One Day Workshop
Building Beautiful Websites with CSS
Taught by Dave Shea, creator of 'CSS Zen Garden'
If you’ve recently started using CSS, and you’re wondering how to use it to its full advantage then this advanced one day workshop is for you. Dave Shea has put together an exclusive workshop program designed to get straight into the issues that you will deal with every day when building CSS-based websites.
Practical Advice You Can Use Immediately
During this full-day event, Dave will look at various techniques used to
deal with browser compatibility issues and CSS template management. He’ll
discuss popular CSS design techniques like Sprites, image replacement, and
Sliding Doors. And he’ll look at some of the best sites out there, how they
were created and how you can learn from them.
As a special case study, Dave will show the live rebuild and coding of a CSS-based layout while you watch. He’ll go from Photoshop mockup to final production-ready code. Examining how it all comes together will highlight many of the problems faced during the coding process, and how you can arm yourself to face them head-on. You’ll be able to ask questions and join in any audience discussion on Dave’s techniques and preferred coding style.
Expert Experience
By the end of the day you will have a greater understanding of how CSS is used by true experts. You will have all your questions answered and be confident in your CSS ability . Our presenter, Dave Shea, is a high-profile web designer and the creator of the popular CSS Zen Garden. Through his experience with this site and his commercial work, he has picked up invaluable tips and tricks that will help you not only make beautiful websites with CSS but also make better design and coding choices.
If you have any questions or if you prefer to pay by cheque or require an invoice, just email .
Where and When?
- Thurs, January 19th, 2006
- Workshop: 9am — 6pm
- Social: 7pm till late
- The Worx London, UK
What You'll Walk Away With
- The Survival Kit
- - Each attendee will receive this amazing kit, which is chock-full of Dave's best practical examples of code. We'll also be placing valuable tools on the disc as well!
- Years of Experience
- - Years of valuable knowledge and experience. You'll be benefiting from all the triumphs and mistakes that Dave 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
"It was great meeting other quality developers." - Ryan King, Technorati
"Easily the best workshop that I've attended." - John Pilbeam
"The Survival Kit was really helpful." - Paula Davies, Legal and General
"Brilliant." - Henry Goodburn
"A day well spent." - Anthony Ribot, FuturePlatforms
"Well paced, well planned and very professionally delivered." - Mike Buzzard, Cuban Council
"The workshop was extremely useful and well organised. A great day, thanks!" - Duncan Ponting, BBC
"The Q & A section was the most valuable aspect of the workshop" - Mark Francis, Yahoo!
How large is the workshop?
We've limited the number of attendees to 50, so that you will be able to interact with the speaker and get your questions answered.
Schedule
- Registration & Coffee: 8:15 - 9:00am
- The Tools
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- How to best setup your XHTML
- Effectively combining CSS and XHTML
- A look at commonly-used tools for designing with CSS
- CSS Workflow
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- Battling the browsers: effective cross-browser management strategies
- Wide-scale template management strategies
- Remixing: separating style and layout to mix-n-match
- CSS collaboration, working in teams
- Long-term project management
- Coffee Break: 10:30 – 10:45
- CSS Design: Building Blocks
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- Making effective design decisions before and during coding
- Layout and positioning essentials and problem-solving
- Using modern CSS methods to realise any imaginable design idea
- Image replacement and the new image mapping
- Incorporating techniques like faux columns, sliding doors, and sprites into your design process
- Lunch is provided: 12:30 – 14:00
- Web Typography
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- Moving beyond Arial and Georgia
- Examining the connection between typography, accessibility, and portability
- Using techniques like alternative typefaces, image replacement, and sIFR
- Looking at font decoration and kerning issues
- Discussing issues with dynamic content when deploying replacement techniques
- Real World Examples
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- A look at some of the sites leading the way
- Studying best practices and fresh ideas
- Looking for inspiration
- Coffee Break: 15:30 – 15:45
- The Rebuild
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- Going from Photoshop to CSS
- Coding a CSS-based site from a flattened mockup, bringing together concepts discussed earlier in the day.
- Q & A: 17:30 - 18:00
- Social: 19:00 - till late
Who's speaking?
Dave Shea
Dave Shea is the creator and cultivator of the highly influential web site www.csszengarden.com and co-author of the recently-published Zen of CSS Design (New Riders).
The founder and design lead of Bright Creative in Vancouver, BC, Dave also writes for a large global audience of web designers and developers on his popular weblog, mezzoblue.com. His sites have won multiple awards, including ‘Best of Show 2004’ at the SXSW (South by Southwest Interactive) conference in Austin, TX.
Dave and his work have been featured in numerous books and magazines, including Wired, Germany’s Page Magazine, and Japan’s “Style Sheet Style Book”, among others. He has spoken internationally at design and technology industry conferences, including Flash in the Can Web Essentials SIGGRAPH SXSW
With almost 8 years of experience working on the web, Dave is a member of the new generation of designers that believe in useful and responsible web design. Access for all users and devices, support for open standards, graceful interoperability between front, and back-end code, and highly detailed visuals are all par for the course.
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