🚀 HTML Boilerplate Template:
A professional-grade HTML5 starter template engineered with modern web
standards in mind—incorporating best practices for SEO,
WCAG-compliant accessibility,
responsive design across devices,
and optimized metadata for social media previews.
Ideal for bootstrapping web applications, portfolio sites, landing pages,
or educational prototypes requiring semantic, maintainable code.
A clean and modern HTML5 template built to help you start your website the right way.
It includes best practices for search engines, mobile-friendliness, accessibility for
all users,
and sharing previews on social media.
Perfect for learning web development or creating your first portfolio, landing page,
or project.
If you are tired of re-writing the same lines of code everytime you start with a new project, this is for you. Download and use this boilerplate as your starter template.
✅ Features:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<!--
HTML Boilerplate Template by Peter R.(p2)
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)
You may use, share, or adapt this template freely, but credit is required.
Credit example: "Based on a boilerplate by Peter R.(p2) – https://github.com/p2pl"
-->
<!--This is HTML declaration. Declares the document type and version of HTML used This tells the browser to render the page using HTML5
standards mode (as opposed to quirks mode).-->
<html lang="en">
<!--Root element of an HTML document. lang="en" helps search engines and screen readers determine the primary language of the content.-->
<head>
<!--Metadata for browser/SEO. This section contains metadata, which isn’t directly displayed on the web page.-->
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<!--Sets the character encoding to UTF-8, which supports almost all characters from all languages.
Prevents weird character issues like �.-->
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<!--Ensures your site is responsive. It sets the viewport to match the device’s width and ensures proper scaling on mobile devices.-->
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<!--While mostly legacy, it’s still often included for the purpose of 100% fully complete html boilerplate/template for a website-->
<meta name="theme-color" content="#ffffff">
<!--Optional but great for mobile browsers: It changes the browser’s address bar color on mobile. A nice UI touch and worth showing
in a pro-level boilerplate.-->
<meta name="description" content="Insert a short, compelling description of your website for search engines.">
<!-- SEO: Meta Description -->
<meta name="robots" content="index, follow">
<!--This tells search engines they’re allowed to index and follow links on the page. Good teaching opportunity to explain noindex,
nofollow, etc.-->
<!-- Open Graph -->
<meta property="og:title" content="Your Website Title">
<meta property="og:description" content="Short description for social sharing.">
<meta property="og:image" content="https://yourdomain.com/image.jpg">
<meta property="og:url" content="https://yourdomain.com">
<meta property="og:locale" content="en_US">
<meta property="og:locale:alternate" content="pl_PL">
<!-- Twitter Card -->
<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image">
<meta name="twitter:title" content="Your Website Title">
<meta name="twitter:description" content="Short description for Twitter/X.">
<meta name="twitter:image" content="https://yourdomain.com/image.jpg">
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "WebSite",
"name": "Your Website Title",
"url": "https://yourdomain.com"
}
</script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
<link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/apple-touch-icon.png">
<link rel="canonical" href="https://yourdomain.com/">
<title>Your Website Title</title>
</head>
<body>
<a href="#main-content" class="skip-link">Skip to main content</a>
<header role="banner">
<nav role="navigation" aria-label="Main navigation"></nav>
</header>
<main id="main-content" role="main"></main>
<footer role="contentinfo"></footer>
<script src="script.js"></script>
<noscript>
<p style="color: red; text-align: center;">
JavaScript is disabled in your browser. Some features of this site may not work properly.
</p>
</noscript>
</body>
</html>
Use this as a foundation and extend it with your own projects and ideas.💡 Happy Coding.🔥
🧠 JAVA SCRIPT- Script.js
An educational JavaScript boilerplate featuring a modular, well-commented script.js structure designed to
streamline the development of interactive front-end features.
Ideal for teaching clean code practices, event-driven logic, and DOM manipulation in modern JavaScript
workflows.
This educational JavaScript starter file provides a simple, easy-to-understand script.js template to help you
begin adding interactivity to your web projects.
It's a great way to learn how JavaScript works—step by step—with clean code and helpful comments throughout.
✅ Features:
// Example:
Toggle dark mode const themeBtn = $("#toggle-theme"); if (themeBtn) {
themeBtn.addEventListener("click", () => { document.body.classList.toggle("dark"); }); }
// script.js
// JavaScript Boilerplate for Interactivity – By Peter R. (p2)
// Enforce strict mode – helps catch bugs early by disallowing unsafe actions
"use strict";
/* -----------------------------------------------
Utility Functions
-------------------------------------------------*/
// Shorthand for selecting a single DOM element
function $(selector) {
return document.querySelector(selector);
}
// Shorthand for selecting multiple DOM elements
function $all(selector) {
return document.querySelectorAll(selector);
}
/* -----------------------------------------------
Wait for DOM to Load
-------------------------------------------------*/
document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function () {
console.log("🚀 JS is ready!");
/* ------------------------------
Toggle Navigation Menu
------------------------------*/
const menuBtn = $("#menu-button");
const nav = $("#main-nav");
if (menuBtn && nav) {
menuBtn.addEventListener("click", () => {
nav.classList.toggle("open"); // Show/hide mobile menu
});
}
/* ------------------------------
Toggle Dark Mode Theme
------------------------------*/
const themeBtn = $("#toggle-theme");
if (themeBtn) {
themeBtn.addEventListener("click", () => {
document.body.classList.toggle("dark"); // Apply/remove 'dark' class
});
}
// 🔧 Add more features below as your site grows...
});
/* -----------------------------------------------
Optional: Basic Error Handling
-------------------------------------------------*/
try {
// Add custom JavaScript logic here
} catch (error) {
console.error("Something went wrong:", error);
}
/* -----------------------------------------------
Notes for Developers
-------------------------------------------------*/
// ✅ "use strict" ensures cleaner, more secure code
// ✅ DOMContentLoaded guarantees the page is fully loaded before running code
// ✅ Utility functions like $() and $all() make DOM manipulation easier
// ✅ This setup is scalable – perfect for adding modules, form validation, sliders, etc.
Use this as a foundation and extend it with your own modules, logic, or components.
📂 Files Included
⚙️ Instructions - How To Use:
🗂️Clone the repo with one click of a button below:
https://github.com/p2pl/html-boilerplate.git🛠️Customize your content: Update < title>, meta descriptions, images, URLs.
✏️Replace 📄style.css and 📄script.js with your own files.
➕Add your content inside the < main> section.
🔍Preview Social Cards - Please follow the links below to acess the OG Debugger and Twitter Card Validator
Open Graph Debugger (Facebook) Twitter Card Validator🧾 License & Attribution
HTML Boilerplate Template by Peter R. (p2) Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) You may use, share, or adapt this template freely — but attribution is required. Please credit: “Based on a boilerplate by Peter R. (p2) – https://github.com/p2pl”
⭐️ Show Your Support
If this boilerplate helped you, consider:
- Giving it a ⭐️ on GitHub
- Sharing it with other developers or learners
- Following on GitHub @p2pl for more open-source work