CSS Basics: A Crash Course in Cascading Style Sheets

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.

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Janine Warner

Release Date: 2010-03-31

Lessons

Introduction

<p>Janine Warner introduces herself and talks about what she will cover in this course</p>

Duration: 2 mins 11 seconds

Understanding CSS

<p>Separating content from style and getting the fundamentals of using CSS</p>

Duration: 10 mins 13 seconds

Editing CSS in Dreamweaver

<p>Reviewing the Dreamweaver interface and where the most important features are located</p>

Duration: 9 mins 46 seconds

Comparing Internal, External, and Inline Styles

<p>Locating and identifying the various types of style sheets</p>

Duration: 11 mins 39 seconds

Creating Styles with the Class Selector

<p>Class styles are the most versatile. This lesson starts with directions on creating a new CSS rule</p>

Duration: 12 mins 34 seconds

Creating Styles with the ID Selector

<p>Use these unique styles to style the building block elements of your web pages</p>

Duration: 12 mins 47 seconds

Creating Styles with the Tag (or Element) Selector

<p>In this lesson, learn how to use CSS to style the body and header tags of your web pages</p>

Duration: 10 mins 42 seconds

Combining Style Rules to Create Compound Styles

<p>CSS gives users the ability to combine more than one selector when creating a style</p>

Duration: 13 mins 51 seconds

Creating Styles for Links

<p>Use different styles for your links when they first load on the page, when they are clicked, after they are visited, and more</p>

Duration: 13 mins 25 seconds

Using Floats to Align Elements

<p>Aligning images and other elements to the left and right sides of the page using float element</p>

Duration: 9 mins 12 seconds

Inserting Divs and Centering a CSS Layout

<p>A couple of the basics of creating a custom CSS layout</p>

Duration: 5 mins 49 seconds

Editing Dreamweaver CSS Layouts

<p>Dreamweaver comes with a collection of ready-made CSS layouts</p>

Duration: 12 mins 33 seconds

Conclusion

<p>Thanks for following along. be sure to check out other Kelby Training courses for more information</p>

Duration: 0 mins 35 seconds