Web Development for Entrepreneurs: How to Create A Website From Scratch

Hiring a reliable web developer is one of the best decisions you’ll ever make if you are determined to succeed as an ecommerce entrepreneur. A professionally developed website can save you from different frustrations. Even if you have created a basic website before, an ecommerce website is a whole different beast and it takes months of training, hands-on experience, and the right tools to get an online store up and running. 

However, working with a developer has its challenges too. If you are an ecommerce entrepreneur who takes your business seriously, knowing the technicalities involved in developing your shop and the exact steps in order to make changes, integrate tools, or add more features, whether big and small, supervision will be so much harder if you don’t know how it’s being done. You’ll also miss opportunities in making your website better because you have zero clue how to maximize the various areas. 

With that said, if you don’t like the idea of being fully dependent on your web developer, I’ve put together a complete ecommerce web development course for you, in partnership with DigitalFilipino.com. 

What’s covered?

Topics

FREE Module 1: HTML / CSS
Lesson 1: Design basics (tools/terminology, colors, fonts logo, spacing, basic page)
Lesson 2: Working on the layouts (responsive web design, CSS Frameworks, creation of product list, product page, categories)
Lesson 3: Basic widgets (zoom, social media meta tags, analytics), Accepting orders (create order, payment, thank you, contact form), Customer Service Tools (Live Chat, Email marketing, CRM)
Lesson 4: SEO, Google Webmaster Tools, Security Checklist, QA test, SMTP tools, SSL
Comprised of 20 tutorial videos, handouts, and exercises. Four (4) live webinar sessions for question and answer (Saturday 8 pm).

Module 2: JavaScript (January 18 to February 13, 2016)
Lesson 5: Improving menus and categories. (dropdown, mouseover, pop-ups, carousel, images, loader, navigation, ratings)
Lesson 6: Zoom, search filters, sorting, improved contact form
Lesson 7: Countdown, Shopping cart and local db
Lesson 8: Adding Sale calendar, Browser testing and fixes, ticker, comments, social media, plug-ins

Comprised of 20 tutorial videos, handouts, and exercises. Four (4) live webinar sessions for question and answer (Saturday 8 pm).

Module 3: PHP / MySQL (February 15 to March 12, 2016)
Lesson 9: PHP 101, MySql 101, DB 101, Send Email, User login
Lesson 10: My Account Page, Admin dashboard, Product db, User DB, Order DB, Poll
Lesson 11: Adding PHP modules CRM, livechat, forum, Affiliate system, Shipping
Lesson 12: Go Live, Security, Testing, Import / Export

Comprised of 20 tutorial videos, handouts, and exercises. Four (4) live webinar sessions for question and answer (Saturday 8 pm). 

To learn more about the training objectives, target audience, and steps in joining the program, click the link below:
http://ecommercebootcamp.digitalfilipino.com/course/e-commerce-developer...

Why take this course?

This course was developed to help ecommerce business owners like you be able to fully understand the process of building the website so they can make better decisions. By understanding the process, the different tools, features, and systems inside your online store, you can initiate developments base on your goals.

If you take this course and make the time to go through each module, you’ll have a better understanding on how to take your business to the next level the next time you collaborate with your web developer.