Website Development and Management

Website Development and Management

Course Goal

To introduce the WordPress.org content management system and its capabilities and enable the acquisition of the necessary knowledge and practical skills in designing, creating, publishing, and managing websites.

Course Instructor

Yulia Sion, yzhigl@tlu.ee

Course Schedule

DateLecture ContentAssignmentResources
Feb 7Logistics of the Course
Intro to Web Design Process
Defining Goals
Goal
Tagline
Moodboard
Miro
Inspiration
Class folder
Feb 14User-Centered Design
Creating Persona
User Journey
Competitive Analysis
Persona
User Journey
Competitive Analysis
Competitive Analysis
Feb 21Navigation
Information Architecture
Card Sorting
Tested SitemapInformation Architecture
Content Audit
Card Sorting
Feb 28User Interface Design
UI elements & principles
Font
Logos
Visual Representation
Logo
Wireframes

Logos
Mar 6
Online

Wireframes

Finalized Wireframes
Mar 13
Online

Wireframes Testing

Finalized Wireframes
Mar 20
Web Hosting. Domain Name.
MAMP Server.
Mid-Term Preps
MAMP Server Installed
MAMP
WordPress.org
Mar 27Spring break. No lecture.Mid-Term Exam
Apr 3Pages vs Posts. Homepage.
Website structure and navigation.
About Me Page. Keep editing.
Apr 10Using Column Block.
Buttons.
Creating a Portfolio page using
Columns and Buttons.
Apr17Privacy & Security.
Parallax Effect.
Social Sharing.
Setting up Privacy Page in
a widget area.
Apr 24Interactive Buttons.
Lightbox Effect.
Setting up social sharing buttons.
May 1
Public Holiday



May 8Multilingual site.
Customer Reviews
Analytics overview.
Setting up language switcher.
Basics of Analytics.
May 15E-Commerce.
SEO Strategy.
Inspect Function
Maintenance Mode
Setting up SEO plugin and
main strategy.
Setting up an online shop.
Setting up Maintenance Mode.