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This six week course in Web Design using WordPress software will show you how to get your own web address and hosting, how to install and customise the look, how to use plug-ins to extend the capabilities of your site and how to use images and video. At the end of the course, you will have the skills and confidence you need to develop and update your site on your own. You will learn how to get a live website up and running from scratch, using open source software WordPress which is available free of charge on Mac, PC and Linux. WordPress is suitable for personal portfolio sites, club, society and interest sites, small business sites and more; it is an ideal platform for websites that need to be regularly and easily updated. WordPress sites can even be updated from smartphones.
Content
Week 1: What is a website? What is WordPress? Guide to the dashboard; posting and adding images.
Week 2: Changing the look of your WordPress site and themes.
Week 3: Extending WordPress with plug-ins; galleries.
Week 4: Adding video and sound; YouTube; Vimeo; Flickr; Facebook.
Week 5: Other users; comments; spam.
Week 6: What next? Other software; pulling it all together.
Duration
This is a six week course running on a Wednesday evening, 6pm-9pm, subject to sufficient numbers (minimum of 16). The next start date will be in the Autumn Term 2012, exact date to be confirmed.
Additional Information
To express an interest in this course or to make an application, please follow the link to the right of this page.
The cost of the course is £180 and is payable in full and in advance once an application has been made. Please contact the Cash Office on 020 8268 2898 to make the payment.
Venue: The School of Art and Design, 55 Richmond Road, Kingston on Thames KT2 5BP.
