Unlock the Power of Coding:

HTML/CSS Essentials for Designers

Transform your design skills with basic coding knowledge.

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Welcome

Welcome to our "How to Code" workshop tailored for designers!

Are you a designer looking to enhance your skill set and unlock new creative possibilities? You're in the right place!

In this workshop, we'll dive into the fundamentals of HTML and CSS, empowering you to bring your design visions to life on the web.

Why Learn HTML and CSS?

Career Opportunities

Gain a wider range of career opportunities like web or email design.

Better Collaboration

Designers who can code can collaborate more effectively with developers.

Problem-Solving Skills

Turn problems into manageable tasks and find solutions, which is beneficial both in design and development.

What You'll Learn:

Basic HTML Tags

Learn to create headings, paragraphs, lists, links, and images.

CSS Styling

Explore how to apply colours, fonts, margins, and padding to enhance your designs.

Responsive Design

Understand how to make your designs adapt to different screen sizes and devices.

Hands-On Learning

Get practical experience by building a simple web page with codepen.

Workshop contents

Part 1 - Starting Point

This file includes the bare text that you'll use in your web page.

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Part 2 - Adding HTML tags

This file includes the basic text with HTML tags added for headings, normal text (paragraphs), links, etc.

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Part 3 - Adding basic CSS

Adding a few lines of CSS code to start customising your fonts.

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Part 4 - Adding sections and styling

Adding sections to our HTML and continuing with visual styling updates.

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Part 5 - Font Updates and Images

Starting to add updated fonts and how to add images.

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Part 6 - Button/Link Styling

Turning the boring blue link to a more interesting button style.

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AGDA Coding - Part 7 (Hero SVG)

Adding the hero SVG as a background to the header section.

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Workshop facilitated by Darren O’Hehir, AGDA VIC

Currently Lead Designer at Ausmed, Darren’s specialty is digital product design (UI/UX) and has found understanding of the basics when it comes to HTML and CSS extremely helpful for his career.

When and Where?

Date: Wednesday 16th April 2024

Time: 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Location: Google Meet

Free for AGDA members, $15 for non-members

Limited seats available, so reserve your spot today!


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