One Day Workshop

Eric Meyer on Professional CSS XHTML Techniques

CSS training from the industry-leading expert

A one-day practical workshop that will teach you everything you need to know to build top-quality CSS XHTML websites. This one day workshop will give you all the CSS training you need and will also cover important aspects of site accessibility.

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This is a unique oportunity to learn from the undisputed leader in CSS, XHTML and accessibility - Eric Meyer. If you have always wanted to build accessible websites using CSS and XHTML, this is the workshop for you. The workshop will cover the basics quite quickly and progress to the more important tips and tricks that will help you build tight, well-coded sites in CSS and XHTML. You'll learn what is considered best practice and watch as Eric solves the practical problems that developers face every day. For a full breakdown of the day's content see the schedule below.

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What You'll Walk Away With

The CSS XHTML Survival Kit: - Each attendee will receive this amazing kit, which is chock-full of Eric Meyer's best practical examples of CSS / XHTML code. We'll also be placing valuable tools on the disc as well!
Years of Experience: - 12 years of valuable knowledge and experience. You'll be benefiting from all the triumphs and mistakes that Eric has made over his career.
Practical Knowledge: - We're not going to bore you with theory. You will receive practical CSS training that focuses purely on practical information that you can immediately incorporate into your site.
30% off Pearson Books: - Just go to our special discount bookstore

Who should attend?

Web designers / developers who have an intermediate level knowledge of CSS XHTML
More advanced web designers / developers who want to make sure they are using the correct CSS XHTML methods

Past Reviews

"Easily the best workshop that I've attended." - John Pilbeam

"Thanks for an enjoyable and enlightening day!" - Jez Butler

"The Survival Kit was really helpful." - Paula Davies, Legal and General

"Brilliant." - Henry Goodburn

"The workshop was great value for money." - Sarah Smart

"I thoroughly enjoyed the workshop." - Robert Bell

"Superb organisation and preparation - thankyou!" - Andrew Hoskings

"A very valuable and interesting day." - Simon Goodwin

"Eric is an engaging speaker who really knows his stuff." - Daphne Tregear

"I really enjoyed it!" - Mark Rogerson

"Very impressive." - Carl Huber

"The Survival Kit will be really useful for reference." - Seb Butcher

"I'll break even on this investment, both in terms of time and money, within one week!" - D Rondell

How large is the workshop?

We've limited the number of attendees to 40, so that you will be able to interact with the speaker and get your questions answered.

Schedule

Registration & Coffee: 7:15 - 8:00am

XHTML vs. HTML

What's the difference, and why should we care
DOCTYPE switching
Where is XHTML going next?

Why structure matters - Picking the right elements

How to know what elements to use, and when
Tricky edge cases
Is <br/> always evil?

How good XHTML improves accessibility

List handling
Link and image titles
Form accessibility

Coffee Break: 10:00 – 10:15

Avoiding a bad case of semantic fever

The most common pitfall new semanticians face
Keeping markup both clean and rational

Adding meaning with classes and IDs

Class vs. ID: what's the difference?
Use structure instead of classes

Using tables intelligently

Stripping tables down to the bare minimum
Using style to make tables shine

Basing style on structure

The incomplete divorce of structure and presentation
High-powered selectors

Lunch is provided: 12:00 – 13:00

Specificity

How to calculate specificity
Adding importance to a selector
The limits of specificity
Why link states are order-sensitive

Counting on your inheritance

Why inheritance rules
When it doesn't happen
When it shouldn't happen

The difference between canvas and body

Why XHTML and HTML act differently

When good layouts go bad

Common layout problems
Ways to diagnose and treat layout problems

Coffee Break: 15:00 – 15:15

Floats, positioning, and... tables?

Layout floats and how best to use them
Positioning pros and cons
When layout tables make more sense

CSS hacking: a force for good or evil?

The most popular hacks
Surgical hackery
Conditional comments

Progressive enhancement

Using advanced CSS to add extra features
Generated content: pros and cons

Q & A: 16:30 - 17:00

Social: 18:00 - till late

Who's speaking?

Eric A. Meyer

Eric (www.meyerweb.com) has been working with the Web since late 1993 and is an internationally recognized expert on the subjects of HTML and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).

He is the principal consultant for Complex Spiral Consulting and lives in Cleveland, Ohio, which is a much nicer city than you've been led to believe. A graduate of and former Webmaster for Case Western Reserve University and an alumnus of the same fraternity chapter to which Donald Knuth once belonged, Eric coordinated the authoring and creation of the W3C's CSS Test Suite and has recently been acting as List Chaperone of the highly active css-discuss mailing list.

Author of "Eric Meyer on CSS" (New Riders), "Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide" (O'Reilly & Associates), "CSS2.0 Programmer's Reference" (Osborne/McGraw-Hill), and the fairly well-known CSS Browser Compatibility Charts, Eric speaks at a variety of conferences on the subject of standards, CSS use, and Web design.

He is also the host of "Your Father's Oldsmobile," a weekly Big Band-era radio show heard on WRUW 91.1-FM in Cleveland. When not otherwise busy, Eric is usually bothering his wife Kat in some fashion.

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