Practical Website Skills - Saturday, November 18th

This class will cover web forms in greater detail and show you how to use a minor script to process them. We will also cover real-life website skills like targeting site visitors, sitemaps, wireframes & overall design. We will learn about practical information like search engines, search engine optimization, analytics, domain names & hosting and FTP. At the end, we will spend a decent amount of time working through client labs and creating websites for our assigned clients with the assistance of our instructor and TA's.

DATES & TIMES

This class will be offered on Saturday, November 18th from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (5.5 hours for instructor-led class time and a 30 minute break for lunch).

INSTRUCTOR

We are honored to have Tessa Kriesel, an Agency & Community Engineer at Pantheon, teach our class. She has a degree in web development and has 11 years of experience under her belt.

PREREQUISITE KNOWLEDGE

• Working knowledge of HTML document setup, HTML elements like divs and content-type elements such as headers, links, tables, etc.

• Basic experience styling webpages with CSS.

If you've taken the "Intro to Website Building with HTML" and "Intro to Website Styling with CSS" classes offered by Girl Develop It, you are absolutely prepared for this course.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

1. Have Atom (https://atom.io/), Sublime Text (https://www.sublimetext.com/3), or Visual Studio Code (https://code.visualstudio.com/download) downloaded and installed on your computer. These are all free text editors that we'll be using to write code during class. Any of the three will do, so feel free to pick your preference!

2. Have Google Chrome (https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html?brand=CHBD&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjJD31OKf1QIV0KZpCh1uWwoAEAAYASAAEgLDB_D_BwE) or Mozilla Firefox (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Brand-US-GGL-Exact&utm_term=download%20firefox&utm_content=A144_A203_A006296&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0_PG3uKf1QIVBDFpCh2wZw2VEAAYASAAEgJV9_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds) downloaded and installed on your computer. These web browsers are how we'll be viewing the webpages we're creating. Once again, either will do, so feel free to pick your preference!

**Questions on either of these steps? Feel free to send us an email or come 15-20 minutes early and we can help you get set up.

WHAT TO BRING TO CLASS

• Laptop & Charger (Windows, Mac, and Linux are all fine - we'll have Wi-Fi and power-strips available)

Don't own a laptop? No problem! GDI has a few extra laptops on hand, just e-mail Kelsey at kelsey@gdimpls.com to request one for this class.

• Suggested Resource: This class - as well as our "Intro to Website Building with HTML" and "Practical Web Skills" classes - follow a book by Jon Duckett - HTML and CSS: Design and Build Websites (https://www.amazon.com/dp/1118008189/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_x_oaKEybVEE7BMH). Our instructor cannot recommended enough as a supplemental resource to these classes, though it is certainly not required.

VENUE SPONSOR

Thank you to our sponsor, Horizontal Integration (http://www.horizontalintegration.com/), for hosting our class and providing lunch!

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WHERE TO PARK

Lot surface parking is available on the west side of the West End Plaza building off of Parkdale Drive. Attendees should enter the west entrance of the building.

There will be a group greeting guests in the lobby to bring everyone up to the 2nd floor.

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LUNCH

Thank you to our sponsor, Horizontal Integration, for providing our lunch. Class meals provided are usually something affordable for feeding a large group, like pizza. We will offer both vegetarian and meat based options. If you any dietary restrictions such as gluten free, dairy free, vegan, etc., please be sure to bring your own lunch.

FINANCIAL NEED

A limited number of scholarships are available for those with a financial hardship. To apply, click here (http://gdiminneapolis.com/resources/policies-forms/scholarship-request/). Scholarship applicants will be notified a week before the class begins. Class capacity does not impact scholarship students.

QUESTIONS?

We're here to help! If you have additional questions or would like to talk further before signing up for a class, please contact Kelsey at kelsey@gdimpls.com.

NOTE: We will be communicating with you about this class via the email address you have in Meetup.com. Please make sure you check the email address you use for Meetup regularly.

REFUND POLICY

Refunds will be provided only if the class is cancelled. Please take a look at our refund policy and procedure at http://gdiminneapolis.com/resources/policies-forms/refund-policy/

ABOUT GIRL DEVELOP IT

Girl Develop It exists to provide affordable, judgement-free opportunities for adult women to learn web and software development. Please help support our mission by reviewing our Code of Conduct (https://www.girldevelopit.com/code-of-conduct).

To learn more about our Minneapolis chapter, visit http://gdiminneapolis.com .