Historical course information

Website development: archived course outline

This page preserves the learning topics from Mesh Creation’s earlier six-month website-development course. It helps explain an older course link.

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Design and the foundations of a website

The earlier six-month outline began with visual design, colour, typography, layout and user experience. It introduced HTML and CSS as the foundations for creating and presenting web pages.

  • Working with text, images and links in a page.
  • Understanding layout and the experience of using a website.
  • Preparing content and styling it with HTML and CSS.

Content management and WordPress

The original curriculum discussed content management systems, including WordPress, Drupal and Joomla. Its detailed practical topics focused on WordPress setup and everyday website administration.

  • Understanding domain names, hosting and installation.
  • Using the dashboard and distinguishing pages from posts.
  • Organising categories, tags, menus and navigation.
  • Working with themes and plugins, blogs and online stores.

Performance, maintenance and practical work

The published outline included image optimisation, caching and code minification as performance topics. It also covered website protection, troubleshooting and migration, with project work intended to connect the subjects.

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