How to learn HTML, CSS and web design on your Mac: Create a simple page Building web pages really couldn’t be easier. Web pages are (mostly) set up using HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language).

This text-based tutorial is intended for people who learn fast through a combination of reading and images — it’s possible to learn HTML and CSS foundations in 15 minutes through this tutorial.

Instead, it utilises a HTML list (with HTML text for the list item content, meaning the text can be zoomed), plus CSS for styles, including background images.

You could do that using an image editor, but CSS can often get the job done faster. Learn how to add a CSS reference to an image and you can stretch it horizontally to any width you like.