- Course Overview
- Course syllabus
- Course expectations
- Meet and greet
- What do you hope to get out of this class?
Course: Creative Web Design (ARTS22701)
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Class 01
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Class 02
Before We Design!
- Marketing Strategies
- In class group discussion
Begin Core Principles of Graphic Design
- Hierarchy
- Grouping
- Alignment
- Repetition
- Color
- Marketing Strategies
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Class 03
Fonts
- Why is font important?
- Why is a typeface important?
- Typography messages
- The Different Types of Fonts
Logos
- What are they?
- Factors to consider?
- What types?
- Time to make one!
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Class 04
Logo Critiques
Usability
- What is it?
- Why is it important?
- How do we create it?
- How do we really use the web?
- Get rid of the extra stuff.
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Class 05
Brand Style Guide and Website Wire frame Critiques
Basic Web Terms
How do websites work?
In Class Exercise: Learning to Read & Write HTML
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Class 06
A First Look at WordPress and your new website
The Dashboard is where it’s all at!
- Configuration settings
- Settings > General
- Staging Environment
- Pushing to Production
- Appearance > Editor
- Patterns, Themes, Styles, etc.
- Plugins
- Researching
- Installing
- Activating
- In Class Plugins to install and activate:
- SiteOrigin CSS – https://wordpress.org/plugins/so-css/
- UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin – https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/ – more info: https://blogvault.net/updraftplus-backup-restore/
Resources
- Configuration settings
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Class 07
CSS – the beginning
- W3Schools CSS how to…
- Styling HTML with CSS
- CSS Beginner Tutorial
- Selectors
- Properties
- Values
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Class 08
In Class
- Continue CSS
CSS Continued and Feature Implementations (modules, libraries, etc.)
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Class 09
CSS Review and Q&A
WordPress Components
- Menus
- More blocks
- Q&A session
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Class 10
- Setup SMTP on Bluehost
- Set website admin address and confirm via verification email
WordPress and CSS Q&A
Start Responsive Design – @media queries – https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_rwd_mediaqueries.asp