The application of Cascading Style Sheets is the most common technique used to control the visual layout, colors, fonts and styles of webpages.

In this course, we will build off of an understanding of HTML principles and take an in-depth look at CSS. Particularly, we will pay attention to wrestling with default browser behaviour that can interrupt your designs, as well as addressing how to handle cross-browser issues.

We will also be looking at the differences between approaching small sites and larger, multi-page sites, and the best practices to employ when dealing with sites as they grow.

Finally, we will investigate some intricate CSS work-arounds that can help you break out of the apparent limitations of designing for the screen.

Who this class is for:

- People with an understanding of HTML, and at least a surface knowledge of CSS who

  are looking to enhance the design and style of their web projects.

- People who have used WYSIWYG (What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get) tools or CSS

  generators in the past but either find themselves feeling limited by them, or have

  found them ineffective toward getting their webpages to behave properly.

- Designers or developers frustrated with cross-browser CSS issues.

Experience Level:

- Familiarity with basic HTML

- Some knowledge of CSS

- A web browser is needed

- A text editor program is needed (ie. Notepad) or script / code editor (ie. Dreamweaver

  / Notepad++ / PSPad / jEdit, etc.)

Course Outline:

- Straightening out the CSS syntax

- Over-riding browser defaults and starting from a clean slate

- 'Calling All Browsers': handling Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Opera – 

   clearing out the cross-browser issues

- Small projects vs. large projects

- Tips, tricks, and thrills to show the web browser who's boss

- Applying CSS to large-scale projects

- Transitioning to CSS 3.0