50 HTML CSS JavaScript Projects - Create a Video Background Website with HTML CSS JavaScript (with Play/Pause & Preloader)

Create a Video Background Website with HTML CSS JavaScript (with Play/Pause & Preloader) In this step-by-step web development tutorial, we're building a modern, dynamic website with a full-screen video background, a custom play/pause button, and an animated preloader. You'll learn how to structure the project with HTML, style it with CSS to achieve a professional look, and add interactive functionality using JavaScript. We'll cover essential concepts like absolute positioning, z-index for layering elements, and event listeners to make our button control the video playback. By the end of this video, you will have a stunning, portfolio-ready webpage that automatically plays a looping video and provides users with an intuitive way to control it. This project is a fantastic way to enhance the visual appeal of any landing page or personal website. We will begin by setting up our project folder in Visual Studio Code and creating the basic HTML structure. You'll see how to source a free, high-quality stock video from Pexels and integrate it directly into your project using the HTML5 video tag. We then dive into CSS, where we'll make the video cover the entire viewport, dim its brightness for better text contrast, and perfectly center our content using CSS Grid. We'll also utilize Bootstrap and Font Awesome to quickly style our control button and add beautiful, functional icons without any extra design work. Finally, we'll implement a preloader animation that displays while the site's assets are loading, providing a smooth and professional user experience. You'll learn how to find and download a free preloader GIF, then use JavaScript to display it initially and hide it once the window's load event is complete. This project packs a powerful punch, teaching you how to combine HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to create a feature-rich, interactive web page from scratch. If you enjoy this tutorial, please let me know what you thought in the comments, and consider subscribing for more web development projects like this one. source code: https://www.100jsprojects.com/project/background-video #WebDevelopment #CodingTutorial #JavaScript timestamp: 0:00 - Preview - Background Video 1:28 - Start the project (HTML) - Background Video 5:26 - CSS styling, Bootstrap and Font Awesome - Background Video 14:34 - Adding functionality using Javascript - Background Video 19:38 - Adding a Preloader - Background Video