Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for Web Pages

Course details

Organizations are under increasing pressure to produce sophisticated, attractive and contemporary Web sites that work on a variety of browsers and are optimized for search engines. In this course, you design and rapidly develop cross-platform Web pages using CSS and HTML. You also learn how to create effective site navigation, optimize pages for layout and printing, and design pages that meet the most stringent compliance regulations.

Course Objectives:

• Develop fast, efficient, accessible and attractive Web pages using CSS and HTML
• Generate tableless page layouts with pure CSS
• Build pages that are optimized for search engines
• Apply best practices to develop cross-browser compatible Web pages and avoid pitfalls
• Implement menu designs for effective site navigation
• Create Web sites that meet Section 508 and W3C accessibility standards

Course Outlines:

This course provides you with the skills to design and develop effective, accessible and exciting Web pages. Exercises include:

• Constructing vertical and horizontal menus using lists
• Creating non-JavaScript rollover effects
• Developing CSS that work with different browsers
• Building site navigation with different menu designs
• Incorporating background images in page designs
• Optimizing document layout for usability and accessibility
• Positioning and floating page content
• Designing absolute positioning of page elements