Beginners Web Design Course

Go the DIY route. Build websites from scratch

Our very popular beginners web design course gives you all the tools you need to learn how to build good-looking, smooth moving websites, either for yourself, or for other people.

Here’s an overview of the content we cover for £240:

Understanding & hand coding XHTML & HTML5

A brief history of the World Wide Web, web files and folder structure, XHTML / HTML5 tags, block and in-line elements, lists and special characters, XHTML page content markup, Doctypes and creating a web page, hyperlinks, XHTML W3C validation.

Web graphics & hand coding CSS

Graphics for the web, using Photoshop for web graphics, images in XHTML, HTML5 imaged, CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) basics, applying CSS to XHTML, CSS W3C validation.

Building sites with help from Dreamweaver

Introduction to Servers and Clients, FTP (File Transfer Protocol) for uploading your site to the web, setting up a site in Dreamweaver, file structure and management with Dreamweaver, XHTML with Dreamweaver, CSS using Dreamweaver, fonts, tables for tabular data, CSS box model.

Web site layouts with pure CSS

CSS positioning, absolute and relative, fluid and fixed layouts, CSS Floats, test site build example (full process)

Forms to capture data from your visitors

Form elements in XHTML, accessible form layouts, GET and POST Methods, form processing with PHP, styling forms with CSS, Spry / JavaScript form validations.

CSS tricks and mini project start

Advanced CSS techniques, image replacement, block hover navigation lists, second web site project start, (full process using Photoshop to create site layouts and recreation with CSS).

Adding a pop up photo gallery

Explaining CSS for second web site project, active link highlighting using CSS, JavaScript lightbox pop up photo gallery.

Tips, tricks and further resources

Finish second test web site, embedding YouTube video, JavaScript RSS news feeds, SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) techniques, Google Analytics and Web master tools, XML sitemaps, FavIcon, site design process, Photoshop for web layouts, web hosting and further resources.

Book your place

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To book this course we require an £120 non-refundable deposit, with the remaining £120 payable before week 3. We accept cheques, cash and bank transfers.