Standards-Based Web Design Training Schedule

This course helps designers with basic web development skills improve their expertise with the newest, most requested web technologies and techniques. HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, PHP and mySQL feature prominently in this course as foundational tools that help web designers create modern, accessible, SEO-friendly sites that work well in any browser - including mobile! Students will learn the new features of HTML5 and CSS3 to improve the content and look of a website, how to make great mobile versions of a website, how to use AJAX and jQuery to create a better user experience, and how to move the final version of the site to a content management system (WordPress) so clients can safely update site content.

This level covers all the new HTML5 and CSS3 features with emphasis on what is useful (and in some cases, required) today. Feature detection and fallback solutions for older, less capable browsers are also covered.

This level covers all aspects of developing a mobile version of a website.

This level covers using jQuery, jQuery plugins and AJAX for a better user experience.

This class teaches how to move a website into a content management system, WordPress in this case, but the skills learned will apply to most any content management system.

Workshop: Bring in your own files or work on our demo project. Level 5 is available only as part of the Training Series, not as an individual level. Workshops do not qualify for our re-take policy.

We take a holistic approach to designing and building websites. We build a web page as the first exercise in class and we progressively build more feature rich pages and sites as the class progresses. This course is not software specific. It can be completed with just a text editor. The instructor will use Dreamweaver in code view for most of the course. Photoshop will be used to prepare images but the principles behind the image creation will be stressed, the principles will carry over into any program used to process images.

Level 1 covers: Handcoding HTML & CSS

Level 2 covers: Website Creation & Design

Level 3 covers: Navigation & Forms

Level 4 covers: Dynamic Sites

Workshop: Bring in your own files or work on our demo project. Level 5 is available only as part of the Training Series, not as an individual level. Workshops do not qualify for our re-take policy.