(‘click’, smallScreenMode);

We bind corresponding functions that will run when the click event is triggered on the corresponding element.

Here are the two functions responsible for changing the slide:

function moveToLeftSlide() { var tempSlide = currentSlide; currentSlide = currentSlide.previousElementSibling; tempSlide.classList.remove(‘show’); currentSlide.classList.add(‘show’); }

function moveToRightSlide() { var tempSlide = currentSlide; currentSlide = currentSlide.nextElementSibling; tempSlide.classList.remove(‘show’); currentSlide.classList.add(‘show’); }

In the function moveToLeftSlide, we basically access the previous sibling element (ie. the previous slide), remove the .show class on the current slide and add it to that sibling. This will move the presentation to the previous slide.

We do the exact opposite of this in the function moveToRightSlide. Because nextElementSibling is the opposite of previousElementSibling, we’ll be getting the next sibling instead.

Code for Showing the Presentation in Full Screen and Small Screen

Recall that we also added click event listeners to the full screen and small screen icons.

Here’s the function responsible for toggling full-screen mode:

function fullScreenMode() { presentationArea.classList.add(‘full-screen’); fullScreenBtn.classList.remove(‘show’); smallScreenBtn.classList.add(‘show’);

screenStatus = 1; }

function smallScreenMode() { presentationController.classList.remove(‘full-screen’); fullScreenBtn.classList.add(‘show’); smallScreenBtn.classList.remove(‘show’);

screenStatus = 0; }

Recall that presentationArea refers to the element that wraps the whole presentation. By adding the class full-screen to this element, we trigger the CSS that will expand it to take up the whole screen. 

Since we’re now in full-screen mode, we need to show the icon for reverting back to the small screen by adding the class .show to it. Finally, we update the variable screenStatus to 1.

For the smallScreenMode function, the opposite is done – we remove the class full-screen, show the expand button icon, and reupdate screenStatus.

Hidding Left and Right Icons in First and Last Slides 

Now, we need to invent a way to hide both the left and right buttons when we’re on the first slide and last slide respectively.

We’ll use the following two functions to achieve this:

function hideLeftButton() { if(currentSlideNo == 1) { toLeftBtn.classList.remove(‘show’); } else { toLeftBtn.classList.add(‘show’); } }

function hideRightButton() { if(currentSlideNo === totalSides) { toRightBtn.classList.remove(‘show’); } else { toRightBtn.classList.add(‘show’); } }

Both these functions perform a very simple task: they check for the current slide number and hide the left and right buttons when the presentation is pointing to the first and last slide respectively.

Updating and Displaying Slide Number

Because we’re making use of the variable currentSlideNo to hide or show the left and right button icons, we need a way to update it as the user navigates through the slides. 

We also need to display to the user what slide he or she is currently viewing.

We’ll create a function getCurrentSlideNo to update the current slide number:

function getCurrentSlideNo() { let counter = 0;

slides.forEach((slide, i) => { counter++

if(slide.classList.contains(‘show’)){ currentSlideNo = counter; } });

We start the counter at 0, and for each slide on the page, we increment the counter. We assign the active counter (ie. with the class .show) to the currentSlideNo variable. 

With that in place, we create another function that inserts some text into the slide counter:

function setSlideNo() { slideNumber.innerText = `${currentSlideNo} of ${totalSides}` }

So if we were on the second slide for example, the slide’s counter will read as: 2 of 6

Putting Everything Together

To ensure that all of these functions run in harmony, we’ll run them in a newly created init function that we’ll execute at start of the script, just below the references:

function init() {

getCurrentSlideNo(); totalSides = slides.length setSlideNo(); hideLeftButton(); hideRightButton(); }

We must also run init() at the bottom of both the moveToLeftSlide and moveToRightSlide functions:

function moveToLeftSlide() { // other code

function moveToRightSlide() { // other code

This will ensure that the function init runs every time the user navigates left or right in the presentation.

Wrapping Up

I hope this tutorial helped you understand basic web development better. Here we built a presentation slideshow from scratch using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

With this project, you should have learned some basic HTML, CSS and JavaScript syntax to help you with web development. 

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Google Slides Template

Frequently asked questions (faqs) about html5 presentation systems.

• it’s quicker to add a few HTML tags than use a WYSIWYG interface
• you can update a presentation using a basic text editor on any device
• files can be hosted on the web; you need never lose a PPT again
• you can easily distribute a presentation without viewing software
• it’s not PowerPoint and your audience will be amazed by your technical prowess.
• you require web coding skills
• positioning, effects and transitions are more limited
• few systems offer slide notes (it’s a little awkward to show them separately)
• it’s more difficult to print handouts
• S5 — A Simple Standards-Based Slide Show System ( download )
• CSSS — CSS-based SlideShow System ( download )
• Slides ( download )
• HTML5Rocks (no direct downloads, but you can copy the source)

What are the key features to look for in an HTML5 presentation system?

When choosing an HTML5 presentation system, consider features such as ease of use, customization options, and compatibility with various devices. The system should have an intuitive interface that allows you to create presentations without any coding knowledge. Customization options are important for personalizing your presentation to match your brand or style. Additionally, the system should be compatible with different devices, including desktops, laptops, tablets, and smartphones, to ensure your audience can view your presentation without any issues.

How does HTML5 improve the presentation experience compared to traditional methods?

HTML5 enhances the presentation experience by offering interactive and dynamic content. Unlike traditional methods, HTML5 allows for the integration of multimedia elements like videos, audio, and animations directly into the presentation. This makes the presentation more engaging and interactive for the audience. Additionally, HTML5 presentations are web-based, meaning they can be accessed from any device with an internet connection, providing convenience and flexibility for both the presenter and the audience.

Are HTML5 presentations compatible with all browsers?

HTML5 presentations are generally compatible with all modern web browsers, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, and Microsoft Edge. However, there may be slight variations in how different browsers render HTML5 content. Therefore, it’s always a good idea to test your presentation on multiple browsers to ensure it displays correctly.

Can I use HTML5 presentation systems for professional purposes?

Yes, HTML5 presentation systems are suitable for a variety of professional purposes. They can be used for business presentations, educational lectures, product demonstrations, and more. The ability to incorporate multimedia elements and interactive features makes HTML5 presentations a powerful tool for conveying complex information in an engaging and understandable way.

How can I make my HTML5 presentation accessible to all users?

To make your HTML5 presentation accessible, ensure that all content is readable and navigable for users with different abilities. This includes providing alternative text for images, captions for videos, and using clear and simple language. Additionally, make sure your presentation is responsive, meaning it adjusts to fit different screen sizes and orientations.

Can I convert my existing PowerPoint presentations to HTML5?

Yes, many HTML5 presentation systems offer the ability to import and convert PowerPoint presentations. This allows you to leverage your existing content while benefiting from the enhanced features and capabilities of HTML5.

Do I need to know how to code to use HTML5 presentation systems?

While having some knowledge of HTML5 can be beneficial, many HTML5 presentation systems are designed to be user-friendly and do not require any coding skills. These systems often feature drag-and-drop interfaces and pre-designed templates to help you create professional-looking presentations with ease.

Can I share my HTML5 presentations online?

Yes, one of the major advantages of HTML5 presentations is that they can be easily shared online. You can publish your presentation on your website, share it via email, or even embed it in a blog post or social media update.

Are HTML5 presentations secure?

