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Website techniques
Website approaches
2 approaches
Master copy on your computer
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Create website on your computer, then upload
Master copy on internet
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Create website on internet
Master on computer
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Create master copy of website on your
computer
Upload to server
Update on your computer, then upload
Only one person (with master copy) can
upload
Master on your computer
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Web language = HTML
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Embed scripts to do fancy menus etc.
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JavaScript, CGIs, ASP…
Use CSS to control styles
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HTML = Hypertext Markup Language
Write HTML using editor (eg FrontPage)
CSS = Cascading Style Sheets
Databases using PHP/MySQL
Master on your computer
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Web design software
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Microsoft FrontPage www.microsoft.com
Adobe Dreamweaver
www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/
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Adobe GoLive www.adobe.com/products/golive/
SeaMonkey Composer
www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey (free)
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FTP (uploading) software
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Filezilla www.sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla
WS_FTP www.ipswitch.com
Master on internet
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Create master copy of website on the
server
Use browser to revise directly on server
Blogs, CMS
Many different people can contribute to
website
Blogs
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Web-based diary, web log
Good for a news section
Server-based
Programs
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Blogger www.blogger.com (free)
WordPress www.wordpress.org (free)
Content management systems (CMS)
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For complex content
Allows you to upload content in different
categories
Server-based
Proprietary (once you start using a program,
it’s difficult to change it)
Programs
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Joomlah www.joomla.org (free)
Drupal www.drupal.org (free)
More software
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Graphics software
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Adobe Photoshop www.adobe.com
CorelDraw www.corel.com
Corel Paint Shop Pro www.corel.com
GIMP www.gimp.org (free)
Web browser
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Microsoft Internet Explorer www.microsoft.com
Firefox www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
Even more software
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PDF conversion software
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Adobe Acrobat Distiller www.adobe.com
PDF995 www.pdf995.com (freeware)
PDFCreator www.pdfcreator.de.vu
(freeware)
PDF reader
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Adobe Acrobat Reader www.adobe.com
Yet more software
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Graphics management
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File compression
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Picasa
Compupic www.photodex.com
7 ZIP www.7-zip.org
Winzip www.winzip.com
Free software
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www.sourceforge.org (best place for free
software)