Video Tutorial: How to Get Started in Web Design

Get an intro to HTML and CSS and see how they are used to create webpages. We will upload a site to make it live for the world to see!

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Web Design Classes (attend in New York City or Live Online)
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If you’ve been thinking about learning to code and/or creating a website, this is the seminar for you. You’ll learn how websites are designed and built from scratch, and get written instructions on how to do what we demonstrate.  

You’ll get an introduction to HTML and CSS and see how they are used to layout webpages and style content. We will upload a site to make it live for the world to see! You'll also learn about how our certificate program teaches everything from code to graphics.

Here are some of the topics we’ll cover:

• Where to get started.
• An overview of the creative process from design to execution.
• What software should you use?
• What are HTML and CSS?
• Marking up content with HTML.
• Styling text and more with CSS.
• Optimizing graphics for the web (as PNG, JPEG, or GIF).
• Proper ways to name your files.
• Proper file structure for your website.