CSS for UI Designers

HTML & CSS: a quick and easy introduction for total beginners

If you’ve ever wondered how websites are built, you’ve come to the right place. This guide is for total beginners, particularly UI designers wanting to understand the basics of HTML and CSS — the essential building blocks of every web page.

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What is HTML?

HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the backbone of a website. It provides the structure and tells your browser what each piece of content is. You can actually take a peek at a website’s HTML anytime. Just right-click on a web page (for example, in Chrome) and select Inspect.

Inspect mode in the browser