Your Tutor: John Scotcher (CMSMS Dev Team)

Barry Cryer

John's been designing and coding sites for over 22 years now, specializing in HTML and CSS. Trained originally as a Graphic Designer in the days before computers, he started 'Pearson Treehouse' in Feb 1999 building websites. He started using CMSMS in 2008 and joined the dev team around 2010 after attending GeekMoot, occasional CMS Made Simple live event.

His experience with business, website design and development has resulted in him working closely with clients on both their websites and general online marketing, plus their overall business models. He's built countless sites in CMSMS personally and has gotten the system into a number of nationally recognized UK companies and charities.

Additionally, John used CMS Made Simple along with some of the fantastic modules built by his fellow Devs to create the Tovi E-learning system which powers the CMSMS Academy.  To find out more about Tovi, visit the website: www.tovi.co.uk 

Building a website with CMS Made Simple - $39.99

CMS Made Simple is a powerful enterprise-level CMS that gives you true control over both design and functionality. By the end of this course, you'll be able to install and build your first website using CMS Made Simple.
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Aims

You'll understand the basic concepts of smarty PHP, the fantastic templating system that CMS Made Simple uses and you'll be ready to start creating unique websites for your clients that are not all just cookie-cutter repeats using the same tired theme. You'll have enriched your journey from website builder to website developer.

Requirements

You'll have a basic understanding of HTML and CSS. By that, we mean that if you had nothing but a notepad document to code in, you'd have enough knowledge to build a basic website. You'd also be comfortable on this course if you use website builders such as Dreamweaver, as long as you can understand the code window and don't just stay in the visual window.

 

Details

Building a website with CMS Made Simple

Modules you'll take on this course

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Introduction to the course

This is a short into to CMS Made Simple, your tutor and what you can expect from the course.

Aims

You'll know what you are getting into!

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Installing CMS Made Simple

You see the steps involved in installing a copy of CMS Made Simple on a Linux based server

Aims

By the end of the module, you'll know how to install CMSMS!

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Concepts of design in CMSMS

The module explains the Design Manager and concepts of design in CMSMS.

Aims

You'll have an understanding of where you should put CSS, HTML, etc in CMSMS to create a custom design. 

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Smarty tags and layout in CMSMS

Smarty PHP templating is an integral part of CMSMS.  This module explains more about it.

Aims

You'll have an understanding of how Smarty PHP works and how it's used in templates.

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Applying to a real world example

Now the basics have been covered, let's apply them to a real website.

Aims

You'll see the basic theories in practice using a real-world example.  

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Working with third party modules

Third party modules extend the capabilities of CMSMS.  This module forms an introduction to how they can work.

Aims

You'll understand some of the concepts around third party modules and be able to install and play with them. 

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Global settings, pretty URLs and support

Some final useful tricks and settings are covered along with how to get further help.

Aims

You'll be ready to set up your own first CMSMS website!

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