CSS Training Course - Introduction

CSS Training Course - Introduction Topics covered The topics covered in this introductory CSS training course are separated into eight modules. These provide course participants with the foundational skills needed to create and format webpages using CSS and HTML. The topics covered include: CSS Training Course: overview of course topics Fundamentals of CSS Advantages of Using CSS How to Write CSS Your First CSS-Enabled Document Understanding CSS Anatomy Rules Selectors Declarations Values Keywords Strings Length and Measurement Number Colors Including CSS in a Document Including an Embedded Style Sheet Linking to External Style Sheets The Importance of Good HTML Doctypes and Quirks Mode Understanding CSS Selectors Class and ID Selectors Class Selectors ID Selectors The Universal Selector Descendant Selectors Pseudo-Classes 5 Dynamic Pseudo-Classes Working with CSS: Cascading and Inheritance The Cascade in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) The Specificity of a Selector !important Rules Inheritance Styling Text with CSS Setting Font Faces Font Families Italic Text Bold Text Small Caps Tex The font-size Property Absolute Font Sizes Relative Font Sizes Length and Percentage Font Sizes The font Shorthand Property The font Properties Line HeighT Controlling Spacing between Letters Controlling Spacing between Words Indenting Text Horizontally Aligning Text Decorating Text Transforming CASE Controlling White Space Styling backgrounds using CSS Background Colors Background Images How Background Images Repeat Positioning Background Images Mixing Background Position Values Controlling Position Using the Center Keyword Fixing a Background Image in Place Background Shorthand Using CSS to Position Content Margins Margins with multiple values Margin Collapsing Horizontally Aligning Elements border-width border-style border-color Border Shorthand Properties Padding Setting Dimensions width height auto Values for width and height Percentage Measurements Quirks Mode in Internet Explorer Minimum and Maximum Dimensions Overflowing Content Floating Content Floating Box Model Canceling Floated Content Float Bugs in IE 6 Vertically Aligning Content Subscript and Superscript Text The top, middle, and bottom Keywords Percentage and Length Value Vertically Aligning Table Content Absolute Positioning Relative Positioning Fixed Positioning The z-axis and the z-index Property Addressing IE version specific problems Creating Complete Layouts with CSS and HTML Creating the Page with HTML Styling Text and Custom Fonts Building the Layout Gradient Backgrounds