CSS Training | Chicago and LA
CSS Fundamentals
Course Description
This 2 day hands-on CSS course will teach you the latest techniques for designing Web sites using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
You will start with a review of CSS essentials, learn to build effective navigation and page layouts, and then move on to work with typography, colors, backgrounds, and white space. Check out our CSS Training deal.
Target Audience
This CSS training class is aimed primarily at web developers who are already familiar with basic client-side Web technologies like HTML and basic JavaScript.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this CSS Training course students will be able to:
- The Basics of CSS.
- Work with CSS Selectors.
- To Use CSS to Affect Page Layout.
- To Set Foreground & Background Properties.
- To Control Text using CSS.
- To Use Margins & Borders to Create Whitespace & Separation.
- To Style Tables.
- To Style Pages to Print.
Getting Started
- What is CSS?
- Why Use CSS?
- Authoring CSS
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
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
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
Setting Foreground and Background Properties
- Adding Foreground Colors
- Adding Color to Background Elements
- Adding Background Images
- Repeating Background Images
- Positioning Background Images
- Using the Background Shorthand Declaration
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
Using Margins & Borders to Create Whitespace & Separation
- Understanding Margins
- Adding Borders
- Implementing Padding
- Using Negative Margins
- Collapsing Margins
Styling Tables
- Styling Tables and Captions
- Styling Table Cells
- Styling Column Classes
- Styling Links in Table Cells
Styling 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
Bringing It All Together
- Working with Text Fragments
- Setting Global Styles
- Defining Masthead and Navbar Colors
- Laying Out the Navbar
- Using Columns
- Setting Content Styles
- Starting the Sidebar
- Creating the Sidebar Boxes
- Completing the Sidebar
- Styling the Table
- Creating the Footer
CSS Training Testimonial
"Chris was a very good teacher. I have taken training at other places and left not knowing how to apply the knowledge. I feel strongly that Chris went a such a great pace that I will be able to utilize the knowledge."
Polly Muehleman - Individual
CSS Training Testimonial
"This course was fantastic - tons of info squeezed in to 2 days, and it was all useful right off the bat. In the first day alone I learned some techniques that will greatly improve things on the sites that I'm responsible for. By the end of the second day I'd learned some cool UI tricks that will really polish off my websites and help me to build better interfaces in the future."
Colin Evans - Individual
CSS Training Testimonial
"Jeff was a fantastic teacher! This is the second class I have take with training connection and I must say the instructors are TOP NOTCH! It was nice to have the course go through a textbook that you get to keep when you leave the class rather than just a few handouts. The depth and pace of the content was great. Thanks"
Marty Ulrich - Idl Lab
CSS Training Testimonial
"Absolutely fantastic, from the moment I walked in and was greeted by Allyncia, to the little details of, Starbucks coffee, filtered water, and the newness and cleanliness of the classrooms. Exceeded all expectations !! Will be back for more. Thanks."
Chuck Steneck - Samatamason
