About this CSS tutorial
This CSS tutorial accompanies my (Tom Lehman's) "CSS magic" workshop, presented at the Notre Dame Libraries September 2005. It can be used as a supplement to the presentation, or independently.
The target audience for the tutorial is people who make web pages, or who want to learn how to make web pages. It doesn't assume any previous knowledge or experience with HTML or CSS.
Goals for the tutorial
After completing the tutorial, you will be able to make your own web pages.
You'll also be able to:
- Articulate what CSS and HTML are, and how they work together
- Identify CSS alternatives to using tables for several common Web design tasks
- Explain how to use CSS with Dreamweaver
- Locate several resources that will help you learn more about CSS
How we'll do the tutorial
This tutorial does not cover everything there is to know about CSS. It gets you started making web pages and using CSS as quickly as possible. I learn better by doing (rather than hearing or seeing), and I learn better when I get information in small chunks. That's how I've designed this tutorial.
After the introduction to CSS and HTML and making a Web page together, we'll solve four real life web problems using CSS. Once we're finished, the Resources section at the end will show you where to get more advanced help.
Let's begin.