Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) with Dreamweaver CS3

2 days

Course Description

Who should attend?

Graphic/Web designers, or people transitioning into a website related job or taking on website maintenance responsibilities. This Foundation course is aimed at delegates with little or no experience of Dreamweaver and Fireworks. At the end of the course delegates will have created and built a professional working website.

What will I learn?

THow to quickly and easily design, develop and maintain a professional website. Effectively use CSS to layout and manage your website. Create, edit and optimize graphics and images to incorporate into your website design. How to connect your website to the Internet and how to upload and maintain your website files.

Controlling Color and Typography

Create an Embedded Style Sheet
Apply Color
Comment Your Code
Modify Text Styles
Modify Font Styles
Create a Linked Style Sheet

Designing with the Cascade

Create Class Styles
Create ID Styles
Create Contextual Styles
Target Styles to Elements with Specific Attributes
Create Style Sheets that Cascade
Import Style Sheets
Create Inline Styles

Designing Content Sections

Control Margins and Padding
Create Borders
Control Element Dimensions
Create Floating Elements
Control Content Overflow

Controlling Layout with Positioning

Control Layout with Absolute Positioning
Create a Fixed Multi-Column Layout
Create a Fluid Multi-Column Layout
Control Layout with Relative Positioning
Control the Display of Layered Elements
Apply Fixed Positioning

Enhancing an Existing Design

Customize Cursors
Customize Link Styles
Customize Forms
Work with Background Images
Customize Lists
Create Generated Content

Creating Alternate Style Sheets

Create Accessible Style Sheets
Apply User-Defined System Fonts and Colors