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Dear Colleague There are still some places available on the following workshops that Netskills are running at South Camden City Learning Centre in January 2008: 1. CSS: A Complete Web Style Toolkit, 9th January ----------------------------------------------------- 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. Accessibility, Usability & Your Website, 10th January ----------------------------------------------------- The modern world now relies heavily on the web to deliver services and information directly to users, wherever they are and whoever they may be. The addition of legislation to ensure everyone can access and use important web content means that developers must have the skills to balance basic access to their web site with the ability for everyone to engage with it in a meaningful way. Understanding the different ways that people interact the web is the key to being able to provide a better online experience for everyone - but there is still a tendency for developers to focus on solutions for users with visual impairment. This workshop will introduce a more holistic approach to making accessible, usable web content and key evaluation techniques that you can use on your own (and other people's) web sites. Topics covered during this workshop include: How real people interact with the web How does the law affect the content you provide? Assistive technologies - there's more than just JAWS! The difference between accessible and usable content Accessiblity and usability testing criteria & methods Where to get specific help and advice 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/