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

Logos
March 14
Wireframes Testing
Web Hosting
Domain Name
Finalized Wireframes
Domain Name
Installed WordPress
MAMP
WordPress.org
March 21
Individual Consultations.
Mid Term Exam.
March 28
Spring Break. No lecture.
April 4Mid-Term Exam.About Me Page
April 11Pages vs Posts. Homepage.
Website structure and navigation.
Setting up structure and
navigation. Keep editing.
April 18Using Column Block.
Buttons.
Creating a Portfolio page using
Columns and Buttons.
April 25Privacy & Security.
Parallax Effect.
Social Sharing.
Interactive Buttons.
Lightbox Effect.
Setting up Privacy Page in
a widget area.
Setting up social sharing buttons.
May 2Multilingual site.
Analytics overview.
Setting up language switcher.
Basics of Analytics.
May 9
E-Commerce.
SEO Strategy.
Inspect Function

Setting up SEO plugin and
main strategy.
Setting up an online shop.
Setting up Maintenance Mode.

May 16Maintenance Mode.
Inspect function.
Wrapping up.
Setting up Maintenance Mode.
Know how to use Inspect to find basic styles/UI elements (size, color, etc.)
TBDFinal Presentations