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Introduction to CSS Training in Chicago, Illinois

This two day course will give you all the knowledge you need to start working with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and web design.

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What you'll learn

This two day course will give you all the knowledge you need to start working with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and web design. During the course you'll see how to achieve 2 and 3 column layouts with CSS, and learn how to work with the HTML box model and CSS cascade feature. Along the way we'll also be styling text, changing colors, and using the flexibility and power of CSS selectors.

Prerequisites

Experience in HTML

Course Outline

1. Crash Course in CSS
Benefits of Cascading Style Sheets
CSS Rules
Selectors
Precedence of Selectors
The Cascade
Creating an Embedded Style Sheet
Creating an External Style Sheet
Adding Inline Styles
Media Types
<div> and <span>
Divs and Spans
Units of Measurement
The Inherit Value
@import

2. CSS Fonts
Font-the old way
Font-family
Font-size
Font-style
Font-variant
Font-weight

3. CSS Text
Letter-spacing
Word-spacing
Line-height
Text-align
Text-decoration
Text-indent
Text-transform
Vertical-align
White-space

4. Colors and Backgrounds
About Color Values
Color Names
Hexadecimal Color Values
Color Background-color
Background-image
Background-repeat
Background-attachment
Background-position

5. Custom Cursors
Cursor Styles
Custom Cursors
Are Custom Cursors Useful?

6. CSS and Links
Pseudo-classes
CSS Button Links
Modifying Links

7. Borders, Margins and Padding
Getting Started
Borders
Margin
Padding
Specifying Padding by Side

8. Styling Tables with CSS
A Review of HTML Table Syntax
border-spacing
border-collapse
padding

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