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HTML Syllabus for Beginners

A beginner HTML syllabus from document structure and text through links, images, tables, forms, semantic tags, and the basics of accessible markup.

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1. Introduction to HTML

  • What is HTML?
  • How websites work
  • HTML vs CSS vs JavaScript
  • Structure of a web page
  • Setting up VS Code
  • Installing Live Server
  • Creating first HTML file

2. Basic HTML Structure

  • <!DOCTYPE html>
  • <html>
  • <head>
  • <title>
  • <body>
  • Understanding nesting

3. HTML Elements

  • What is an element?
  • Opening tag
  • Closing tag
  • Self-closing tag
  • Parent & child elements
  • Empty elements

4. HTML Attributes

  • What are attributes?
  • Syntax of attributes
  • Common attributes:
    • id
    • class
    • title
    • style
    • src
    • href
    • alt

5. Headings

  • <h1> to <h6>
  • Proper heading hierarchy
  • SEO basics with headings

6. Paragraphs & Text Formatting

  • <p>
  • <br>
  • <hr>

Text Formatting Tags

  • <b>
  • <strong>
  • <i>
  • <em>
  • <u>
  • <mark>
  • <small>
  • <sup>
  • <sub>

7. HTML Styles

  • Inline styles
  • style attribute
  • Colors
  • Backgrounds
  • Font size
  • Text alignment

8. Links

  • <a>
  • Internal links
  • External links
  • Opening links in new tab
  • Email & phone links

9. Images

  • <img>
  • src
  • alt
  • Width & height
  • Relative vs absolute image paths

10. Comments

  • HTML comments
  • Why comments are useful

11. Lists

  • Ordered List <ol>
  • Unordered List <ul>

List Items

  • <li>

Description List

  • <dl>
  • <dt>
  • <dd>

Nested Lists

12. Tables

  • <table>
  • <tr>
  • <td>
  • <th>
  • colspan
  • rowspan
  • Table structure

13. Block vs Inline Elements

Block Elements

  • <div>
  • <p>
  • <section>

Inline Elements

  • <span>
  • <a>
  • <strong>

Differences Between Block & Inline Elements

14. Container Elements

  • <div>
  • <span>
  • Real-world usage examples

15. Semantic HTML

Semantic Tags

  • <header>
  • <nav>
  • <main>
  • <section>
  • <article>
  • <aside>
  • <footer>

Why Semantic HTML Matters

  • SEO
  • Accessibility
  • Better code structure

16. Forms

Form Basics

  • <form>
  • action
  • method

Input Elements

  • <input>

Input Types

  • text
  • password
  • email
  • number
  • date
  • radio
  • checkbox
  • file
  • submit

Other Form Elements

  • <label>
  • <textarea>
  • <select>
  • <option>
  • <button>

Form Attributes

  • placeholder
  • required
  • disabled
  • readonly
  • value
  • name

17. Buttons

  • <button>
  • Button types
    • Submit
    • Reset
    • Normal button

18. File Paths

  • Relative paths
  • Absolute paths
  • Folder structure understanding

19. Multimedia

Audio

  • <audio>

Video

  • <video>

Media Features

  • Controls
  • Autoplay
  • Loop
  • Muted

Embedding YouTube Videos

20. Iframes

  • <iframe>
  • Embedding websites
  • Embedding maps
  • Embedding videos

21. HTML Entities

  • &copy;
  • &nbsp;
  • &lt;
  • &gt;

22. Meta Tags

  • <meta>
  • Charset
  • Viewport
  • SEO basics

23. Accessibility Basics

  • Importance of alt
  • Proper labels in forms
  • Semantic tags for accessibility

24. HTML Best Practices

  • Proper indentation
  • Clean folder structure
  • Naming conventions
  • Writing readable HTML

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