HTML5 presentations are as secure as any other web content. However, it’s important to follow best practices for web security, such as using secure hosting platforms and regularly updating your software to protect against potential vulnerabilities.

Can I track the performance of my HTML5 presentations?

Yes, many HTML5 presentation systems include analytics features that allow you to track viewer engagement and behavior. This can provide valuable insights into how your audience interacts with your presentation, helping you to improve and refine your content over time.

Craig is a freelance UK web consultant who built his first page for IE2.0 in 1995. Since that time he's been advocating standards, accessibility, and best-practice HTML5 techniques. He's created enterprise specifications, websites and online applications for companies and organisations including the UK Parliament, the European Parliament, the Department of Energy & Climate Change, Microsoft, and more. He's written more than 1,000 articles for SitePoint and you can find him @craigbuckler .

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Embed a Powerpoint in a Web Page

Is there any way to embed a PowerPoint slide show in an HTML page using just the standard tags etc? I tried using a iframe, but that just results in the PowerPoint being downloaded.

I am looking for a way to show the slide show using only standard stuff. I realize I could use google docs or flash or something, but I'd rather have a simple implementation.

Does the web just not know how to process a PowerPoint presentation?

• possible duplicate of Embed Powerpoint into HTML –  Marko Commented Aug 18, 2011 at 0:29
• 2 I said I do not want to use google docs. –  Snowy Coder Girl Commented Aug 18, 2011 at 0:30
• 1 It lists other possible solutions, look at the answers below the accepted one. –  Marko Commented Aug 18, 2011 at 0:31
• I saw ones about Flash and other applications, but I'll look deeper some more. –  Snowy Coder Girl Commented Aug 18, 2011 at 0:37
• Google docs is the simple implementation. –  djlumley Commented Aug 18, 2011 at 2:11

11 Answers 11

Plain and simple...this is the best method to embed any Microsoft or Adobe file into a HTML website.

• 2 I wonder why the hell your answer doesn't get more upvotes. It's the closest one to the original intention of the asker. –  EugZol Commented Oct 18, 2017 at 16:34
• 6 This answer won't work for presentations on an internal website. –  NetMage Commented Aug 2, 2019 at 19:53
• 3 <iframe width="100%" height="630" src=" docs.google.com/viewer?url=your_file&embedded=true " ></iframe> –  Alexis Cabrera Mondeja Commented Apr 6, 2020 at 1:53
• 1 JS var url = encodeURIComponent(originalURl); HTML: <iframe src=' view.officeapps.live.com/op/embed.aspx?src=$ {url}' width='100%' height='600px' frameborder='0'> –  Anil Commented May 7, 2020 at 15:12
• 3 As of 2022, I can't get the above answer to work. I've updated the url to a real deck in the github sharepoint that I uploaded. I assume the view.officeapps.live.com/op/embed... isn't there any more. –  Lance Kind Commented Feb 24, 2022 at 16:50

Just to update this question - as there is a new way to embed Powerpoints in a web page. If you have an account on OneDrive , do the following using Powerpoint Online (accessing Powerpoint via the browser) to embed a Powerpoint:

• 2 this was unexpectedly easy! –  Gregg Bursey Commented May 11, 2017 at 21:37
• Hey, please give me solution for without putting ppt on the drive and take from the server then how do they do it? –  user7918630 Commented Sep 7, 2017 at 10:22
• 1 requires viewers to have a microsoft account. not a good solution for a public website. –  sspence65 Commented Dec 22, 2020 at 10:44

Web browsers don't understand power point, but there are solutions besides Flash.

You could export it to HTML or a PDF. Or you could also upload to site like slideshare and make use of their players which are built for this problem.

• 1 +1, thanks for the help. I have decided to use YouTube (see answer). Thanks again. ^_^ –  Snowy Coder Girl Commented Aug 18, 2011 at 2:07
• Hey, please give me solution for without putting ppt on the drive and take from the server then how do they do it? –  user7918630 Commented Sep 7, 2017 at 10:23

I have decided to take a hack route and upload the powerpoint onto YouTube and then just include the youtube video in the iframe.

I know, it's cheap, but it's also easy.

I eventually checked my page as XHTML Strict, which does not support the <iframe> tag. So I used the object tag instead.

I tried answer posted by Shane, which looks exactly right and how MS used to have PPT viewing online earlier but it didn't worked for me. After doing some research I found out that the link has changed a bit.

So use: https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/ view.aspx instead of https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/ embed.aspx

Note: Link to PPT need to be publicly accessible.

• 2 I like more google docs viewer works with docs, pptx, pdf, etc. <iframe width="100%" height="630" src=" docs.google.com/viewer?url=your_file&embedded=true " ></iframe> –  Alexis Cabrera Mondeja Commented Apr 6, 2020 at 2:05
• Animations and effects present in a PPT won't work with google docs viewers. –  SumitK Commented Apr 7, 2020 at 6:29
• But you can use "Open With" and use Google presentations App. –  Alexis Cabrera Mondeja Commented Apr 8, 2020 at 14:07
• I'm not sure if that can be done directly via a link like we can with MS. Also I believe to use Google Slides user need to be signed in with an Google account. –  SumitK Commented Apr 9, 2020 at 15:21

Use Microsoft skydrive, upload your power point to this site and use this code

http://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=20f065afc1acdb2e&page=view&resid=20F065AFC1ACDB2E!723&parid=20F065AFC1ACDB2E!719 is the URL of the powerpoint file.

You have to replace SD20F065AFC1ACDB2E!723 for your own string of the corresponding URL

• <iframe src=" r.office.microsoft.com/r/… " width="402" height="327" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> –  Carlos Soto Johnson Commented Jul 8, 2012 at 4:13
• Look the code of this site, crc.tc/powerpointDemo.html and replace SD20F065AFC1ACDB2E!723 with your own power point skidrive URL identifier –  Carlos Soto Johnson Commented Jul 8, 2012 at 4:21

Upload a PowerPoint document on your Google Drive and then 'Share' it with everyone (make it public): Sharing your pptx doc

Then, go to File > Publish to the web > hit the publish button.

Go to Embed and copy the embed code and paste it to your web page

Copy embed code

Works Best for me.

Goto MS View Office Documents Online Page

Enter link to PPT file Note: This link should be publicly Accessible

Click on Create URL.

Link to view office documents online will be generated.

Paste this link to any webpage or as iframe src attribute.

You are all set!! :)

I was able to do this by saving the PPT as an mp4 (Save As > MPEG-4 Video (*.mp4)) and then using the video tag.

If you are using Google slides you could easily publish it on the web and also embed the slide in an iframe.

Go to google slides -> file-> sharing -> embed and copy the code

and then in your HTML file use the below code to show slides in fullscreen mode.

why not use prezi, I just use it in my work, very easy and useful.

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However, creating a slideshow from scratch can be challenging and time-consuming, especially if you want to make it responsive, accessible, and compatible with different browsers and devices. Fortunately, there are many free and open-source CSS slideshow code examples that you can use as a starting point or inspiration for your own projects. These examples demonstrate the power and versatility of CSS, as they can create stunning slideshows with minimal HTML and JavaScript.

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HTML is a great way of including “more information” into your presentations which can open up a whole new world of possibilities to present an interactive presentations. Although Google has not introduced a feature to embed HTML in Google Slides yet, we can use “insert” option to embed Objects like URLs, images, videos etc. easily.

