CSS 2.1 in Depth (H153)

This course is made up for students who want to deepen their knowledge of CSS. In opposition to the hands-on oriented Intermediate CSS Workshop it is based more on theory and the W3C specs. Students will learn how things are supposed to work according to those specs. The first six weeks will focus on technical reading and understanding Selectors, Inline Layout, Floating and Positioning. As browsers do not always behave like the specifications recommend, the final weeks make a real-world approach concentrating on browser inconsistencies and a hands-on project that summarizes the topics learned. Thus the course finishes with a final project where students have to demonstrate that they are able to implement what they have learned throughout the course on a given webpage.

Outline

Week 1: Selectors

Universal Selectors
Element Selectors
Contextual Selectors
Child Selectors
Adjacent-sibling Selectors

Week 2: Selectors Part 2

Link Styles
Hover and Focus Styles
First-child Selection
Attribute Selectors

Week 3: Specificity, Inheritance and the Cascade

What Specificity Is and Why It Matters
Inheritance
Effective CSS through the Cascade
Important Rules
Combining Diverse Stylesheets

Week 4: Inline Layout

Non-replaced Elements
Replaced Elements
Line Box Calculation
Line-height

Week 5: Floating

Floating Elements
Clearing Elements
Floats and the Normal Flow

Week 6: Positioning

The Containing Block
Relative Positioning
Offset Properties
Z-index
Absolute Positioning
Width and Height

Week 7: Browser Woes, Bugs, Hacks and Filters

Useful Resources
Hacks and Filters
When and How to Apply Them

Week 8: Bringing It All Together

Final Project
Peer Reviews

Prerequisites

Students should be familiar with HTML to the extent that they could, if necessary, create a complete Web site using only a text editor and a graphics package (knowledge of Javascript is not necessary for this course). They should also have passed the Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets course (H151) or possess equivalent knowledge of CSS. Students should have sufficient time to devote to class discussion and the reading assignments, as well as to their own experiments with CSS.

Requirements

In order to benefit from advanced CSS support an installation of the latest Mozilla brand browser is highly recommended (Mozilla Suite 1.7x or Firefox 1.x).

Books:
Required Book:	Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide,3rd Ed.
Suggested Book:	Cascading Style Sheets 2.0 Programmer's Reference
Additional information:
Your place in the course is confirmed by your payment. Introductory courses are intended for students with no experience in the subject matter and are seeking beginner level training. Refund Policy: Please read our Terms and Refund Policy before registering for this course. Additional Cost: Book and software might be required for the course. Read the Requirements and Book section for more information. Course fee does not include the book and software cost . How eClasses Work:Instructors post lectures (text-based, no video or audio), reading selections, and hands-on assignments once a week in the online classroom. Students can discuss the assignments with the instructor and amongst themselves in the classroom area. This format has no set meeting time, which allows students to attend class at a time most convenient to them, yet still provides logically organized communication between class participants. Students can apply for the completion certificate after finishing the class.

Price:

$220.00

Item No.:

H153

Instructor:

Minz Meyer

CEUs:

Duration:

8 weeks

Open Courses:

Start Date: Mar 29, 2010

(Register by: Apr 1, 2010 )

Start Date: Aug 16, 2010

(Register by: Aug 19, 2010 )

Start Date: Oct 25, 2010

(Register by: Oct 28, 2010 )

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Instructor's Profile

Minz Meyer has been working in the field of web design for 8 years. Currently he runs his own business focusing on Webstandards, Accessibility and Consulting. He has contributed to the webstandards community with a triple submission to the CSS Zen Garden (one of them being covered in the recently published book The Zen of CSS Design by Molly Holzschlag and Dave Shea), several BlogSoftware Templates and received honorable mentions for redesign contest entries of the Project Gutenberg Homepage and the IMDB. Besides this course he also co-teaches the Intermediate CSS Workshop with Chimene Long.

Before you register for this class, please read the Outline, Prerequisites, Requirements, Books, and Refund Policy sections carefully.

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"The class was the most challenging one I had so far. It goes very deep into CSS and its intricacies - a truly advanced class. The class was very theory-oriented, practical application was kept to a minimum. A few more practical assignments and excercises would have benefitted the process of understanding the advanced material, though. Nevertheless, the class was of very high quality, the instructor extremely knowledgeable, prompt and helpful, making the tough schedules and advanced materials easier to bear and cope with. I highly recommend this class to anyone who wishes to deepen his knowledge of CSS - he will emerge an expert in CSS. Overall, a great class. High quality materials, a tough (yet not unreasonable) schedule and a top-notch instructor make this class a jewel in the class catalog of eclasses.org " - Charalabos Spiropoulos
"This was my first class with eClasses.org,I was very impressed with quality and depth of instruction. The learning curve was steep. It felt like a semester of college-level coursework, compressed into six weeks. However, the weekly assignments were so well designed, that difficult concepts were conquered through practice. Minz is very personable and helpful. If you take the class, be prepared to work!" - Diane Neufeldt
"This course was extremely helpful; I learned soooo much! I was able to immediately incorporate things I learned to my own CSS files for work. I still review the class lectures and my notes when I create/edit my CSS files." - Nora Ebie
"I'm very pleased with how much I learned during this course, and I'm looking forward to my next one." - John Kanost
"Really enjoyed the course. The instructor was really helpful and definitely knew his stuff. " - Todd Carter
" is a great teacher of one of the best classes I have ever taken, on line or elsewhere. This course has taken me to a new level of understanding. Now I have confidence enough to want to push CSS like Jimi Hendrix pushed the Stratocaster guitar. My only regret is that I didn't discover eClasses.org before now.

Peace and Love." - Myron Briggs
"I learned so much from this class. Minz is incredibly patient and presents the material in ways that make you remember. He knows his subject inside and out and is able to communicate that with his students very well." - Kimberli Werner