Web Design Training

Contrary to popular opinion, the ‘secrets’ of good web site design aren't difficult to learn, are easy to apply. The principles are all well documented in publicly available international standards.
Modern web design software tools such as Dreamweaver can take a little bit of getting used to, but once you get the basics, it is relatively easy to create basic web pages and to update existing websites. 

Basic web design training should provide you with the confidence to start developing your own sites and will teach you to avoid common mistakes and apply good design and navigation principals to your site, and there are plenty of training companies in Dublin offering web design courses from beginner right through to advanced courses.

A typical course outline would be as follows:
Planning A Web Site

  • How to plan your site
  • Mapping the site
  • Chunking information
  • The importance of good web content

Basic web design principles

  • The good the bad and the ugly
  • Structuring and Site Navigation
  • The limitations of html

Common web page elements

  • Headers and footers
  • Navigation bars
  • Back buttons

Typography for the web

  • Limits
  • Tips
  • Typefaces for the Web

e-Commerce

  • What is e-commerce?
  • How to set up an online shop
  • Options
  • Shopping carts – what to look for
  • Taking payment online – options
  • Creating an online shop in Dreamweaver

Working With Images

  • Optimising files
  • Gifs and Jpegs

File formats and image compression
Formatting your pages

  • Printable areas
  • Browser compatibility issues

Getting your customers to come back
Domains and Hosting

  • What to consider when choosing a hosting company/registrar:
    • Will I require database connectivity/cgi?
    • How many mailboxes will I need?
  • Buying domain names & web space
  • Pointing your domain to your site & DNS Settings
  • FTP

Web 2.0

  • What is Web 2.0 and why should you be interested?
  • Web 2.0 Design style considerations
  • Web 2.0 Technology – AJAX, CSS
  • Community building – Blogs, Forums, RSS News
  • Web 2.0 site creation tools; WorldPress, Blogger