This class is designed to give you the knowledge and skills to build creative, interactive, and well-designed Web sites. We will attempt to balance technical skills with artistic skills to create web pages that are conceptually interesting, easily navigable, visually pleasing, and functional.

Topics Covered

HTML & CSS 1. Intro to the Web 2. Intro to HTML 3. Advanced HTML Tags 4. Intro to CSS 5. CSS Layout 6. Creating a Web Presence PHP BASICS Exercise:We will build a simple Wordpress Plugin Later Wordpress 1. Introduction To WordPress: What is WordPress? A little history 2. Installing WordPress: Demonstration (On local Machine as well as on a Live Server) 3. Configuring Files and Database On Live Server 4. Anatomy of a website: Headers, footers and sidebars a. Exercise: Sketch your site layout 5. The WordPress Dashboard: Logging in and looking around 6. Content types: Posts, pages and more 7. Publishing your first content: It’s that easy! a. Exercise: Adding content to your site 8. The look of your site a. Exercise: Changing things around 9. Settings in depth: More ways to configure your site 10. Advanced posts and pages: Featured images, the kitchen sink, paging and more a. Exercise: Getting to grips with the WordPress Editor 11. The Image Editor: Make your own thumbnails 12. Settings: Configuring WordPress just how you want it 13. Comments: Engaging with your readers a. Exercise: Commenting and moderation 14. Plugins: Playing with plugins a. Exercise: Logging in and looking around 15. Installing themes a. Exercise: Trying some themes 16. Themes, Widgets and Menus in depth: Learning the building blocks 17. Multiple users: Let someone else do some work 18. CSS introduction: An overview and some useful tools 19. Pulling it all together: Improving the look of your site a. Exercise: Customising your theme with CSS 20. Security: Hosting, plugins and good habits 21. Caching: Make your site fly! a. Exercise: Security and caching plugins 22. SEO – an overview: The strange art of Search Engine Optimisation 23. Anti-spam techniques: Akismet and beyond 24. Jetpack in depth: Juicy goodness form WordPress.com a. Exercise: Getting to know Jetpack 25. E-commerce – an overview: An intro to selling your stuff 26. More useful tools and plugins

Who should attend

Anyone who is keenly interested in learning and implementing the same to make his/her web presence felt!

Pre-requisites

Nothing much, familiar with Computers, Internet and interest to learn new technology

What you need to bring

REQUIRED MATERIALS FOR EACH CLASS ? Personal Laptop ? Notebook for Web Design ? Pen/Pencil ? Flash Drive"

Key Takeaways

Ability to design and develop amazing online portals!