If you want to display some information outside your presentation and also want to keep the flow at the same time, there are two ways to add links of web pages in Google Slides.

Either you select the text and choose “Link” from the “Right-click” menu or select “Link” from the dropdown menu of “Insert” tab. It will open a dialog box where you can paste the link of your website, padlet, Instagram post etc. and click “apply” to embed the link into the slide.

In this article, we will also teach you how to embed a Google Slide on a website. So, let’s start out this complete guide:

1. How to Embed HTML in Google Slides?

Google Slides does not have any feature to embed HTML in a presentation slide. Unfortunately, you cannot embed HTML in a Google Slides presentation.

However, using the “Insert” menu in the menu bar, you can insert embedded objects like images, audio, videos, etc. To learn more about inserting embedded media into a Google Slides presentation, you can read my article here .

2. How to Embed a Website in Google Slides?

In Google Slides, you cannot embed a website into a slide. However, you can add the link of a website to the text in a slide. All you have to do is follow 2 easy steps.

Step-1: Click on the “Link” option

The first step is to select the text where you want to link the website. Then “Right Click” on the text. In the right-click menu, click on the “Link” option. Alternatively, you can press the “Ctrl+K” keys on your keyboard.

Step-2: Click on the “Apply” option

In the pop-up dialog under the selected text, click on the “Search or paste a link” box. You can now paste the website link that you want to embed. Then click on the “Apply” option to hyperlink the text.

3. How to Embed iframes in Google Slides?

You cannot embed iframes in Google Slides. Since there is no feature for HTML codes, the application cannot embed iframes. However, you can copy the iframe code for the Google Slides presentation to embed it into websites. Refer to section 6 for detailed steps on obtaining the iframe code for a Google Slides presentation.

4. How to Embed Padlet in Google Slides?

To embed your Padlet wall in Google Slides, you have to first copy the link from Padlet. Since Google Slides does not have any feature that allows you to embed a code, you have to add Padlet as a link. To do so, follow the 3 quick steps.

Step-1: Click on the “Insert” tab

The first step is to select the text or image where you want to link the Padlet wall. Then click on the “Insert” tab in the menu bar located at the top of the screen.

Step-2: Click on the “Link” option

In the dropdown menu under the “Insert” tab, click on the “Link” option. You can alternatively press the “Ctrl+K” keys on your keyboard.

Step-3: Paste the Padlet link

In the pop-up dialog box, you can now paste the Padlet link. Finally, all you have to do is click on the “Apply” button to add the Padlet link to the selected text or image.

5. How to Embed Instagram Post in Google Slides?

In Google Slides, you cannot embed an Instagram post using the embed link available on Instagram. However, you can insert the picture and link it to the Instagram post. All you have to do is follow the 5 simple steps.

Step-1: Click on the “Insert” menu

The first step is to insert the Instagram image into the presentation slide. To do so, you have to click on the “Insert” menu in the menu bar located at the top of the screen.

Step-2: Click on the “Image” option

In the “Insert” dropdown menu, click on the “Image” option. In the pop-up menu by the “Image” option in the “Insert” menu, click on the “Drive” or “Photos” option.

Since you cannot insert the image directly using the Instagram link, you must first upload the Instagram picture to Google Drive or Google Photos.

Step-3: Click on the “Insert” option

In the “Google Drive” sidebar on the right side of the screen, click on the Instagram image. Then click on the “Insert” option at the bottom of the sidebar to insert the image into the slide.

Step-4: Click on the “Insert link” option

The next step is to click on the Instagram picture inserted into the slide to select it. Then click on the “Insert link” option in the toolbar located under the menu bar at the top of the screen.

Alternatively, you can press the “Ctrl+K” keys on your keyboard.

Step-5: Paste the Instagram link

In the pop-up dialog under the picture, you can now paste the link to the Instagram post in the “Search or paste a link” box. Then all you have to do is click on the “Apply” button next to the box to embed the Instagram post to the picture in the presentation.

6. How to Embed a Google Slides on a Website?

Google Slides offers the “Publish to the web” feature that gives you the embed code that you can copy and paste to a website to embed the presentation. To embed the Google Slides presentation to a website, follow the 5 quick steps.

Sep-1: Click on the “File” menu

In the menu bar located at the top of the screen, click on the “File” menu. It is the first tab in the menu bar.

Step-2: Click on the “Publish to the web” option

The next step is to scroll down in the dropdown menu under the “File” tab. Click on the “Publish to the web” option in the “File” menu. This will open the “Publish to the web” dialog box.

Step-3: Click on the “Embed” option

In the “Publish to the web” dialog box, click on the “Embed” option. Then you can customize autoplay options for the embedded presentation.

Step-4: Click on the “Publish” button

The next step is to click on the “Publish” button at the bottom of the “Publish to the web” dialog box. This will prompt a pop-up dialog box. Click on the “OK” button in the pop-up dialog.

Step-5: Copy the embed link

You can now see the embed code for the presentation in the “Publish to the web” dialog box. All you have to do is copy the code and paste it into the website where you want to embed the presentation. To copy the code, press the “Ctrl+C” keys on your keyboard.

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A slideshow can be used to display text or images that continuously scroll from one slide to the other to display its content. This article shows an approach to building a slideshow with the use of only HTML and CSS . It consumes less browser memory and takes less computation power as there is no JavaScript involved.

JavaScript-based sliders make the web page slower and also do not work if the user has disabled JavaScript in the browser.

It uses the approach of using animation keyframes to scroll through each of the slides by modifying each of the slide’s margin-left properties during the animation. The animation type can be specified so that the slides can be animated as per the required duration and effect. In this article, we will learn how to build a slideshow using HTML & CSS.

• Use separate div sections for each slide to contain the text content. This allows for individual content definitions on each slide.
• Employ the slide-wrapper class to encapsulate all slides, enabling consistent animation effects and easy application of CSS properties to each slide.
• Utilize the overflow property to clip excess content, ensuring that the content within each slide remains visible, and any overflow is hidden.
• Apply the float property to align contents to the left, providing a structured layout for the slide elements.
• A pply the: nth-child() selector to style elements based on their position in a group of siblings. This allows for individualized styling, such as background color, based on the order of each slide.

Example: In this example, we will see the design of slideshow with HTML and CSS .

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HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the most basic building block of the Web. It defines the meaning and structure of web content. Other technologies besides HTML are generally used to describe a web page's appearance/presentation ( CSS ) or functionality/behavior ( JavaScript ).

"Hypertext" refers to links that connect web pages to one another, either within a single website or between websites. Links are a fundamental aspect of the Web. By uploading content to the Internet and linking it to pages created by other people, you become an active participant in the World Wide Web.

HTML uses "markup" to annotate text, images, and other content for display in a Web browser. HTML markup includes special "elements" such as <head> , <title> , <body> , <header> , <footer> , <article> , <section> , <p> , <div> , <span> , <img> , <aside> , <audio> , <canvas> , <datalist> , <details> , <embed> , <nav> , <search> , <output> , <progress> , <video> , <ul> , <ol> , <li> and many others.

An HTML element is set off from other text in a document by "tags", which consist of the element name surrounded by " < " and " > ". The name of an element inside a tag is case-insensitive. That is, it can be written in uppercase, lowercase, or a mixture. For example, the <title> tag can be written as <Title> , <TITLE> , or in any other way. However, the convention and recommended practice is to write tags in lowercase.

