The Workshops

CSS Workshop- by Stephanie Sullivan

CSS, the presentation layer when developing standards-based sites, can be frustrating to people as they transition from tables-based sites or even from the print world. Stephanie will show you how to design in a more fluid and flexible manner for a variety of browser configurations and user agents, including screen readers and the mobile web. She’ll also teach you principles that help you avoid the most common mistakes people make.

jQuery Workshop- by David McFarland

If you're a designer who wants to add interactivity and improve the usability of your site, JavaScript is the answer. This powerful scripting language lets you create dynamic navigation menus, improve the usability of forms, and add stunning visual effects to Web pages. Unfortunately, JavaScript can be intimidating--it's not like HTML or CSS--and many designers don't have time to tackle the steep learning curve required to master JavaScript.

In this session, you'll learn how to use the designer-friendly jQuery JavaScript library to simply and quickly enhance your Web site's presentation. You'll learn the basics of jQuery--from a designer's perspective--and discover how easy it is to add interactive image galleries, improve Web form usability, and quickly style HTML tables.

Adv. HTML+CSS Workshop- by Ethan Marcotte

High-end design. Standards-compliant code. Doesn’t exactly sound like a match made in heaven, does it? We’ll look at high-profile brands, and discuss the intersection of quality code with top-notch art direction. Developers will learn strategies to achieve that extra level of “bulletproofing” in their templates; designers will pick up tips on how to better convey creative requirements to coders. We'll also examine some popular new page layout techniques, to help us plan for the next generation of browsers.

Web Workflow Workshop- by Greg Rewis

During this action-packed session, Greg Rewis will take you through a modern, standards-based web workflow using all Adobe tools. You'll be amazed by some of the great new features in Adobe Photoshop, learn how to leverage Fireworks, put it together with Dreamweaver and add additional interactivity and video using Flash. Whether you're a noob or a hardened pro, there will be lots to learn.