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Basic Web Design
Principles
Basic Web Design Principles
Balance
 This concept has something to do
with symmetrical and asymmetrical.
Proximity
- Is the placement of elements with
logical relationship close to each
other.
White Spaces
-Are literally blank spaces
which are placed around web
page elements .
Contrast
-Is a way to differentiate the
elements of a web page.
Focus
-Is an element in the website
which should get the attention of
the viewer first.
Unity
-Is the sense of arrangement and
harmony of all elements of the
website.
Alignment
-Is the proper arrangement and positioning o
the elements of the website.
Shortcut keys
 Ctrl + A -- Select all contents of the page.
 Ctrl + B -- Bold highlighted selection.
 Ctrl + C -- Copy selected text.
 Ctrl + X -- Cut selected text.
 Ctrl + N -- Open new/blank document.
 Ctrl + O -- Open options.
 Ctrl + P -- Open the print window.
 Ctrl + F -- Open find box.
 Ctrl + I -- Italicize highlighted selection.
 Ctrl + K -- Insert link.
INTRODUCTION TO
HTML
HYPERTEXT MARK-UP
LANGUAGE
Itis the official language for a
web applications and web
pages.
What is a Doctype?
A <!Doctype> is not an HTML Tag but it is a
document declaration that help the web browser
to display a webpage correctly

<!Doctype Html>
What is Meta?
Metadata is information about data. The <meta>
tag provides metadata about the html document
which is placed in the head part and will not be
displayed on the page.
<meta charset=utf-8”/>
TAGS AND ATTRIBUTES

Tags
Are the basic unit or building blocks
of an HTML file.
STRUCTURES OF A TAG
Start tag- it is usually pairs of start and end
tags.
Attributes- They are used to provide additional
information about the tag and go in name-
value pairs is separated by an equal sign =
<!Doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=”UTF-8”/>
<title> COMPUTER 8 </title>
</head>
<body>
WELCOME TO HTML <img src=“samplepic.gif>
</body>
</html>
<!Doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=”UTF-8”/>
<title> COMPUTER 8 </title>
</head>
<body>
WELCOME TO HTML <img src=“samplepic.gif”>
</body>
</html>
Content- Everything between the
start and end tag.
End Tag- It is used to signify the
end of the tag and it have a /.
<!Doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=”UTF-8”/>
<title> COMPUTER 8 </title>
</head>
<body>
WELCOME TO HTML <img src=“samplepic.gif>
</body>
</html>
Container and Empty tags
There are two types of tags namely; container and
empty.
Container tags have the start end tags together with the content.
Example of container tags:

<p> </p>
Empty tags- stand alone and do not require
end tags.
<br>
<hr>
Html TAGS
 <p> </p> • <dd> </dd>
 <br>
• <dl> </dl>
 <hr>
• <dt> </dt>
 <ol>
 <ul> • <td> </td>
 <a> </a> • <th> </th>
 <b> </b> • <tr> </tr>
New MEDIA ELEMENTS IN HTML

<AUDIO> </AUDIO>
<VIDEO> </VIDEO>
<SOURCE> </SOURCE>
<EMBED> </EMBED>
<TRACK> </TRACK>

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