1. WWW Basics

2. Objectives of Web Site
Sharing Resources
Disseminating Information
Selling Products and Services
Sharing Personal Information
Tutoring
Searching for Information

3. Initial Considerations
Who is the target audience?
Homogenious?
Technical savvy?
Hardware considerations?
What are you trying to accomplish?
To inform?
To entertain?
To share resources?
To sell products or services?
Why should the client return to your site?
Is easy to use?
Is attractive?
Has fresh information?

4. Terminology Local Area Network (LAN) Internet
Collection of computers connected together in a limited area to share recourses
Internet
World-wide network of computer networks
Internet Service Provider (ISP)
Commercial firmst that provide facilities to allows users to be connected to the Internet
Internet Protocol
Rules and standards used in transm itting data over a network

5. Terminology (cont) World Wide Web (WWW) Web Server Web Brower
World-wide collection of Web sites accessible via the Internet
Web Server
Computer (or software) that maintains Web pages and makes them available to clients world-wise
Web Brower
Software system to display Web based documents on a client computer
Hypertext
Document containing links to other pages
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Language which the browser interprets to display text and images and execute sound and movies

6. URL Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
Address of a Web page rmaruyam/110/110sched.html
URL parts
http
www
chaminade.edu
faculty/rmaruyam/110/
110sched.html
protocol
server
domain
path
file

7. Elements of Web Page Development
HTML
Client-side Scripting (Javascript, VBScript, Java)
Server-side Scripting (pearl, ASP, php)
Graphics, audio, video files
Applets
Databases
Development Tools
Text Editor
HTML Editor
Web Site Authoring Software (Dreamweaver, FrontPage, StarHTML, Komposer, Seamonkey)

8. Web Site Production Steps
Designing Site Layout
Story board
Designing Page layout
Creating Page elements
Testing Web pages on local computer
Publishing Web pages (uploading to server)
Testing Web pages on server

9. Story Board

10. Site Organization Home Page
General Information (1. History; 2. Atmosphere, etc.)
Menu (1. Meat; 2. Fish; etc.)
Menu Details
Wine List
Awards
Reviews
Out Chefs
Customer Comments
-Roxanne

11. Web Site Design (without a computer)
Brain storm for ideas
What should the site offer?
No criticizing or vetoing at this stage
Sort topics and features by importance
Must haves
It would be nice to haves
Wish list
Sketch out structure--assign folders to sections that will grow
Put yourself in the customer's shoes.
What should the home page offer
Create a first-draft sketch of the site organization

12. Page Layout

13. Publishing Web Pages Create Web pages on your computer
Test Web pages--contents, links, etc.– on your computer
Upload your Web pages to the Web Server
Maintain identical folder structures on your computer and on the Server
Test Web pages on the Server
To modify a Web page, modify it on your computer and then upload it to the Server

14. Folder Structure
When a Web site contains many pages (maybe 1000’s), an appropriate folder structure is indispensable.
The folder structure in the developer’s local computer must mirror the folder structure in the server.

15. Folder Structure (cont.)
H:\
History\
English\
CS110\
projI\
practice\
projII\
File2.html
File1.html