Web design using Wordpress - Introduction

• How to design and publish a website and online store (e-commerce) site using Wordpress CMS
• How to install Wordpress
• How to install or change a theme
• How to add e-commerce store and products
• Create custom pages and edit font size, colour and weight of paragraphs and header texts
• CSS: To edit pages , buttons, links, style, colours, fonts
• Html: To add functionality such as buttons, links and drop down menus
• Javascript: To change or add functionality to the Wordpress theme
• Plugins for various types of functionality such as contact forms, upload of files to site by users
• Create and edit posts
• Link your site to your Facebook and Twitter accounts to share posts or new products from your site
• Create newsletters and send to site users or customers
• Basic Search Engine Optimisation, SEO
• Assign users to site and add restrictions

No prior knowledge of web programming required but a basic knowledge of Html, CSS and Javascript would be beneficial. Learners will sign up to a web hosting provider.

Students are informally assessed on their coursework through assignments and in class tasks and can achieve a City & Islington Level 2 Web Design Certificate.

Advanced Web Development which includes interacting with an SQL Database on a Web Server using PHP and SQL Programming. This course will provide students with more skills to develop a website and add custom functionality which can be essential for small medium businesses and e-commerce sites.

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You can take one of our other introductory or intermediate media courses in Adobe Creative Suite, Digital Photography etc. or progress to an advanced course in this subject area