web design training course

Web Design training - 1 day - £195 + vat - dates

Web Design training uk

Whether you know how to click the buttons but need help with the principles of good web design, or you are a newcomer to web design and want to learn the rules before you start to design, this is the web design training course for you.

Web Design Training Course Objectives

During this Web Design training course, delegates will learn to avoid common mistakes and apply good design and navigation principles to your site.

This Web Design training course forms part of our Web Design Week, comprising of our 1 day Web Design course, our 2 day Dreamweaver course and our 2 day Photoshop for Web Graphics course

All three of these training courses can be booked together to form a comprehensive week of web design training for just £725 (£1,045 if booked separately).

Web Design Training Course Content

Planning A Web Site

  • How to plan your site
  • Mapping the site
  • Chunking information
  • The importance of good web content

Basic web design principles

  • The good the bad and the ugly
  • Structuring and Site Navigation
  • The limitations of html

Common web page elements

  • Headers and footers
  • Navigation bars
  • Back buttons

Typography for the web

  • Limits
  • Tips
  • Typefaces for the Web

e-Commerce

  • What is e-commerce?
  • How to set up an online shop
  • Options
  • Shopping carts – what to look for
  • Taking payment online – options
  • Creating an online shop in Dreamweaver

Working With Images

  • Optimising files
  • Gifs and Jpegs

File formats and image compression

Formatting your pages

  • Printable areas
  • Browser compatibility issues

Getting your customers to come back

Domains and Hosting

  • What to consider when choosing a hosting company/registrar:
    • Will I require database connectivity/cgi?
    • How many mailboxes will I need?
  • Buying domain names & web space
  • Pointing your domain to your site & DNS Settings
  • FTP

Web 2.0

  • What is Web 2.0 and why should you be interested?
  • Web 2.0 Design style considerations
  • Web 2.0 Technology – AJAX, CSS
  • Community building – Blogs, Forums, RSS News
  • Web 2.0 site creation tools; WorldPress, Blogger

Web Design Course Prerequisites

Delegates on this web design training course are required to meet the following prerequisites:

Book this Web Design training course one to one for £450 + vat

Subject Training Recommended Reading

Learning Web Design: A Beginners Guide to HTML, Graphics and Beyond - Jennifer Niederst – buy from amazon
Building a Web Site for Dummies - David A. Crowder – buy from amazon

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