Building Websites Using XHTML and CSS

Create stylish and standards-compliant Web pages with the current languages of the web - XHTML and CSS.

Course Description

This introductory level course will teach you how to create stylish Web pages with the current languages of the web - XHTML and CSS - using just a plain text editor. Upon completion of this course you will be able to design Websites that look great, are fully standards compliant, accessible and that work equally as well in the ever-increasing range of Web browsers - including mobile phones, PDAs, kiosks, televisions, cars, refrigerators, and even desktops.

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Course Outline

Topic 1: Introducing XHTML

  1. What is XHTML?
  2. Elements & Attributes

Topic 2: What Goes Where & How: Document Structure

  1. The XML Prologue
  2. The !DOCTYPE Declaration & DTD
  3. html
  4. head
  5. title
  6. body
  7. meta
  8. Writing for Readability: Indenting XHTML

Topic 3: Markup with Meaning: Semantic Structure

  1. Writing Semantically Meaningful Web Pages
  2. Headings
  3. Paragraphs
  4. Images
  5. Emphasis & Strong Emphasis
  6. Acronyms & Abbreviations
  7. Quotations & Citations
  8. Keyboard Input & Computer Code

Topic 4: Getting Organised: Lists & Tables

  1. Unordered Lists
  2. Ordered Lists
  3. Definition Lists
  4. Tables

Topic 5: Getting Interactive: Forms

  1. Single-line Text Fields
  2. Check Boxes
  3. Radio Buttons
  4. Selection Lists
  5. Multi-line Text Fields
  6. Reset & Submit Buttons
  7. Organising & Labelling Form Controls

Topic 6: Introducing CSS

  1. What is CSS?
  2. CSS Rule Structure
  3. Attaching CSS to Your XHTML: The @import Directive
  4. CSS Values
  5. Writing for Readability: Indenting & Commenting CSS

Topic 7: Thinking Outside the "Box"

  1. The CSS Box Model
  2. Block & Inline Elements

Topic 8: On Our Selection: CSS Selectors

  1. Type Selector
  2. Class Selector
  3. ID Selector
  4. Descendant Selector
  5. Anchor Pseudo-class Selector

Topic 9: Position is Everything

  1. Flow
  2. Relative Position
  3. Absolute Position
  4. Fixed Position
  5. Float
  6. Z-index

Topic 10: Hit em” with the old Pea Beau: Browser Bugs & Workarounds

  1. Cross-browser Issues & Fixes

Course Details

Course Code CSS
Cost $AU428.00
Course Duration 2 Days
2008 Course Dates Saturday 8 March 2008 / Saturday 15 March 2008
Saturday 14 June 2008 / Saturday 21 June 2008
Saturday 20 September 2008 / Saturday 27 September 2008
Saturday 22 November 2008 / Saturday 29 November 2008

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