December 10, 2025 in Learn
Introduction to HTML & CSS: Build Your First Page
HTML and CSS are the foundations of every website. These two languages work together to structure content, add style, and bring visual clarity to the pages you see every day. Even if you have never written code before, learning HTML…
Updated on August 13, 2024 in Learn
How to Change the Color of an H1 Tag in HTML and CSS
Changing the color of an H1 tag is a fundamental skill for new web developers and bloggers looking to customize the appearance of their websites. The H1 tag, or Heading 1, typically serves as the main title and plays a…
Updated on April 10, 2023 in Learn
Increase Site Performance With CSS Hardware Acceleration
Did you know that we can hardware-accelerate graphics-intensive CSS features by offloading them to the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) for better rendering performance in the browser? Computers have graphics cards suitable for CSS hardware acceleration. Because of this, we can…
Updated on February 13, 2023 in Learn
How to Create a CSS Sprite Animation With steps()
There’s a little-known timing function in CSS animations that lets us break an animation into segments––or steps––instead of running it as one continuous animation from start to finish. This function is useful for creating sprite animation because we’re able to…
Updated on September 11, 2023 in Learn
11 Reasons Why You Should Learn HTML & CSS
Today’s workforce continues to become more and more tech savvy, which means having basic web coding skills is useful for many different careers. In fact, you no longer need to become a full-fledged web developer to use HTML and CSS…
Updated on September 11, 2023 in Learn
CSS vs. HTML: What’s the Difference?
When you start learning about web development, some of the first terms you’ll come across are HTML and CSS. What’s the difference between them and how do they play a role in building websites? We’ll dive deeper into these two…
Updated on September 11, 2023 in Learn
How to Shorten Text With CSS (Ellipsis)
Ever wondered how to shorten text with an ellipsis? It’s quite easy to do and only requires a few lines of CSS. Follow along as I take you through setting this up! Also, if you’re interested in checking out the…
Updated on September 11, 2023 in Learn
CSS Toggle Switch
Today, we’ll go over how we can transform a regular checkbox input element to a responsive toggle switch. It’s not as hard as you may think and only involves CSS. No JavaScript. So let’s get into it! If you get…
Updated on September 11, 2023 in Learn
Dark Mode In CSS
How often do you find yourself on a website or app looking for a toggle for dark mode? Most apps now-a-days, like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, & Snapchat just to name a few, use some sort of dark mode feature. Implementing…
Updated on June 14, 2023 in Learn
Your Introduction to HTML and CSS
Get started creating web pages with HTML and CSS, the basic building blocks of web development. Introduction to HTML & CSS is a 134 minute course from Treehouse teacher Treasure Porth that teaches HTML and CSS for beginners. HTML, or…
Updated on September 11, 2023 in Learn
Clean Up Your Code with Modular CSS
CSS. It’s a web designer’s playpen. With so many colors, type settings, layout options, and responsive possibilities, it’s easy to turn a stylesheet into a million line nightmare. However, with a few simple actions you can clean up the mess…
Updated on September 21, 2017 in Learn
HTML and CSS: Still Relevant for Designers
If you’re a designer trying to stay current you may be feeling some pressure to learn one of the many new web programming languages that are “hot” right now (React, Angular, etc.). Not only because these languages are gaining in…