Elementary Web authoring 20.1 Web authoring Dreamweaver, Expression 20.2 Planning and organizing a web site. Web site planning - Identifying your intended audience. - set clear objectives - designing the structure of your web site Logical structure Physical structure - Layout design of the web site - preparing material for web pages Web site building, select suitable platform - build own web server. (real server, Virtual machine) - rent a web server (usually an Virtual machine, you can configure network setting, security etc) - rent a services plan (OS, web server software, Language support, DB support) Common Choice - Operating system - web server software - server side language - DB support - CMS (Content Management System) e.g. Joomla. Traditional way of building web pages Using tools such as Dreamweaver, notepad++ Point to note Categorizing the content (Logical structure and layout) Avoid lengthy page - using Anchor (bookmark) Resize your photo before adding to your web sites.It can shorten the response time of web pages. Keep your web site updated Links inside your web should be relative paths Web site publishing - using FTP, sFTP - using CMS, update online - using Google site. update online. Demonstration: Using KompoZer in Portable Apps. Note the following: - Site Setting, Passive mode preferred for smooth connection. Avoid blocking by Firewall - configure the way connect to server (FTP, sFTP) IDE (Integrated Development environment) for create web site - Define the site What information should be provided? - Transfer your file (FTP) - Design view/ Code View - may able to help checking Broken links/Missing links. 20.3 and 20.4 Building a web site |