42nd Street
Mastering the Art of CSS Design
42nd Street is a comprehensive 160-page course, an E-Book, covering all facets of the design process in step-by-step fashion. You'll learn how to design your layout in Fireworks, create valid xhtml markup in Dreamweaver, then bring it to life with CSS. No stone is left unturned in the process. You'll learn how to design a stable cross-browser, three-column, centered CSS layout.The attention to detail is unprecedented and the level of focus is beyond what you'll find in most CSS books.
How is it delivered?
The 42nd Street E-Book is in Adobe PDF format, so you can open it with your standard copy of Acrobat or Acrobat Reader. Once you purchase 42nd Street, you can download it immediately. In adddition to the E-Book, we also include a finished version of all files that you can use for reference.
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Course requirements
You'll need a web page editor. We recommend Dreamweaver 8 (or higher), although older versions can be used. A web image editor is also required. We recommend Fireworks 8 (or higher). Older versions of Fireworks can be used.
Note: Although the image editing sections of the course are based on Fireworks, Photoshop can be used so long as you are thoroughly familiar with its web image features.
Key techniques covered
You'll be led, step-by-step, through the complete design and building process. Here is some of what is covered:
- Designing the layout in Fireworks
- Exporting the finished web images from Fireworks to your web site
- Developing the xhtml structural markup in Dreamweaver, using Code and Design Views
- Adding content, images, and hyperlinks
- Building a CSS flyout navigation menu
- Building a static CSS contextual navigation menu
- Linking external style sheets to your page
- Building and testing CSS - one rule at a time
- Deploying CSS workarounds for MSIE Windows and Mac browsers
- Developing a special style sheet for customized printing of your page
- Deploying a special technique to highlight current page links
- How to add accessibility features to your page
- How the CSS box model works
- And more...
What's included...
42nd Street by PVII includes the following files and folders:
Your product includes all the files and folders you will need to complete the course. We've also included a finished page, with all assets, that you can use for reference or comparative purposes.
PVII Support
PVII support is free for licensed users of this product. Please see our main support page for all available options.