Building a Personal Website Using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
3 min readJul 3, 2024
Creating a personal website is an excellent way to showcase your skills, portfolio, or even just share your thoughts with the world. This step-by-step guide will help you build a basic personal website using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, providing an introduction to front-end web development.
Step 1: Setting Up Your Project
Before diving into coding, create a folder for your project and set up the necessary files.
- Create a Project Folder: Name it something relevant, like
personal_website
. - Create HTML, CSS, and JavaScript Files: Inside the project folder, create three files:
index.html
styles.css
script.js
Step 2: Structuring Your HTML
HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is used to structure your website content. Here’s a basic structure for your index.html
file:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>My Personal Website</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">
</head>
<body>
<header>
<h1>Welcome to My Personal Website</h1>
<nav>…