A Designer’s Intro to HTML and CSS with Chris Converse

Chris Converse

Understand the basics of code for better workflow

A Designer’s Intro to HTML and CSS
  • 6 video lessons
  • 1 hour and 54 minutes of class content
  • Streaming access on desktop and mobile browsers
  • 100% satisfaction guarantee
Learn to take more control over your web designs by learning a few core concepts in HTML and CSS. With a handful of HTML tags, and some basic CSS properties, you’ll be able to share styles with web developers, and insure the integrity of your design’s translation to the browser.
And the best part is, you already know the basics! Think of HTML as “content and structure” (think pages, graphic/text boxes, text), and CSS as “style and layout” (think paragraph, character, and object styles). What’s more, we’ll learn to gather CSS properties directly from Adobe Photoshop or Bohemian Sketch, and apply them directly to our own CSS file.
What you’ll learn:
  • What is HTML and CSS, exactly?
  • Basic HTML tags and how to write them
  • Choosing a text editor for HTML and CSS
  • Where can I put my CSS rules?
  • Using graphics with HTML using CSS
  • Gathering CSS properties from Adobe Photoshop and Bohemian Sketch
  • What role does JavaScript plays with HTML and CSS

Software Used: Panic Coda 2017

Read more

Course Instructor

Chris Converse

Chris Converse

Chris has over 25 years of experience in graphic design, interactive and animated media, with a unique focus on both design and development.

See instructor's classes

A Designer’s Intro to HTML and CSS with Chris Converse is rated 5.0 stars by 11 students

  • Fiona M. Apr 15, 2024

    Great tutorial, very well explained. Thank you

  • Benjamin G. Apr 8, 2020

    This is a good introduction to HTML5 and CSS. The instructor explains things well and I was engaged the whole way through. It is however a bit short. Understandable but I wanted more so I've tracked down a longer course by this same instructor. Still if you just need to understand the basics this is a good place to start.

  • Külli T. Feb 20, 2020

    I took a lot of notes and worked along, I really feel so much wiser about HTML and CSS now. Great class for beginners, well explained.

  • Lu G. Oct 1, 2019

    I am completely new to web design and this video has been a great purchase. I now understand the basics very clearly. I am also happy with the way Chris talks and explains, as I am not an English native speaker and sometimes class contents might not be difficult but the speaker is. Definitely not the case. I used the subtitles and watched each video a couple of times. Highly recommend it for beginners like me!

  • Matt C. Jul 19, 2019

    Thanks for the starter class Chris. You did a great job teaching and taking the mystery out of the process.

  • Matt C. Jul 19, 2019

    Thanks for the starter class Chris. You did a great job teaching and taking the mystery out of the process.

  • Mark B. Jan 24, 2019

    Awesome. So simple and very informative if you are slightly aware of HTML and CSS but aren't sure about using them to construct a page. If you have been relying on templates to build your site and dabbled with a little code to improve them....this class will take you much further. If you've relied on templates and have been frustrated by the limitations of them then this class will help you being to understand how web pages actually work. If you're wanting to take more control over your pages then this is the class to start with! Can't wait to to take his other classes. Super easy to follow and very informative!

  • Hannah R. Dec 21, 2017

    Good stuff. It does crack me up when he says "Make sure I spelled that right". Check out out reipes. :)

  • Anissa T. Jun 12, 2017

    I appreciated Chris' direct approach and simple explanations. I've been developing and teaching website development for 20+ years, and enjoyed his pacing and resources. This was a solid, straight-forward introduction for new designers.

  • O. Jun 8, 2017

    Great course if you don't know much about HTML and CSS. If you know the basics then I'd skip this one and watch "Creating Your First Web Page (with code!)" because that class is more advanced for designers.

  • K. Jun 7, 2017

    Chris offers a clear, easy-to-follow tutorial. He demystifies the basics.

Showing 11 of 11 reviews

Related Classes