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The Advanced Course is for you if you are familiar with the Macromedia Studio software and want to take their design and programming skills to the next level, just learn what you want form the list below.

The Advanced Course

DDA compliancy rules and designing a website to W3C standards without compromising your design
Advanced ASP programming, ODBC connections
Build an e-commerce website with shopping cart and checkout facilities
Payment gateways, SSL server setup,
Online page creation and website image/file uploading
Flash, ASP, and databases
Advanced JavaScript practical coding
Audio integration
Building a website control panel with password protected access
3D media integration and 3D content creation
FTP and maintaining your website
Useful online resources
Passing variables and pop-up windows
Using ASP to allow your website's visitors to personalize pages
Advanced CSS page layout design techniques
Website promotion tools and effective techniques
Website usability
basic PHP programming
creating a flash website
practical advice and help creating a portfolio to secure a web design job
Hosting Domain Names and email account setup

Intersted? then call me today for more information. We can arrange a time and day to suit you, The programs you will need are available as downloadable demos from www.macromedia.com. You will need Macromedia Dreamweaver to create the web pages, and Macromedia Fireworks to create and edit images you want to incude in your pages. I can supply demos of these on disk at the start of the course should you not be able to download them. You will need a PC with an internet connection.

If you are an absolute beginner and would just like practical tuition I can teach and demonstrate all on a laptop during the session so no PC or software would be needed.

Want to learn Web Design?

Want to learn from a practicing web designer with 8 years commercial experience?

Practical 1 to 1 home tutoring
Learn by building your site
Learn the latest tricks – they don't tell you on a college course

Beginner, intermediate, and advanced courses at your convenience. Evenings £25 p/hour session in the Gloucester area.

Call Daren 01452 554811
or email daren@fantasticplanet.co.uk

The courses available are outlined below, you can choose as much or as little as you like, learn what you want, at your convenience payment is on a session by session basis so no large bill to pay up front, unless you choose to.

The Beginner Course is for you if you are a PC user and would like to create either a personal web page or website and would like practical 'no jargon' help to create and publish your first website.

The Beginner Course

An introduction to web design
An Introduction to Macromedia Dreamweaver
Creating your first page
An Introduction to Macromedia Fireworks
Creating and adding an image
Website navigation, buttons and links
Page layout techniques and text formatting
Structuring your website files
Contact forms and email links for your website
Publishing your website to the internet
Promoting your website so others can find you
Making Dreamweaver and Fireworks work together
Adding animation effects to your website
Tips, tricks, and javascript snips

The Intermediate Course is for you if you have used Macromedia Dreamweaver before, maybe already completed a course in web design but want practical knowledge of how web design is used in the work place and how to make it work for you.

The Intermediate Course

Explore the features of Macromedia Dreamweaver
Explore the features of Macromedia Fireworks
Macromedia Dreamweaver and Macromedia Fireworks integration
Using templates in Dreamweaver
Using CSS styles for formatting and page layouts
Integrating Macromedia Flash and other rich media into your websites
An introduction to ASP and database driven dynamic website creation
A practical example – building a ‘latest news' section fro your website
Useful javascript tricks
Complex form creation and variable passing
Build an online shop linked to a Pay Pal account