HTML Fundamentals Course

🎯 What You Will Ship

• ✅ Build Portfolio Pulse, a polished single-page portfolio you can publish
• ✅ Master semantic HTML that is accessible, SEO-friendly, and maintainable
• ✅ Plan page content using reusable patterns and accessible landmarks
• ✅ Deliver production checklists for forms, media, and structured data
• ✅ Audit your markup with professional tooling before handing off to CSS

🏗️ The Capstone: Portfolio Pulse

Every module adds a new slice of Portfolio Pulse, a modern portfolio site with clear storytelling, lead capture, and case studies. You will work inside a focused project workspace (portfolio-pulse/) and leave each lesson with committable HTML that scales when you layer CSS and JavaScript later.

📚 Module Roadmap

Module 0 · Foundation Blueprint

• Document anatomy, semantic structure, and accessibility mindset
• Content strategy for portfolio storytelling and copy inventory
• Project bootstrap with reusable partials and version control rituals
• Deliverable: Accessible base page with hero, story, and contact anchors

Module 1 · Semantic Layout & Landmarks

• Landmark elements (header, nav, main, footer, aside) in a portfolio flow
• Sectioning content for hero, case studies, testimonials, and call to actions
• Navigation scaffolding that works for keyboard and screen readers
• Deliverable: Multi-section layout with skip links and semantic grouping

Module 2 · Forms & Lead Capture

• Form structure, labeling, validation, and progressive enhancement patterns
• Contact and project inquiry forms with accessible error states
• Microcopy that builds trust and improves conversion rates
• Deliverable: Fully accessible contact form with validation checklist

Module 3 · Media & Embedded Storytelling

• Responsive images, art direction, and performance budgets
• Video, audio, and embedded third-party content with fallbacks
• Media galleries that highlight portfolio work without sacrificing speed
• Deliverable: Showcase gallery with responsive media and captions

Module 4 · Data Presentation & Credibility

• Tables, definition lists, and timelines for presenting achievements
• Accessible sorting, summaries, and visual grouping without CSS hacks
• Structured data to help recruiters and search engines parse accomplishments
• Deliverable: Skills matrix and experience timeline with rich semantics

Module 5 · Advanced HTML5 & Production Polish

• Microdata, Open Graph, and social preview markup
• Custom data attributes for future interactivity and analytics hooks
• Performance, accessibility, and SEO audits before launch
• Deliverable: Launch-ready portfolio with manifest, metadata, and audits

🔧 Prerequisites

• Comfortable navigating files, folders, and a terminal
• A modern browser (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, or Safari)
• VS Code or another code editor with live preview support
• Curiosity and willingness to iterate on copy, layout, and markup

🎨 Tooling & Practices

� After This Course

• You can publish a production-quality HTML portfolio without frameworks
• You are ready to style the project in CSS Mastery and add interactivity in JavaScript Essentials
• You know how to validate markup with tooling like Lighthouse, axe DevTools, and the W3C validator

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