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CSS Level 1 course - Week 9 now available

Apologies for the delay: from time to time we get a bit waylaid with our other venture. Have you heard about Web Directions North?

http://north08.webdirections.org/

Would be great to see some of the followers of our self paced courses make it along, so if you're anywhere near Vancouver, BC this January 2008, check it out!

You can now access week 9 of the free online version of Westciv's free CSS Level 1 course via the following link.

http://www.westciv.com/courses/free/index.html

This week we learn about:

• The padding property
• Indenting and outdenting
• Combining class with links

CSS Level 1 course - Week 8 now available

You can now access week 8 of the free online version of Westciv's free CSS Level 1 course via the following link.

http://www.westciv.com/courses/free/index.html

This week we learn about:

• Working with whitespace in page layouts
• The margin property
• Using margins to position content
• Centering text: the text-align property
• Centering an element
• The width property
• The border property

Westciv has also released a new free tool for web developers: use XRAY to reveal the box model for any element on any page. Check it out.

CSS Level 1 course - Week 7 now available

You can now access week 7 of the free online version of Westciv's free CSS Level 1 course via the following link.

http://www.westciv.com/courses/free/index.html

This week we learn about some new types of CSS selectors:

• Link selectors
• Specificity and link selectors
• Introduction to class selectors
• Generic document structure
• Class selectors syntax
• Class selectors and specificity

Westciv has just released a new free tool for web developers: use XRAY to reveal the box model for any element on any page. Check it out.

CSS Level 1 course - Week 6 now available

You can now access week 6 of the free online version of Westciv's free CSS Level 1 course via the following link.

http://www.westciv.com/courses/free/index.html

This week we see how to do some more advanced things with backgrounds, beyond simply the use of color, and into working with images:

• CSS background image demo
• The background-image property
• The background-repeat property
• The background-position property
• The background-attachment property

Don't forget, if you've got any questions about the course, the best place to ask them is at the forum.

CSS Level 1 course - Week 5 now available

You can now access week 5 of the free online version of Westciv's free CSS Level 1 course via the following link.

http://www.westciv.com/courses/free/index.html

This week we start learning about the background properties:

• introduction to the background properties
• the color keywords
• hexadecimal color values
• the background-color property
• the color property
• group selectors

Don't forget, if you've got any questions about the course, the best place to ask them is at the forum.

CSS Level 1 course - Week 4 now available

You can now access week 4 of the free online version of Westciv's free CSS Level 1 course via the following link.

http://www.westciv.com/courses/free/index.html

This week we learn some more text styling properties:

• The text-decoration property
• The font-style property
• The font-weight property
• Case sensitivity in CSS

Don't forget, if you've got any questions about the course, the best place to ask them is at the forum.

CSS Level 1 course - Week 3 now available

You can now access week 3 of the free online version of Westciv's free CSS Level 1 course via the following link.

http://www.westciv.com/courses/free/index.html

This week we get down to some actual coding. You will learn all about:

• How to link to a style sheet from your web page
• How to embed a style sheet
• When to embed, when to link

I see at the forum there have been a few issues with the course materials. I've checked and the download is definitely all in order. If you have having difficulties, download them again and be sure to unzip them by left-clicking and choosing Extract All...

CSS Level 1 course - Week 2 now available

You can now access week 2 of the free online version of Westciv's free CSS Level 1 couse via the following link.

http://www.westciv.com/courses/free/index.html

This week we get down to some actual coding. You will learn all about:

• Type selectors
• The font-family property
• Inheritance
• The font-size property

Don't forget to spread the word about this free course to any friends or colleagues who might be interested: week 1 is still available for now, so there's time to catch up.

CSS Level 1 course - Week 1 now available

You can now access week 1 of the free online version of Westciv's free CSS Level 1 couse via the following link.

http://www.westciv.com/courses/free/index.html

This week is all about introductions. You will learn:

• About the course
• Tools you need
• What is CSS?
• Why is CSS important?
• The elements of a style sheet
• CSS syntax: statements, selectors, properties

To follow the course you'll need to remember to come back every week, so make sure you get a reminder.

About to return

About to return

After a long break (too long!), this week we are going to be back up and running with Westciv's free self paced courses again.

The installments will be published at the following location every Monday for the next 12 weeks.

http://www.westciv.com/courses/free/index.html

But don't get too excited, it's not there yet. Really, this post is just a test post to make sure our new Feedblitz email subscriptions are good to go.

See you in a few hours!