The articles below can help you learn more about HTML.

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If you're new to web development, be sure to read our HTML Basics article to learn what HTML is and how to use it.

For articles about how to use HTML, as well as tutorials and complete examples, check out our HTML Learning Area .

In our extensive HTML reference section, you'll find the details about every element and attribute in HTML.

Beginner's tutorials

Our HTML Learning Area features multiple modules that teach HTML from the ground up — no previous knowledge required.

This module sets the stage, getting you used to important concepts and syntax such as looking at applying HTML to text, how to create hyperlinks, and how to use HTML to structure a web page.

This module explores how to use HTML to include multimedia in your web pages, including the different ways that images can be included, and how to embed video, audio, and even entire other webpages.

Representing tabular data on a webpage in an understandable, accessible way can be a challenge. This module covers basic table markup, along with more complex features such as implementing captions and summaries.

Forms are a very important part of the Web — these provide much of the functionality you need for interacting with websites, e.g. registering and logging in, sending feedback, buying products, and more. This module gets you started with creating the client-side/front-end parts of forms.

Provides links to sections of content explaining how to use HTML to solve very common problems when creating a web page: dealing with titles, adding images or videos, emphasizing content, creating a basic form, etc.

Advanced topics

The crossorigin attribute, in combination with an appropriate CORS header, allows images defined by the <img> element to be loaded from foreign origins and used in a <canvas> element as if they were being loaded from the current origin.

Some HTML elements that provide support for CORS , such as <img> or <video> , have a crossorigin attribute ( crossOrigin property), which lets you configure the CORS requests for the element's fetched data.

The preload value of the <link> element's rel attribute allows you to write declarative fetch requests in your HTML <head> , specifying resources that your pages will need very soon after loading, which you therefore want to start preloading early in the lifecycle of a page load, before the browser's main rendering machinery kicks in. This ensures that they are made available earlier and are less likely to block the page's first render, leading to performance improvements. This article provides a basic guide to how preload works.

HTML consists of elements , each of which may be modified by some number of attributes . HTML documents are connected to each other with links .

Browse a list of all HTML elements .

Elements in HTML have attributes . These are additional values that configure the elements or adjust their behavior in various ways.

Global attributes may be specified on all HTML elements , even those not specified in the standard . This means that any non-standard elements must still permit these attributes, even though those elements make the document HTML5-noncompliant.

HTML elements are usually "inline-level" or "block-level" elements. An inline-level element occupies only the space bounded by the tags that define it. A block-level element occupies the entire space of its parent element (container), thereby creating a "block box".

HTML comments are used to add explanatory notes to the markup or to prevent the browser from interpreting specific parts of the document.

The <audio> and <video> elements allow you to play audio and video media natively within your content without the need for external software support.

HTML is comprised of several kinds of content, each of which is allowed to be used in certain contexts and is disallowed in others. Similarly, each context has a set of other content categories it can contain and elements that can or can't be used in them. This is a guide to these categories.

Historical information on quirks mode and standards mode.

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Html structure.

HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) is the recognised markup language utilised in forming web pages.  It defines the composition of web pages by using markup.  HTML elements are the primary units of HTML pages and are denoted by tags.  HTML tags label parts of content like headings, paragraphs, and tables.  Browsers do not show the HTML tags, but they are used in the background in order to deliver the content of the page.

HTML tags are element names enclosed by angle brackets.  HTML tags usually come in pairs.  The first tag in a pair is the start tag, and the second tag is the end tag.  The end tag is written like the start tag, but with a forward slash inserted before the tag name.  The start tag is sometimes also called the opening tag, and the end tags are the closing tag.

All HTML documents must start with a document type declaration: <!DOCTYPE html>.  The HTML document itself begins with <html> and ends with </html>.  The visible part of the HTML document is between <body> and </body>.

HTML tags are not case sensitive.

HTML Attributes

All HTML elements can have attributes, which provide additional information about the element, and are always specified in the start tag.  They usually come in name/value pairs.

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) defines how HTML elements are to be presented on any given screen, paper or other media.  It saves the developer a lot of work since it can control the layout of multiple web pages simultaneously.

Ways to add CSS to HTML Elements

• Inline – used to apply a unique style to a single HTML element. It uses the style attribute of an HTML element.
• Internal – used to describe a style for one HTML page. It is indicated in the <head> section of an HTML page, within a <style> element.
• External – used to define the style for multiple HTML pages by using an external CSS file. You can change the look of an entire website by changing one file.  This is the most common way to add CSS to HTML elements.

HTML Structure vs. HTML Presentation

The composition of a webpage could be regarded as a mixture of the following four elements:

• Content is the general term used for all the browser-displayed information elements—such as text, audio, still images, animation, video, multimedia, and files belonging to web pages. It does not require any additional presentational markups or styles in order to fully relay its message.
• Structure is the name given to the practice of using HTML in content to transmit substance, and also to define how blocks of information are structured in relation to one another. Examples include: “This is a list,” (i, d, k), “This is heading and subheading,” (<h1>, <h2>, …, <h6>), “This section is related to,” (<a>), etc.
• Presentation of Style refers to anything related to how the content and structure is presented. Examples include size, color, margins, borders, layout, location, etc.
• Behaviour or Interactivity is the implementation of client-side script to generate a two-way flow of information between the webpage and its users. JavaScript is an example of this.

Most of the time it is difficult to clearly distinguish content from the structure.  For example, the <img> tag, as a structural element, is used to produce graphical content.  In practice, the composition of a webpage can simply be viewed as a mixture of three elements: Structure, Presentation and Behavior.

The following terms are often used in correspondence with one another: separation of content and presentation, separation of meaning and presentation, and separation of structure and presentation.  Nonetheless, all of these terms basically make reference to the separation of the content (which is made meaningful by structure and presentation), or simply acknowledge the separation of the structure (HTML) and the presentation (CSS) of any given webpage.

The main goal of HTML 4.01 is the separation of structure and presentation,  as specified in section 2.4.1 of HTML 4.01.

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HTML and XHTML are the foundation of all web development. HTML is used as the graphical user interface in client-side programs written in JavaScript. Server-side languages like PHP and Java also receive data from web pages and use HTML as the output mechanism. The emerging Ajax technologies likewise use HTML and XHTML as their visual engine. HTML was once a very loosely-defined language with very little standardization, but as it has become more important, the need for standards has become more apparent. Regardless of whether you choose to write HTML or XHTML, understanding the current standards will help you provide a solid foundation that will simplify all your other web coding. Fortunately HTML and XHTML are actually simpler than they used to be, because much of the functionality has moved to CSS.

Common Elements

Every page (HTML or XHTML shares certain elements in common.) All are essentially plain text files, with the .html extension. HTML files should not be created with a word processor, but in some type of editor that creates plain text. Every page has a large container (HTML or XHTML) and two major subcontainers, the head and the body. The head area contains information useful behind the scenes, such as CSS formatting instructions and JavaScript code. The body contains the part of the page that is visible to the user.

Tags and Attributes

An HTML document is based on the notion of tags. A tag is a piece of text inside angle brackets (<>). Tags typically have a beginning and an end, and usually contain some sort of text inside them. For example, a paragraph is normally denoted like this:

The <p> indicates the beginning of a paragraph. Text is then placed inside the tag, and the end of the paragraph is denoted by an end tag, which is similar to the start tag but with a slash (</p>.) It is common to indent content in a multi-line tag, but it is also legal to place tags on the same line:

Tags are sometimes enhanced by attributes, which are name value pairs that modify the tag. For example, the tag (used to embed an image into a page) usually includes the following attributes:

The src attribute describes where the image file can be found, and the alt attribute describes alternate text that is displayed if the image is unavailable.

