Lately I’m using more and more HTML5 elements on my markup. It’s the right thing to do after all, especially on smaller, flexible projects. But as a typical developer I’m too lazy to type everything from scratch, that’s why I’m using more and more the HTML5 Boilerplate from Paul Irish. It’s great but I catch myself deleting many files and lines of code every time, in order to make Boilerplate fulfil my requirements. After all, in most cases I don’t really need things like YUI Profiler, Google Analytics, favicons/iPhone icons and many others for a quick prototype. What I really need, is a very simple template with less features, scripts, and tools! Below you can see/use my HTML5 Boilerplate…
Markup:
<!doctype html><html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <title>Really simple HTML5 template</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" />
<!--[if lt IE 9]><script src="http://html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script><![endif]--> </head> <body> <h1>HTML5 Template</h1> </body></html>A single stylesheet and just one script, will do the work just fine. (The html5shiv helps older IE browsers, to style the new HTML5 elements).
CSS:
/*! normalize.css v2.1.2 | MIT License | git.io/normalize */
/* ========================================================================== HTML5 display definitions ========================================================================== */
/** * Correct `block` display not defined in IE 8/9. */
article,aside,details,figcaption,figure,footer,header,hgroup,main,nav,section,summary { display: block;}
/** * Correct `inline-block` display not defined in IE 8/9. */
audio,canvas,video { display: inline-block;}
/** * Prevent modern browsers from displaying `audio` without controls. * Remove excess height in iOS 5 devices. */
audio:not([controls]) { display: none; height: 0;}
/** * Address styling not present in IE 8/9. */
[hidden] { display: none;}
/* ========================================================================== Base ========================================================================== */
/** * 1. Set default font family to sans-serif. * 2. Prevent iOS text size adjust after orientation change, without disabling * user zoom. */
html { font-family: sans-serif; /* 1 */ -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; /* 2 */ -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; /* 2 */}
/** * Remove default margin. */
body { margin: 0;}
/* ========================================================================== Links ========================================================================== */
/** * Address `outline` inconsistency between Chrome and other browsers. */
a:focus { outline: thin dotted;}
/** * Improve readability when focused and also mouse hovered in all browsers. */
a:active,a:hover { outline: 0;}
/* ========================================================================== Typography ========================================================================== */
/** * Address variable `h1` font-size and margin within `section` and `article` * contexts in Firefox 4+, Safari 5, and Chrome. */
h1 { font-size: 2em; margin: 0.67em 0;}
/** * Address styling not present in IE 8/9, Safari 5, and Chrome. */
abbr[title] { border-bottom: 1px dotted;}
/** * Address style set to `bolder` in Firefox 4+, Safari 5, and Chrome. */
b,strong { font-weight: bold;}
/** * Address styling not present in Safari 5 and Chrome. */
dfn { font-style: italic;}
/** * Address differences between Firefox and other browsers. */
hr { -moz-box-sizing: content-box; box-sizing: content-box; height: 0;}
/** * Address styling not present in IE 8/9. */
mark { background: #ff0; color: #000;}
/** * Correct font family set oddly in Safari 5 and Chrome. */
code,kbd,pre,samp { font-family: monospace, serif; font-size: 1em;}
/** * Improve readability of pre-formatted text in all browsers. */
pre { white-space: pre-wrap;}
/** * Set consistent quote types. */
q { quotes: "\201C" "\201D" "\2018" "\2019";}
/** * Address inconsistent and variable font size in all browsers. */
small { font-size: 80%;}
/** * Prevent `sub` and `sup` affecting `line-height` in all browsers. */
sub,sup { font-size: 75%; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;}
sup { top: -0.5em;}
sub { bottom: -0.25em;}
/* ========================================================================== Embedded content ========================================================================== */
/** * Remove border when inside `a` element in IE 8/9. */
img { border: 0;}
/** * Correct overflow displayed oddly in IE 9. */
svg:not(:root) { overflow: hidden;}
/* ========================================================================== Figures ========================================================================== */
/** * Address margin not present in IE 8/9 and Safari 5. */
figure { margin: 0;}
/* ========================================================================== Forms ========================================================================== */
/** * Define consistent border, margin, and padding. */
fieldset { border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; margin: 0 2px; padding: 0.35em 0.625em 0.75em;}
/** * 1. Correct `color` not being inherited in IE 8/9. * 2. Remove padding so people aren't caught out if they zero out fieldsets. */
legend { border: 0; /* 1 */ padding: 0; /* 2 */}
/** * 1. Correct font family not being inherited in all browsers. * 2. Correct font size not being inherited in all browsers. * 3. Address margins set differently in Firefox 4+, Safari 5, and Chrome. */
button,input,select,textarea { font-family: inherit; /* 1 */ font-size: 100%; /* 2 */ margin: 0; /* 3 */}
/** * Address Firefox 4+ setting `line-height` on `input` using `!important` in * the UA stylesheet. */
button,input { line-height: normal;}
/** * Address inconsistent `text-transform` inheritance for `button` and `select`. * All other form control elements do not inherit `text-transform` values. * Correct `button` style inheritance in Chrome, Safari 5+, and IE 8+. * Correct `select` style inheritance in Firefox 4+ and Opera. */
button,select { text-transform: none;}
/** * 1. Avoid the WebKit bug in Android 4.0.* where (2) destroys native `audio` * and `video` controls. * 2. Correct inability to style clickable `input` types in iOS. * 3. Improve usability and consistency of cursor style between image-type * `input` and others. */
button,html input[type="button"], /* 1 */input[type="reset"],input[type="submit"] { -webkit-appearance: button; /* 2 */ cursor: pointer; /* 3 */}
/** * Re-set default cursor for disabled elements. */
button[disabled],html input[disabled] { cursor: default;}
/** * 1. Address box sizing set to `content-box` in IE 8/9. * 2. Remove excess padding in IE 8/9. */
input[type="checkbox"],input[type="radio"] { box-sizing: border-box; /* 1 */ padding: 0; /* 2 */}
/** * 1. Address `appearance` set to `searchfield` in Safari 5 and Chrome. * 2. Address `box-sizing` set to `border-box` in Safari 5 and Chrome * (include `-moz` to future-proof). */
input[type="search"] { -webkit-appearance: textfield; /* 1 */ -moz-box-sizing: content-box; -webkit-box-sizing: content-box; /* 2 */ box-sizing: content-box;}
/** * Remove inner padding and search cancel button in Safari 5 and Chrome * on OS X. */
input[type="search"]::-webkit-search-cancel-button,input[type="search"]::-webkit-search-decoration { -webkit-appearance: none;}
/** * Remove inner padding and border in Firefox 4+. */
button::-moz-focus-inner,input::-moz-focus-inner { border: 0; padding: 0;}
/** * 1. Remove default vertical scrollbar in IE 8/9. * 2. Improve readability and alignment in all browsers. */
textarea { overflow: auto; /* 1 */ vertical-align: top; /* 2 */}
/* ========================================================================== Tables ========================================================================== */
/** * Remove most spacing between table cells. */
table { border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0;}For CSS, I’m just using the normalize.css.
That’s it, our super minimal HTML5 template is ready for use! Just copy, paste and enjoy…