programme hub MA Web Design + Content Planning

Getting started

Before our taught sessions begin, we will need to get ready and ensure that all the tools we need are in place and that our web hosting environment is set up and configured correctly. The whole process can be completed in ten steps. The order is important, so start with Step 1 and work through them, one at a time. We will guide all new students through the ten steps during our induction workshops. These guides are here as a reference for everyone but are particularly important for those who may have missed the induction workshops. Once you have everything set up as described here, you’ll be ready to start learning.

  1. Web hosting details
  2. Redirecting domain requests to HTTPS
  3. Setting up your FTP account
  4. Connecting to the server using FileZilla
  5. Show file name extensions
  6. File and folder organisation
  7. Your coursework homepage
  8. Browsers and dev tools
  9. Installing WordPress on your domain
  10. Setting the current version of PHP

Tools you'll need

Essentially, there are just three key tools you will need to begin building excellent websites and the good news is that they are all free to use. We recommend that you install the Firefox browser (Developer Edition), the Visual Studio code editor, and the Filezilla FTP client on your laptop. The ten steps described above include introductory information about these three applications.