Web Page Style

Unit Number: NW05

Programme Value: 30 Credits

Offered Under: Award, Certificate and Diploma in Web Development

Overview

The now all-pervasive nature of the web and the subsequent heightening of user expectations are driving an increased demand for web sites to deliver professional-looking, accessible and cost-effective content. These factors, coupled with the need to provide easily maintained web pages, are just some of the reasons that make a solid understanding of web page style technologies something that every web author should have at their disposal.

This unit guides those who are familiar with the essentials of web page construction towards the key concepts and skills needed to understand and implement web page style technologies.

Key Unit Areas

  • Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
  • Construction of style sheets and style rules
  • HTML for CSS - DIV, SPAN, CLASS and ID
  • Units and colours for CSS
  • Style sheet formatting for fonts, colours and backgrounds
  • The CSS box model for 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

Unit Support

This unit is supported by the Netskills workshop CSS: A Complete Web Style Toolkit

Required evidence

Candidates will be required to submit a short practical assessment to demonstrate that they have met the outcomes for this unit.