Web Authoring: Cascading Style Sheets and Tables (Level 3) Prerequisites
Thu 8 May 2014
Description
This hands-on course will introduce cascading style sheets (CSS) and tables and show how they can (and should) be used effectively when creating web pages.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of HTML/XHTML as covered on the following courses and practised by writing web pages will be assumed
Sessions
Number of sessions: 1
| # | Date | Time | Venue | Trainers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu 8 May 2014 14:15 - 17:00 | 14:15 - 17:00 | University Information Services, Roger Needham Building, Ely Training Room 1 | map | Richard Hey, Barnabas Baggs |
Topics covered
- Separation of content from rendering information
- Syntax of CSS - selectors, properties and values
- Inline use
- Use in the head section
- Classes and ids
- External stylesheets
- Prefomatted information
- The <table> tag
- Table structure
- Nested tables
- Tables for navigation
- Tables and css
Format
Presentations, demonstrations and practicals
Taught using
Internet Explorer and Firefox on MCS Windows
Notes
- The practical work will be done on PCs unless otherwise specified, although the course is platform independent and therefore suitable also for Mac and Unix users.
- If you would like to take away a copy of the Web page you create, please bring a a USB memory stick. If you can logon to your MCS account, you will have an opportunity to set up your Web pages using DS-Web on that account.
Duration
One half day session
Booking / availability