Grad School Curriculum
Below you can finding a listing of the tutorials available as part of the Grad School subscription, beginning with 54 screencasts at over 7 hours. New tutorials will be added regularly.
Section 101:
HTML, CSS & Theme
Modification
This section covers all the basics of HTML and CSS and how they are used in RapidWeaver. Once we have covered the basics, we will apply what we've learned to customize our content and modify RapidWeaver themes! Get ready to have fun!
HTML
HTML Basics
Approx. 49 minutes
What is
HTML?
HTML Tools
HTML and RapidWeaver
HTML Tags
The DIV Tag
The SPAN Tag
The Plist
Editing the Plist
Approx. 22 minutes
The
Theme Plist
Creating Theme Variations
Adding New Features
CSS
Lesson 1: CSS Basics
Approx. 63
minutes
What is CSS?
CSS and RapidWeaver
Anatomy of a CSS Rule
Class Selectors
ID Selectors
Descendent Selectors
Group Selectors
Margin and Padding
The Color Property
Styling Text
The Text-Decoration Property
Formatting Paragraphs
Lesson 2: Internal
CSS
Approx. 13
minutes
The Custom
CSS Panel
Modifying CSS Rules
Internal Methods Reviewed
Lesson 3: External
CSS
Approx. 26
minutes
CSS Tools
Styles.css
The CSS Folder
IE.css and Print.css
Lesson 4: Modifying
Themes
Approx. 20
minutes
Non-Destructive
Editing
Using CSSEdit
How do I change ... ?
Lesson 5: Common
Modifications
Approx. 128
minutes
Width (Part
1)
Width (Part 2)
Header Size
Logo
Navigation Menu
Heading Styles
Paragraph Formatting
Blog Formatting
Contact Form Formatting
Adding or Modifying Images
Closing Thoughts
Section 201:
Integrating External
Applications
External applications such as forums and membership systems will be covered here. Some of these will require work with HTML and mySQL databases, but as always these items will be described in detail.
aMember Membership System
This series takes you through a
real membership site being
developed with RapidWeaver and the
aMember software.
Approx. 104 minutes
aMember
Introduction
aMember Installation
Initial Setup
Payment Configuration
Configure a Cron Job
Product Setup
Creating Product Pages in RapidWeaver
Header and Footer Templates
CSS Files
RapidWeaver Project Integration
Manual Testing
Closing Thoughts
Our Goal
It's a simple one, really. You CAN develop and maintain your own website -- saving yourself the expense of outsourcing the work and having to pay for every update you need. All it takes is knowledge and the right tools.RapidWeaver is the tool, and RapidWeaver Classroom exists to fulfill the "knowledge" part of
the equation. We believe in the power of visual learning, which is why we created RapidWeaver Classroom and its video training library. Utilizing our RapidWeaver video tutorials, you can quickly become comfortable with this fantastic web design tool, and begin to build a fully functional website in a matter of days.
Hundreds of RapidWeaver users have had great success learning from our RapidWeaver screencasts and we are privileged to see the websites that get created as a result. We look forward to being part of your success!