STARTING A WEB DESIGNING CAREER

Web design tools

This series will introduces you to basic web design using HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). It is designed for both newbies and those trying to update their knowledge in web design, therefore it does not necessarily require any prior knowledge of HTML or web design. 

You will be introduced to planning and designing effective web pages; implementing web pages by writing HTML and CSS code; enhancing web pages with the use of page layout techniques, text formatting, graphics, images, and multimedia; and producing a functional, multi-page website.

Upon successful completion of this series, you should be able to:

• Recognize and understand HTML web page elements

• Know how to write HTML code

• Understand and apply effective web design principles

• Enhance web pages using text formatting, color, graphics, images, and multimedia

• Incorporate forms into web pages

• Understand and apply CSS to format web page elements

• Plan, design, and publish a multi-page website 
  
• Understand the Use of Javascript
  
• Know how to code with server side language -php
  
• understand how to manage database with MySQL and others
  
• Know how to use CMS such as Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal, etc

I assume that everyone reading this post should have a general background in using a computer, managing files, and a basic knowledge of the Internet, and  should also be able to navigate to and within a website using a web browser such as Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Safari. You do not need to purchase any software for this course as everything you need are available online free of charge.

In my next post, we are going to discuss the steps in developing a website.

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