Website Design (Content Management System)

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About Course

With or without coding knowledge, CMS enables you to build websites.

This course shows you step-by-step technical set up for any kind of websites. At the end, you’ll be mentored (maximum six (6) months) by ECA at a personal level to ensure a smooth take off of your web design journey.

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ECA

Course Curriculum

Internet and WWW
A brief background to inform/remind you of terms within the nitch of website design.

  • Mentoring Group
  • Internet Vs Intranet
  • WWW
  • Test yourself

Some Website Terminologies
To be an authority, you need to know major terms, similarities and differences between certain terms in Website building.

  • Website
  • Webpage
  • Website Files
  • Webmaster
  • Web Host

Domain Registration and Web Hosting
After a website is built it is accessed on the internet after it has been registered and uploaded on the hosting space.

  • Domain Registration
  • Sub-Domain
  • Web Hosting
  • Domain Name Extensions
  • Take Note

Website Technologies
Website technologies are tools that are used to creating websites. They cut across Frameworks, Coding, Graphic tools, Content Management System

  • Coding
  • Coding
  • Content Management Systems
  • Website Developer Vs Website Designer

Content Management System
Examples: Drupla, Joomla, WordPress, OS Class etc.

  • CMS IMPORTANCE
  • WordPress

Local Host
In running CMS, you'll need to make your PC the hosting space before you eventually upload the website files.

  • Make PC a Local Host
  • Xampp
  • Mampp

Downloads
Download Basic Tools needed in this journey.

  • DOWNLOAD WORDPRESS

Technical-know-How (Installations)
You are advised to practically try the steps out and jot down if necessary. The journey to designing websites starts here.

  • Pre-Installation Note
  • Download Xampp
  • Join mentoring Whatsapp group
  • Step 1
  • Step 2
  • Step 3
  • Step 4
  • Step 5
  • Step 6
  • Step 7
  • Step 8
  • Step 9
  • Step 10
  • Step 11
  • Step 12
  • Step 13

How to Access the Local Host
After Installing Xampp, you'd need access it and this Topic shows you how to do that.

  • How to Access the Local Host

WordPress Installation
Ensure to have WordPress file on your system. In case you don’t have. Follow the steps given here for it's not the conventional installation process.

  • DOWNLOAD WORDPRESS
  • Getting Started with WordPress

Creating Database
Yea! So in creating database ensure your Xampp Control Panel is On.

  • Creating Database

Installation Proper

  • Step 1
  • Step 2
  • Step 3
  • Step 4
  • Step 5
  • Step 6

Access your website admin dashboard
Access your website admin dashboard

  • Access your website admin dashboard

Dashboard
Dashboard

  • Theme
  • Plugins
  • Posts
  • Pages

Dashboard Manipulation

  • Installing of Themes
  • Creating Post
  • Creating Pages
  • Creating Menu
  • Creating Drop Down Menu
  • Featured Image
  • Customize and Widgets
  • Creating Categories
  • Installing Plugins