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Website Weekend Tech Camp
Getting Your Site Up and Running Now!
       

This two-day event is a live version of Toolie's popular Create Your Own Web Site course. Participants learn basic web design and usability, HTML and Cascading Style Sheets for formatting, tables for layout, and learn how to manipulate and insert graphics and menus into the web site templates they create for themselves during class. This program can be delivered during the week if requested.

This in-depth course includes:

  • Module 1 ~ Laying a Good Foundation
    • Setting Up Your Web Site
    • Identify Your Purpose and Target Market
    • Selecting and Registering a Domain Name
    • Selecting a Hosting Plan
    • Working with a Web Designer - or Not!
  • Module 2 ~ Make A Web Site Attractive AND Useful
    • “Design Shopping” at Other Web Sites
    • Studying Competitors Web Sites
    • Becoming a Source Code Snoop
    • Shopping for Templates
    • Creating a User-Friendly Web site
    • Designing Menus and Structure
    • Free and Low-Cost Tools
  • Module 3 ~ Creating Pages That Profit
    • Your First Web Pages
    • Basic Parts of an HTML Page
    • Adding Hyperlinks
    • Adding Images
    • Working with the Browser
  • Module 4 ~ Controlling the Layout
    • Working with Tables
    • Stacked Tables
    • Nested Tables
    • Positioning Text Using Tables
  • Module 5 ~ Adding Your Logo and Images
    • Working with Images
    • Using Your Own Photos
    • Finding, Buying, and Using Graphics
    • Adding Hyperlinks to Graphics
    • Using Graphics Within Paragraphs
    • Using Graphics within Tables
  • Module 6 ~ Using Style Sheet Shortcuts
    • Working with Cascading Stylesheets (CSS)
    • Comparing CSS tags with HTML Tags
    • Overriding Basic HTML Tags
    • Creating Classes
    • Using Spans
  • Module 7 ~ Filling the Pages with Money-Making Words
    • Creating Content for Your Web Site
    • Home Page Essentials
    • Web Page Shortcuts
    • Attracting Traffic to Your Site
    • Writing the Copy for Your Site
    • Uploading/Downloading Files using FTP
    • Backing Up Your Files
  • Module 8 ~ One-Page Web Site Secrets
    • Understanding Internet Marketing
    • The Psychological Sales Process
    • An Example Site: A One-Page (Sales Letter) Web Site
    • Creating a Reusable Salesletter Stylesheet
    • Inserting Testimonials
    • Inserting Audio
    • Inserting Video

From a Website Class Participant...

I knew that losing my fear of technology would be essential in order for me to be able to grow my private lactation consulting practice and expand my business reach.

I started to look for mentors who could teach me the ropes, and luck led me straight to "Toolie®." Her patient and very thorough teaching style made it seem fun. I found myself wondering why I had waited so long to dive in and learn these very important skills.

Thanks to Toolie I am building an elegant website that will represent my brand well on the internet. I have replaced my fear with confidence and a sense of real accomplishment. Thank you so much Toolie!"

Màire Clements, RN, IBCLC
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