How to Build a Personal Website Using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Building a personal website is an excellent way to showcase your skills, portfolio, and personal brand. This tutorial will guide you through the steps to create a simple yet professional personal website using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Step 1: Setting Up Your Project

Create a new directory for your project and navigate into it.
Inside the directory, create three files: index.html, styles.css, and script.js.

Step 2: Writing the HTML

Open index.html and add the following code:

<!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 Website</h1>
  </header>
  <main>
    <section>
      <h2>About Me</h2>
      <p>A brief introduction about yourself.</p>
    </section>
    <section>
      <h2>Portfolio</h2>
      <p>Showcase your work here.</p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Step 3: Adding Some Style with CSS

Open styles.css and add the following CSS to style your website:

body {
  font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}
header {
  background-color: #333;
  color: white;
  padding: 1rem;
  text-align: center;
}
main {
  padding: 1rem;
}
section {
  margin-bottom: 2rem;
}

Step 4: Adding Interactivity with JavaScript

Open script.js and add the following JavaScript code to add some interactivity:

document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
  const header = document.querySelector('header');
  header.addEventListener('click', () => {
    header.style.backgroundColor = header.style.backgroundColor === 'blue' ? '#333' : 'blue';
  });
});

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have built a basic personal website using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. You can now expand upon this foundation to create a more complex and personalized website.

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