Notes

Outline

Chapter 13 – Creating a Web Directly on a server (when you edit in Tripod or use their “Build” area) Server must be running http server software Advantage of Front Page and Office is a feature that allows remote editing Can you think of a problem with this method?

Chapter 13 – Creating a Web On your local drive (includes your hard drive or floppy disk) Can transfer later Disadvantage:  can still design content, but some features will not work Can you think of a problem with this method?

Chapter 13 – Creating a Web No matter which method you use, TESTING IS IMPORTANT Test pages in different browsers (know your audience!) 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 Examine your options in starting a new web: Use a wizard (“easy-to-alter” templates) 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 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) Highlights—use these if nothing else: Feedback form Table of contents To do list

Chapter 13 – Creating a Web Look at the Navigation View in Figure 3.18 on p. 313 Do you know how to change the defaults—try some before the test

Chapter 14 – Discussion Web Have you ever joined a “forum” Group of people interested in communicating about the same subject (pick on in Tripod and try before the next class)

Chapter 14 – Discussion Web FP2000 has this as part of many other web wizards Submission form is the only required element What else is nice to provide? Table of contents A search form Confirmation page And probably the BEST feature of all . . .

Chapter 14 – Discussion Web Threaded replies! Advantages? Features . . .

Chapter 14 – Discussion Web Features Title and input fields (give some thought) Organize by subject or category And, of course, user’s comments area Management . . .

Chapter 14 – Discussion Web User registration – limits use, but unless you have a good discussion moderator, could be offensive use Advantage – shows real user name, not a alias they made up See Self-registration form instructions on p. 320-322 (not needed for test)

Chapter 14 – Discussion Web Order of discussion thread 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

Chapter 14 – Discussion Web Search details . . .choose from Subject Subject, size Subject, size, date Subject, size, date, score (? out of 1000) More info = more useful for users = more work for the server – you decide

Chapter 14 – Discussion Web Password protection Must work with your server administrator—cannot do on your own through Front Page

Chapter 14 – Discussion Web Managing the volume of messages Can’t go on forever—deleting regularly can be difficult but will be appreciated by those visiting See p. 324 for a “how-to” (finding the files is quite cryptic, but possible) This page info won’t be on test either

Chapter 14 – Discussion Web Other Webs Empty web – creates a directory, you create what goes into it Customer support web – specialized, but easily tailored to your needs Project web – several useful pages Welcome What’s new Faq’s Search Etc. – example, forms and discussion

Chapter 14 – Discussion Web Other Webs Personal webs Check web structure and what files mean on p. 333

Chapter 14 – Discussion Web Nested subwebs Advantage - Can set overall permissions and different user permissions inside each of the webs

Chapter 14 – Discussion Web UNIX permissions (THE real O.S. of the internet) – I’ll explain better next week :) Owner Group Everybody else (world) - rwx rwx r-x First line could be d, l or blank

Chapter 15 – Existing Webs Know your views – lots of good detail Navigation 345-350 Hyperlinks 351-352

Chapter 15 – Existing Webs 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) Use alt+tab to toggle between your open applications I usually toggle between my open, active browser also while working in Front Page

Chapter 16 – Basics of Publishing Home page is simply the default page that server loads default.html index.html index.htm (will not always work!) Considered unprofessional to show unfinished work—keep adding as much as you can Don’t advertise the fact that you are “under construction”

Chapter 16 – Basics of Publishing 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 HTTP vs. FTP – I need to explain better Know publishing options on p. 364

THAT’S IT – SEE YA’ NEXT WEEK!