Cascading Style Sheets (Third Edition)
Course Specifications
Course number: 085568
Software: Internet Explorer
Course length: 2.0 day(s)
Course Description
You are familiar with using HTML to design web pages. You have used HTML style-oriented tags and attributes to stylize and design your pages. Cascading Style Sheets, or CSS, is integrated into HTML 4.01 and forms an important component of successful web design. CSS offers great flexibility and ease in designing web pages without code heavy HTML documents. In this course, you will work with properties and styles related to colors, typography, page layouts, customized cursors, links, and forms available in CSS to build an effective web page. 
Course Objective: You will use cascading style sheets to design and develop efficient and effective websites.

Target Student: Cascading Style Sheets (Third Edition) is intended for the student who is an experienced developer of web pages and has some experience with HTML. Students should be comfortable creating web pages, writing HTML code, and in using Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator.

Prerequisites: To ensure your success, we recommend you first take the following Element K courses or have equivalent knowledge: 
•	HTML 4.01: Web Authoring, Level 1 (Second Edition) 
•	HTML 4.01: Web Authoring, Level 2 (Second Edition) 
Delivery Method: Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Hardware Requirements
PC
•	A Pentium-class machine with a minimum processor speed of 233 MHz. 
•	At least 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended).
•	An 800 x 600 or higher resolution monitor set to High Color (16-Bit) or higher. A resolution of 1024 x 768 is strongly recommended (a higher resolution will provide more screen space to work). 
•	A working connection to the Internet (recommended).
•	A networked or standalone printer.
Mac
•	A PowerPC, G3, or G4 with a minimum processor speed of 266 MHz. 
•	At least 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended).
•	An 800 x 600 or higher resolution monitor set to High Color (16-Bit) or higher. A resolution of 1024 x 768 is strongly recommended (a higher resolution will provide more screen space to work). 
•	A working connection to the Internet (recommended).
•	A networked or standalone printer.
Software Requirements
PC
•	Windows 95, 98, 2000, Me, or XP.
•	Netscape 7.1 (or higher) installed with default settings. You can download this browser for free at http://www.netscape.com. 
•	Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (or higher) installed with default settings. You can download this browser for free at http://www.microsoft.com. 
Mac
•	Mac OS 8.6, 8.6.1, 9.x, or X.
•	Netscape 7.1 (or higher) installed with default settings. You can download this browser for free at http://www.netscape.com. 
•	Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (or higher) installed with default settings. You can download this browser for free at http://www.microsoft.com. 
Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: 
•	Control color and typography.
•	Create style sheets that cascade according to established guidelines. 
•	Design content sections using box properties.
•	Control your page layouts with CSS positioning.
•	Enhance an existing design.
•	Create alternate style sheets and link your pages to them to enhance the accessibility and functionality of your websites. 
Course Content
Lesson 1: Controlling Color and Typography
Topic 1A: Create an Embedded Style Sheet
Topic 1B: Apply Color
Topic 1C: Comment Your Code
Topic 1D: Modify Text Styles
Topic 1E: Modify Font Styles
Topic 1F: Create a Linked Style Sheet

Lesson 2: Designing with the Cascade
Topic 2A: Create Class Styles
Topic 2B: Create ID Styles
Topic 2C: Create Contextual Styles
Topic 2D: Target Styles to Elements with Specific Attributes
Topic 2E: Create Style Sheets that Cascade
Topic 2F: Import Style Sheets
Topic 2G: Create Inline Styles

Lesson 3: Designing Content Sections
Topic 3A: Control Margins and Padding 
Topic 3B: Create Borders
Topic 3C: Control Element Dimensions 
Topic 3D: Create Floating Elements 
Topic 3E: Control Content Overflow

Lesson 4: Controlling Layout with Positioning
Topic 4A: Control Layout with Absolute Positioning
Topic 4B: Create a Fixed Multi-Column Layout
Topic 4C: Create a Fluid Multi-Column Layout
Topic 4D: Control Layout with Relative Positioning
Topic 4E: Control the Display of Layered Elements
Topic 4F: Apply Fixed Positioning

Lesson 5: Enhancing an Existing Design
Topic 5A: Customize Cursors
Topic 5B: Customize Link Styles
Topic 5C: Customize Forms
Topic 5D: Work with Background Images
Topic 5E: Customize Lists
Topic 5F: Create Generated Content

Lesson 6: Creating Alternate Style Sheets
Topic 6A: Create Accessible Style Sheets
Topic 6B: Apply User-Defined System Fonts and Colors
Topic 6C: Create a Print Style Sheet

Appendix A: The :first-line and :first-letter Pseudo-Classes

Appendix B: The DOCTYPE Switch

Appendix C: Fixing Element Width in IE 5.x

Appendix D: Scroll Bar Colors

Appendix E: Proprietary Cursor Styles