CSS Training and all that Malarkey !
We're delighted to announce the launch of an exciting new CSS course to be presented by leading CSS and design expert Andy Clarke, author of 'Transcending CSS, The Fine Art of Web Design'
Andy Clarke (Malarkey) is a designer, writer and creative director who is obsessive about design and works with clients to help develop strong brands.
Andy writes a designer's journal And All That Malarkey . He is a member of theWeb Standards Project and an Invited Expert to the W3C's CSS Working Group.
Transcending CSS for Developers : book now
A five-day workshop that covers a modern approach to using CSS. Aimed at developers but also anyone who wants to build highly flexible, easily manageable, standards-based websites with CSS and XHTML. This workshop follows the transcendent principles set out in Transcending CSS - The Fine Art of Web Design and moves beyond the limitations of the printed book format.
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The course price includes a full set of project XHTML templates and related CSS and graphic files plus, for a limited time, a copy of Andy's book - 'Transcending CSS - The Fine Art of Web Design', published by New Riders 2006.
Audience:
- Designers that want to understand how to create accessible web pages
- Web developers that want to extend their knowledge and use of CSS to create advanced layouts
Covers topics such as:
- CSS in the modern web design and development world
- The principles of transcendent CSS applied to modern development
- Understanding the relationship between meaningful markup and CSS
- Using the cascade to effectively manage CSS-based designs
- Using inheritance to reduce file sizes and streamline CSS
- Available selectors for modern browsers including IE7
- Adjacent, child & attribute selectors
- Use of body classing to achieve multiple layouts from one style sheet
- A new perspective on CSS floats
- Using CSS positioning for layout and design details
- Z-index, positioning and alpha-transparent PNG images to create depth
- Layout variations: frozen, elastic and liquid
- Form layout with CSS
- Table styling with CSS
- Avoiding conflicts and finding and resolving them when they arrive
- Understanding CSS specificity
- How, when, and why to push the envelope and implement progressive CSS
Price: $895 / £495 UK (exclusive of VAT)
Difficulty: Intermediate to advanced
Prerequisites: Basic HTML, Forms, some CSS experience useful
Length: 15 hours (5 x 3-hour sessions)
Starts: March 2007 | view schedule
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