andrespaulino / exercise-postcard

The ideal first project for anyone interested in practicing HTML/CSS with a real life example.

The Postcard

Who does not like postcards? This is one of your first exercises (if not the first) and it's fun and relatively easy :)

Let's create a postcard with HTML5 and CSS, and then you can share it with your mom or with your other half, she/he is going to be proud! :)

🌱 How to start this project?

1. Make sure you have a Github account at: https://github.com
2. We recommend to open this reposiory using a provisioning tool like Codespaces (recommended) or Gitpod. Alternatively you can cloning it on your local computer using the git clone command.

This is the repository you need to open or clone:

https://github.com/breatheco-de/exercise-postcard

👉 Please follow these steps on how to start a coding project.

3. The exercises will start and show the instructions automatically but if you encounter any issues you can try running them manually by typing in your command line the following:

$ learnpack start

Instructions

Create the HTML and CSS needed to replicate this exact same picture.

✋ Here is the url for 4Geeks logo: https://github.com/breatheco-de/exercise-postcard/blob/main/.learn/assets/4geeks.png?raw=true

Create by drawing your strategy

What to do if you are stuck?

There is a video about this exercise, watch it if you are lost. But don't copy everything, try to code some of your own.

Fundamentals

This exercise covers the following fundamentals:

1. Basic structure for every HTML5 website.
2. The Link tag to import CSS Rules.
3. Using google fonts.
4. Using the different selectors available in CSS.
5. Working with boxes: border, padding, and margins.
6. Overflow.
7. Using a simple form