Key details
MadCap Flare training course for existing Flare users, teaching a range of advanced techniques including responsive design best practices and single sourcing.
This course teaches the skills you need to design cutting-edge online targets efficiently. Topics covered include:
- Responsive design best practices
- “Reset” style definitions
- CSS mediums
- The Foundation grid
- Advanced pseudo elements, pseudo classes, and selectors
- Multiple master pages for home pages and other topics
- Responsive layouts
- Home page “card” design and layout
- Advanced topic design and layout
- Font Awesome icons
- Google Fonts
- Responsive tables
- Responsive images
- calc() and CSS variables
- Language-specific style definitions
- Single sourcing designs for print targets
Advanced MadCap Flare training is arranged on-request, i.e. one-to-one training or a ‘closed course’ for your group. Your training can be tailored to take into account any existing knowledge you have, and the work you’re going to be doing.
In-class or online
This course is available in-class at eight centres or live online.
Prerequisites
You should either have attended Intermediate MadCap Flare training, or have at least three years’ experience using Flare.
Accredited MadCap Flare training
Armada’s Flare training is MadCap-accredited.
Courses are hosted by MadCap-Certified Instructor Matthew Ellison.
Training certificate
Course delegates receive an e-certificate confirming successful completion of a MadCap-accredited Advanced MadCap Flare training course. Click here to see an example of the certificate you receive.
After course support
Following Advanced MadCap Flare training, delegates are entitled to 30 days’ email support from their trainer to help with any post-course issues. For further details, see Support.
MadCap Flare version
Training can be based on any version of MadCap Flare to suit you.
General information
Course times
Standard course times are 9.30am–4.30pm.
As we’d be hosting this as a ‘closed course’ for you/your group, there’s usually flexibility to change these times to suit you, e.g. start or end 30 minutes earlier or later.
Payment
Payment for MadCap Flare training can be made by:
- Bank transfer. Please call 01527 834783 for our bank details.
- Card. All major credit and debit cards accepted. Payment can be made securely online or over the phone. Card payments are processed by Stripe. Armada doesn’t record or store your card details.
Purchase orders
We accept purchase orders from UK-registered companies and public sector organisations.
Accommodation
See Accommodation local to our training centres.
Cancellations and postponements
If an on-request Advanced MadCap Flare course booking is cancelled giving less than 20 working days’ notice, a cancellation fee is payable. View cancellation terms.
If an on-request Advanced MadCap Flare course booking is postponed giving less than 20 working days’ notice, a postponement fee is payable. View postponement terms.
Terms and conditions
Expert trainer
Matthew Ellison
Matthew has over 30 years’ experience working as a user assistance and eLearning professional in the software industry. Some of this time was spent managing a team of writers and trainers at a UK-based consulting company, before enjoying a period in the US as Director of the WinWriters (subsequently WritersUA and UX Writer) Conference. He continues to provide consultancy to software companies throughout the world who need documentation and user assistance for their products.
Matthew has a B.Sc. in Electronic Engineering and a PGCE from Bristol University, and has been a part-time lecturer at Portsmouth University for the MA Technical Communication course. He is a MadCap-Certified Instructor, an authorised trainer for EC Software’s Help+Manual and an expert in many other user assistance tools and technologies.
Matthew has been a popular speaker at conferences in Europe and the US since 1997. He regularly publishes articles and reviews on user assistance tools and technology.
Live online training
Online training lets you participate in a live MadCap Flare course from your place of work or home.
We do everything possible to make your online training experience as close as possible to actually being in the classroom. You can:
- See and hear our trainer, and the other delegates participating in the course…
- Watch our trainer demonstrate techniques in MadCap Flare.
- Interact by speaking, using chat, or raising your ‘virtual hand’ if you need assistance.
- Share your screen with our trainer, and allow them to take control to explain something.
Like our in-class courses, online Advanced MadCap Flare courses…
- Are presented by expert instructors.
- Give you plenty of opportunity to carry out assisted, practical exercises using MadCap Flare.
- Offer 30 days’ email support from your trainer.
All you need is an Internet-connected computer with…
- MadCap Flare installed.
- A webcam and audio capability. If your computer running MadCap Flare doesn’t have these, you can use a second device, such as another computer or tablet. See Hardware recommendations for live online training for further details.
If there’s anything you’re not sure about we’ll do our best to help you. We won’t, however, be able to assist with your MadCap Flare installation.
We provide everything else…
- Links to download the files, resources, etc. you’ll use in your course.
- A training guide. For most courses, you can choose from a printed copy that we post to you, or a PDF.
In the week before your course, we’ll send you an email containing everything you need to prepare for and participate in the training. Then, a couple of days before your course, we’ll give you a courtesy call to make sure you have everything in place and answer any questions you may have.
Please note that we are not able to record scheduled online courses for privacy reasons.
When you attend live online training, you’re participating in a real course, hosted by a real trainer, in real time