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RapidWeaver Training

1 day - £190 + vat

RapidWeaver is a Mac-only alternative to creating professional, fully functioning websites. The RapidWeaver software allows you to create pages, alter the look of your website and add and edit images and text within the programme.

The RapidWeaver training course will show you how to create feedback forms, animated image slideshows with sound, blog pages and embed movies from YouTube and other video sites.

The RapidWeaver software also has a one-click upload facility to get your website online quickly and allow easy updates at the press of a button.

RapidWeaver Course Content

Introducton

• The RapidWeaver Project
• Site Setup
• Creating new Pages
• The Page Inspector
• Previewing in a browser
• Adding your logo to your site
• Saving a website
• Uploading your website to the internet

Page Types

• What are page types?
• Styled Text
• The Blog Page
• File Sharing
• The HTML Code Page
• The Movie Album Page
• The Photo Album Page

Editing a Page

• Adding and editing text
• Adding and editing images
• Adding items to the sidebar
• Adding movies
• Text flow around images
• Adding links using text and images
• Adding file downloads

RapidWeaver Themes

• What are themes?
• Changing the look of a theme
• Changing the colours in a theme
• Saving theme styles

Creating a Contact Form

• Creating the Form Page
• Adding form elements
• Editing options
• Adding a recipient address

RapidWeaver Add-ons

• Why use Add-ons
• Popular Add-ons
• Theme Styles
• Snippets

Common Plug-ins Overview

• Blocks - drag and drop page design
• Pluskit - add slimbox effects to image slidewhows
• WebYep - Edit your website in a browser
• Googaloom - Add a shopping cart
• Payloom - Add a shopping cart

Modifying a Theme

• Duplicating a Theme
• Creating a Custom Header
• CSS Modifications

RapidWeaver SEO – An Introduction

• Meta Tags – Title, Keywords, Description, H1 and H2 tags
• How to place these into RapidWeaver
• Google Analytics – how to place the code

Download course outline as pdf.

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