Event Information:

• Sat

  26

  Mar

  2016

  One Day Website with Nicole Ouellette

  10am-3pm25 Pine Street, Ellsworth, ME

  One Day Website with Nicole Ouellette

  10am-3pm
  $200.00
  

  The goal of this workshop is to leave with a basic, functional website that you can keep up-to-date and grow over time.

  Participants can expect to learn the different components of a website and how they work together, how to make pages and blog posts, customize your website's appearance, add features to your website (contact forms, image galleries, and more), track your website data, and understand ecommerce.

  The workshop fee includes a domain and one free year of web hosting.

  This is an active workshop so be ready to work on your site!
  Before this workshop, we'll have Wordpress installed on your chosen
  domain (or if you already have a website you don't want to get rid of
  just yet, we'll make you a space you can work and then we can move
  your new site live if you are ready to do so after the class!) Bring a
  computer, bring your questions, and, most importantly, bring your
  ideas. You are NOT going to want to write your company history or crop
  photos in the middle of this workshop so the more stuff you have to
  work with, the better your website will be at the end of the day.

  If you have an existing Wordpress website and simply want training on
  it, this is also a good class to attend. You'll have less to do but
  you'll have more time to look around your current site and understand
  how it works better.

  10:00 AM- Website Needs and Costs (domain names and hosting)
  10:15 AM- Your website options (DIY software like Squarespace, free
  stuff like Google Sites, and Wordpress) AKA Why this is a Wordpress
  Class
  10:30 AM- Basic Website Principles: Calls to action, where we
  traditionally place certain elements like navigational menus, thinking
  about mobile experience
  11:00 AM- Making Pages on your site (adding links, formatting, adding photos)
  11:30 AM- Making a navigational menu
  12:00 PM- Lunch
  12:30 PM- Choosing your design/theme: What are your options and
  figuring out what you like
  1:00 PM - Design 2.0: Customizing your design for you
  1:30 PM- Adding Function to your website with plugins: Adding dynamic
  elements like Facebook like buttons, a contact form, and more. A list
  of some of my favorites.
  2:00 PM- Tracking your website with Google Analytics
  2:30 PM- Q and A, work time to finish website

  Example site made in this class last year: http://birchmoonboutique.com/

  Call 207-664-0222 to reserve a spot!