Web Design Tuition & Support

I give tutorial training and support to people who wish to learn how to create a website using modern web design practices. I also provide help to webmasters with existing sites and offer "Quick Start" CSS based website designs ready for clients to add and maintain content.

As a complete web publishing solution, I also give tuition in graphic design, content writing, search engine optimisation, and photography.

Become a Webmaster

Rather than pay for a website to be designed and maintained for you, with a course of my tutorial appointments, you can acquire the skills and knowledge to design a better, faster loading, modern website using free software.

You can be in direct control of every aspect of your W3C standards compliant, CSS based website, expanding it at your leisure and keeping the content right up to date.

Free Web Design Software

My fundamental "web design kit" comprises of the open-source HTML editor, Kompozer; windows notepad to create external style sheets; the open-source browser, Firefox with web design add-ons; and the open-source FTP client, Filezilla, to upload website files.

Additional Low Cost Software

For advanced features such as creation of flash components, I use and recommend low cost commercial software from CoffeeCup and the vector graphics package, Xara Xtreme. Simpler graphics, however, can be created with the open-source application, OpenOffice Draw.

Training to Your Requirements

My tutorial appointments are very flexible. You may wish to avoid the more technical aspects and keep things simple, or you might want to learn every aspect over an extended course of lessons. If you decide you want me to do all the technical stuff and content writing, you can still be involved, make decisions, and witness your website being created from start to finish.

Appointments can cover any of the following:

Website - Quick Start

If you'd prefer to write the content for your site yourself with a minimal learning curve, I can create a hand coded style sheet and website structure, install Kompozer and the Filezilla on your computer and teach you how to add content via the graphical interface / design view. This can be supplemented by further tuition appointments and remote support.

Webmaster Help

If you already have a website, perhaps written with MS Frontpage or similar, and wish to learn modern design practices using clean, W3C standards compliant HTML code and CSS, then contact me to discuss your requirements.

I can help with most aspects of static paged web design including CSS style sheets, site layout, HTML coding, semantics, standards compliance and accessibility, graphics, flash creation and embedding, contact forms, and more. Further technical information regarding coding and standards compliance can be found at my website technical page.

Costs and Payment

Design and tuition appointments - 2 hours

My call out charge is £50 to £80 (depending on your location) and includes up to two hours of my time.

Design and tuition appointments - 3 hours

My call out charge is £75 to £105 (depending on your location) and includes up to three hours of my time.

Payment 

I collect payment in cash on conclusion of each appointment and forward a receipted invoice by email on my return. Other forms of payment, such as BACS, or cheque, are available by arrangement.

No VAT to pay

Because I work from home, I have low overheads and do not need to be VAT registered.


Where?

I am based in Irlam and cover most areas of Greater Manchester and Cheshire including Glazebury, Hollins Green, Cadishead, Irlam, Eccles, Worsley, Monton, Walkden, Swinton, Pendlebury, Salford, Trafford, Urmston, Flixton, Carrington, Stretford, Sale, Altrincham, Wythenshaw, Cheadle, Hale, Lymm, Culcheth, Warrington and Leigh.

Further afield, I also cover areas of Bolton, Bury, Heywood, Rochdale, Oldham, Aston-Under-Line, Hyde, Stockport, Wilslow, Knutsford, Northwich, Runcorn, Widness, St Helens, Newton-le-Willows, Wigan and Skelmersdale.

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