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HTML, CSS & WordPress Introduction Masterclass 4 Days - Manchester
Key Course Details:
Level:
Introduction
Duration:
4
Days - 10am to 5pm
Price:
£750 + vat
Learn the basics of creating a web page from scratch with HTML and adding simple visual styling to produce results that will appeal to your audience with CSS. Plus gain all the skills you need to get going with WordPress the powerful yet free web creation tool.
This combined Masterclass course is the perfect way to understand the core languages that define the structure and appearance of almost every resource on the web together with gaining the WordPress know-how you need and open the door to a host of potential clients.
Learn the basics of creating a web page from scratch with HTML and adding simple visual styling to produce results that will appeal to your audience with CSS. Plus gain all the skills you need to get going with WordPress the powerful yet free web creation tool.
This combined Masterclass course is the perfect way to understand the core languages that define the structure and appearance of almost every resource on the web together with gaining the WordPress know-how you need and open the door to a host of potential clients.
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HTML, CSS & WordPress Masterclass 4 Days
Course Details
This 4-day Essentials course will cover everything you need to get started with producing HTML and styling your content with CSS as well as focussing on building themes with WordPress. You will learn how web pages are structured under the hood and how you can put together your own files for the web. We will also show you how to use CSS to control every aspect of a site's visuals: its fonts, colours, leading, margins, and more. WordPress is a popular tool for creating websites and blogs so we will show you the end-to-end process for creating a fully functional, professional website and blog.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Understand the syntax and structure of HTML pages
- Insert tags, attributes, and values into a page
- Define titles, headings, and page regions
- Add links, alternate text content, and background images
- Position and resize images and other page elements
- Work with colours
- Use correct styles instead of deprecated HTML tags
- Design without relying on tables
- Include padding, margins, borders, and backgrounds
- Write selectors to target only specific parts of a page
- Produce horizontal and vertical navigation bars
- Style hyperlinks
- Differentiate between external, embedded, and inline styles
- Install and configure WordPress
- Understand the difference between posts and pages
- Publish a blog post
- Manage links, tags, and media
- Approve or delete blog comments
- Customise your site with advanced themes
- Inspect and manipulate the WordPress Loop
- Apply tags
- Create custom navigation menus
- Assign user roles and permissions
- Activate plug-ins that enable enhanced features such as eCommerce
- Attract visitors with correct SEO approach for adding title, alt and image names
- Track visits by using the Google Analytics plug-in
Our goals are for you to understand how to create and adjust your own HTML documents and WordPress websites/blogs, and for you to understand how to enhance the visual appearance of your web pages.
This course can be taken in a single 4-day block or split into a 2 separate 2-day blocks, each taken on different dates.
View split course details
HTML WordPressCourse Target Audience and delegate prerequisites:
This course is intended for anyone interested in producing, editing, or visually styling content for the web.
You will need basic PC or Mac skills, including a solid understanding of a computer's operating system (Windows or Mac OS). You will also need to know how to launch a program, create and save files, and copy files from CDs and other media.
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Full Course Outline
The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available and preferences of your course booking.
Introducing HTML/XTHML- A brief overview of HTML/XHTML and the world wide web
- Browser and resolution issues
- The syntax and structure of HTML/XHTML
- Introducing tags, attributes and values
- Meeting logical and physical tags
- Container and empty elements
- Understanding the DTD (document type declaration)
- Defining the Head and Body regions
- Structuring and formatting your content using Block and Character level tags
- Fonts and colour
- Sizing text and using headings
- Indenting using Blockquotes
- Using Horizontal Rules
- Including Escape characters
- Naming conventions
- Including a Title for your pages
- Testing your site in different browsers
- Understanding colour for the web
- Working with hexadecimal
- Meeting web safe colours
- Applying colour to text, tables and cells
- The different image formats used on the web
- Placing and linking an image
- Adding alternate text
- Sizing and positioning images
- Creating a simple table
- Adding rows and cells
- Adding content to cells
- Formatting tables and cells
- Creating relative links between pages
