Learning CSS

Name: Learning CSS
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Learn how to use Cascading Style Sheets to create beautiful webpages.

Created byVigoma Trainings

Last updated 8/2012

English

What you'll learn

Introduction to the formatting language CSS
Understanding various CSS selectors
Learning different CSS properties
Applying CSS to different HTML elements
Source code for all the examples
Assignments and Solutions

Course content

5 sections • 33 lectures • 3h 9m total length

Introduction to CSS4:58
Get an overview about the course and get introduced to the formatting language, "CSS".
The CSS Rule and Comments3:47
Learn about the structure of a CSS rule and how comments are added in a stylesheet.
Applying CSS To HTML7:00
Learn about different methods to apply CSS to HTML pages.

Tag Selectors4:34

Learn about Tag or Type selectors in CSS.
Grouping Selectors3:38

Grouping selectors and declarations is very useful and time saving approach. Learn how to do that.
Class & ID Selectors9:35

Class selectors and ID selectors, let you assign styles in a way that is independent of document elements. These selectors can be used on their own or as a combination with Tag selectors. In this session, learn how to use them.
Descendent Selectors5:11

Descendent selectors give you the ease of Tag selectors and preciseness of classes and ID's. In this session you will learn how to use them.
Child & Sibling Selectors3:33

Learn about Direct Child selector and Adjacent Sibling selector in CSS.
Pseudo Classes & Pseudo Elements12:47

Learn how to use Pseudo Classes and Pseudo Elements in CSS.
Attribute Selectors7:58

Attribute selectors are used to select elements based on their attributes and the values of those attributes. In this session, learn how to use them.

Values & Units In CSS6:49

Learn about Values & Units used in CSS.
Fonts in CSS9:04

Learn about those CSS properties, which are responsible for applying fonts to the text or content appearing in your webpage.
Text formatting13:58

Learn how to format textual content in CSS.
Colors & Backgrounds10:35

Learn about those CSS properties which are used to apply colors and manipulate backgrounds of HTML elements.
Properties for dimensions8:46

Learn about those CSS properties which are responsible for controlling the height and width of a HTML element.
Styling links3:10

Learn how to style anchors or hyperlinks or links in CSS.
Formatting Lists5:58

Learn about formatting HTML lists using list properties in CSS.
Styling Tables5:47
Learn how to style Tables using CSS.
CSS for Forms3:09
Learn how to style HTML forms using CSS.
Generated content4:00

Learn about “Generated content” and their styling.
The Box model6:28

Understand the concept of - "The Box model".
Inline & Block level elements4:14

Learn about inline and block level elements and those CSS properties that are used to change the display type of an element.
Margin, Padding & Borders6:53

Learn about the properties associated with "The Box model", which are: margin, padding and borders.
Position & Float15:10
Learn about Position & Float properties in CSS.
Shorthand Properties13:49
Learn about Shorthand Properties in CSS.
Simple styled webpage3:46
In this session, I have showed how CSS rules with properties are compiled together to style a complete webpage.
CSS for print3:10
Learn how to create stylesheets for print media.

Requirements

Working knowledge of HTML
Sublime text 2.0 or any of your favorite editor
Web browser like Firefox or Google Chrome

Description

Note: This CSS Course covers CSS 2.0/2.1 and requires a working knowledge of HTML/XHTML. You can learn HTML/XHTML free by subscribing to my course HTML Workshop.

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a language used for describing the look and feel of an HTML/XHTML document.

CSS is designed primarily to separate the document structure [HTML/XTHML markup] from the document presentation such as layout, colors, and fonts.

Advantages of using CSS can be:

Improving content accessibility.
Providing a high level of flexibility to control the presentation of the WebPages.
Enabling to share formatting information among multiple pages easily.
Reducing the complexity to develop and maintain large websites and web applications.
Helping markup to be rendered on multiple devices like a computer screen, smart phones and tablets.

Understanding CSS can be your "Second Step" in the roadmap of learning the overall web design or development process.

The CSS Training has been crafted to make you understand:

What is CSS?
Different CSS properties
How to apply CSS on different HTML elements?

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Who this course is for:

HTML Developers
Visual Designers
Server side programmers
Entrepreneurs
Managers
Internet enthusiasts
And almost anyone!!

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Introduction3 lectures • 16min

Selectors7 lectures • 47min

CSS properties and their application17 lectures • 2hr 5min

Wrap up!1 lecture • 2min

Source code, Assignments & Solutions5 lectures • 3min

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