“He is the most engaging instructor that I know. He knows his stuff and he knows how to teach.”

Yun Moh

New Classes for Summer and Fall 2011!

Beginning Drupal:

Websites like Zappos and Ikea are built with this powerful CMS (Content Management System). This class won’t teach you how to build something THAT complex but it will introduce and demystify this amazing web site development. tool. Among the topics covered: Installation, working with the Drupal dashboard. Drupal for blogging OR websites. Styling with templates. Adding power and function with Drupal modules. Prerequites: Must be solid on basic web concepts. Recommended background : Some experience in WordPress will make this much more understandable. 4 Sessions, 2 hours each.

WordPress for Web Sites

5 sessions, WordPress is a completely free and easy to use Content Management System for building and maintaining web sites.
Historically used for blogging, WordPress can also build powerful, database driven web sites for many purposes, including ecommerce. Join Hugh Miller for a class to get you up and running in this exciting alternative approach to building web sites.

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Photoshop for Web Design

3 sessions, Photoshop is an essential support tool for web design. Create logos, navigation buttons/bars, and backgrounds. Optimize graphics to balance appearance and download time. Finally, we will create complete site designs in Photoshop and adapt them for use in Dreamweaver, Adobe’s excellent web design software. No class May 30. Student ID and Computer Lab fee required.

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Fireworks for Web Design

3 sessions, An easy and powerful tool for making web page designs and elements (logos,buttons and backgrounds) Adobe’s Fireworks is in many ways better for these tasks than Photoshop.We will make all these things as well as photo galleries and more and see how to integrate the results with Adobe’s wonderful web design tool, Dreamweaver. Student ID & Computer Lab fee required.
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Web Design with Hugh Miller

This is a six session class (2 hours each) in web design. It begins at the beginning with basics: links and page appearance. My focus in the class is good workflow. How to work like a professional – in other words, how to do web design and still get home for dinner. Software: Adobe Dreamweaver.

• Session 1: Realities in the world of web design. Setting up your site. The Dreamweaver interface. Adding links and images.
• Session 2: Beginning Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). The power work flow for controlling how your pages look and behave.
• Session 3: Dreamweaver templates: Take charge of everything on your web site with this brilliant web site power tool.
• Session 4: Working with images – getting images ready for the web. Building your design in Photoshop, exporting to Dreamweaver.
• Session 5: CSS page design, Javascript interactivity on the web.
• Session 6: Uploading and publishing. Finding a web host, reserving domains, getting ready for Google.

Useful links for WDwHM students.

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Flash

Currently a five session (2 hours each) class in Adobe Flash. Like my Dreamweaver class it starts at the beginning and then gets busy on work flow.

• Session 1: The Flash interface, the drawing tools. and basic graphic symbols.
• Session 2: Beginning animation. Frame by frame vs. motion tweening.
• Session 3: Motion guides, movie symbols, bitmaps, etc.
• Session 4: Button symbols, actionscript.
• Session 5: More actionscript, beginning game theory, exporting for the web.

Useful links for my Flash students.

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Microsoft Office 2010

A five session (3 hours each) class in MS Office 2010.

• Session 1: MS Word. Starting from the ground up in what is likely to be the most easily understood of the programs.
• Session 2: MS Excel. This powerful spreadsheet program is easier to use than most people realize, as long as you keep alert to basic errors and bring your common sense.
• Session 3: MS PowerPoint: “The most misused program in the world”. Best practices and barrels of fun effects. The graphic highlight of Office.
• Session 4: MS Access. This relational database program is a wonderful addition to your Office skills. Don’t be intimidated, it isn’t so bad.
• Session 5: Mixing and matching Office programs. Tonight is about using these programs together – synthesizing their different formats into something new.

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Beginning Computing

This is a wonderful class for computer beginners. 4 sessions, 3 hours each.

This class is for beginners and anyone who wants to get more satisfaction out of using their computer. Clear language, common sense and humor light the way. Covers: Hardware, Windows, file management, word processing and web skills. Learn to overcome the common problems that keep people stuck.(Senior friendly!) *Student ID & Computer Lab fee required.

• Session 1: The things everyone should know about computers (too bad they don’t).What is going on,, what the hardware does, what the software does. Basic computer use. Saving files, finding your way.
• Session 2: Really understanding Windows.
• Session 3: Using Programs.
• Session 4: The world wide web.

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Credit Classes

Different ones every quarter. This is the Summer of Flash!  3 credit Tuesday/Thursday evening and a 2 credit Monday and Wednesday afternoons.  Shoot me an email if you are interested, but hurry because it starts very soon!