Training in Cascading Style Sheets

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Rose Hill, Inc., offers affordable training classes
for technical communicators who would like to continue
developing their technical skills. These classes are
fully supported with handouts and homework assignments,
but are delivered via telephone and e-mail. Learn
quickly, completely, and without taking time out
from your schedule to travel to class.

This month, Rose Hill, Inc., presents a complete training
program in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). A complete
description of the program follows.

Register online at http://www.coachrose.com or by
sending email to coach -at- pcez -dot- com

COST: $150 for STC members; $180 for non-STC members.

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USING CASCADING STYLE SHEETS FOR EASIER WEB DEVELOPMENT
June 14, June 21, June 28 from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM;
via your telephone. You will need access to your
computer or to printouts of the class handouts
during the teleclass calls. Have your textbook with you
during the class. (Textbook is listed at the end of this
message.)

* INSTRUCTOR: Margot Beutler-- a partner in Bonneau
& Beutler Association, an online communications and
training firm in Portland, Oregon, USA. One of Margot's
website's just won an Award of Excellence in the
International Society for Technical Communication's O
nline Competition! In partnership with Rose Hill,
Margot is now bringing her popular, hands-on training
courses in web technologies to the teleclass format!
Margot is the outgoing President of the Willamette
Valley Chapter of the STC and a visiting instructor for
technical training at Portland State University.

* PREREQUISITE: Understanding of HTML formatting, tables,
and frames on any platform. Must be able to work in a
Win95/98/NT environment, even if this is not your major
platform. Basic working knowledge of Win95 or WinNT
operating systems. Bring your textbook.

* TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:
A basic text editor is needed to create CSS:
   Notepad or WordPad (Windows)
   Simple Text (Mac)
   Vi (UNIX)
To view your style sheets in action, you'll need a CSS-aware
browser:
   Netscape 4.0 or higher
   Internet Explorer 3.0 or higher
   Opera 3.50 or higher

* GENERAL CLASS DESCRIPTION:
With Cascading Style Sheets, you gain a wide degree of
control over the design of your web pages with a fraction
of the coding it used to take using tables for layout.
CSS enables you to specify size, color, font, font decoration,
background color, and placement on the page. You will
even learn how to get a rollover effect on text links
without having to use graphics.

* OUTLINE OF CLASS 1: BASICS OF CSS
   How CSS Relates to Other Web Technologies
       HTML 1.0, 2.0, 3.2, 4.0
       CGI Scripting
       CSS1, CSS2, CSS-P
       JavaScript
       VBScript
       Dynamic HTML
       Java
       Active Server Pages (Microsoft)
       Cold Fusion (Allaire)
   Which Browsers Support Which CSS Properties
       Microsoft 3.0, 4.0, 5.0
       Netscape 3.0, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0?
       Opera 3.5, 3.51
   How to Cope with Browser Differences
   Elements of a Style Rule
       Selectors Are the Name That Identifies a Rule
       Properties Are What Is Being Defined
       Values are the Definition or a Property
   Different Types of Styles
   Where's the Cascading in Cascading Style Sheets?
       Understanding the Rules of Inheritance
       Managing Pre-Existing or Inherited Properties
       Determining the Cascade Order
   Troubleshooting Tips and Tricks

* OUTLINE OF CLASS 2: CREATING YOUR OWN STYLE RULES
   Using HTML Selectors for Your Style
       Defining Font Properties
       Controlling the Look of Text
       Making Lists Look Just So
       Getting a Hanging Indent With Graphic Bullets
       Working With Color and Background Properties
   Using Classes to Implement Your Style
       Why Use a Class Instead of an HTML Tag?
       Using <DIV> and <SPAN> to Create Some Cool Effects
   When to Use Which Type of Style
       Internal
       External
       Embedded

* OUTLINE OF CLASS 3: SAY GODBYE TO CODING TABLES!
   Working with Margins and Borders
       Understanding the Element's Box
       Setting Margins for Your Element
       Setting Padding for an Element
       Playing With Border Properties and Values
       Creating Asymetrical Borders
       Controlling the Size of Form Elements and Images
       Floating Text Around
       Controlling How an Element Displays
   Positioning Elements with CSS-P
       Creating A Headline With A Graphic Background
       Cropping And Positioning The Image
       Creating A Sidebar
       Creating A Titlebar
       Creating Drop Caps
       Overlapping Text
       Overlapping Images
   Where to Go from Here


----REQUIRED TEXTBOOK----

Prior to Class 1 on June 14, purchase the following
book, which will be used as the textbook for the class.
"Visual Quickstart Guide,
DHTML for the World Wide Web" by Jason Cranford Teague
ISBN:0-201-35341-5
List Price:  $17.95

The textbook is available at WWW.Amazon.com, Borders, etc.

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