HTML Slides Skill

Overview

This skill enables creation of stunning HTML-based presentations using reveal.js - the web's most popular presentation framework. Create interactive, responsive slides with animations, code highlighting, speaker notes, and more.

How to Use

1. Describe the presentation you want to create
2. Specify theme, transitions, and features needed
3. I'll generate a reveal.js presentation

Example prompts:

• "Create an interactive presentation about our product"
• "Build a code walkthrough presentation with syntax highlighting"
• "Make a presentation with speaker notes and timer"
• "Create slides with animations and transitions"

Domain Knowledge

reveal.js Basics

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/reveal.js@4/dist/reveal.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/reveal.js@4/dist/theme/black.css">
</head>
<body>
    <div class="reveal">
        <div class="slides">
            <section>Slide 1</section>
            <section>Slide 2</section>
        </div>
    </div>
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/reveal.js@4/dist/reveal.js"></script>
    <script>Reveal.initialize();</script>
</body>
</html>

Slide Structure

<!-- Horizontal slides -->
<section>Slide 1</section>
<section>Slide 2</section>

<!-- Vertical slides (nested) -->
<section>
    <section>Vertical 1</section>
    <section>Vertical 2</section>
</section>

<!-- Markdown slides -->
<section data-markdown>
    <textarea data-template>
        ## Slide Title
        - Point 1
        - Point 2
    </textarea>
</section>

Themes

Built-in themes: black, white, league, beige, sky, night, serif, simple, solarized, blood, moon

<link rel="stylesheet" href="reveal.js/dist/theme/moon.css">

Transitions

Reveal.initialize({
    transition: 'slide',  // none, fade, slide, convex, concave, zoom
    transitionSpeed: 'default',  // default, fast, slow
    backgroundTransition: 'fade'
});

Fragments (Animations)

<section>
    <p class="fragment">Appears first</p>
    <p class="fragment fade-in">Then this</p>
    <p class="fragment fade-up">Then this</p>
    <p class="fragment highlight-red">Highlight</p>
</section>

Fragment styles: fade-in, fade-out, fade-up, fade-down, fade-left, fade-right, highlight-red, highlight-blue, highlight-green, strike

Code Highlighting

<section>
    <pre><code data-trim data-line-numbers="1|3-4">
def hello():
    print("Hello")
    print("World")
    return True
    </code></pre>
</section>

Speaker Notes

<section>
    <h2>Slide Title</h2>
    <p>Content</p>
    <aside class="notes">
        Speaker notes go here. Press 'S' to view.
    </aside>
</section>

Backgrounds

<!-- Color background -->
<section data-background-color="#4d7e65">

<!-- Image background -->
<section data-background-image="image.jpg" data-background-size="cover">

<!-- Video background -->
<section data-background-video="video.mp4">

<!-- Gradient background -->
<section data-background-gradient="linear-gradient(to bottom, #283b95, #17b2c3)">

Configuration

Reveal.initialize({
    // Display controls
    controls: true,
    controlsTutorial: true,
    progress: true,
    slideNumber: true,
    
    // Behavior
    hash: true,
    respondToHashChanges: true,
    history: true,
    keyboard: true,
    overview: true,
    center: true,
    touch: true,
    loop: false,
    rtl: false,
    shuffle: false,
    
    // Timing
    autoSlide: 0,  // 0 = disabled
    autoSlideStoppable: true,
    
    // Appearance
    width: 960,
    height: 700,
    margin: 0.04,
    minScale: 0.2,
    maxScale: 2.0,
    
    // Plugins
    plugins: [RevealMarkdown, RevealHighlight, RevealNotes]
});

Examples

Example 1: Tech Talk

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>API Design Best Practices</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/reveal.js@4/dist/reveal.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/reveal.js@4/dist/theme/night.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/reveal.js@4/plugin/highlight/monokai.css">
</head>
<body>
    <div class="reveal">
        <div class="slides">
            <section data-background-gradient="linear-gradient(to bottom right, #1a1a2e, #16213e)">
                <h1>API Design</h1>
                <h3>Best Practices for 2024</h3>
                <p><small>Engineering Team</small></p>
            </section>
            
            <section>
                <h2>Agenda</h2>
                <ol>
                    <li class="fragment">RESTful Principles</li>
                    <li class="fragment">Authentication</li>
                    <li class="fragment">Error Handling</li>
                    <li class="fragment">Documentation</li>
                </ol>
            </section>
            
            <section>
                <section>
                    <h2>RESTful Principles</h2>
                </section>
                <section>
                    <h3>Resource Naming</h3>
                    <pre><code data-trim class="language-http">
GET /users           # Collection
GET /users/123       # Single resource
POST /users          # Create
PUT /users/123       # Update
DELETE /users/123    # Delete
                    </code></pre>
                </section>
            </section>
            
            <section>
                <h2>Questions?</h2>
                <p>api-team@company.com</p>
            </section>
        </div>
    </div>
    
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/reveal.js@4/dist/reveal.js"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/reveal.js@4/plugin/highlight/highlight.js"></script>
    <script>
        Reveal.initialize({
            hash: true,
            plugins: [RevealHighlight]
        });
    </script>
</body>
</html>

Example 2: Product Launch

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Product Launch</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/reveal.js@4/dist/reveal.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/reveal.js@4/dist/theme/white.css">
    <style>
        .reveal h1 { color: #2d3748; }
        .metric { font-size: 3em; color: #3182ce; }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <div class="reveal">
        <div class="slides">
            <section data-background-color="#f7fafc">
                <h1>Introducing</h1>
                <h2 style="color: #3182ce;">ProductX 2.0</h2>
            </section>
            
            <section>
                <h2>The Problem</h2>
                <p class="fragment">Teams waste <span class="metric">20%</span> of time on manual tasks</p>
            </section>
            
            <section data-auto-animate>
                <h2>Our Solution</h2>
                <div data-id="box" style="background: #3182ce; padding: 20px;">
                    AI-Powered Automation
                </div>
            </section>
            
            <section data-auto-animate>
                <h2>Our Solution</h2>
                <div data-id="box" style="background: #38a169; padding: 40px; width: 400px;">
                    <p>AI-Powered Automation</p>
                    <p>90% faster</p>
                </div>
            </section>
        </div>
    </div>
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/reveal.js@4/dist/reveal.js"></script>
    <script>Reveal.initialize();</script>
</body>
</html>

Resources

• reveal.js Documentation
• GitHub Repository
• Demo Slides