Web Design for beginners

Quality Web design is about more than just laying out objects on the page.  Every design decision you make depends on the overall goals of the site, encompassing an understanding of how people use online environments to fulfil a broad range of needs. 

Approach your designs from a comprehensive viewpoint, learning to employ aspects of interface design, content strategy, multimedia production, marketing, and basic graphic-design principles to create unique and effective projects which fulfil your online goals.

Create visual design and navigation systems that are intuitive and easy to use, and learn how to develop a professional, industry-standard strategy and style for every Web Site that you produce.  Learn innovative design and management solutions while balancing technical and aesthetic issues.  This is an intensive hands-on course covering:

  1. What to think about?
    • W3C  and copyright
    • Browser compatibility
    • What software should you use?
    • Which software is available?
  2. DreamWeaver CS3
    • Menus and navigation
    • User interface and shortcuts
    • Basic layouts in DreamWeaver
    • Preformatted pages
  3. Page formatting
    • Tables
    • Frames
    • The power of CSS
  4. Coding
    • What is HTML and XHTML?
    • Troubleshooting coding errors
    • Using JavaScript (where to find and configure it)
  5. Hosting etc.
    • Where to host your pages?
    • Domain names and what they mean
    • How to upload and maintain your website?
    • Online tools and powerful freeware
  6. Security issues
    • Backup
    • JavaScript, Java, VBScript, Flash etc.
  7. Others
    • Sitemaps
    • Designing the folder structure
    • Picture formats and which are internet compatible
    • Colours and what they mean

Throughout the entire course you will receive a lot of links to related topics and tools.  You will also have a temporary folder on a server in Europe so that you can practice and maybe have your friends evaluate your design(s).

This course will be tailor made for you or your company depending on your needs. This is a necessity as each person or team has different knowledge levels and experience in Web Design. This means that before a course can be started we would need to have a meeting about knowledge level, skills needed, specific goals etc.

Pages made by previous students

Terri Yamaka
http://www.terriyamaka.com
http://www.paul-glickman.com
http://www.jeannievogt.org/

Maribel Welling
http://www.tmsdoctor.nl/

Julia Toh
http://www.lovedino.com/

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