Learn the main website components and fundamental tools for static web design, and participate in hands-on activities to design a custom WordPress website!
Get your feet wet with fun activities! Gear up with a laptop to participate or simply sit back, enjoy the demo and learn!The session is divided as follows:
- Part I (45 min) features 20 min presentation of basic web design concepts, tools and technologies and 25 min demo of the backend of 2 static WordPress websites (free and paid versions)
- 8 min break
- Part II (45 min) features hands-on guided activities to design a new WordPress website from scratch
Attendees will learn the web design fundamentals and some important practical skills. The session aims to spark creativity and inspiration, and the hands-on activities will teach the attendees how to design a custom static WordPress website. They will also learn tips and tricks how to get out of the framed templates and customize them according to their taste/needs by applying HTML and CSS coding.
What Will You Learn
- basic web design concepts such as navigation, information architecture, user experience; project needs assessment, graphic design and graphic layout
- fundamental tools for web design
- main web design technologies
- WordPress
How You Will Learn
- presentation
- demonstration
- hands-on activities
If you wish to PARTICIPATE in the HANDS-ON activities, please do the following:
- bring a laptop
- create a WordPress account (if you don't have one) https://wordpress.com/
- download the Hands-on activities file http://bit.ly/WPhandson
- think about unique site name for testing purposes (something like your_name_year of birth). Each participant needs to have unique site name to participate. After the session you can permanently delete your test website.
- download all graphics, text and code from the shared folder http://bit.ly/WPactivities
- unzip all folders (if you downloaded as package)
You are also welcome to observe the hands-on component as a demonstration. You will still learn about the possibilities of overriding the WordPress templates.
