We use a Cascading Style Sheet to tell your web browser what your webpage looks like. The HTML contains the content of the page, the menus, the images etc. The CSS describes what it all looks like. So it describes the size of fonts, background colours and images, as well as where everything appears.

Drupal is a Content Management System (CMS), it's Open Source and we think it's the best CMS available. That's why we chose it to provide our web services to you.

Find out more about Drupal.

If you're used to working with computers and having constantly to update to newer and newer versions of your software, you'll be forgiven for thinking that Web 2.0 refers to a new version of the internet.

Normally, when you enter information on a form on a web page, you press a button (usually Submit, or Go) and then page reloads to tell you whether you were successful or if you'd missed part of the information that was required. It may say that you forgot to add your post code if you were entering your address. Something like that.

Training session for Your Site In a Day

By the end of this training participants will have published their web site.  They will have sufficient skills, knowledge and practice to be able to manage and maintain the content of their site inclduing the following:-

IlluminateICT has been working to develop a low cost entry solution for smaller voluntary and community organisations to let them get onto the internet. Using the powerful Drupal solution we have now created a method that will allow organisations to create their own web site in a day.

We're starting to build up a glossary of internet terms. Some of the vocabulary used when discussing some of the technical bits of dealing with websites can be be a bit obscure.

We try to be clear in all our communications with you and it's helpful for us sometimes if we can point you to a page on our site that explains what we're talking about.

The morning sessions.

Drupal in the sector

The first session was taken by Nick from illuminate and looked at how Drupal fits into the sector and at how skills can be harnessed throughout the sector to improve the viability of Drupal projects.

A good turnout for the first Drupal conference facilitated by illuminateICT.  The donuts and coffee has been a big hit so far and I have great hopes that the actual content will be as well received.

As people have been introducing themselves it has become apparent that we have  good mix of people from both the voluntary and commercial sectors.

IlluminateICT is working with Coventry and Warwickshire Infrastructure Consortium to implement the e-target CRM (customer relationship manager) system.

We are delivering a range of training and support solutions for this software including a range of on-line Quick Reference Guides (QRGs) and soem small video clips that will guide users through some aspects of the system.

Illuminate offers a wide range of training solutions around the use of Drupal

increasing numbers of people have problems using key boards and mice when using a computer.  They have aches in their hands or wrists, a stiff neck or even back pain.

Members of the Nuneaton Children's Contact Centre having training for their new website.

There are a few places left at our conference, so please get in touch if you'd like to come along.

Something abotu trainnig

Over the weekend, Nick Blundell traveled to Ossendrecht, The Netherlands, to teach budding open source developers how to develop powerful websites using the Drupal website framework in a series of