Dear Colleague
As part of their regional workshop programme, Netskills will be running the following workshops at University College Dublin in November:
1. CSS: A Complete Web Style Toolkit, 14th November
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The nature of the web today means there is an expectation for sites to deliver professional-looking, accessible and cost-effective content. Couple this with the need to provide easily maintained web pages - that also meet the current publishing standards - and you have just some of the reasons that make CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) into an essential toolkit that all web authors should have at their disposal.
By exploring the core concepts and techniques - and in some cases their limitations - you will leave equipped with a practical understanding of the most useful tools that CSS offers the web developer. You can then immediately start to use them to build creative, accessible, standards-compliant style into your own web sites.
Topics covered during this workshop include:
Constructing style sheets and style rules
HTML structure for CSS (DIV, SPAN, CLASS and ID)
The CSS box model - margins, padding and borders
CSS for page layout - positioning, stacking and floats
The CSS Cascade - inheritance and multiple style sheets
Alternative & Media specific style sheets
Standards and browser compatibility
2. Writing for the Web, 15th November
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What is so different about writing for the web?
The ability to write and re-purpose content for the web is an important skill. Visitors can abandon your site at the click of a button if they are not enticed by what you have written. This workshop will explore a range of proven practical techniques that you will be able to take away and apply directly to your own web site authoring.
Topics covered during this workshop include:
Practical writing techniques for use in the online environment
Use of active and passive verbs
Examination of web audience and intent
Practical tasks for writing for an organisation profile and audience
The difference between good web content and good web design
Further details these workshops, including prices and booking forms, and of all future Netskills events are available from:
www.netskills.ac.uk/workshops
These workshops can also support our BTEC-accredited qualifications:
www.netskills.ac.uk/accreditation
Regards
Jamie Stogden
Netskills
University of Newcastle
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NE1 7RU
tel: 0191 222 5000
fax: 0191 222 5001
web: http://www.netskills.ac.uk/
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