This 1-hour long tutorial will take you step by step to create a portfolio website. You will learn the basic components of a website, and how to create simple contents using HTML (hypertext markup language) and CSS (cascading style sheets), and how to host it on a popular developer website called “GitHub” with your own subdomain name!
Build Your Portfolio Website with HTML and CSS
Build Your Portfolio Website with HTML and CSS
Instructor: Harrison Kong
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2 hours
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Hands-on learning
What you'll learn
Understand the infrastructure of hosting a website and web browsing
Understand how to create web page contents with HTML (hypertext markup language)
Understand how to customize the format of web page contents with CSS (cascading style sheets)
Skills you'll practice
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Taught in English
No downloads or installation required
Only available on desktop
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Learn step-by-step
In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:
UI introduction and finished product preview
(Take 1) How web browsing works and what is HTML?
HTML - headings and paragraphs
HTML - images, small text and horizontal lines
HTML - hyperlinks
CSS - overview, margins, background colours, text colours
CSS - fonts, text alignments, hyperlink colours
Finishing Touches
Go Live!
Recommended experience
Basic experience with web surfing and using computers. Basic coding experience in any modern programming languages is helpful but not required.
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Practice new skills by completing job-related tasks.
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SR
5
Reviewed on Jun 9, 2020
Excellent course to help build a decent website for yourself! short yet simple explaining all the basics fundamentals that are a must for website design. Really enjoyed it! :)
AR
5
Reviewed on May 21, 2020
Amazing course. The opportunity of doing the course using a remote desktop took it to the next level. The instructor was amazing.
DW
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Reviewed on Sep 24, 2022
I really like the instructor, he explains things well and makes them simple and clear without being too simple to the point of being boring or condescending.
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