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Eight weeks. By week four you've built your first website with HTML and CSS. By week eight you've launched a real WordPress site to a real URL. No theory-only lectures — every week you ship something that works.
What this course actually teaches you.
The Web Design & Development course at Digital School Nepal is built for the person who wants to actually build websites — not learn the theory of how they work. Over eight weeks, you start with hand-written HTML, progress through CSS and JavaScript, and finish by launching a real WordPress site to a real domain name that you can show clients, employers, or your relatives.
We chose to teach both "code your own" (HTML, CSS, JS) and WordPress because the Nepali web market needs both. Most freelance work in Kathmandu is WordPress — but the only way to be genuinely good with WordPress is to first understand how HTML and CSS work underneath. So you get both, in the right order.
You will leave this course able to: write semantic HTML and modern CSS by hand, build responsive layouts that work on mobile and desktop, use JavaScript for interactive elements like menus and form validation, install and customise WordPress, choose and modify themes, install and configure essential plugins, set up a domain and hosting, and have a portfolio of three real websites you built yourself.
Week by week.
HTML — the skeleton of every website.
- How the web actually works — browsers, servers, domains, hosting
- Setting up VS Code and the browser developer tools
- HTML structure — head, body, semantic tags (header, main, footer)
- Text, images, links, lists, tables — the building blocks
- Forms — inputs, buttons, labels, basic validation
- First mini-project: build a personal portfolio page in pure HTML
CSS — making it look good.
- CSS syntax, selectors, the box model
- Typography — fonts, sizes, line height, web fonts
- Colours, backgrounds, borders, shadows
- Flexbox — modern layout the easy way
- CSS Grid — for more complex layouts
- Styling your week 1 portfolio so it actually looks professional
Responsive design & modern CSS.
- Mobile-first design — why and how
- Media queries — making layouts adapt to screen size
- CSS variables, transitions, animations
- Common patterns — navigation menus, hero sections, card grids
- Accessibility basics — colour contrast, alt text, keyboard navigation
- Mini-project: a fully responsive landing page for a fictional business
JavaScript — adding interactivity.
- JavaScript basics — variables, data types, conditionals, loops
- Selecting and manipulating HTML elements
- Events — click, hover, submit, scroll
- Simple interactions — toggling menus, opening modals, form validation
- Introduction to libraries — what jQuery is and when to use it
- Mini-project: add a working mobile menu and image slider to your week 3 page
WordPress — the platform that runs 40% of the web.
- What WordPress is, how it differs from coding from scratch
- Domain and hosting setup — choosing providers for Nepal
- Installing WordPress (manual install and one-click install)
- Dashboard tour — posts, pages, media, settings
- Choosing a theme — free vs premium, what to look for
- First WordPress project: install and configure a working blog
WordPress themes & page builders.
- Block editor (Gutenberg) — the new WordPress
- Page builders — Elementor and how it compares to coding by hand
- Customising themes — colours, fonts, layouts
- Child themes — modifying themes without breaking updates
- Custom CSS in WordPress — applying everything from weeks 2-3
- Project work begins: pick a real business idea, build its WordPress site
Plugins, forms, & performance.
- Essential plugins — SEO (Rank Math), forms (WPForms), caching, security
- WooCommerce introduction — setting up a basic online store
- Site speed and performance — image optimisation, lazy loading
- Basic SEO setup — meta tags, sitemaps, Search Console
- Backups and security hardening
- Continue building your portfolio site
Launching & final project showcase.
- Domain pointing — connecting a real domain to hosting
- SSL certificates and HTTPS
- Going live — final checks, mobile testing, broken links
- Maintenance — updates, backups, what can go wrong
- How to find your first freelance client in Nepal
- Final project showcase — present your live website to the class
This is the right course for you if…
- +2 or Bachelor's students wanting a real, marketable skill
- Job seekers aiming at web development or design roles
- Freelancers wanting to add web work to their service list
- Small business owners who want to build and maintain their own site
- Career switchers from non-IT backgrounds (we get a lot of these)
- Graphic designers wanting to deliver complete websites, not just visuals
What you need before joining.
- Basic computer literacy — comfortable using a computer and the internet
- Comfortable reading in English (most coding documentation is in English)
- No prior coding experience required — we teach from zero
- A laptop is helpful but lab machines are available
Taught by a working professional, not a hobbyist.
Rohit has been building websites professionally in Kathmandu for nine years — first as a freelancer, then as the lead developer at a Thamel-based digital agency. He's built sites for restaurants, NGOs, hotels, e-commerce shops, and a couple of well-known Nepali brands you'd recognise. He holds a Bachelor's in Computer Engineering from Pulchowk Campus.
His teaching philosophy: "if you've built a real website with real content for a real person, you're a web developer. If you've watched 100 hours of tutorials but never launched anything, you're not. So you'll be launching things in this class."
NPR 24,500. Eight weeks. Three live sites.
Your fee covers everything — tuition, lab access, all course materials, printed handouts, and your completion certificate. There are no extra charges, no hidden costs. Sibling and group discounts available — ask us when you enroll.