CSS Introduction (1 day)

Suitable for web designers and developers with a good knowledge of HTML and a reasonable all-round awareness of web development.

Basics
	CSS and HTML What is a style? What is a style sheet? Overview of CSS syntax Embedding style sheets Linking to style sheets Importing style sheets Using inline styles

Structure and syntax
	Selector property and value Multiple properties Use of quotation marks The cascading effect Cascading order Rules in conflict Grouping Rules of inheritance

Font attributes
	Setting colours Specifying fonts

	Creating font lists Specifying font sizes Em and percentage Absolute sizes

Background attributes
	Background colours Background images Controlling repitition Controlling attachment

Block attributes
	Setting margins Specifying padding Border attributes Using the DIV element

Controlling lists
	Bullet type Bullet image Nested bullet lists Working with numbered lists

Links
	The Anchor pseudo class Setting rollover appearance suppressing underline

Page layout
	Benefits of CSS design Content and design CSS design and search engines The CSS box model Absolute positioning Relative position Z-Index and overlapping Two column layout Three column layout The Float property The Clear property