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HTML, CSS & WordPress Introduction Masterclass 4 Days - Glasgow
Key Course Details:
Level:
Introduction
Duration:
4
Days - 10am to 5pm
Price:
£795 + vat
Learn the basics of creating a web page from scratch with HTML and adding simple visual styling to produce results that will appeal to your audience with CSS. Plus gain all the skills you need to get going with WordPress the powerful yet free web creation tool.
This combined Masterclass course is the perfect way to understand the core languages that define the structure and appearance of almost every resource on the web together with gaining the WordPress know-how you need and open the door to a host of potential clients.
Learn the basics of creating a web page from scratch with HTML and adding simple visual styling to produce results that will appeal to your audience with CSS. Plus gain all the skills you need to get going with WordPress the powerful yet free web creation tool.
This combined Masterclass course is the perfect way to understand the core languages that define the structure and appearance of almost every resource on the web together with gaining the WordPress know-how you need and open the door to a host of potential clients.
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HTML, CSS & WordPress Masterclass 4 Days
Course Details
This 4-day Essentials course will cover everything you need to get started with producing HTML and styling your content with CSS as well as focussing on building themes with WordPress. You will learn how web pages are structured under the hood and how you can put together your own files for the web. We will also show you how to use CSS to control every aspect of a site's visuals: its fonts, colours, leading, margins, and more. WordPress is a popular tool for creating websites and blogs so we will show you the end-to-end process for creating a fully functional, professional website and blog.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Understand the syntax and structure of HTML pages
- Insert tags, attributes, and values into a page
- Define titles, headings, and page regions
- Add links, alternate text content, and background images
- Position and resize images and other page elements
- Work with colours
- Use correct styles instead of deprecated HTML tags
- Design without relying on tables
- Include padding, margins, borders, and backgrounds
- Write selectors to target only specific parts of a page
- Produce horizontal and vertical navigation bars
- Style hyperlinks
- Differentiate between external, embedded, and inline styles
- Install and configure WordPress
- Understand the difference between posts and pages
- Publish a blog post
- Manage links, tags, and media
- Approve or delete blog comments
- Customise your site with advanced themes
- Inspect and manipulate the WordPress Loop
- Apply tags
- Create custom navigation menus
- Assign user roles and permissions
- Activate plug-ins that enable enhanced features such as eCommerce
- Attract visitors with correct SEO approach for adding title, alt and image names
- Track visits by using the Google Analytics plug-in
Our goals are for you to understand how to create and adjust your own HTML documents and WordPress websites/blogs, and for you to understand how to enhance the visual appearance of your web pages.
This course can be taken in a single 4-day block or split into a 2 separate 2-day blocks, each taken on different dates.
View split course details
HTML WordPressCourse Target Audience and delegate prerequisites:
This course is intended for anyone interested in producing, editing, or visually styling content for the web.
You will need basic PC or Mac skills, including a solid understanding of a computer's operating system (Windows or Mac OS). You will also need to know how to launch a program, create and save files, and copy files from CDs and other media.
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Full Course Outline
The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available and preferences of your course booking.
Introducing HTML/XTHML- A brief overview of HTML/XHTML and the world wide web
- Browser and resolution issues
- The syntax and structure of HTML/XHTML
- Introducing tags, attributes and values
- Meeting logical and physical tags
- Container and empty elements
- Understanding the DTD (document type declaration)
- Defining the Head and Body regions
- Structuring and formatting your content using Block and Character level tags
- Fonts and colour
- Sizing text and using headings
- Indenting using Blockquotes
- Using Horizontal Rules
- Including Escape characters
- Naming conventions
- Including a Title for your pages
- Testing your site in different browsers
- Understanding colour for the web
- Working with hexadecimal
- Meeting web safe colours
- Applying colour to text, tables and cells
- The different image formats used on the web
- Placing and linking an image
- Adding alternate text
- Sizing and positioning images
- Creating a simple table
