The Cheapest Website To Maintain: your site in a day

In this lecture we will go over the languages that compose a webpage, very briefly, so you can get an idea of the different languages’ function

In this lecture we will go over the languages that compose a webpage, very briefly, so you can get an idea of the different files’ function and its interactions.

In this lecture we will see how to use Github for keeping a version control of your website

In this lecture we will see an alternative to Github, less secure but much simpler

In this section we will see how to modify the already downloaded template so it suits our needs. This section works with a template A, and afterwards we’ll see how to change the background on a template B.

In this section we will see how to change the web header

In this section we will see how to change the navigation menu

In this lecture we will see how to change the introduction section of the web page

In this lecture we will see how to change the first section of the web page, working with some icons and FontAwesome elements, as well as adding some secondary pages

In this lecture we will see how to change the second section of the web page

In this lecture we will see how to change the last section of the web page, the contact one or modifying some buttons

In this lecture we will see how to change the footer

In this lecture we will complement our page with various useful elements

In this lecture we will see how to change the font of the website, using Google Fonts

In this lecture we will see how to change the background of the webpage, as well as how to resize it so it fills the available space and ‘floats’. Image by David Gallie (Pexels).

In this lecture we will do as in the one before, but using another example, given that we may face it some times. Image by David Gallie (Pexels).

In this lecture we will add some images to our website, as well as deciding where to position them

In this lecture we will learn how to embed Youtube videos into our web page

In this lecture we will learn how to embed a Spotify player into our web page.

In this lecture we will learn how to add a downloadable file, such as our CV or a document, into our web page

In this lecture we will learn how to change the title and add some interesting metadata to our webpage

In this section we will see how to get our website ready for being uploaded to the server

In this lecture we will see how to reduce the images size so the page loads faster.

In this section we will see how to clean the code and comment it so we get to understand what we did in future editions of the content

In this section we will enter the hosting world, learning how to handle it, hire it and put our website online.

In this lecture we will decide a domain name, following some general rules

In this section we will finally go through the path of buying the hosting (which is up to you) and learning how to configure it and navigate through its options. This lecture is exemplified with one particular hosting service, but can work with many others.

In this section we will learn how to transfer the files to the host with Filezilla.

last section! In this section we will see how to create an email account and build a form that emails you every time you get a form message.

In this lecture we will see how to create an email account such as info@yourdomain.com

In this lecture we will learn how to build a form and the php backend so it sends you an email every time somebody has filled out the form. We will see other alternatives, as well.