Nested tags

Tags can be (and frequently are) nested inside each other. Tags cannot overlap, so <a><b></a></b> is not legal, but <a><b></b></a> is fine.

HTML VS XHTML

HTML has been around for some time. While it has done its job admirably, that job has expanded far more than anybody expected. Early HTML had very limited layout support. Browser manufacturers added many competing standards and web developers came up with clever workarounds, but the result is a lack of standards and frustration for web developers. The latest web standards (XHTML and the emerging HTML 5.0 standard) go back to the original purpose of HTML: to describe the structure of the data only, and leave all formatting to CSS (Please see the DZone CSS Refcard Series). XHTML is nothing more than HTML code conforming to the stricter standards of XML. The same style guidelines are appropriate whether you write in HTML or XHTML (but they tend to be enforced in XHTML):

Most of the requirements of XHTML turn out to be good practice whether you write HTML or XHTML. I recommend using XHTML strict so you can validate your code and know it follows the strictest standards.

XHTML has a number of flavors. The strict type is recommended, as it is the most up-to-date standard which will produce the most predictable results. You can also use a transitional type (which allows deprecated HTML tags) and a frameset type, which allows you to add frames. For most applications, the strict type is preferred.

HTML Template

The following code can be copied and pasted to form the foundation of a basic web page:

The structure of your web pages is critical to the success of programs based on those pages, so use a validating tool to ensure you haven't missed anything

USEFUL OPEN SOURCE TOOLS

Some of the best tools for web development are available through the open source community at no cost at all. Consider these application as part of your HTML toolkit:

PAGE STRUCTURE ELEMENTS

The following elements are part of every web page.

KEY STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS

Most pages contain the following key structural elements:

LISTS AND DATA

Web pages frequently incorporate structured data so HTML includes several useful list and table tag

Standard List Types

HTML supports three primary list types. Ordered lists and unordered lists are the primary list types. By default, ordered lists use numeric identifiers, and unordered lists use bullets.

However, you can use the list-style-type CSS attribute to change the list marker to one of several types.

Lists can be nested inside each other

Definition lists

The special definition list is used for name / value pairs. The definition term (dt) is a word or phrase that is used as the list marker, and the definition data is normally a paragraph:

Use of tables

Tables were used in the past to overcome the page-layout shortcomings of HTML. That use is now deprecated in favor of CSS-based layout. Use tables only as they were intended, to display tabular data.

A table mainly consists of a series of table rows (tr.) Each table row consists of a number of table data (td) elements. The table heading (th) element can be used to indicate a table cell should be marked as a heading.

The rowspan and colspan attributes can be used to make a cell span more than one row or column.

Each row of a table should have the same number of columns, and each column should have the same number of rows. Use of the span attribute may require adjustment to other rows or columns.

LINKS AND IMAGES

Links and images are both used to incorporate external resources into a page. Both are reliant on URIs (Universal Resource Indicators), commonly referred to as URLs or addresses.

<a> (anchor) The anchor tag is used to provide the basic web link:

In this example, http://www.example.com is the site to be visited. The text "link to example.com" will be highlighted as a link.

absolute and relative references

<link>

The link tag is used primarily to pull in external CSS files:

<img>

The img tag is used in to attach an image. Valid formats are .jpg, .png, and .gif. An image should always be accompanied by an alt attribute describing the contents of the image.

Image formatting attributes (height, width, and align) are deprecated in favour of CSS.

SPECIALTY MARKUP

HTML / XHTML includes several specialty tags. These are used to describe special purpose text. They have default styling, but of course the styles can be modified with CSS.

<quote>

The quote tag is intended to display a single line quote:

Quote is an inline tag. If you need a block level quote, use <blockquote>.

<pre>

The <pre> tag is used for pre-formatted text. It is sometimes used for code listings or ASCII art because it preserves carriage returns. Pre-formatted text is usually displayed in a fixed-width font.

<code>

The code format is used to manage pre-formatted text, especially code listings. It is very similar to pre.

<blockquote>

This tag is used to mark multi-line quotes. Frequently it is set off with special fonts and indentation through CSS. It is a block-level tag.

<span>

The span tag is a vanilla inline tag. It has no particular formatting of its own. It is intended to be used with a class or ID when you want to apply style to an inline chunk of code.

The em tag is used for standard emphasis. By default, <em> italicizes text, but you can use CSS to make any other type of emphasis you wish.

<strong>

This tag represents strong emphasis. By default, it is bold, but you can modify the formatting with CSS.

Forms are the standard user input mechanism in HTML / XHTML. You will need another language like JavaScript or PHP to read the contents of the form elements and act upon them.

Form Structure

A number of tags are used to describe the structure of the form. Begin by looking over a basic form:

The <form></form> pair describes the form. In XHTML strict, you must indicate the form's action property. This is typically the server-side program that will read the form. If there is no such program, you can set the action to null ("") The method attribute is used to determine whether the data is sent through the get or post mechanism.

Most form elements are inline tags, and must be encased in a block element. The fieldset is designed exactly for this purpose. Its default appearance draws a box around the form. You can have multiple fieldsets inside a single form.

You can add a legend inside a fieldset. This describes the purpose of the fieldset.

A label is a special inline element that describes a particular field. A label can be paired with an input element by putting that element's ID in the label's for attribute.

The input element is a general purpose inline element. It is meant to be used inside a form, and it is the basis for several types of more specific input. The subtype is indicated by the type attribute. Input elements usually include an id attribute (used for CSS and JavaScript identification) and / or a name attribute (used in server-side programming.) The same element can have both a name and an id.

This element allows a single line of text input:

Passwords display just like textboxes, except rather than showing the text as it is typed, an asterisk appears for each letter. Note that the data is not encoded in any meaningful way. Typing text into a password field is still entirely unsecure.

Radio Button

Radio buttons are used in a group. Only one element of a radio group can be selected at a time. Give all members of a radio group the same name value to indicate they are part of a group.

Attaching a label to a radio button means the user can activate the button by clicking on the corresponding label. For best results, use the selected attribute to force one radio button to be the default.

Checkboxes are much like radio buttons, but they are independent. Like radio buttons, they can be associated with a label.

Hidden fields hold data that is not visible to the user (although it is still visible in the code) It is primarily used to preserve state in server-side programs.

Note that the data is still not protected in any meaningful way.

Buttons are used to signal user input. Buttons can be created through the input tag:

This will create a button with the caption "launch the missiles." When the button is clicked, the page will attempt to run a JavaScript function called "launchMissiles()" Standard buttons are usually used with JavaScript code on the client. The same button can also be created with this alternate format:

This second form is preferred because buttons often require different CSS styles than other input elements. This second form also allows an <img> tag to be placed inside the button, making the image act as the button.

The reset button automatically resets all elements in its form to their default values. It doesn't require any other attributes.

Select / option

Drop-down lists can be created through the select / option mechanism. The select tag creates the overall structure, which is populated by option elements.

The select has an id (for client-side code) or name (for serverside code) identifier. It contains a number of options. Each option has a value which will be returned to the program. The text between <option> and </option> is the value displayed to the user. In some cases (as in this example) the value displayed to the user is not the same as the value used by programs.