- Adding rows and cells
- Adding content to cells
- Formatting tables and cells
- Creating relative links between pages
- Creating absolute links to other sites
- Creating mailto links and links to non-HTML/XHTML files
- Adding named anchor links to long pages
- Adding links to images
- A brief review of HTML
- Understanding the limitations of HTML
- The evolution and current status of CSS
- Where to keep up to date with CSS
- CSS and CSS2
- The importance of DTD (document type declaration) when using CSS
- The Style and Comment HTML tags
- Declaration block
- ID and class styles
- Embedded styles
- InLine styles
- External Style Sheets
- Locating amending embedded styles
- Locating and amending inline styles
- Linking vs importing external style sheets
- ID vs Class selectors
- Descendant selectors and grouping selectors
- The DIV and SPAN tags
- Fonts and font families
- Sizing text using different units of measure
- Line height
- Font weight
- Working with colour
- Link basics
- Styling hyperlinks
- Link text decoration
- Creating rollovers using hover
- Using the box model
- Padding and margins
- Element positioning
Getting Started with WordPress- Installation and Upgrades- WordPress in five minutes
- Upgrading WordPress
- New features of WordPress
- Best Practices for upgrading WordPress
- Importing and exporting data
- General settings
- Discussion settings
- Permalink settings
- Privacy settings
- Reading settings
- Writing settings
- Miscellaneous settings
- New features in WordPress
- Creating content: Posts vs. Pages
- How to write a Page in WordPress
- WordPress categories explained
- Using the WordPress Content Management System (CMS)
- Managing Pages
- Managing Links
- Managing WordPress Tags
- Managing your WordPress Media Library
- Updating your WordPress Profile
- Writing a blog Post
- Managing Posts
- Managing comments
- Fighting SPAM with Akismet
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
- Making your content search-engine friendly
- Using analytics to deliver accountability and insight
- Adding Facebook and Twitter buttons
- Best Practices for upgrading WordPress
- Managing WordPress users
- Permission levels and log-ins
- WordPress User Roles explained
- Managing files
- The WordPress Dashboard
- Anatomy of a Wordpress Theme
- How Themes work
- Template files
- Typical Template files/folders included in a Theme
- The Wordpress Loop
- The Functions File
- Template Tags
- Conditional Tags
- Choosing a Wordpress Theme to modify
- Category Templates
- The Template Hierarchy
- Understanding what to look for in plug-ins
- How to view plug-in files with the editor and read the TXT files for instructions
- Downloading and activating plug-ins
- De-activating and deleting plug-ins
- Admin roles and permissions
- Security with Wordpress
- Creating custom menus
- Upgrading a Wordpress Theme
- Theme compatibility with Wordpress Upgrades
- Theme compatibility with Plug-in
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Location Details
This course is provided at our Scotland training centre located in central Glasgow at:
Centrum Business Centre
38 Queen Street
Glasgow
G1 3DXThe Glasgow training centre is located on Queen Street in the heart of Glasgow close to Central Station, Queen Street Station and Argyle Street Station.
Daily course times run between 10am and 4:30pm with an hour break for lunch and both mid morning and mid-afternoon refreshment breaks. We recommend arrival at 9.45am for registration on the first day of the course.
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HTML, CSS & WordPress Masterclass - Upcoming Glasgow Course Dates
07 Jul - 10 Jul £795 + vat 18 Aug - 21 Aug £795 + vat 13 Oct - 16 Oct £795 + vat HTML, CSS & WordPress Masterclass - Split Date Options
HTML & CSS Introduction
7 Jul - 8 Jul
18 Aug - 19 Aug
13 Oct - 14 Oct
2 Dec - 3 Dec
WordPress Masterclass
9 Jul - 10 Jul
20 Aug - 21 Aug
15 Oct - 16 Oct
4 Dec - 5 Dec
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Client Reviews
"The tutor was excellent! He was very friendly and his instruction has surpassed my expectations. I am extremely impressed by how much I have learned and I would definitely recommend this course to my friends and colleagues. The course was worth every penny. Thank you so much!"
Jonathan Cain, HTML/HTML5 & CSS/CSS3 Masterclass
"Engaging and passionate trainer. Approachable, professional and taught me a lot in one day- will recommend XChange Training for future training to other colleagues. "
Mia Jones, NSPCC, HTML - 1 Day Introduction
"As always clear, concise and friendly. I have come away from today's course having learnt exactly what I needed to know. Thank you!"
Charlotte Green, AXA Investment Managers, HTML - 1 Day Introduction
"Excellent instructor, very knowledgeable and easy to talk to. Also, was very good at tailoring the course to suit the speed/competency of the pupils. I enjoyed the course immensely."
Nik Dyer, MWH Global, HTML & CSS - Two Day Introduction
"Very good hands-on experience. Instructor was very enthusiastic and obviously knew his stuff."
