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Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Course
Summary
Course Aim:
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) course teaches the web designer how to control the appearance of their web design by separating the visual presentation from the content. This course covers design topics including selectors, the cascade, and inheritance. The training also covers how to build effective navigation, how to lay out pages, and how to work with typography, colours, backgrounds, and white space. Courseware supplied; Alpha designed pages.
Course Prerequisites:
Previous experience using applications on a PC or Macintosh is an essential prerequisite for this course. Experience using Dreamweaver is recommended.
Course Duration:
One day 9:00am – 4:30pm
Classroom courses include:
- Adobe Certified instructors (with min 10 yrs experience)
- Alpha prepared comprehensive coursenotes with tutorials and exercises (updated frequently to reflect industry trends)
- Certificates
- eLearning DVD Package (FREE at course registration where available, see our SPECIALS)
- After course support, unlimited HELP DESK (via email, to reinforce the learning), helpdesk@alphacc.com.au
- Training guarantee
- FREE repeat of public course within 6 months (where required, and on same version), see terms & conditions
Content
Course Content
During this course you will learn about:
What’s new in Dreamweaver CS6 & CSS3
- Inserting HTML5 video content
- New site manager
- Fluid grid-based CSS layouts
- CSS3 transitions
- Multiple CSS class selection
- PhoneGap Build integration
- jQuery Mobile 1.0 and jQuery Mobile swatches
- Web fonts
- Simplified PSD optimization
What’s new in Dreamweaver CS5.5 & CSS3
What’s new in Dreamweaver CS5.5 & CSS3
- CSS3/HTML5 support
- jQuery integration
- Native Android and iOS apps with PhoneGap
- Adobe BrowserLab integration
Topic 1 Getting Started in CSS & Dreamweaver
- Topic Objectives
- Introduction to Dreamweaver
- The Dreamweaver Interface
- The Dreamweaver Designer Workspace
- Changing and Saving Workspaces
- Defining a Local Site
- Site Setup
- Creating a Web page
- Development views
- Live view
- Home pages
- Previewing pages
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 2 Formatting Text with Cascading Style Sheets
- Topic Objectives
- Formatting Text
- Introducing Cascading Style Sheets
- Creating Style Rules
- HTML Tag Rules
- Editing Style Rules
- Setting the Font Family
- Using Points, Ems or Pixels for font sizes
- Setting Font (and other) Colour
- Creating a New External Style Sheet
- Attaching External Style Sheets
- Moving CSS Rules
- Creating Class Styles
- Topic Summary
Topic 3 Designing Page Layout with Cascading Style Sheets
- Topic Objectives
- Understanding page layout
- Controlling layout using Div tags
- Creating CSS page layouts
- Inserting Div Tags
- The CSS box model
- Width, Margins and Padding
- Borders and Background
- Using Inspect mode to view the box model
- Centring
- Changing Link Colours
- Creating a 2-column CSS Layout
- Float
- Using tracing images
- Designing navigation links with CSS
- Working with Tables
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 4 More on Cascading Style Sheets
- Topic Objectives
- Style Rules and Their Attributes
- Type options
- Webfonts
- Background Options
- Block Options
- Box Options
- CSS Inspect mode
- Border Options
- Extensions Options
- The CSS Styles panel in All mode
- The CSS Styles panel in Current mode
- Disable/Enable CSS
- Cascading Order and Inheritance of Styles
- Choosing a Media Type
- Contextual selectors
- Group Selectors
- Multiple CSS class seelction
- Shorthand CSS
- Creating Layouts with CSS
- Checking CSS and HTML coding
- Adobe BrowserLab (reference only)
- Using Dreamweaver's Pre-designed CSS Layouts
- LiveView and the Browser Navigation Toolbar
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
New CSS3 in Dreamweaver CS5.5
Topic 5 CSS3 and Mobile Devices
- Topic Objectives
- Introduction to CSS3
- Introducing CSS3 Media Queries
- Understanding Media Queries
- Generating a Media Query in Dreamweaver
- Multiscreen Preview
- Fluid Grid Layouts
- Inserting Fluid Grid Layout div tags
- Editing Fluid Grid Layout div tags
- Adding other CSS to a fluid grid layout
- Editing the grid
- CSS3 Transitions
- Overview of JQuery Mobile
- Overview of creating web applications using PhoneGap
- Introduction to Adobe Business Catalyst
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 6 Using AP Elements
- Topic Objectives
- About AP elements in Dreamweaver
- HTML code for AP Div elements
- Inserting an AP Div
- Working with nested AP Divs
- The AP Elements panel
- Selecting AP elements
- Changing the stacking order of AP elements
- Viewing or setting AP element preferences
- Viewing or setting properties for a single AP element
- Viewing or setting properties for multiple AP elements
- Showing and hiding AP elements
- Resizing AP elements
- Moving AP elements
- Aligning AP elements
- Aligning AP Elements Using Guides
- Aligning AP Elements Using the Layout Grid
- Converting AP elements to div tags
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
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The Acrobat Package (Acrobat for Business and Acrobat Advanced) public courses in our Brisbane Training Centre is now $775 during the promotional period (Package RRP normally $945; note the 2 courses bought separetely are $945). The offer can't be taken with another offer or promotion and is limited.
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Selected Level 2 public courses in our Melbourne Training Centres are now $775 (RRP $935) during the promotional period. The offer can't be taken with another offer or promotion.
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- PhotoShop Level 1, and Level 2
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