Cascading Style Sheets (Third Edition) Training in Abilene

Enroll in or hire us to teach our Cascading Style Sheets (Third Edition) class in Abilene, Texas by calling us @303.377.6176. Like all HSG classes, Cascading Style Sheets (Third Edition) may be offered either onsite or via instructor led virtual training. Consider looking at our public training schedule to see if it is scheduled: Public Training Classes
Provided there are enough attendees, Cascading Style Sheets (Third Edition) may be taught at one of our local training facilities.
We offer private customized training for groups of 3 or more attendees.

Course Description

 
You are familiar with using HTML to design web pages. You have used HTML style-oriented tags and attributes to stylize and design your pages. Cascading Style Sheets, or CSS, is integrated into HTML 4.01 and forms an important component of successful web design. CSS offers great flexibility and ease in designing web pages without code heavy HTML documents. In this course, you will work with properties and styles related to colors, typography, page layouts, customized cursors, links, and forms available in CSS to build an effective web page.
Course Length: 2 Days
Course Tuition: $790 (US)

Prerequisites

Students must have a knowledge of HTML. Consider taking the HTML4 classes we offer.

Course Outline

 

Lesson 1: Controlling Color and Typography

 Create an Embedded Style Sheet

 Apply Color

 Comment Your Code

 Modify Text Styles

 Modify Font Styles

 Create a Linked Style Sheet

 

Lesson 2: Designing with the Cascade

 Create Class Styles

 Create ID Styles

 Create Contextual Styles

 Target Styles to Elements with Specific Attributes

 Create Style Sheets that Cascade

 Import Style Sheets

 Create Inline Styles

 

Lesson 3: Designing Content Sections

 Control Margins and Padding

 Create Borders

 Control Element Dimensions

 Create Floating Elements

 Control Content Overflow

 

Lesson 4: Controlling Layout with Positioning

 Control Layout with Absolute Positioning

 Create a Fixed Multi-Column Layout

 Create a Fluid Multi-Column Layout

 Control Layout with Relative Positioning

 Control the Display of Layered Elements

 Apply Fixed Positioning

 

Lesson 5: Enhancing an Existing Design

 Customize Cursors

 Customize Link Styles

 Customize Forms

 Work with Background Images

 Customize Lists

 Create Generated Content

 

Lesson 6: Creating Alternate Style Sheets

 Create Accessible Style Sheets

 Apply User-Defined System Fonts and Colors

 Create a Print Style Sheet

Appendix A: The :first-line and :first-letter Pseudo-Classes

Appendix B: The DOCTYPE Switch

Appendix C: Fixing Element Width in IE 5.x

Appendix D: Scroll Bar Colors

Appendix E: Proprietary Cursor Styles

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