HTML notes

by Justin Harker

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Page title - HTML5_Overview - this will appear in the address bar</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
    <script src="javascript.js"></script>
  </head>

  <body>

    <header>

    </header>

    <section>
    </section>
    <footer>
      <p><small>&copy; Contents of this page licensed under a Creative Commons Share Alike license.</small></p>
    </footer>
  </body>

</html>

CSS

/*reset css style sheet*/

html,
body,
div,
span,
object,
iframe,
h1,
h2,
h3,
h4,
h5,
h6,
p,
blockquote,
pre,
abbr,
address,
cite,
code,
del,
dfn,
em,
img,
ins,
kbd,
q,
samp,
small,
strong,
sub,
sup,
var,
b,
i,
dl,
dt,
dd,
ol,
ul,
li,
fieldset,
form,
label,
legend,
table,
caption,
tbody,
tfoot,
thead,
tr,
th,
td,
article,
aside,
canvas,
details,
figcaption,
figure,
footer,
header,
hgroup,
menu,
nav,
section,
summary,
time,
mark,
audio,
video {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  border: 0;
  outline: 0;
  font-size: 100%;
  vertical-align: baseline;
  background: transparent;
}

body {
  line-height: 1;
}

/*tell the browser to display the below elements as blocks, rather than inline elements*/

article,
aside,
details,
figcaption,
figure,
footer,
header,
hgroup,
menu,
nav,
section {
  display: block;
}

/*clear out the styling on lists i.e., remove bullets and numbers*/

nav ul {
  list-style: none;
}

blockquote,
q {
  quotes: none;
}

blockquote:before,
blockquote:after,
q:before,
q:after {
  content: '';
  content: none;
}

a {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  font-size: 100%;
  vertical-align: baseline;
  background: transparent;
}

/* change colours to suit your needs */

ins {
  background-color: #ff9;
  color: #000;
  text-decoration: none;
}

/* change colours to suit your needs */

mark {
  background-color: #ff9;
  color: #000;
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: bold;
}

del {
  text-decoration: line-through;
}

abbr[title],
dfn[title] {
  border-bottom: 1px dotted;
  cursor: help;
}

/*standardize the display of
tables and table borders*/

table {
  border-collapse: collapse;
  border-spacing: 0;
}

/* change border colour to suit your needs */

hr {
  display: block;
  height: 1px;
  border: 0;
  border-top: 1px solid #cccccc;
  margin: 1em 0;
  padding: 0;
}

input,
select {
  vertical-align: middle;
}

/*end of reset style sheet*/