The Basics of Web Design: HTML5 & CSS3 textbook takes a unique approach to prepare students to design web pages that work today in addition to being ready to take advantage of new HTML5 coding techniques of the future. To meet this challenging goal, the book introduces both XHTML syntax and HTML5 syntax, presents coding web pages in HTML5 with backwards-compatible techniques that work in current browsers, and also provides practice with HTML5's new features that will only work in the latest versions of browsers.

Today's learners are busy multitaskers. The book is organized in two-page sections that quickly introduce the reader to new topics, provide examples, and offer hands-on exercises. This approach will get your students up-and-running quickly.

The Basics of Web Design: HTML5 and CSS3 provides a foundation in skills and concepts that web designers need:
Internet and Web concepts overview
Create web pages with XHTML and HTML5
Configure color and text with CSS
Configure page layout with CSS
Configure images and multimedia
Explore new CSS3 properties
Apply Web Design Best Practices
Design accessible and usable web pages
Design for search engine optimization
Choose a domain name
Publish to the Web