Helen Swailes, JT International S.A., HTML & CSS - 2 Day Introduction
"Very enjoyable and informative. The fact that full and unrestricted access to learning materials and assets (i.e. presentations and demonstration files) was given throughout the course was a welcome change from other providers."
David Swingler, Fingo, HTML & CSS - 2 Day Introduction
"Great course - excellent tuition, really well-paced and loads of practical hands-on exercises. I have learned huge amounts in 2 days and now feel I could tackle an HTML website with confidence. Thanks!!"
Simon Gent, Gent Beecham, HTML & CSS - 2 Day Introduction
"The course was very well planned and easy to understand and follow. I feel I have a good knowledge on how to to use HTML and CSS in my role."
Melissa Epsley, ITC, HTML & CSS - 2 Day Introduction
"Great training course, extremely happy with the content covered and learnt. Now have a clear understanding on the basics of HTML and CSS, would definitely use XChange Training again."
Alex Ottley, TM Lewin, HTML & CSS - 1 Day Bespoke
"The course gave a great overview of HTML and CSS - a brilliant basis to continue onwards from. "
Corin Rogerson, Tesco, HTML & CSS - 2 Day Introduction
£795 + vat
Next Dates:
07 Jul - 10 Jul
18 Aug - 21 Aug
13 Oct - 16 Oct
Split Course Date Options:
HTML & CSS Introduction
7 Jul - 8 Jul
18 Aug - 19 Aug
13 Oct - 14 Oct
2 Dec - 3 Dec
WordPress Masterclass
9 Jul - 10 Jul
20 Aug - 21 Aug
15 Oct - 16 Oct
4 Dec - 5 Dec
Over 15 years of providing certified HTML training courses UK wide
5/5 Stars
William, our tutor was brilliant throughout. He was very knowledgeable and the way he would break the source material down was great. Will was also very patient and would make sure everyone kept pace so no-one would fall behind. Overall, it has been a real joy learning new skills and I can't recommend Will and Xchange enough.
30/05/2025
5/5 Stars
Great communication, enjoyable and educational. Good pace and style. Will was a pleasure to be taught by for a week. Ive learnt so much.
30/05/2025
5/5 Stars
It was really good - I felt like the course was easy to understand and follow. I liked how we could code along with it, as it helped with understanding.
30/05/2025
5/5 Stars
Great and informative course, and friendly and engaging tutor. Highly recommend!
30/05/2025
5/5 Stars
Brilliantly paced and attentive throughout. Will was well versed in the content and delivered it excellently. Always happy to stop the session to debug anything necessary for anyone. An overall great experience with a stand up trainer. Well done Will!
30/05/2025
5/5 Stars
Well structured and paced, very hands on and engaging. The instructor Will was fantastic.
30/05/2025
4/5 Stars
All good, thank you. Looking forward to taking away what we've learnt and applying to our projects.
21/03/2025
5/5 Stars
very approachable and helpful trainer with a positive atitude
21/03/2025
4/5 Stars
Ravinder was a great tutor and has enabled us to gain a detailed understanding of HTML and CSS. Hopefully the tools learned can assist us with our future developments.
21/03/2025
4/5 Stars
Great course, very thorough, Ravinder was enthusiastic and knowledgeable, very happy to customise the course for our companies needs. There was a good mix of teaching and practicing so we could learn the skills.
21/03/2025
Whats Included:
Your choice of Windows or Mac 
Certified hands-on training 
Small class size (max 4-8) 
6 months post course support 
Quality reference manual 
Authorised Course Certificate
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the course times?
For all courses in the Glasgow Centre the normal session timings are 10am to 5pm with an hour break for lunch. In addition to the hour lunch break there are also two fifteen minute coffee breaks mid morning and mid afternoon.
Daily times are:
09.45 - Registration
10.00 - Course start
13.00 - Lunch
14.00 - Afternoon starts
17.00 - Course ends
Do you offer discounts
or promotions?
We offer a range of regular discounts available for self funding individuals, charities and education along with period special offers. See our promotions page for full details.
What is provided with this course?
During the course we provide all computers for your use with choice of Windows or Mac, lunch and refreshments along with pads & pens. After the course you will receive the authorised Certificate, quality reference manual and 6 months direct post course support.
Does this course give
a qualification?
Although this course does not provide an actual qualification each delegate is provided with an official Certificate for completion of the course level.
Can you invoice my company?
In short yes we can provide 30 day invoice terms to any UK Limited company with the provision of your official purchase order and/or completing the invoice request for your booking online.
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