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…