Hi Paul, I would approach it this way:
I. Separation of style and content II. Where to put CSS: style sheets, between head tags, inline III. Block vs. Inline Elements IV. Margins, Padding, Border I think that is about all you can reasonably cover in 3 hours considering your other curriculum items. Positioning is really complicated and on most tutorials, you only see it in "part 2" or "advanced CSS". HTH - Ben On 4/27/06, Paul Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all. > > I am creating a course on how to design web sites using CSS. (That's a > very loose title: it could easily be "How to make your website > better..." etc.) It will be a 3-hour short course for people with some > experience of web design, aimed at individuals and small businesses, and > does not need to go into huge amounts of detail. > > I'd like everyone's input into what I should be teaching. I'll cover the > 'why', so all I need is the 'what'. > > My plan so far (in a nutshell): > > 1) Text structure, use of semantics (refer to the bare CSS Zen Garden site) > 2) Typefaces/fonts (styles and relative/absolute sizes) > 3) Positioning (reasonably simple: fixed to fit in 800x600 or full > screen width) > 4) Images (in the design, not the content) > 5) Multiple style sheets and switching between them > > I don't want to get bogged down with designing for different browsers > and all the required hacks unless absolutely necessary. > > I'll probably cover print media style sheets, as I believe a web page > should look good on the web as well as on paper. > > Please remember this is 3 hours maximum, to people who aren't > necessarily web designers (or who may not be) and who may not have heard > of standards-compliance or Firefox/Opera/Mozilla etc, even though I will > be mentioning these a lot. 3 hours will fly by. I realise this is a > list consisting of both the CSS elite and the noobs and everyone in > between, and I'd like opinions and ideas from all of you! > > All thoughts and comments welcome. If someone's already done this, save > me from reinventing the wheel. > > Cheers all, > > Paul. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