Multiple Selections

You can also create a multi-line selection with the select and option tags:

DEPRECATED FORMATTING TAGS

Certain tags common in older forms of HTML are no longer recommended as CSS provides much better alternatives.

The font tag was used to set font color, family (typeface) and size. Numerous CSS attributes replace this capability with much more flexible alternatives. See the CSS refcard for details.

I (italics)

HTML code should indicate the level of emphasis rather than the particular stylistic implications. Italicizing should be done through CSS. The <em> tag represents emphasized text. It produces italic output unless the style is changed to something else. The <i> tag is no longer necessary and is not recommended. Add font-style: italic to the style of any element that should be italicized.

Like italics, boldfacing is considered a style consideration. Use the <strong> tag to denote any text that should be strongly emphasized. By default, this will result in boldfacing the enclosed text. You can add bold emphasis to any style with the font-weight: bold attribute in CSS.

DEPRECATED TECHNIQUES

In addition to the deprecated tags, there are also techniques which were once common in HTML that are no longer recommended.

Frames have been used as a layout mechanism and as a technique for keeping one part of the page static while dynamically loading other parts of the page in separate frames. Use of frames has proven to cause major usability problems. Layout is better handled through CSS techniques, and dynamic page generation is frequently performed through server-side manipulation or AJAX.

Table-based design

Before CSS became widespread, HTML did not have adequate page formatting support. Clever designers used tables to provide an adequate form of page layout. CSS provides a much more flexible and powerful form of layout than tables, and keeps the HTML code largely separated from the styling markup.

HTML ENTITIES

Sometimes you need to display a special character in a web page. HTML has a set of special characters for exactly this purpose. Each of these entities begins with the ampersand(&) followed by a code and a semicolon.

HTML 5 / CSS3 PREVIEW

New technologies are on the horizon. Firefox 3.5 now has support for significant new HTML 5 features, and CSS 3 is not far behind. While the following should still be considered experimental, they are likely to become very important tools in the next few years. Firefox 3.5, Safari 4 (and a few other recent browsers) support the following new features:

Audio and video tags

Finally the browsers have direct support for audio and video without plugin technology. These tags work much like the img tag.

The HTML 5 standard currently supports Ogg Theora video, Ogg Vorbis audio, and wav audio. The Ogg formats are opensource alternatives to proprietary formats, and plenty of free tools convert from more standard video formats to Ogg. The autoplay option causes the element to play automatically. The controls element places controls directly into the page.

The code between the beginning and ending tag will execute if the browser cannot process the audio or video tag. You can place alternate code here for embedding alternate versions (Flash, for example)

The canvas tag offers a region of the page that can be drawn upon (usually with Javascript.) This creates the possibility of real interactive graphics without requiring plugins like Flash.

This is actually a CSS improvement, but it's much needed. It allows you to define a font-face in CSS and include a ttf font file from the server. You can then use this font face in your ordinary CSS and use the downloaded font. If this becomes a standard, we will finally have access to reliable downloadable fonts on the web, which will usher in web typography at long last.

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Updated: August 01, 2024

Published: December 11, 2023

Are you eager to level up your HTML skills? Embarking on HTML projects for beginners is an excellent way to start. As someone who once stood where you are now, I can confidently say that the journey from HTML novice to proficiency is both thrilling and immensely rewarding. It's not just about learning a language; it’s about creating and bringing your ideas to life. 

In my early days of exploring web development, HTML was the cornerstone that laid the foundation for my career. Now, with several years of experience in web development and a passion for being a resource for beginners, I understand the importance of starting with practical, easy-to-follow projects.

In this blog, I'm excited to share with you a curated list of HTML projects that are perfect for beginners. These projects are designed not only to increase your understanding of HTML but also to spark your creativity and enthusiasm for web development.

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• Understanding the Basics
• Project 1: Personal Portfolio Page
• Project 2: Simple Blog Layout
• Project 3: Landing Page
• Project 4: eCommerce Page
• Project 5: Recipe Page
• Project 6: Technical Documentation
• Project 7: Small Business Homepage
• Project 8: Simple Survey Form
• Project 9: Event Invitation Page
• Project 10: Parallax Website

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Understanding the Basics: What is HTML?

Before I dive into the exciting world of HTML projects, I want to share why grasping the basics of HTML is crucial. HTML , which stands for HyperText Markup Language, is the foundational building block of the web. It’s not a programming language, but a markup language that I use to define the structure and layout of a web page through various elements and tags.

To me, HTML is like creating a framework for web content, similar to how an architect designs a building's blueprint. You would use tags to mark up text, insert images, create links, and lay out web pages in a format that browsers can understand and display. These tags , the basic units of HTML, help differentiate between headings, paragraphs, lists, and other content types, giving the web its versatile and user-friendly nature.

Every web developer starts somewhere, and for many, including myself, that starting point is HTML. It's a language that empowers me to create, experiment, and develop various digital experiences . So, as we embark on these beginner projects, remember that you're not just learning a new skill. You are stepping into a world full of endless possibilities and opportunities.

10 HTML Projects for Beginners: Your Journey Starts Here

As a web developer passionate about teaching, I‘m thrilled to guide you through this series. This section is crafted to progressively enhance your skills, offering a blend of creativity and learning. I’ve seen firsthand how these projects can transform beginners into confident creators, and I‘m excited to see the unique and innovative web experiences you’ll bring to life. Let's embark on this adventure together, turning code into compelling digital stories!

Project 1: Creating a Personal Portfolio Page

One of the best ways to start your HTML journey is by creating a personal portfolio page. This project allows you to introduce yourself to the world of web development while learning the basics of HTML. It’s not just about coding; it’s about telling your story through the web.

The objective here is to craft a web page that effectively portrays your personal and professional persona. This includes detailing your biography, showcasing your skills, and possibly even including a portfolio of work or projects you've completed. This page will be a cornerstone in establishing your online presence and can evolve as you progress in your career.

See the Pen HTML Project 1 by HubSpot ( @hubspot ) on CodePen .

• Showcase and Evolve : I'm selecting projects that best represent my abilities, and I plan to continually update my portfolio as I develop new skills.
• Simplicity and Clarity : My focus is on creating a clear, user-friendly layout that makes navigating my story and achievements effortless for visitors.

Project 2: Building a Simple Blog Layout

After creating a personal portfolio, the next step in your HTML journey is to build a simple blog layout. This project will introduce you to more complex structures and how to organize content effectively on a webpage.

The goal of this project is to create a basic blog layout that includes a header, a main content area for blog posts, and a footer. This layout serves as the foundation for any blog, providing a clear structure for presenting articles or posts.

See the Pen HTML Project 2 by HubSpot ( @hubspot ) on CodePen .

• Consistency is Key : In designing the blog, I'm focusing on maintaining a consistent style throughout the page to ensure a cohesive look.
• Content First : My layout will prioritize readability and easy navigation, making the content the star of the show.

Project 3: Designing a Landing Page

For the third project, let's shift gears and focus on creating a landing page. A landing page is a pivotal element in web design, often serving as the first point of contact between a business or individual and their audience. This project will help you learn how to design an effective and visually appealing landing page.

The objective is to create a single-page layout that introduces a product, service, or individual, with a focus on encouraging visitor engagement, such as signing up for a newsletter, downloading a guide, or learning more about a service.

