Advanced Dreamweaver

Web Standards & CSS

What are Web Standards?

• Web Standards Project
• XHTML 1.1
• CSS, level 2
• DOM, level 2

What browsers are compliant and why should I use them?

• Mozilla
• Safari
• Opera

Validation

• HTML, http://validator.w3.org/
• CSS, http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
• Converting pages to XHTML with Dreamweaver
• Validating in Dreamweaver

Using CSS in Dreamweaver

Learning CSS

Tutorial - W3Schools

Useful web sites

World Wide Web Consortium, http://www.w3.org/

The Web Standards Project, http://webstandards.org/

Mezzoblue CSS Crib Sheet, http://www.mezzoblue.com/css/cribsheet/

CSS Zen Garden, http://www.csszengarden.com/

Useful Books

Eric A. Meyer: Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide (O'Reilly & Associates, 2000, ISBN 1-56592-622-6) [CSS2]

Eric A. Meyer: Eric Meyer on CSS (New Riders, 2003, ISBN 0-73571-245-X)