Workshops Overview
Below are the core web courses and a summary of what is covered in each of them. Each workshop is a prerequisite for those below it.
- Basics 1
- Concepts: XHTML, structure and presentation, tools and workflow, view source
- XHTML:
p, h1-h6, em, strong, ul, ol, li, a, img, table, tr, td - Basics 2
- Concepts: CSS, debugging, best practices, block and inline
- XHTML:
th, thead, tfoot, tbody, caption, rowspan, colspan, html, head, body, meta, title, link - CSS:
font-size, font-weight, font-family, font-style, font-variant, text-align, color - Basics 3
- Concepts: box model, document flow
- XHTML: none
- CSS:
margin, padding, border, list-style-type, vertical-align, white-space, border-collapse, float, clear, group selectors, descendant selectors - Advanced 1
- Concepts: styling images, using divs
- XHTML: div, span, col, thead, tbody, tfoot, colgroup
- CSS:
:hover, :visited, :first-letter, :first-line, width, height, max-width/height, min-width/height, background, child selector, type selector - Advanced 2
- Concepts:comments and documentation, imagemaps, meta tags
- XHTML:
meta, area, map, pre, abbr, blockquote, hr, cite, sup, sub, q, code, tt, dl, dt, dd - CSS: :first-letter, :first-line, :focus, :after, :before, counter-increment, counter-reset, background, white-space, list-style, line-height, counter, letter-spacing, font-variant, text-indent
- Advanced 3
- Concepts: print stylesheets, embedded styles, inline styles, cascading stylesheets
- XHTML: none
- CSS:
z-index, position, overflow, clip, layer, display, page-break - Validator Tools
- Concepts: what is validation? Limitations of the validator tools
- XHTML: use of validator.w3.org
- CSS: use of jigsaw.w3.org
- Accessibility Basics
- Concepts: what does accessibility mean? Tools for evaluating accessibility
- XHTML:
alt, title, id, noscript, - CSS: alternative stylesheets, making the distinction between style and markup