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Web Content Management System


Class
Eduardo Rivera
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Week 1 - Introduction to Web Design and Development

Session 1 - Module Introduction Session 2 - Initial Steps of the Design and Development of a Website

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Exercise: Initial Steps of the Design and Development of a Website

Week 2 - Introduction to Wordpress (.org)

Session 1 - Installing the Software: Local, WordPress.org and WooCommerce Session 2 - Introduction to WordPress.org - Content vs Design

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Exercise - Website Structure

Weeks 3 and 4 - Products

Session 1 - Bank holiday Session 2 - Defining and Managing Products Session 3 - Classifying Products and Variable Products

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Weeks 4 and 5 - Posts

Session 1 - Blogging: Defining and Classifying Posts Session 2 - Improving and Managing Posts

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Exercise: My first post

Weeks 5 and 6 - Pages and Navigation

Session 1 - (Auto-generated and User-Defined) Pages Session 2 - Navigation and Menus

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Weeks 6 and 7 - Configuring your Blog and Shop

Session 1 - Configuring your Shop and Blog - Competition (1/2) Session 2 - Configuring your Shop and Blog - Competition (2/2)

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Session 1 - Competition (1/2)
Session 2 - Competition (2/2)

Week 7 - Additional Features

Session 1 - Orders, Shortcodes and Blocks Demo; Finishing your content and navigation.

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Week 8 - Choosing the design

Session 1 - Selecting your Theme Session 2 - Customizing your Theme with Plugins

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Spring Holiday

No sessions this week

Week 9 - Effective web design

Session 1 - Students' Presentation Session 2 - Students' Presentation

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Complementing student's presentations
Presentation about Effective Web Design

Weeks 10 - Modifying the Code

Session 1 - HTML and CSS Session 2 - Editing Themes

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Week 11 and 12 - Extending the Functionality of your Website

Session 1 - Bank Holiday Session 2 - Plugins Session 3 - SEO, Cookies and Further Plugins

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Week 12 - Publishing your Website

Session 1 - Publishing your website, Wordpress.com, Analytics, Giving Feedback

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Weeks 13 and 14 - Summary and Working on your Final Project

Session 1 - Summary and Assessment Guidelines Session 2,3,4 - Work on Final Project

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