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Web designers from across the globe flocked to Newcastle to pick up tonnes of top tips from internet boff Andy Clarke.

Internationally-renowned designer and author Andy, of Stuff and Nonsense, took a trip to toon to host a one-day workshop on advanced CSS styling last month.

And we were on hand to make sure the day was rounded off in style when CannyBill sponsored an evening socialising soiree.

A total of 27 companies, from as far afield as America, Canada and Hungary, attended the masterclass at the Copthorne Hotel to get to grips on pioneering CSS techniques, developed by Andy.

In the evening, the guests were treated to a bit of warm Geordie hospitality at the recently revamped Salsa Club, giving everyone the chance to unwind, exchange ideas and digest the day over a few beers and nachos, courtesy of us.

Check out pictures of the night at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dpivision/sets/72157622613902331/

About the workshop

Join designer and author Andy Clarke for a full day learning how to use the most up-to-date CSS in your work today. Be inspired to find new ways of designing using CSS.

Modern web browsers now better capable of rendering advanced CSS than ever before. From highly targeted CSS selectors to new ways to work with layout, colour and typography, if you are a web designer or developer, working with CSS has never been more exciting.

‘Advanced CSS Styling’ is a unique one-day master class presented by Andy Clarke, designer and author of the best-selling Transcending CSS. Spend the day with Andy learning how to use the most up-to-date CSS techniques in your everyday work.

What you will learn

• How to design balanced, inspired layouts using advanced CSS positioning techniques
• New ways to work with colour using RGBa
• Using multiple background and border images
• How to use text and box shadows
• About CSS gradients, reflections and transitions

Of course the browser landscape is varied and each browser supports different CSS properties. You will learn how to design around, rather than hack around these natural differences to create experiences that are enjoyable for everyone, no matter which browser they use. You will learn:

• How to improve a browser’s CSS support using Javascript
• Modernizr and how it will help you to design around browser support
• When using Universal Internet Explorer 6 is appropriate

Web typography is one of the hottest topics in web design and development. As a self-confessed typography perfectionist, Andy will teach you:

• Working with font embedding solutions including Typekit, Kernest and Cufon
• Creating striking, readable type with typographic hierarchies
• How to improve typography with kerning, leading and baseline shifts

In this full day master class, you will also learn the latest techniques for designing in a browser and how to test your designs for web accessibility throughout your design process.

Don’t miss out

Don’t miss this opportunity to be inspired to find new ways of using CSS and how to use the most up-to-date CSS techniques. Places for each workshop are limited to thirty and prices start at only £275.00+VAT for limited early bird places.

Schedule

Come and meet and greet the Dpivision.com Ltd team as we host the after hours fun to a day with a top designer.

Designer and author Andy Clark from Stuff and Nonsense is stopping off in Newcastle to host an Advanced CSS Styling workshop at the Copthorne Hotel in October.

And we have joined forces with him to host and sponsor an evening of socialising at The Salsa Club, giving people the chance to unwind, swap top tips and beef up their contacts book.

The one-day masterclass offers ideas on how to use the most up-to-date CSS techniques of the moment, including:

- How to design balanced, inspired layouts using advanced CSS positioning techniques
- New ways to work with colour using RGBa
- Using multiple background and border images
- How to use text and box shadows
- About CSS gradients, reflections and transitions

Places are running out very quickly so book your place now!

http://forabeautifulweb.com/announcing/newcastle_upon_tyne_2009/

For the CannyBill sponsored after party, we are extending the invitation to our customers.

So come along and say hello to the team at The Salsa Club, West Gate Road, Newcastle on October 30 from 6.30pm onwards and fill yourself up with some of the tastiest free nachos and best Mexican beer.

Just so we know how much free food and booze to order, drop us a line to say you’ll be coming at info@dpivision.com.

Web design boffin Andy Clarke is dishing out his top tips at a special masterclass next month.

Andy Clarke has teamed up with special guest Brendan Dawes for a full day of learning on how to create masterful designs for the web.

The class will not only teach you how to brush up your skills, it will also inspire new designs, improve layouts with grid-based techniques, improve readability by using better typography and most importantly how to make your website stand out from all the others.

The Visual Web design Masterclass takes place on December 1 at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London and costs £395, incl VAT.

Andy, a pioneer in web accessibility, is also holding a series of classes throughout next year. To book a place on any of them, or to find out more, log onto http://forabeautifulweb.com/.

By Andy Clarke, Stuff and Nonsense.

About Andy Clarke

Malarkey is Andy Clarke, a UK based designer, author and speaker who has a passion for design, CSS and web accessibility. Andy has been working on the web for almost ten years. He is a visual web designer and author and he founded Stuff and Nonsense in 1998. Andy regularly writes about creating beautiful, accessible web sites and he speaks at events worldwide. Andy is the author of Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design, published by New Riders in 2006.