The Basics

Intro to Web Development

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Lesson 3: Layout 

Layout

# 3 

 

Layout w/ HTML & CSS

What kind of site can we build with our beginner tags?

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More Complicated Layouts

Mobile First

Creating a Layout

Non Semantic

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Creating a Layout

Semantic

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Parent Child in HTML

<div> <!-- the PARENT -->
    <p>This is the first child</p>
    <p>This is the second child</p>
    <p>This is the third child</p>
    <p>This is the fourth child</p>
    <h2>This is the fifth child</p>
</div>


<div> <!-- the PARENT -->
    <p>This is the first child</p>
    <p>This is the second child</p>
    
    <div> <!-- This div is the third child -->
        <p>This is the first grandchild</p>
        <p>This is the second grandchild</p>
    </div>

</div>


<div> <!-- the PARENT -->
    <div class="main-container">
         <div class="left-of-screen">
            <p> this is main content</p>
          </div>
         
         <div class="right-of-screen">
            <p>this is sidebar content</p>
         </div> 
    </div> 
</div>

parent <div> tag

 child <p> tag

 child <p> tag

 child <p> tag

 child <p> tag

 child <h2> tag

parent <div> tag

 child <p> tag

 child <p> tag

 child <div> tag

 grandchild <p> tag

 grandchild <p> tag

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<div>

    <p>Content</p>

    <div>
        <p>etc</p>
    </div>


</div>

The div tag acts as a container for other elements. It is often used to house groups of elements together, this way you can write styles and target them to specific content on the page.

The Div Tag

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Using Divs

Challenge # 1

Creating a <div> tag

The Box Model

margin => Area outside the element

border => Surrounds the content, outside the padding, before margin.

padding => Area within the element

<div>
    <p>This is the content</p>
</div>


p{
  margin:10px;
  padding: 20px;
  border:solid red 1px;
}

div{
  border:solid 5px blue;
}

Adding Padding 

<div>
  <p>Padding shorthand</p>
</div>
div p{
  border:solid #3498db 1px;
  padding:15px;
}
<div>
  <p>Padding each side</p>
</div>
div p{
  border:solid #3498db 1px;
  padding-top:5px;
  padding-left:20px;
  padding-bottom:50px;
  padding-right:0px;
}
padding:10px;

padding-top:10px;
padding-left:10px;
padding-bottom:10px;
padding-right:10px;

How to use

Adding Margin

<div>
  <p>margin shorthand</p>
</div>
body{
  border:solid blue 10px;
}

div p{
  border:solid #3498db 1px;
  margin:80px;
}
<div>
  <p>Margin each side</p>
</div>
div p{
  border:solid #3498db 1px;
  margin-top:20px;
  margin-left:5px;
  margin-bottom:200px;
  margin-right:1000px;
}
margin:10px;

margin-top:10px;
margin-left:10px;
margin-bottom:10px;
margin-right:10px;

How to use

Padding & Margin in Action

Challenge #2

Centering a box

The Goal

Please center the box using only padding and margin

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