Introduction to CSS

Date		Location
28th Dec, 2009		Webucator Webinar		[Register]

Introduction to CSS Training Class Overview

This CSS training class teaches students to use Cascading Style Sheets to format HTML pages.

Introduction to CSS Training Class Goals

• Learn the benefits of CSS.
• Learn to avoid using deprecated tags and attributes.
• Learn CSS syntax.
• Learn to use <div> and <span> tags appropriately.
• Learn most of the common properties and their values.
• Learn to create custom CSS cursors.
• Learn to style links with CSS to create "CSS Buttons".
• Learn to work with borders, margin, and padding (the box model).
• Learn to style tables with CSS.

Introduction to CSS Training Class Outline

1. Crash Course in CSS
   1. Benefits of Cascading Style Sheets
   2. CSS Rules
   3. Selectors
   4. Precedence of Selectors
   5. The Cascade
   6. Creating an Embedded Style Sheet
   7. Creating an External Style Sheet
   8. Adding Inline Styles
   9. Media Types
   10. <div> and <span>
   11. Divs and Spans
   12. Units of Measurement
   13. The Inherit Value
   14. @import
2. CSS Fonts
   1. Font - the old way
   2. Font-family
   3. Font-size
   4. Font Family and Font Size
   5. Font-style
   6. Font-variant
   7. Font-weight
   8. Font Style, Font Variant and Font Weight
3. CSS Text
   1. Letter-spacing
   2. Word-spacing
   3. Line-height
   4. Text-align
   5. Text-decoration
   6. Text-indent
   7. Text-transform
   8. Vertical-align
   9. White-space
   10. Text Properties
4. Colors and Backgrounds
   1. About Color Values
   2. Color
   3. Background-color
   4. Background-image
   5. Colors and Backgrounds
5. Custom Cursors
   1. Cursor Styles
   2. Custom Cursors
   3. Using Custom Cursors
6. CSS and Links
   1. Pseudo-classes
   2. CSS Button Links
   3. Modifying Links
7. Borders, Margins and Padding
   1. Getting Started
   2. Borders
   3. Margin
   4. Padding
   5. Borders, Margin and Padding
8. Styling Tables with CSS
   1. A Review of HTML Table Syntax
   2. Styling a table

Introduction to CSS Training Class Prerequisites

Experience in the following areas is required:

• HTML

Introduction to CSS Training Class Materials

Each student will receive a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.

Class Technical Requirements

Our computer technical requirements and setup process is easy, with support just a click away:

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