This book covers the gap between code and design, the things zombies hope you won’t learn, usability. It’s how a user interacts with your site and whether they can find the information they came looking for or complete the task they set out to do. Better maintenance and better usability both lead to less crying and fewer zombies. That’s a win and a delayed apocalypse for everyone!
Level: Beginner
A Beginner’s Guide to Learning HTML
(and Smacking Zombies Upside the Web Development)Only your web skills can save the planet from the apocalyptic hordes. You’ll learn the major HTML elements, how use them and how to punch zombies in the HTML5. You’ll learn the structure of a web page, how to mark up text, how to wrangle attributes, and ways to embed media. By the time you’re done you’ll know how to build your own web page and kick zombies in the throat with your skills.
Beginner CSS: Like Putting Lipstick on a Zombie
When you take websites from skeletal HTML structures to fleshed out CSS beauties they’ll take out twice the zombies per site. You’ll learn all the major zombie-fighting CSS skills like how to set colors, change fonts, create backgrounds, use the CSS box-model, move elements around and build two column layouts with floats and positioning. Your webpages will never again be as drab as a zombie’s thought processes again.
Code Isn’t as Scary as Zombies: HTML and CSS for Writers and Editors
In this video class, you’ll get a quick intro to both HTML and CSS and look at the tags and styles that matter most for enhancing your writing for the web (and/or killing zombies). You’ll gain the confidence to hand code basic structures, handle weird code from Word, spice up your pull-quotes and dive deeper into code that enhances the presentation of your writing.