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"Discover Web Site Design - in a day!"
NEW PRICES!* Download version: £19.95; CDROM: £24.95
Whether you're interested in learning web site design for pleasure or for profit, this course is for you. Using video tutorials we'll show you all of the steps required to design, create and publish a fully-working, CSS-based web site in just a few hours.
The topics covered include: discussing the client's requirements, site structure, screen designs, creating graphics, coding with HTML and CSS, online forms, registering a domain name, hosting, publishing using FTP and marketing. We also explore the potential of adding JavaScript to your web sites, showing you how to create a random photo slideshow and how to control the capture of information on forms.
The techniques shown will enable you to design, create and publish sites similar to the course project site in terms of complexity, visual impact and interaction.
(Total time: 11hrs 28mins)
After completing this course, there will be several ways to use your web site design skills. You may be happy creating sites for yourself, your family and friends, or even to promote social activities you are interested in. However, if you want to earn money as a web site designer, either full-time or part-time, you should soon find that based on what we teach you the fees charged for your services will pay for this course many times over!
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Course details and previews
Introduction and overview (0h:15m:18s)
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- The aim of this course is to show you how to design, create and publish a fully-working, CSS-based web site in just a few hours
- The focus is a project web site that is an exact copy of a real site developed for a local branch of the RSPCA in England
- Step-by-step, you will be shown how to build this site, and how to publish it on the Internet
- Software needed – graphics programs, HTML editors, FTP utilities
Design principles and site structure (0h:23m:37s)
- Working with the client
- The brief (which becomes the specification for the proposed web site)
- Fundamental design principles of web site design
- Site structure
Coding HTML and XHTML (1h:00m:42s)
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- How HTML and XHTML code is constructed
- Exploring why simple coding is best
- Creating the home page for the project web site
- Dividing the content into logical sections
Site design – creating the graphics (1h:16m:28s)
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- Part 1: the basic principles of graphic design in relation to web sites (to help you feel confident when discussing these features with clients)
- Part 2: put design theory into practice and create all of the graphics for the project site; also look at ways to optimise some of the photographs to be displayed on the site
Coding the CSS (1h:40m:56s)
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- CSS fundamentals (rules, syntax, hierarchy and precedence)
- Problems with browser compatibility
- The CSS Box Model
- Words, numbers and absolute/relative values
- Step-by-step guide to complete the home page on the project site
- Using HTML tables to display images
Completing the project web site (3h:13m:16s)
- An explanation of absolute and relative paths for images and linked files
- How to avoid distorted images on web pages
- Hexadecimal numbers and code
- Using the home page as a basis for creating the remaining pages on the project web site
- Modifying the code (both XHTML and CSS) to accommodate other content where necessary
- Spotting and dealing with mistakes
Registering domains and buying hosting (0h:28m:53s)
- Why hosting is worth paying for
- How to register domains and buy hosting
- What to expect afterwards (confirmation, usernames and passwords)
- How to set up email facilities associated with the domain
Publishing your site using FTP (0h:19m:50s)
- Configuring FTP on Dreamweaver and FrontPage
- Configuring a standalone FTP program (FileZilla) to upload your web sites
- Publishing files from the project web site
Random photo slideshow using JavaScript (1h:00m:36s)
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- An introduction to JavaScript (including commands, variables, random numbers, functions and comparing values using conditional statements)
- Creating the code for the slideshow
- Applying the code to the relevant pages on the project site
Online forms (controlled with JavaScript) (1h:24m:24s)
- Creating forms with XHTML code
- Adding fields for text input, drop-down selection lists, radio buttons and check boxes
- Configuring forms so that they work on your web hosting space
- Using JavaScript to control the capture of information
Marketing your web site (0h:11m:46s)
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- Adding meta tags to your web pages (to help with search engine indexing)
- Submitting your URL to Google and other search engines (and seeing how the project web site appears in the top three results for searches on Google and Yahoo)
- Other ways to promote your site
- Encouraging reciprocal links with complementary web sites
- Online advertising
Course review and your next step (0h:13m:42s)
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- Reviewing everything looked at in this course
- Expanding your experience and understanding
- Making the most of your skills
What you'll need to watch our tutorials
All you need to watch our video tutorials is a web browser (just like the one you're using to look at this page) with Flash Player installed. The chances are that you will already have this. If not, you can download and install the player in a matter of minutes.
As well as the previews for this course, why not also try our FREE TUTORIALS?
All of our tutorials are recorded at a screen resolution of 800x600. When watching them we recommend you set your monitor to a resolution of 1024x768 or higher.
More training courses
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International sales
Please note that sales are made in GB Pounds. For international sales, a conversion will be made through PayPal's payment system into your own country's currency based on current exchange rates. The figures quoted in US Dollars are an approximate guide only.
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