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Introduction to Web Design PDF  | Print |  E-mail

Course Description: Learn the fundamentals of web design.  Start by creating your own simple web page and finish by building a fully functioning multi-page website with your own template and styles.  Finally, learn how to register your own domain name, find a hosting provider and understand the basics of SEO.

Course Content

  • XHTML - the language of web pages
  • CSS - how to style your pages
  • Setting up a test server
  • Finding a hosting provider
  • Domain name registration
  • Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

CEU's: 1.5

This course is 1 of 4 courses in the Web Design and Development Certificate.

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Open Source Content Management Systems: Joomla PDF  | Print |  E-mail

Course Description: Most small and large websites are now being built withing Content Management Systems.  These systems allow you to quickly build out a website by focusing on what your customers and clients see: menus, articles and special "widgets" like search and registration.  Joomla is a free, open-source content management system.

Course Content

  • Understanding Content Management Systems
  • Setting up your own Joomla website
  • Installing Joomla
  • Working with articles, menus, and modules
  • The web design process
  • Installing templates
  • Finding and installing components
  • Gathering website statistics (Google Analytics)

CEU's: 1.5

This course is 1 of 4 courses in the Web Design and Development Certificate.

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Building an E-Commerce Website - Joomla PDF  | Print |  E-mail

Course Description: Learn mechanisms for generating revenue on the internet.  This courses focuses on specific techniques you can use to develop e-commerce websites.  We'll look at implementing these techniques in "Joomla!", an open source content management system with ecommerce extensions.

Course Content

  • Models for generating revenue
  • Understanding online payment options
  • Selling advertisement banners
  • Selling products
  • Advertising on other sites

CEU's: 1.5

This course is 1 of 4 courses in the Web Design and Development Certificate.

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Search Engine Optimization PDF  | Print |  E-mail

Course Description: Search Engine Optimization is a process undertaken to increase the volume and quality of visitors to your website.  In this course, you will get an understanding of how search engines like google, yahoo, and bing find your site and index your pages.  Then we look at the steps to improve search engine rankings and drive additional quality traffic to your site.

Course Content

  • Understanding Search Engines
  • Getting Recognized
  • Improving Prominence
  • Controlling Indexers

CEU's: 1.5

This course is 1 of 4 courses in the Web Design and Development Certificate.

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