Transcript Unit 15 – Webpage Creator

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UNIT 15
Webpage Creator
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Introduction
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• Some websites allow users to download files such as:
1) Application programs: programs that allow the user to
perform specific tasks such as word processing.
2) Upgrades to programs that add features or fix bugs
(faults in the program).
3) Software drivers: programs that are used to control
peripheral devices such as printers.
4) Development tools: software that can be used for
writing programs or creating material such as webpages.
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• Freeware: are downloadable programs that are free
to download and use.
• Shareware: are programs that are free to
download and try but should be paid for if the user
wishes to continue to use them.
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• Websites can be created by anyone who has the
necessary programs and equipment.
• When the website creator creates their website,
they publish it (copy it to a web server computer).
• This is referred to as ‘putting up the site’.
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• Every website has a web address that takes the
user to the first page of the website (homepage).
• The web address usually starts with ‘www’ and end
with domain name extension and country code.
• The parts of the web address are separated by dots.
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• Sometimes the web address used is not the actual
address of the website. When the address is typed
into a browser program, the browser is automatically
redirected to the actual web address.
• This is usually done by the ISP.
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• Webpages are created by adding HTML (hyper text
markup language) tags to plain text to determine the
way that the webpage will be displayed in a browser
program and to create hyperlinks.
• Webpages can be created using a very basic
wordprocessor program known as a text editor.
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• Special programs are available that allow the user to
create webpages without knowing about HTML e.g.
Netscape Composer.
• This program is part of the package of programs for
managing websites called Netscape Communicator.
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• A website owner can register their website on a
search engine. This means that they submit their web
address and details of their website to be included in the
search engine database (to be listed on the search
engine).
• One of the best known search engines is called Yahoo.
• As well as providing a search engine, websites such as
Yahoo provide a variety of facilities including enabling
users to form newsgroup clubs that discuss various
topics using email.
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• After a website has been created and published, the
creator should update the webpages frequently to
improve the website, keep information up to date
and make sure that the hyperlinks still connect to
existing websites.
• It is common for an email address to be provided on
the website to allow users to contact the website
creator to provide feedback about the website.
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• A static website is a website that does not change
its content. It displays the same information for all
users.
• Static web pages are often HTML documents stored
as files in the file system and made available by the
web server over HTTP.
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• A dynamic web page is a kind of web page that
can change its contents in response to different
conditions for each individual view.
• It is not static because it changes with the time (ex. a
news content), the user (ex. preferences in a login
session), the user interaction (ex. web page game).
• In dynamic websites, the content is retrieved from a
database and is placed on a web page when needed
or asked.
Introduction
• Creating a professional website requires more than
just publishing webpages. It needs to be planned
carefully.
• This involves a number of stages including:
1) Analysing the demand and other related websites.
2) Designing the webpages and the overall structure
of the website.
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3) Publishing and advertising the website including
registering it on search engines and getting other
websites to create links to it.
4) Evaluating the website after it has been published
by using user feedback and statistics on the use of
the website.
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Language Work Would
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Language Work – 5 will or would
We use will:
to talk about the future – to say what we believe will
happen
to talk about what people want to do or are willing to do
to make promises and offers
would is the past tense form of will. Because it is a past
tense it is used:
to talk about the past.
to talk about hypotheses – things that are imagined rather
than true.
Conditional sentence OR (Implied condition)
for politeness.