Cascading Style Sheets Training Class

1. HTML: What It Has Been, What It Is, and What It Is Supposed to Be

2. (X)HTML Structure

• DOCTYPES: what are they?


• Valid HTML and XHTML DOCTYPES

3. XHTML Tags

• Validation

4. Sectioning HTML Pages:

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5. CSS: Making HTML Look Presentable

6. CSS Syntax

• Selector - Property - Value


• Where Do CSS Rules Go?


• More on Selectors

7. The Cascade: Inheritance and Precedence

• Precedence


• Inheritance


• Where Do CSS Rules Go? Embedded Style Sheets


• @import


• @media

8. More on Selectors

• Descendant Nodes


• Other Descendant Selectors


• Pseudo-Element Selectors

9. Classes And IDs

• Classes


• ID


• When Should I Use Which Selector?

10. Measurements in CSS

11. Text Properties

• text-indent


• text-align


• text-decoration


• letter-spacing


• word-spacing


• text-transform


• white-space


• line-height

12. Font Properties

• font-family


• font-style


• font-variant


• font-weight


• font-size


• font

13. Colors and Backgrounds

• Color


• Background Images

14. Lists

• list-style-type


• list-style-position


• list-style-image


• list-style

15. The CSS Box Model

• Width and height


• Padding, padding-left, padding-right, padding-top, padding-bottom


• Border properties


• Margin, margin-top, margin-right, margin-bottom, margin-left


• Overflow

16. Tables

• table-layout


• border-collapse

17. Page Layout with CSS: float, position, display

• Float


• Clear


• Column Layouts with float and clear


• Positioning


• Display

18. Case Study

19. Appendix A: CSS Drop-Down Menus

Experienced HTML users.

A minimum of 5 years experience writing HTML is recommended.