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English, Spanish; Castilian, Chinese, Portuguese
Topics
Design, Interaction, HTML, CSS, PHP

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Web Development and Design using Wordpress

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8 Sessions / 6 hours of work per session
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Beginner
Video Transcripts
English, Spanish; Castilian, Chinese, Portuguese
Topics
Design, Interaction, HTML, CSS, PHP

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Course Description

In today’s digitally connected world, an engaging, distinctive website is a necessity for artists, musicians, designers, and creators. This course provides an introduction to website design and development for artists, providing the tools to create and maintain a unique online identity. In this course, you will learn how to build a custom website for your online artistic presence and portfolio, and how to leverage content management systems to develop and manage your site. You will also learn how to customize your site further with HTML, CSS, and PHP, three building blocks of the modern Web. This class will teach essential skills for designing and organizing your website, so you can create a site that is both visually distinctive and engaging. Over weekly assignments, you will develop an actual, live website from simple HTML to a full-featured site with galleries, analytics, social media integration, and other advanced features.

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schedule

This course is in adaptive mode and is open for enrollment. Learn more about adaptive courses here.

Session 1: Introduction to the Web; Domains and Web hosting (October 8, 2024)
This session will go over how the Web works from choosing and purchasing domain names to servers and hosting.
6 lessons
1. Introduction
2. Basics of the Web and the Internet
3. Servers and Hosting
4. Choosing a Domain Name
5. Uploading the Files to the Server
6. Conclusion
Session 2: HTML5, CSS, PHP (October 15, 2024)
In this session, we will look at how HTML5 and CSS work in tandem to define the structure and style of a Web page. We'll also see how PHP is used to generate dynamic content.
6 lessons
1. Introduction (Premium Exclusive)
2. HTML (Premium Exclusive)
3. CSS (Premium Exclusive)
4. PHP (Premium Exclusive)
5. Viewing Page Source in Chrome (Premium Exclusive)
6. Conclusion (Premium Exclusive)
Session 3: Managing Content with Wordpress (October 22, 2024)
In this session, we'll discuss installing a content management system on your site to quickly build your site and focus on the essentials of a site’s content and design.
6 lessons
1. Introduction (Premium Exclusive)
2. Installing WordPress (Premium Exclusive)
3. WordPress Quick Tour (Premium Exclusive)
4. Customization and Themes (Premium Exclusive)
5. Pages and Posts (Premium Exclusive)
6. Conclusion (Premium Exclusive)
Session 4: Intro to Web Design (October 29, 2024)
This session reflects on how design affects the interpretation of your website including Gestalt psychology and theories of visual perception. We'll also look into utilizing the Web design toolbox.
8 lessons
1. Introduction (Premium Exclusive)
2. Why Design? (Premium Exclusive)
3. Organizing Your Site (Premium Exclusive)
4. Page Organization (Premium Exclusive)
5. Hierarchy and Categorization (Premium Exclusive)
6. Web Design Toolbox (Premium Exclusive)
7. Trends in Web Design (Premium Exclusive)
8. Conclusion (Premium Exclusive)
Session 5: Content, Themes, and Customization (November 5, 2024)
Themes define the overall structure, organization, and visual identity of your site. In this session we discuss how to choose the right theme for your site, and using HTML, CSS, and PHP to customize your theme.
10 lessons
1. Introduction (Premium Exclusive)
2. Categories and Tags (Premium Exclusive)
3. Images (Premium Exclusive)
4. Audio (Premium Exclusive)
5. Video (Premium Exclusive)
6. Other Media/Files (Premium Exclusive)
7. Themes (Premium Exclusive)
8. A few great themes (Premium Exclusive)
9. Theme Hacking (Premium Exclusive)
10. Child Themes (Premium Exclusive)
Session 6: More on Design: Color and Typography (November 12, 2024)
In this sessions, we'll look at the characteristics of text and fonts and their effects on Web design.
10 lessons
1. Introduction (Premium Exclusive)
2. Color in Web Design (Premium Exclusive)
3. Color Schemes (Premium Exclusive)
4. Hex Colors (Premium Exclusive)
5. Typography (Premium Exclusive)
6. Taxonomy of Typefaces (Premium Exclusive)
7. Properties of Type (Premium Exclusive)
8. Design Principles for Typography (Premium Exclusive)
9. Web Fonts (Premium Exclusive)
10. Conclusion (Premium Exclusive)
Session 7: Wordpress Plugins, Analytics, and Security (November 19, 2024)
This session goes over essential Wordpress plugins for further customizing and improving your site and how to integrate social media into your site, along with applying analytics to understand how visitors use your site.
8 lessons
1. Introduction (Premium Exclusive)
2. WordPress Plugins (Premium Exclusive)
3. Jetpack (Premium Exclusive)
4. Caching (Premium Exclusive)
5. Search Engine Optimization (Premium Exclusive)
6. Google Analytics (Premium Exclusive)
7. Security (Premium Exclusive)
8. Conclusion (Premium Exclusive)
Session 8: Advanced HTML, CSS, and PHP Features (November 26, 2024)
The final session will go over using advanced features of HTML, CSS, and PHP to give your site polish, style, and responsiveness.
6 lessons
1. Introduction (Premium Exclusive)
2. Abetter Text Editor (Premium Exclusive)
3. CSS Hover, Pseudo-Classes, and Pseudo-Elements (Premium Exclusive)
4. CSS Transitions and Animations (Premium Exclusive)
5. Wordpress Templates (Premium Exclusive)
6. Conclusion (Premium Exclusive)
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Learning Outcomes

Below you will find an overview of the Learning Outcomes you will achieve as you complete this course.

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What You Need to Take This Course
  • Materials: Students will be required to purchase a domain name and web hosting for the duration of the course, which will cost approximately USD $40. Students may also wish to operate their website after the course has ended, which entails additional costs.
  • Equipment: Computer with installation privileges and internet access.
  • Software: The software used in this class includes free programs like Wordpress, TextMate, and Notepad++
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