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