1. BTEC ICT Level 3 Unit 8 E-Commerce

2. Session 2 – Technologies and What they Consist of

3. Starter Activity – type the following IP Addresses into your web browser address box and then make a note the web names/domains that you have found: 74.125.157.99 74.125.65.91 98.137.149.56 65.55.72.135 65.55.175.254 64.191.203.30 212.58.253.67 1.1. Technologies – Starter

4. Unit 8 Learning Aims After completing this unit you should: 1.Know the technologies required for an e- commerce system 2.Understand the impact of e-commerce on organisations 3.Understand the effects of e-commerce on society 4.Be able to plan e-commerce strategies.

5. Research Activity - create definitions for the following terms: 1.“Bricks” Businesses 2.“Clicks” Businesses 3.HTML 4.WYSIWYG 5.MySQL 6.TCP/IP 7.PROTOCAL 8.HTTP 7. www 1.1. Technologies – What do they consist of?

6. Every website as an IP address, which connects it to the server that hosts it. However just using this causes problems such as: Making it hard to remember for customers?! Not very attractive or distinctive to customers?! “Cybersquatting”?1 Check out GOOGLE?! http://www.google.com/about Protocol subdomain domain extension page 1.1. Technologies – What is in a “Domain Name”?

7. Software (contd): - Programming Requirements – web pages are written in HyperText Markup Language (HTML), XHTML, Hypertext preprocessor (PHP), Active Server Pages (ASP), JAVAScript. HTML does not support e-commerce activities without using another language!? 1.1. Technologies – What is in a “Domain Name”?

8. Software (contd): - Download Speeds - a variety of speeds are available and is measure in kilobits or megabits per second. Text takes less download time that images Browser/Platform Compatibility – web designers create web pages for the lowest specifications (i.e. older versions of Internet Explorer) 1.1. Technologies – What do they consist of?

9. Research Activity – how to create a simple HTML web page using Notepad: Enter this code: My First Webpage Hello World! This is my first ever web page. 1.Click File/Save As 2.Delete the file name and type mywebpage.html 3.Navigate to where the file is saved using My Computer. Notice how the file icon relates to your browser. 4.Double click your file. It should open in your browser. 1.1. Technologies – What do they consist of? (Plenary and HWK)