See the Pen HTML Project 3 by HubSpot ( @hubspot ) on CodePen .

• Clear Call to Action : I'm ensuring that my landing page has a clear and compelling call to action (CTA) that stands out and guides visitors towards the desired engagement.
• Visual Appeal and Simplicity : My focus is on combining visual appeal with simplicity, making sure the design is not only attractive but also easy to navigate and understand.

Project 4: Crafting an eCommerce Page

Creating an eCommerce page is an excellent project for web developers looking to dive into the world of online retail. This project focuses on designing a web page that showcases products, includes product descriptions, prices, and a shopping cart.

The aim is to build a user-friendly and visually appealing eCommerce page that displays products effectively, providing customers with essential information and a seamless shopping experience. The page should include product images, descriptions, prices, and add-to-cart buttons.

See the Pen HTML Project 4 by HubSpot ( @hubspot ) on CodePen .

• Clarity and Accessibility : In designing the eCommerce page, my priority is to ensure that information is clear and accessible, making the shopping process straightforward for customers.
• Engaging Product Presentation : I'll focus on presenting each product attractively, with high-quality images and concise, informative descriptions that entice and inform.

Project 5: Developing a Recipe Page

One of the best ways to enhance your HTML and CSS skills is by creating a recipe page. This project is not only about structuring content but also about making it visually appealing. A recipe page is a delightful way to combine your love for cooking with web development, allowing you to share your favorite recipes in a creative and engaging format.

The aim of this project is to design a web page that effectively displays a recipe, making it easy and enjoyable to read. This includes organizing the recipe into clear sections such as ingredients and instructions, and styling the page to make it visually appealing. The recipe page you create can serve as a template for future culinary postings or a personal collection of your favorite recipes.

See the Pen HTML Project 5 by HubSpot ( @hubspot ) on CodePen .

• Clarity and Simplicity : My focus is on presenting the recipe in an organized manner, ensuring that the ingredients and instructions are easy to distinguish and follow.
• Engaging Visuals : I plan to use appealing images and a thoughtful layout, making the page not just informative but also a delight to the eyes.

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Project 6: Creating a Technical Documentation 

Implementing a responsive navigation menu is a crucial skill in web development, enhancing user experience on various devices. This project focuses on creating a navigation menu that adjusts to different screen sizes, ensuring your website is accessible and user-friendly across all devices.

The goal is to create a navigation menu that adapts to different screen sizes. This includes a traditional horizontal menu for larger screens and a collapsible " hamburger " menu for smaller screens. Understanding responsive design principles and how to apply them using HTML and CSS is key in this project.

See the Pen HTML Project 6 by HubSpot ( @hubspot ) on CodePen .

• Flexibility is Key : I'm focusing on building a navigation menu that's flexible and adapts smoothly across various devices.
• Simplicity in Design : Keeping the design simple and intuitive is crucial, especially for the mobile version, to ensure ease of navigation.

Project 7: Building a Small Business Homepage 

Creating a homepage for a small business is a fantastic project for applying web development skills in a real-world context. This project involves designing a welcoming and informative landing page for a small business, focusing on user engagement and business promotion.

The aim is to create a homepage that effectively represents a small business, providing key information such as services offered, business hours, location, and contact details. The design should be professional, inviting, and aligned with the business's branding.

See the Pen HTML Project 7 by HubSpot ( @hubspot ) on CodePen .

• Clarity and Accessibility : My priority is ensuring that key information is presented clearly and is easily accessible to visitors.
• Brand Consistency : I plan to incorporate design elements that are in line with the business's branding, creating a cohesive and professional online presence.

Project 8: Setting Up a Simple Survey Form

Creating a simple survey form is a valuable project for practicing form handling in HTML and CSS. It's a fundamental skill in web development, essential for gathering user feedback, conducting research, or learning more about your audience.

The objective of this project is to create a user-friendly survey form that collects various types of information from users. The form will include different types of input fields, such as text boxes, radio buttons, checkboxes, and a submit button. The focus is on creating a clear, accessible, and easy-to-use form layout.

See the Pen HTML Project 8 by HubSpot ( @hubspot ) on CodePen .

• Simplicity in Design : I'm aiming for a design that's straightforward and intuitive, ensuring that filling out the form is hassle-free for users.
• Responsive Layout : Ensuring the form is responsive and accessible on different devices is a key consideration in its design.

Project 9: Creating an Event Invitation Page

Designing an event invitation page is a fantastic way to combine creativity with technical skills. This project involves creating a web page that serves as an online invitation for an event, such as a conference, workshop, or party.

The aim is to create a visually appealing and informative event invitation page. This page should include details about the event like the date, time, venue, and a brief description. The focus is on using HTML and CSS to present this information in an engaging and organized manner.

See the Pen HTML Project 9 by HubSpot ( @hubspot ) on CodePen .

• Visual Impact : I'm aiming for a design that captures the essence of the event, making the page immediately engaging.
• Clear Information Hierarchy : Organizing the event details in a clear and logical manner is crucial for effective communication.

Project 10: Building a Parallax Website

Creating a parallax website involves implementing a visual effect where background images move slower than foreground images, creating an illusion of depth and immersion. It's a popular technique for modern, interactive web design.

The objective of this project is to create a website with a parallax scrolling effect. This will be achieved using HTML and CSS, specifically focusing on background image positioning and scroll behavior. The key is to create a visually engaging and dynamic user experience.

See the Pen HTML Project 10 by HubSpot ( @hubspot ) on CodePen .

• Balance in Motion : While implementing parallax effects, I'll ensure the motion is smooth and not overwhelming, to maintain a pleasant user experience.
• Optimized Performance : I'll be mindful of optimizing images and code to ensure the parallax effect doesn't hinder the site's performance.

As we reach the end of our journey through various web development projects, it's clear that the field of web development is constantly evolving, presenting both challenges and opportunities. From creating basic HTML pages to designing dynamic, interactive websites, the skills acquired are just the beginning of a much broader and exciting landscape.

Embracing New Technologies: The future of web development is tied to the ongoing advancements in technologies. Frameworks like React, Angular, and Vue.js are changing how we build interactive user interfaces. Meanwhile, advancements in CSS, like Flexbox and Grid, have revolutionized layout design, making it more efficient and responsive.

Focus on User Experience: As technology progresses, the emphasis on user experience (UX) will become even more crucial. The success of a website increasingly depends on how well it engages users, provides value, and creates meaningful interactions. Web developers must continuously learn about the latest UX trends and apply them to their work.

The Rise of Mobile-First Development: With the increasing use of smartphones for internet access, mobile-first design is no longer an option but a necessity. This approach involves designing websites for smaller screens first and then scaling up to larger screens, ensuring a seamless experience across all devices.

Web Accessibility and Inclusivity: Making the web accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities, is a growing focus. This includes following best practices and guidelines for web accessibility, ensuring that websites are usable by everyone, regardless of their abilities or disabilities.

Performance and Optimization: As users become more demanding about performance, optimizing websites for speed and efficiency will continue to be a priority. This includes minimizing load times, optimizing images and assets, and writing efficient code.

Emerging Trends: The integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning in web development is on the rise, offering new ways to personalize user experiences and automate tasks. Additionally, the development of Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) is blurring the lines between web and mobile apps, offering offline capabilities and improved performance.