- Creating absolute links to other sites
- Creating mailto links and links to non-HTML/XHTML files
- Adding named anchor links to long pages
- Adding links to images
- A brief review of HTML
- Understanding the limitations of HTML
- The evolution and current status of CSS
- Where to keep up to date with CSS
- CSS and CSS2
- The importance of DTD (document type declaration) when using CSS
- The Style and Comment HTML tags
- Declaration block
- ID and class styles
- Embedded styles
- InLine styles
- External Style Sheets
- Locating amending embedded styles
- Locating and amending inline styles
- Linking vs importing external style sheets
- ID vs Class selectors
- Descendant selectors and grouping selectors
- The DIV and SPAN tags
- Fonts and font families
- Sizing text using different units of measure
- Line height
- Font weight
- Working with colour
- Link basics
- Styling hyperlinks
- Link text decoration
- Creating rollovers using hover
- Using the box model
- Padding and margins
- Element positioning
Getting Started with WordPress- Installation and Upgrades- WordPress in five minutes
- Upgrading WordPress
- New features of WordPress
- Best Practices for upgrading WordPress
- Importing and exporting data
- General settings
- Discussion settings
- Permalink settings
- Privacy settings
- Reading settings
- Writing settings
- Miscellaneous settings
- New features in WordPress
- Creating content: Posts vs. Pages
- How to write a Page in WordPress
- WordPress categories explained
- Using the WordPress Content Management System (CMS)
- Managing Pages
- Managing Links
- Managing WordPress Tags
- Managing your WordPress Media Library
- Updating your WordPress Profile
- Writing a blog Post
- Managing Posts
- Managing comments
- Fighting SPAM with Akismet
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
- Making your content search-engine friendly
- Using analytics to deliver accountability and insight
- Adding Facebook and Twitter buttons
- Best Practices for upgrading WordPress
- Managing WordPress users
- Permission levels and log-ins
- WordPress User Roles explained
- Managing files
- The WordPress Dashboard
- Anatomy of a Wordpress Theme
- How Themes work
- Template files
- Typical Template files/folders included in a Theme
- The Wordpress Loop
- The Functions File
- Template Tags
- Conditional Tags
- Choosing a Wordpress Theme to modify
- Category Templates
- The Template Hierarchy
- Understanding what to look for in plug-ins
- How to view plug-in files with the editor and read the TXT files for instructions
- Downloading and activating plug-ins
- De-activating and deleting plug-ins
- Admin roles and permissions
- Security with Wordpress
- Creating custom menus
- Upgrading a Wordpress Theme
- Theme compatibility with Wordpress Upgrades
- Theme compatibility with Plug-in
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Location Details
This course is provided at the XChange Training Manchester training centre based at:
Piccadilly House
49 Piccadilly
Manchester
M1 2APPiccadilly House is located in the heart of Manchester directly next to the Piccadilly Gardens transport interchange with excellent bus and tram connections and is easily accessed from Piccadilly train Station (5 mins). Victoria station is also close by (around 10 mins).
Daily course times run between 10am and 4:30pm with an hour break for lunch and both mid morning and mid-afternoon refreshment breaks. We recommend arrival at 9.45am for registration on the first day of the course.
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HTML, CSS & WordPress Masterclass - Upcoming Manchester Course Dates
13 Jan - 27 Feb £750 + vat 10 Mar - 24 Apr £750 + vat 12 May - 12 Jun £750 + vat 07 Jul - 31 Aug £750 + vat HTML, CSS & WordPress Masterclass - Split Date Options
HTML & CSS Introduction
13 Jan - 14 Jan
10 Mar - 11 Mar
12 May - 13 May
7 Jul - 8 Jul
WordPress Masterclass
26 Feb - 27 Feb
23 Apr - 24 Apr
11 Jun - 12 Jun
30 Jul - 31 Jul
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Client Reviews
"The instructor was very knowledgeable and patient and went at just the right learning speed for my level. One to one tutorial has been very beneficial for my learning of HTML and CSS and a great introduction."
Dawn Irons, Imago Group plc, HTML and CSS - 2 Day Introduction
"Really enjoyed the course, it was very helpful - thank you!"
Linda Smith, BSKYB, HTML - 1 Day Introduction
"As always clear, concise and friendly. I have come away from today's course having learnt exactly what I needed to know. Thank you!"
Charlotte Green, AXA Investment Managers, HTML - 1 Day Introduction
"The course gave a great overview of HTML and CSS - a brilliant basis to continue onwards from. "
Corin Rogerson, Tesco, HTML & CSS - 2 Day Introduction
"Thoroughly enjoyable course. I have learned a great deal over the two days, putting a lot of things into perspective."
Jill Williamson, East of England Development Agency, HTML & CSS - 2 Day Introduction
"Very professional training service. Instructor was very knowledgeable and open to questions. Methodical training structure and easy to follow. Will recommend to my colleagues. Thanks!"
