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Cascading Style Sheets

Training Provided by The Career Center This course is designed for students who want to learn how to use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to develop and design Web sites. Students will learn how to use all the features of the CSS-1 specification, and a few features of CSS-2. Students will explore browser workarounds and sound development principles along the way. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to identify style sheets of various types, customize styles, apply positioning properties, control background appearance, and create styles that break down gracefully. During this course, including computer lab time, students will be provided with the information necessary to complete the following objectives:
  • Identify style sheets of various types, understand the advantages and risks of designing with style sheets, and apply correct style sheet syntax.
  • Apply CLASS and ID selectors to customize styles, use the DIV and SPAN elements to construct styles, and create an external style sheet and linking documents to it.
  • Understand the rules of the cascade, and create cascading styles.
  • Style text with typographical properties, including aligning and indenting text, controlling the spacing of lines and characters modifying other text characteristics
  • Declare specific and generic fonts size fonts with various methods; and create variations of font styles.
  • Apply text and background colors with a variety of methods and other background techniques, like controlling background tiling and position.
  • Control the margins, borders, and padding of page elements, and create floating elements and list styles.
  • Apply position properties to control page layout by absolute and relative coordinates, and control the width, overflow, and layering of page elements.
  • Create styles that break down gracefully, such as dynamic hyperlinks and cursor styles, and apply filters and contextual styles.

This is primarily ilt training
instructor led trainingThis class may be available at a classroom in New York, NY,
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Duration:16 hours
Training Presented in:English
Cascading Style Sheets Prerequisites:
  • Windows 98/ME
  • Windows 2000
  • Intro to Internet Explorer
  • HTML Level 1

Next Course(s):

  • DHTML - Dynamic HTML

This course is included in these Certification Programs:

  • Certified Web Development Associate
  • Certified Web Development Professional

Our Program is All-Inclusive:

  • 16 hours of classroom instruction
  • Unlimited supervised computer lab/practice time for 6 months
  • A complete instruction manual
  • Certificate upon completion
  • Career Enhancement Services
  • Full Placement Counseling
  • Free Resume Review
  • Job Placement Assistance
  • Free Test Preparation
  • Computer-Based Training Files
  • Assessment Testing
  • Internship Opportunities
  • Guarantee: Retake the course for free until test passed and/or employed.
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Topics:

Lesson 1: Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
      Designing with Style Sheets
      Style Sheet Syntax
      Creating Simple Rules

Lesson 2: Creating Rules
      Applying Class and ID Selectors
      The DIV and SPAN Elements
      Linked (External) Style Sheets

Lesson 3: Conflicting Rules: The Cascade
      Rules in Conflict; Cascading Order

Lesson 4: Text and Font Properties
      Typographical Properties
      Font Properties

Lesson 5: Applying Colors and Backgrounds
      Applying Colors
      Background Techniques

Lesson 6: Box Properties
      Formatting with the Box Model
      Borders
      Floating Elements
      Styling Lists

Lesson 7: CSS Positioning
      Positioning Elements Absolutely and Relatively
      Layering Elements with the z-index Property

Lesson 8: Design and Usage Techniques
      Dynamic Link Colors
      Cursor Styles
      Styling Form Elements
      Dynamically Linked Style Sheets
      Contextual Selectors

About The Training Provider: The Career Center
The Career Center - The Career Center Since 1988 The Career Center has trained over 250,000 students in a variety of computer and other job related classes in areas like Office Administration and Bookkeeping, Computer Programming, Computer Support and Networking, Network Security, Web Development, Graphics and Digital Imaging, Medical Billing and Coding, Real Estate Licensing and more . Conveniently located at...
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