WordPress Essential Skills
Convenient, instructor lead, foundational.
- Course Name: WordPress Essential Skills
- Level 2: Intermediate to Advanced
- Prerequisite/s: Module 2 (HTML/CSS Essential Skills), Adobe Photoshop Essential Skills
- Recommended: Adobe Photoshop Essential Skills
- Course Code: WPRESS-100E
- Course Classification: Evening part time Web design / Module 3
- Duration: 4 weeks
- Times: Mon – Wed, 5:30pm to 8:30pm
- Next course: 19 March 2012 – 11 April 2012
- Then : 25 June 2012 – 18 July 2012
Intro
Want to make web sites that connect ? Learn to build beautiful websites with commercial value and more powerful back-end features.
Description
If you are an aspiring web programmer who wants to enhance add commercial value to your already functional HTML & Flash sites – and thereby enhance the usability and professionalism of your web sites – then this is the course for you!
This 4 week evening course is not intended for absolute beginners. You will require Module 2 (XHTML/CSS Essentials) and Adobe Photoshop Essential Skills, or equivalent work experience, in order to manage with the content of this course.
You will cover popular topics in the field of advanced web programming such as an introduction to cutting-edge technologies like Server-based scripting in PHP, and how work with basic PHP using WordPress, editing and creating your own WordPress templates, using external sources to fill your website with content, such as XML and advanced HTML. Practical projects make this course a must!
Course Outline :
Introductions
- Introduction to Content Management Systems and Database driven websites
- Introduction to web 2.0 principles and technologies
- Introduction to WordPress (Open Source Content Management System)
Administration & Setup
- Administering the WordPress Content Management System.
- Understanding the admin interface of the WordPress software
- Installing WordPress On live servers & On a local testing servers
WordPress Theme/Templating Basics
- Understanding the structure of WordPress Themes
- Learning basic to Intermediate WordPress coding
- Understanding the WordPress Loop (The main content engine)
- Learning to Build Custom WordPress Themes step by step.
WordPress site development Intermediate
- Adding Plugins & other custom functionality to WordPress Themes
- Building your own WordPress theme
- WordPress Custom Templates
- Custom Fields (creating custom data types & data structures)
Advanced Theme Development Techniques
- Custom Loops (using queries to output custom collections of posts)
- Conditional Statements using if, while & else statements
The course will also include:
- using The WordPress System to develop non-traditional application style websites
- aspects of developing portfolio websites with galleries and ajax functionality
- Integrating other web technologies and platforms into a WordPress site (eg. facebook, twitter, flickr, external feeds)
What our students say about us
“Enjoyable lessons made easy by the lecturer. Easy, understandable methods!” Warren Talmarkes (June 2011 WordPress Essentials)
“Thanks very much for bringing in experienced lecturers – really covered everything I needed to know! ” Angelique Dos Santos (June 2011 WordPress Essentials)
“Excellent stepping stone to the world of WordPress! ” Anon (Sep 2011 WordPress Essentials)
“Thanks for a great course!” Bianca Bird – Website Designer (April 2012 WordPress Essential Skills)
“The lecturer explains complicated issues in simple language, and presents it logically” Janet Morris, Social Media Marketing Consultant (April 2012 WordPress Essential Skills)
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Course Description
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Pricing also available for customised, on-site or group training.
HTML & CSS Essential Skills
Convenient, instructor-led, foundational.
- Course Name: HTML & CSS Essential Skills
- Course Code: HTML-100E
- Prerequisite/s: None
- Course Classification: Evening, part time, Web publishing
- Duration: 4 weeks
- Times: Mon – Wed, 5:30pm to 8:30pm
- Next HTML course: 28 May 2012 – 20 June 2012
- Then: 27 Aug 2012 – 19 Sep 2012
Description
Learn Internet basics and how Browsers work, understand general web concepts. Study in depth HTML & XHTML, CSS (Cascading Stylesheets), Using the Text Editor, Web page layout, Adobe Photoshop, web graphics, web site architecture.
Pricing also available for customised, group and/or on-site training.
What our students say about us
“The course preparation was excellent, and the course itself fascinating.” Mark (June 2010 HTML & CSS Essentials )
“It was a great experience!” Anon (June 2010 HTML & CSS Essentials)
“Enjoyable!! I never thought it would be this interesting! ” Megan Mitchell (August 2011 HTML & CSS Essentials)
“Great compliments to the lecturer, awesome HTML class!” Karin Hopkinson – Graphic Designer (August 2011 HTML & CSS Essentials)
“The lecturer is a Chuck Norris Level “code ninja” – HTML & CSS call him “Master”! – Nathan Blows – Content Editor & Web Project Manager (November 2011 HTML & CSS Essentials)
“Very good course, I thoroughly enjoyed it!” – Jovan Bolters – (March 2012 HTML & CSS Essentials)
“A very enjoyable 4 weeks spent at Friends of Design – I will be back!” – Anon – (March 2012 HTML & CSS Essentials)
“Would absolutely recommend this course!” – Janet Morris – Social Marketer, Educao Africa (March 2012 HTML & CSS Essentials)
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Course Description
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Pricing also available for customised, on-site and group training.
Adobe Flash Programming Primer
Inspiring, instructor-lead, detailed.
- Course Name: Adobe Flash Programming Primer
- Course Code: FLA-200E
- Level 2: Intermediate to Advanced
- Prerequisite/s: Adobe Flash Essentials Skills (FLA-100E)
- Course Classification: Evening, part time
Duration: 4 weeks
Times: Mon – Thurs 5:30pm to 8:30pm
Intro
Demystify ActionScript 2.0 and learn essential programming concepts to take advantage of this powerful tool.
Description
With this training course, you can use Flash, the industry’s most advanced authoring environment to create interactive websites, digital experiences and mobile content. With Flash CS3, creative professionals design and author interactive content rich with video, graphics, and animation for truly unique, engaging websites, presentations or mobile content. Learn to create interactive, animated content using ActionScript. Topics include a programming primer; controlling visual objects with ActionScript; using and writing functions, using text, dates, maths and paths; understanding and handling events; managing colour and sound; animating with ActionScript.
Who should do this course?
This course is for Flash designers who have some experience with Flash design and would like to learn intermediate and advanced ActionScript.
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Adobe Flash Essential Skills
Convenient, instructor-lead, foundational.
- Course Name: Adobe Flash Essential Skills
- Course Code: FLA-100E
- Level 1: Basic to Intermediate
- Prerequisite/s: None, Adobe Photoshop Essential Skills (PTS-100E) is an advantage
- Course Classification: Evening Part time Web Publishing
- Duration: 5 weeks
- Times: Mon – Wed, 5:30pm to 8:30pm
- Next Flash course: 23 April 2012 – 23 May 2012
- Then : 23 July 2012 – 22 August 2012
Description
Learn Adobe Flash, essential Actionscript skills, about rich media sites and the use of multimedia in the Web, how to work with text on the web, Web page layout skills & web usability. Students will produce an engaging interface using text, graphics, animations, video, and sound. Simple user interactions are added using built in ActionScript behaviors and Script Assist.
What our students say about us
“A very knowledgeable lecturer who takes us through each element step by step” Shereen – Maskew Miller Longman (Aug 2010 Flash Essentials)
“Well explained with clear solutions to a problem.” Candice (May 2010 Flash Essentials)
“Great course – would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to learn about web design” – Anon (Flash October 2011)
Who should do this course?
This course is design for anyone who wants to learn Flash basics.
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Course Description
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Enrolment form
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Pricing also available for customised, on-site and group training.
