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

Date	Lecture Content	Assignment	Resources
Sep 7	Logistics of the Course Intro to Web Design Process Defining Goals	Goal Tagline Moodboard	Miro Inspiration Class folder
Sep 14	User-Centered Design Creating Persona User Journey Competitive Analysis	Persona User Journey Competitive Analysis	Competitive Analysis
Sep 21	Navigation Information Architecture Card Sorting	Tested Sitemap	Information Architecture Content Audit Card Sorting
Sep 28	User Interface Design UI elements & principles Font Logos	Visual Representation Logo Wireframes	Logos
Oct 5	Wireframes Testing Web Hosting Domain Name	Finalized Wireframes Domain Name Installed WordPress	MAMP WordPress.org
Oct 12	WordPress Interface. Block Editor.	About Page
Oct 19	Themes. Widgets. Plugins.	Blog page created.
Oct 26	Break, No lecture
Nov 2	Pages vs Posts. Homepage. Website structure and navigation.	Setting up structure and navigation. Keep editing.
Nov 9	Using Column Block. Buttons.	Creating a Portfolio page using Columns and Buttons.
Nov 16	Privacy & Security. Parallax Effect. Social Sharing. Interactive Buttons. Lightbox Effect.	Setting up Privacy Page in a widget area. Setting up social sharing buttons.
Nov 23	Multilingual site. Analytics overview.	Setting up language switcher. Basics of Analytics.
Nov 30	E-Commerce. SEO Strategy.	Setting up SEO plugin and main strategy. Setting up an online shop(Optional).
Dec 7	Maintenance Mode. Inspect function. Wrapping up.	Setting up Maintenance Mode. Know how to use Inspect to find basic styles/UI elements (size, color, etc.)
Dec 14/21	Final Presentations