title: HTML and CSS: Visual QuickStart Guide (8th Edition)
author:  Elizabeth Castro 
description: <b>Elizabeth Castro</b> is the original author of HTML for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide. She is also author of Perl and CGI for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide and XML for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guideboth best-sellers! Liz was the technical editor for Peachpits The Macintosh Bible, Fifth Edition, and she founded Pagina Uno, a publishing house in Barcelona, Spain. <br /> <br /> <b>Bruce Hyslop</b> began developing for the Web in 1997 and focuses on interface technical architecture, development, usability, accessibility, and advocating best practices. He is the author of The HTML Pocket Guide (Peachpit Press, 2010), a thorough discussion and reference of all HTML elements (HTML5 and prior). Bruce also teaches a CSS course at UCLA Extension and occasionally speaks on matters regarding front-end development. Over the years, he has overseen front-end teams or been a developer for more than 150 projects, including those for ABC, BBC, Disney, Logitech, Microsoft, NBC Universal, Nokia, Target, Toyota, and Yahoo!, among others.<br /> <br />
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  Table of Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  [Introduction](text00004.html#a98M)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [HTML and CSS Are Everywhere](text00004.html#a980)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [My Story](text00004.html#a97Y)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Why Learn HTML and CSS?](text00004.html#a95A)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Who Can Benefit from This Book?](text00004.html#a99F)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Employment Roles that Benefit from HTML/CSS Knowledge](text00004.html#a97B)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [How the Book Is Structured and How You Will Learn](text00004.html#a963)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Setting Up Your Workspace](text00004.html#a95R)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Your Essential Toolkit](text00004.html#a998)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [A Quick Tour of Visual Studio Code](text00004.html#a94V)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Getting the Most from This Book](text00004.html#a97W)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [PART I - SETTING THE STAGE](text00005.html#a97A)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [| 1 | THE BASICS AND THE BIGGER PICTURE](text00006.html#a98C)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [HTML and CSS Basic Structure](text00006.html#a93N)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [The Relation