Continuous Learning: The only constant in web development is change. Continuous learning and adaptation are key to staying relevant in this field. Whether it's learning new programming languages, frameworks, or design principles, the ability to evolve with the industry is critical for any web developer.

As you continue on your path in web development, remember that each project is a step towards mastering this ever-changing discipline. Embrace the challenges, stay curious, and keep building, for the road ahead in web development is as exciting as it is limitless.

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How to use HTML Elements – Headings, Paragraphs, and Text Formatting Elements Example

HTML, which stands for HyperText Markup Language, is the standard markup language used to create webpages. HTML provides a structured way to organize content on a webpage, allowing web developers to present text and media in a clear and meaningful way.

In this article, we'll explore three fundamental HTML elements: headings, paragraphs, and text formatting elements, and learn how they play a crucial role in web content presentation.

How to use HTML Elements

Understanding HTML elements is foundational for anyone interested in web development. HTML relies on elements as the building blocks of web pages. Each element has a specific purpose and structure, contributing to the overall layout and functionality of a webpage.

Elements can range from basic components like headings, paragraphs, and text formatting elements, to more complex ones such as links, forms, tables, and multimedia embeds.

Learning how to use these elements, their attributes, and the proper nesting and hierarchy is essential for creating well-structured, accessible, and visually appealing web content. Let's go ahead and discuss some HTML elements in more detail.

How to Structure Content with Headings in HTML

Headings in HTML serve the essential purpose of structuring content. They play a vital role in organizing and categorizing information, making it more comprehensible for both human users and search engine algorithms.

HTML offers a total of six hierarchical levels of headings, ranging from <h1> to <h6> , each with a unique significance. <h1> is the highest level, typically used for the main title or primary section of a webpage, while <h6> represents the lowest level, usually reserved for sub-subsections or minor details within the content.

By using these heading tags thoughtfully and hierarchically, web developers can create a visual and structural hierarchy that guides readers through the content's flow and importance, facilitating better comprehension and navigation. Properly structured headings also enhance the accessibility of web content, as they provide screen readers with vital cues about the content's structure and hierarchy.

Here's an example of how headings are used:

In this example, we have a <h1> for the main heading and <h2> for the subheading. This hierarchy helps both search engines and screen readers understand the structure of the content, making it more accessible and SEO-friendly.

Tips and Best Practices for using Headings in HTML

Here are some tips you should keep in mind when using heading in HTML:

Use Headings Sequentially : It's essential to use headings in sequential order. Start with an <h1> for the main title or section, followed by <h2> for subsections, <h3> for sub-subsections, and so on. This helps maintain a logical and organized structure.

Avoid Skipping Levels : Don't skip heading levels. For instance, don't use <h1> followed by <h3> without an <h2> in between. Skipping levels can confuse both users and search engines.

Don't Overuse <h1> : While <h1> is the highest-level heading and should represent the main topic of the page, avoid using it multiple times on a single page. It's better to use it only once for the primary title.

Use Semantic Headings : Choose headings that semantically represent the content they enclose. For example, use <h3> for subheadings that are less important than the main topic but more important than subsections.

Consider Accessibility : Ensure your headings are meaningful to users who rely on screen readers. They should provide a clear outline of the content's structure. Avoid using headings solely for styling purposes.

Test Responsiveness : Check how your headings appear on different devices and screen sizes. Ensure they remain legible and maintain the intended structure.

How to Organize Text with Paragraphs in HTML

Paragraphs in HTML, represented by the <p> element, serve as the fundamental means of organizing textual content on webpages. They are used to group together related text content. By wrapping text in <p> tags, you indicate that this content forms a cohesive unit.

These tags play a crucial role in enhancing the readability and comprehension of the information presented. By encapsulating text within <p> tags, web developers signal to both browsers and readers that the enclosed content is a coherent and standalone unit of information.

This structured approach not only separates different ideas or topics but also provides natural spacing and line breaks before and after each paragraph, ensuring a clean and visually appealing layout.

Whether you're crafting articles, descriptions, or explanations, using <p> elements helps maintain a logical and organized flow of text. This ultimately contributes to a more user-friendly and accessible web experience. Paragraphs automatically add spacing before and after the text they contain, making each one visually distinguishable from the surrounding content.

Here's an example of how paragraphs are used:

This is a paragraph of text. It can contain multiple sentences

Another paragraph here, keeping the content organized.

Tips and Best Practices for using Paragraphs in HTML

Use for Text Content : Use <p> elements for text content, including plain text, articles, descriptions, and more. It helps maintain readability and separates different ideas or topics.

Avoid Excessive Line Breaks : Don't use multiple <p> elements with just a few words each. If text logically belongs together, keep it within a single paragraph.

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Use Semantic Markup : When using paragraphs, ensure that they convey the intended meaning of the content. For example, use paragraphs for introductory text, explanations, or body content.

Check Mobile Readability : Ensure that paragraphs are readable on mobile devices without excessive horizontal scrolling or zooming.

How to Enhance Readability with Text Formatting Elements in HTML

HTML provides various elements for text formatting to enhance the readability and visual appeal of your content. These formatting elements provide both aesthetic improvements and semantic meaning to your text, making it more engaging and accessible to your audience.

Here are some of the formatting elements in HTML:

How to use Bold and Italics Formatting Elements

You can make text bold using the <b> element or italic using the <em> element.

This text is bold , and this text is italic .

However, it's essential to note that when emphasizing text for semantic purposes, it's generally better to use the <strong> element to provide both visual styling and semantic meaning. Use <b> when the primary goal is merely to make the text bold for stylistic reasons.

How to use Underline and Strikethrough Formatting Elements

Text can also be underlined using the <u> element, and you can strikethrough using the <s> or <strike> element (deprecated in HTML5 but still widely supported).

This text is underlined , and this text is strikethrough .

How to use Superscript and Subscript Formatting Elements

Superscript and subscript text can be achieved with the <sup> and <sub> elements, respectively.

Water is H 2 O, and E=mc 2 .

How to use Code and Keyboard Input Elements

To display code or keyboard input, you can use the <code> and <kbd> elements.

To open a file in the terminal, type cd folder . To save, press Ctrl + S .

Tips and Best Practices for using Text Formatting Elements in HTML

Use Formatting Sparingly : While text formatting can make content visually appealing, don't overdo it. Excessive use of bold, italics, or other formatting elements can make the page look cluttered and distract readers from the intended message.

Maintain Readability : The primary goal of text formatting is to enhance readability. Ensure that formatted text remains legible and doesn't strain the reader's eyes.

Combine Formatting : Combine different formatting elements when necessary. For example, you can use <strong> for emphasis within a paragraph that's already in italics using <em> .

Semantic Meaning : Use formatting elements to convey semantic meaning. For instance, use <em> for emphasizing text and <strong> for indicating strong importance.

Use CSS for Styling : While HTML provides basic text formatting, CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is the preferred method for styling web content. CSS gives you more control over fonts, colors, and spacing.

These text formatting elements provide not only visual enhancement, but also semantic meaning to your content, which can be important for screen readers and search engine optimization.

HTML elements like headings, paragraphs, and text formatting tags are essential tools for structuring and presenting content on the web. They provide clarity, hierarchy, and readability to your webpages, making them accessible to both humans and machines.

As you dive deeper into web development, mastering these fundamental elements will be crucial for creating well-structured and user-friendly websites. Remember to follow best practices to ensure your HTML content is not only functional but also visually appealing and accessible to a wide range of users.

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