CSS Fundamentals with Dreamweaver

Cost:

$595.00 (Online Class - Lodestone Live)
$795.00 (Lodestone Training Center) Classes Always Run!

Time: 10 AM - 4:30 PM EST
Length: 2 day class
Type: Instructor-led

Course Description:

Cascading Style Sheets are an important new standard in web design. This class targets beginner to intermediate web designers who want an immersive introduction to CSS on the web. From controlling type, color and layout to enhancing accessibility and functionality, this class offers an intensive one day overview of CSS and how it integrates into the new XHTML standards.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

  • Control color and typography.
  • Create style sheets that cascade according to established guidelines.
  • Design content sections using box properties
  • Understand CSS as a web standard
  • Control page layouts through positioning
  • Apply CSS to enhance existing designs
  • Create alternate style sheets to enhance accessibility and functionality of sites.
  • Create separate styles for print and web

Target Audience:

Cascading Style Sheets are an important new standard in web design. This class targets beginner to intermediate web designers who want an immersive introduction to CSS on the web. From controlling type, color and layout to enhancing accessibility and functionality, this class offers an intensive one day overview of CSS and how it integrates into the new XHTML standards.

Course Outline:

Lesson 1: Understanding CSS

  • Reviewing XTHML Basics
  • Understanding CSS Terminology
  • Adding Rules to a Style Sheet
  • Adding Selectors
  • Working with Multiple Declarations
  • Working with Style Sheets
  • Embedding a Style Sheet
  • Importing an External Style Sheet
  • Importing Multiple Style Sheets
  • Linking to an External Style Sheet
  • Managing Style Sheets

Lesson 2: Selectors and the Cascade

  • Understanding Selectors
  • Using ID Selectors
  • Using Class Selectors
  • Using Grouped Selectors
  • Using Descendant Selectors
  • Looking for the Sources of Styles
  • Resolving Style Conflicts with Specificity
  • Using the !important Declaration
  • Understanding Inheritance
  • Revealing Unstyled Documents
  • Applying User Style Sheets

Lesson 3: Using CSS to Affect Page Layout

  • Introducing the CSS Box Model
  • Creating Simple Floats
  • Using Floats for Page Layout
  • Fixing Column Drop
  • Clearing Essentials
  • Containing Floats
  • Displaying Elements

Lesson 4: Setting Foreground and Background Properties

  • Adding Foreground Colors
  • Adding Colors to Background Elements
  • Adding Background Images
  • Repeating Background Images
  • Positioning Background Images
  • Using the Background Shorthand Declaration

Lesson 5: Setting Typography

  • Altering Line Height
  • Using Font Families
  • Changing Font Styles and Weights
  • Sizing Fonts
  • Writing Font Shorthand Declarations
  • Aligning Text Horizontally
  • Aligning Text Vertically
  • Transforming Text
  • Decorating Text

Lesson 6: Using Margins and Borders to Create Whitespace and Seperation

  • Understanding Margins
  • Adding Borders
  • Implementing Padding
  • Using Negative Margins
  • Collapsing Margins

Lesson 7: Styling Tables

  • Styling Tables and Captions
  • Styling Table Cells
  • Styling Column Classes
  • Styling Links in Table Cells

Lesson 8: Styles for Print

  • Styling for Specific Mediums
  • Creating a Print Style Sheet
  • Hiding Elements for Print
  • Styling for Print
  • Applying Complex Styling for Print
  • Creating a Footer

Lesson 9: Bringing It All Together

  • Setting Global Styles
  • Defining Masthead and Navbar Color
  • Laying Out the Navbar
  • Using Columns
  • Setting Content Styles
  • Starting the Slidebar
  • Creating the Slidebar Boxes
  • Completing the Sidebar
  • Styling the Table
  • Creating the Footer

To Register:

Toll Free - 866.665.9441 or click on a date to register online.

Select a Date!

11/22-11/23/2010
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST

Instructor:
Mark Hooper

Lodestone Training Center:
New York or Online

12/22-12/23/2010
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST

Instructor:
Mark Hooper

Lodestone Training Center:
New York or Online

Please note, assigned instructor may change. Lodestone confirms instructor schedules two weeks prior to class date.

*Classes are online via Lodestone Live and at a Lodestone training center.
The only time that a class will cancel is either if there is a power failure or other major disruption in service.