[Lynda.com]Managing CSS in Dreamweaver

Managing CSS in Dreamweaver

 

with James Williamson

Managing CSS in Dreamweaver with James Williamson shows how to create cascading style sheets that are efficient, reusable, and easy to navigate. In this course, James shares tips on how to find and use panels and tools, and how to deploy style sheets to screen, print, and mobile environments. Course topics include creating customized starter pages, learning to rapidly hand-code CSS through using Snippets, and using Dreamweaver's CSS preferences to deploy lightweight styles. Exercise files are included with the course.

Topics include:

• Building a CSS-friendly workspace in Dreamweaver
• Creating style sheets visually
• Hand-coding styles
• Working with code hinting
• Organizing style sheets with color coding and sections
• Writing global classes
• Eliminating style conflicts
• Deploying styles
• Dealing with browser compatibility issues

author

James Williamson

subject

Web + Interactive, CSS, HTML + HTML5

software

Dreamweaver CS5, CS5.5, CSS

level

Intermediate

duration

4h 40m

released

Jun 03, 2010

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Introduction4m 12s

Welcome1m 10s  

Who is this course for?1m 5s  

Using the exercise files1m 57s  

1. Using Dreamweaver's Tools and Panels1h 21m

Controlling CSS in Dreamweaver2m 34s  

Style formatting options4m 59s  

Controlling shorthand notation6m 9s  

Building a style-focused workspace6m 10s  

CSS Styles panel overview8m 18s  

The Properties Inspector6m 39s  

Creating styles visually11m 32s  

Hand-coding styles8m 15s  

Code hinting and code completion7m 11s  

Modifying styles visually5m 24s  

Using the Code Navigator4m 47s  

Using CSS Inspect9m 52s  

2. Organizing Style Sheets1h 14m

Structuring style sheets4m 52s  

Writing a style header2m 40s  

Building a color guide6m 5s  

Writing a style sheet table of contents8m 46s  

Creating sections for styles9m 10s  

Using the CSS Styles panel to organize styles10m 29s  

Resolving conflicts7m 3s  

Organizing style properties9m 33s  

Writing a CSS reset5m 20s  

Writing global classes3m 57s  

Creating a style guide6m 6s  

3. Reusing Styles1h 7m

Preparing custom starter pages11m 32s  

Building custom starter pages10m 8s  

Working with code snippets9m 54s  

Writing snippets11m 30s  

Importing snippets6m 3s  

Understanding snippets libraries8m 11s  

Building a CSS framework using snippets libraries10m 36s  

4. Deploying Styles52m 15s

Writing a print style sheet10m 3s  

Creating print-specific styles10m 45s  

Preparing modular styles4m 33s  

Creating modular style sheets7m 9s  

Checking browser compatibility6m 25s  

Using conditional comments for Internet Explorer6m 58s  

Optimizing CSS with Dreamweaver6m 22s  

Conclusion38s

Goodbye38s