Week 1
Websites, Files and ChatGPT as a Coding Helper
Objective: Understand what a website is, learn how ChatGPT can help with coding, and create the first live HTML page.
Make: A live homepage for a pretend local business.
Open Week 1
Week 2
Turn One Page into a 3-Page Business Website
Objective: Create services and contact pages, add navigation, and finish the first commercial mini website.
Make: A 3-page local business website with homepage, services page and contact page.
Open Week 2
Week 3
CSS and Commercial Page Design
Objective: Use CSS to make a plain business site look polished and professional.
Make: A styled landing page for a pretend product or service.
Open Week 3
Week 4
Finish a Sales Landing Page
Objective: Complete a commercial-style landing page with benefits, offer details, testimonials, FAQ and call-to-action.
Make: A finished one-page sales landing page.
Open Week 4
Week 5
JavaScript Calculator Foundations
Objective: Learn how JavaScript calculators work and create the first useful calculator tool.
Make: A simple savings, profit or quote calculator.
Open Week 5
Week 6
Make the Calculator Commercial Quality
Objective: Add validation, better results, explanation content and SEO to the calculator page.
Make: A polished calculator page with validation, result card, explanation, FAQ and sitemap entry.
Open Week 6
Week 7
Build a Quiz That Recommends Something
Objective: Create an interactive quiz that asks questions, tracks answers and gives a recommendation.
Make: A quiz that recommends one of three options.
Open Week 7
Week 8
Make the Quiz Feel Like a Commercial Tool
Objective: Improve the quiz with better design, explanations, email-safe lead wording and localStorage.
Make: A polished quiz page with recommendation cards and saved latest result.
Open Week 8
Week 9
Build an SEO Content Hub
Objective: Create a content hub structure that search engines and people can understand.
Make: A pillar page and two supporting pages around one topic.
Open Week 9
Week 10
Finish the SEO Hub with Sitemap and On-Page SEO
Objective: Optimise the SEO hub with titles, descriptions, FAQs, sitemap and robots.txt.
Make: A completed mini SEO hub with sitemap and robots.txt.
Open Week 10
Week 11
Create a Product Comparison Page
Objective: Build a structured comparison page that helps visitors choose between options.
Make: A comparison page for three pretend products or services.
Open Week 11
Week 12
Add Schema and Polish to the Comparison Page
Objective: Improve the comparison page with FAQ schema, stronger layout and commercial trust elements.
Make: A polished comparison page with FAQs, FAQ schema and internal links.
Open Week 12
Week 13
Build a Lead Capture Website Front-End
Objective: Create a commercial enquiry page with a form layout and front-end validation.
Make: A lead capture page with a form that checks required fields.
Open Week 13
Week 14
Polish the Lead Capture Website
Objective: Improve the lead capture site with trust sections, form UX, thank-you page and tracking-style thinking.
Make: A polished mini lead capture website with enquiry page and thank-you page.
Open Week 14
Week 15
Build an Interactive Pricing Estimator
Objective: Create a pricing estimator with base price, options and add-ons.
Make: A simple estimator that calculates a total based on selected options.
Open Week 15
Week 16
Turn the Estimator into a Proposal-Style Result
Objective: Improve the estimator so it produces a clear proposal-style breakdown.
Make: A polished estimator with itemised breakdown, disclaimer and next-step CTA.
Open Week 16
Week 17
Improve Speed, Accessibility and Trust
Objective: Audit a website for speed, readability, accessibility and trust.
Make: A website improvement checklist and upgraded trust sections.
Open Week 17
Week 18
Create a Launch Checklist and Fix Bugs
Objective: Run a proper pre-launch QA process and fix problems before final publishing.
Make: A launch-ready version of one project plus a written QA checklist.
Open Week 18
Week 19
Plan the Final Portfolio-Ready Website
Objective: Plan and start a final website that combines the best skills from the course.
Make: A final website plan and first draft build.
Open Week 19
Week 20
Finish, Launch and Present the Final Website
Objective: Complete the final portfolio website, test it, upload it and present the finished project.
Make: A complete portfolio-ready website.
Open Week 20