Introduction to website development

Website Portfolio Project
By the end of the  week:

Your goal is to learn as much as possible to enable you to create your own portfolio website. This website will feature pages such as “About Me”, “Portfolio”, “Contact Me” and a home page. Aim to spend each morning reading and doing tutorials and each afternoon putting your new skills into practice to build your site.

• Stage 1 – Planning –Day 1

You should begin by drawing a sitemap and some wireframe diagrams to determine the structure and layout of your web pages and what pages you want the site to feature.

• Stage 2 – Web Design –

Day 2

Next, you will need to learn some web design techniques in order to turn your wireframes to life. Once you are happy with the design you have made, you will need to learn how to slice your design ready for stage3.

• Stage 3 – Web Development –

Day 3 & 4

Write the HTML and CSS needed to turn your design into a working web page.

• Stage 4 – Testing –

Day 5

Make sure the HTML validates with the W3C validator and also perform some browser testing to make sure it displays as intended in different web browsers such as Firefox, IE, Safari, Opera, and Chrome.