Standards-Based Web Design Full Series Training Course
Course Summary
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.
Duration
30 hours.
5 course(s)
Audience
This series is for students of all levels of experience in web design who are looking to learn standards based web design. Students with little or no knowledge would begin in level 1, to understand these standards and how to handcode.
Outline
Standards-Based Web Design Series Level 1 (6 hours)
Day 1:Taking a design from Photoshop to structured HTML, Search engine optimization of content, the 10 "must know" HTML tags, initial design best practices
Day 2:Using CSS to rough-in the webpage's layout, the 3-step design troubleshooting process, creating backwards-compatible designs that work in all current browsers, creating images for the web
Standards-Based Web Design Series Level 2 (6 hours)
Day 1:Detailed design work with CSS, precision positioning of page elements with CSS, downloadable fonts
Day 2:Adding elements like video, Flash, iframes, and forms using HTML, providing fallback content for users who cannot access advanced content, building out a website from an initial layout, managing the entire look of a site with external CSS.
Standards-Based Web Design Series Level 3 (6 hours)
Day 1:Learn to create a variety of CSS layouts, using browser inspector to x-ray other designs
Day 2:Advanced CSS layout techniques, finding and troubleshooting browser inconsistencies
Standards-Based Web Design Series Level 4 (6 hours)
Day 1:Create CSS rollovers for great navigation and user feedback, CSS Drop-down menus that work everywhere, using sprites for design elements
Day 2:Introduction to using jQuery to improve the user experience of a website, creating slideshows, galleries, sliders with jQuery plugins
Standards-Based Web Design Series Level 5 (6 hours)
Day 1:
Workshop: Bring in your own files or work on our demo project.
Day 2:
Workshop: Bring in your own files or work on our demo project.
Course Testimonials
The pace of the class was perfect. I feel I now have and enough understanding to begin using HTML and CSS. The numerous resource website links are great job aids. The provided parking was awesome, especially in winter!
You should expect me back in the near future for more training! James Conway is clearly very knowledgeable about HTML, CSS and web standards. I would suggest this class to anyone.
This class gave us the necessary tools to not only make a website but to make a website that uses all the modern optimization techniques to ensure the best possible results for our clients. In a world that relies so heavily on the internet, being able to make sure our websites are optimized for search engines and accessible for all types of formats is what can make the difference. Thank you Jim and C2 for the great experience!
