Chapter 13 – Creating a Web
n Directly
on a server (when you edit in Tripod or use their “Build” area)
n Server
must be running http server software
n Advantage
of Front Page and Office is a feature that allows remote editing
• Can you think of a
problem with this method?
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n On
your local drive (includes your hard drive or floppy disk)
n Can
transfer later
n Disadvantage: can still design content, but some features
will not work
• Can you think of a
problem with this method?
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n No
matter which method you use, TESTING IS IMPORTANT
n Test
pages in different browsers (know your audience!)
n Change
your screen resolution settings and at least check 800x600 and 1024x768
(bonus—did Front Page have a way to change in Preview to do this?)
Chapter 13 – Creating a Web
n Examine
your options in starting a new web:
n Use a
wizard (“easy-to-alter” templates)
n New
web – examine the descriptions (can change the already created web name by
choosing “Tools – Web Settings”
• See tip #70
on p. 302
Chapter 13 – Creating a Web
n Pages
305-313 walks you step-by-step through working with the corporate presence
web—remember they are “easy-to-alter” (these pages won’t be on test—fyi only)
n Highlights—use
these if nothing else:
• Feedback form
• Table of contents
• To do list
Chapter 13 – Creating a Web
n Look
at the Navigation View in Figure 3.18 on p. 313
n Do
you know how to change the defaults—try some before the test
Chapter 14 – Discussion Web
n Have
you ever joined a “forum”
n Group
of people interested in communicating about the same subject (pick on in Tripod
and try before the next class)
Chapter 14 – Discussion Web
n FP2000
has this as part of many other web wizards
n Submission
form is the only required element
n What
else is nice to provide?
• Table of contents
• A search form
• Confirmation page
• And probably the
BEST feature of all . . .
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n Threaded
replies!
n Advantages?
n Features
. . .
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n Features
n Title
and input fields (give some thought)
n Organize
by subject or category
n And,
of course, user’s comments area
n Management
. . .
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n User
registration – limits use, but unless you have a good discussion moderator,
could be offensive use
n Advantage
– shows real user name, not a alias they made up
n See
Self-registration form instructions on p. 320-322 (not needed for test)
Chapter 14 – Discussion Web
n Order
of discussion thread
n Newest
to oldest preferred because those who are really involved have kept up and
don’t want to bother with skipping through things they have already read—new
users can choose to start at the beginning or not
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n Search
details . . .choose from
n Subject
n Subject,
size
n Subject,
size, date
n Subject,
size, date, score (? out of 1000)
n More info = more useful for users = more work for the
server – you decide
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n Password
protection
n Must
work with your server administrator—cannot do on your own through Front Page
Chapter 14 – Discussion Web
n Managing
the volume of messages
n Can’t
go on forever—deleting regularly can be difficult but will be appreciated by
those visiting
n See
p. 324 for a “how-to” (finding the files is quite cryptic, but possible)
n This
page info won’t be on test either
Chapter 14 – Discussion Web
n Other Webs
n Empty web – creates a directory, you create what goes
into it
n Customer support web – specialized, but easily
tailored to your needs
n Project web – several useful pages
•
Welcome
•
What’s new
•
Faq’s
•
Search
•
Etc. – example, forms
and discussion
Chapter 14 – Discussion Web
n Other
Webs
n Personal
webs
• Check web structure and what files mean on p. 333
Chapter 14 – Discussion Web
n Nested
subwebs
n Advantage
-
• Can set overall permissions and different user
permissions inside each of the webs
Chapter 14 – Discussion Web
n UNIX
permissions (THE real O.S. of the internet) – I’ll explain better next week :)
n Owner
n Group
n Everybody
else (world)
n - rwx rwx r-x
n First line could be d, l or blank
Chapter 15 – Existing Webs
n Know
your views – lots of good detail
n Navigation 345-350
n Hyperlinks 351-352
Chapter 15 – Existing Webs
n Remember, you can open two or more versions of Front
Page if you need to cut and paste between different webs (as you cannot open more than one web at a time in
your single Front Page start)
n Use alt+tab to toggle between your open applications
n I usually toggle between my open, active browser also
while working in Front Page
Chapter 16 – Basics of Publishing
n Home page is simply the default page that server loads
n default.html
n index.html
n index.htm (will not always work!)
n Considered unprofessional to show unfinished work—keep
adding as much as you can
n Don’t advertise the fact that you are “under
construction”
Chapter 16 – Basics of Publishing
n Check
if you ISP or company has a “staging server” to upload and test your pages
before they are ready for public viewing on the active site
n HTTP
vs. FTP – I need to explain better
n Know
publishing options on p. 364
THAT’S IT –
SEE
YA’ NEXT WEEK!