CSS Basics: A Crash Course in Cascading Style Sheets

CSS Basics: A Crash Course in Cacading Style Sheets

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Whether you are completely new to CSS or you are just trying to master the basics, Janine's crash course will get you up to speed quickly. Learn when to use internal vs. external style sheets, the best uses for the various selector types, and how the basics of CSS are the same for everything from WordPress blogs to Dreamweaver web sites.

Introduction (02:11) Janine Warner introduces herself and talks about what she will cover in this course
Understanding CSS (10:13) Separating content from style and getting the fundamentals of using CSS
Editing CSS in Dreamweaver (09:46) Reviewing the Dreamweaver interface and where the most important features are located
Comparing Internal, External, and Inline Styles (11:39) Locating and identifying the various types of style sheets
Creating Styles with the Class Selector (12:34) Class styles are the most versatile. This lesson starts with directions on creating a new CSS rule
Creating Styles with the ID Selector (12:47) Use these unique styles to style the building block elements of your web pages
Creating Styles with the Tag (or Element) Selector (10:42) In this lesson, learn how to use CSS to style the body and header tags of your web pages
Combining Style Rules to Create Compound Styles (13:51) CSS gives users the ability to combine more than one selector when creating a style
Creating Styles for Links (13:25) Use different styles for your links when they first load on the page, when they are clicked, after they are visited, and more
Using Floats to Align Elements (09:12) Aligning images and other elements to the left and right sides of the page using float element
Inserting Divs and Centering a CSS Layout (05:49) A couple of the basics of creating a custom CSS layout
Editing Dreamweaver CSS Layouts (12:33) Dreamweaver comes with a collection of ready-made CSS layouts
Conclusion (00:35) Thanks for following along. be sure to check out other Kelby Training courses for more information

Course Time: 02 Hours 05 Minutes

P. Jennings

Dec 15 2012

Excellent Teaching! This has answered many questions and Idea designs for positioning.
D. Lowe

Feb 15 2012

Excellent instructor and excellent course. Keep using Janine Warner!!!!

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Janine Warner

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Janine Warner's best-selling books and videos on web design have won her an international following and earned her speaking and consulting engagements around the world. Since 1996, she's written more...VIEW FULL BIO»

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