The course will allow you to work with an industry standard programme to build a site for your business. From html to working site we will be working through a series of examples, principles and design tasks to get you to a level of web design you can take away and use.

Delegates can also gain professional qualification credits towards a University Certificate of Professional Development or degree from De Montfort University.

Overview

The course covers the following areas :

• Web design overview
  • Benefits of the web
  • Web page parts
  • Understanding browsers
• Basic HTML tags
  • Using HTML
  • First web page example
  • Viewing HTML
• Web terms
  • Breakdown of basic terminology
• File management
  • Naming files
  • Ordering a site file structure
  • Getting ready for Dreamweaver
  • Defining a site
• The Dreamweaver work space
  • Tabs, panels & windows
  • Overview of tab content
  • Setting up a usable workspace
  • Properties inspector
• Building with tables and cells
  • Standard table menus
  • Row and column structures
  • Formatting data
• Building with Layers (AP divs)
  • Layer naming
  • Positioning
  • The Z-index
  • CSS properties
• Basic CSS (cascading style sheets)
  • What is CSS?
  • The CSS panel
  • Creating CSS rules
  • Editing a rule
• Site structures
  • Existing structures
  • Why we use set structures
  • Designing over a structure
• Links, text and headings
  • Internal and external linking
  • Formatting text
  • Using headings
  • Setting rules for headings

Overview cont.

• Working with images
  • Resize and optimise
• Photoshop to enhance a site
  • From Concept to web
  • Layers to aid design
• Planning a site design
  • The Audience
  • Usability
  • Accessibility
  • Search engines
  • Site maps
  • Layout and structure

Who is it aimed at?

This course is aimed at :

• Business staff who would like to design and develop a self managed web site for their business or organisation
• A sole trader looking to produce all online marketing and web design work for their own business to be truly independent
• Anyone wanting to cut out the cost and time delay of external web designer contracts

Entry requirements

Although there are no formal qualifications required for attending this course, delegates should have an understanding of basics of either Windows or Mac desktop environments and have a basic ability to manage files and documents. If you are unsure about these requirements, please contact us via the contact us page.

Delivery method

The course is a 5 day fully trainer led course. To help reduce the effect on your business of losing a member of staff for 5 days, this course runs 1 day a week over 5 weeks. Delegates then have the time needed to absorb and implement the information gained during these intensive training days.