Alex Birkett, NUS Services, HTML & CSS - 2 Day Introduction
"Very good hands-on experience. Instructor was very enthusiastic and obviously knew his stuff."
Helen Swailes, JT International S.A., HTML & CSS - 2 Day Introduction
"Very happy with the training and will be taking away a lot of HTML knowledge"
Linda Diep, Optimus Education, HTML & CSS for Emails - 2 Day Intermediate Training
"Very enjoyable and informative. The fact that full and unrestricted access to learning materials and assets (i.e. presentations and demonstration files) was given throughout the course was a welcome change from other providers."
David Swingler, Fingo, HTML & CSS - 2 Day Introduction
"Very well structured and clearly explained. Good facilities, resources and class size. Met all expectations and realised objectives. Would definitely consider XChange Training for future requirements. "
Aoife Breen, UCLU, HTML & CSS - 2 Day Introduction
£750 + vat
Next Dates:
13 Jan - 27 Feb
10 Mar - 24 Apr
12 May - 12 Jun
07 Jul - 31 Aug
Split Course Date Options:
HTML & CSS Introduction
13 Jan - 14 Jan
10 Mar - 11 Mar
12 May - 13 May
7 Jul - 8 Jul
WordPress Masterclass
26 Feb - 27 Feb
23 Apr - 24 Apr
11 Jun - 12 Jun
30 Jul - 31 Jul
Over 15 years of providing certified HTML training courses UK wide
5/5 Stars
The course instructor was very responsive and extremely knowledgable. I felt able to ask questions and he kept checking back for understanding. The course has been intensive but very relaxed and enjoyable. It was really useful to be able to tailor the course to my needs and I appreciate the flexibility that you have all demonstrated. Great links and resources too. I feel up-levelled :) Thank you.
23/07/2024
5/5 Stars
Very happy, good succinct course that I feel has given me a good starting point to develop my HTML and CSS skills. It has given me the direction I need to grow in this area which is exactly what I was looking for.
24/05/2024
4/5 Stars
Overall, it was a lot of information to take in, particularly the first day, but I was able to grasp it more the second day.
21/05/2024
5/5 Stars
Pretty all inclusive and well handwear set up.
21/05/2024
5/5 Stars
Alan was brilliant, made understanding the training course easy and was always happy to answer any additional questions I had.
23/01/2024
5/5 Stars
The content and pacing of the training was very interesting and informative, and I particularly enjoyed the practical elements of the course.
23/01/2024
5/5 Stars
Really good course delivered well and explained effectively. Got to see first-hand how to develop dynamic web pages and even looked at topics off the specification that I was interested in.
08/11/2023
4/5 Stars
I have a much better understanding of HTML and CSS from when I started. It was good to have someone in the room to troubleshoot any issues.
05/09/2023
5/5 Stars
The course sections were set up well, starting with the basics first before moving on to more complex items. Craig did a great job of facilitating the course, was friendly and very helpful and knowledgeable, and was able to tailor the training our roles and answer bespoke queries. 10 out of 10!
05/09/2023
5/5 Stars
Instructure knowledge coverage a wide range, what was advertised in the online program as well as advised us of further topics/ routes we can take. Instructor also enthusiastic and cares about the subject. Not a dull moment.
05/09/2023
Whats Included:
Your choice of Windows or Mac 
Certified hands-on training 
Small class size (max 4-8) 
6 months post course support 
Quality reference manual 
Authorised Course Certificate 
Lunch and refreshments
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the course times?
For all courses in the Manchester Centre the normal session timings are 10am to 5pm with an hour break for lunch. In addition to the hour lunch break there are also two fifteen minute coffee breaks mid morning and mid afternoon.
Daily times are:
09.45 - Registration
10.00 - Course start
13.00 - Lunch
14.00 - Afternoon starts
17.00 - Course ends
Do you offer discounts
or promotions?
We offer a range of regular discounts available for self funding individuals, charities and education along with period special offers. See our promotions page for full details.
What is provided with this course?
During the course we provide all computers for your use with choice of Windows or Mac, lunch and refreshments along with pads & pens. After the course you will receive the authorised Certificate, quality reference manual and 6 months direct post course support.
Does this course give
a qualification?
Although this course does not provide an actual qualification each delegate is provided with an official Certificate for completion of the course level.
Can you invoice my company?
In short yes we can provide 30 day invoice terms to any UK Limited company with the provision of your official purchase order and/or completing the invoice request for your booking online.
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