WEBSITE, WEB BROWSER AND

WEB PUBLISHING

WEBSITE

WEBSITE• A set of related web pages typically served from a

single web domain.

• A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet address known as a uniform resource locator (URL).

WEBSITE• Web pages are the building blocks of Websites.

• The pages of a website can usually be accessed from a simple URL called the web address.

TYPES OF WEBSITESThe various types websites are divided into two groups based on:•Functionality•Purpose

BASED ON FUNCTIONALITY

• STATIC WEBSITES• DYNAMIC WEBSITES

STATIC WEBSITES• Web pages with fixed content. • Each page is coded in HTML and displays the same

information to every visitor. • WEBMASTER- Used to change the content of every

page.

DYNAMIC WEBSITES• Web pages that are generated in real-time.• Each page is coded using PHP or ASP.• Access information from a database record.• WEBMASTER needs to update only the database

records.

BASED ON PURPOSE

• Personal Websites• Informative Websites• Photo Sharing Websites• E-commerce Websites• Mobile Device Websites

PERSONAL WEBSITES• Created by an individual to contain content of a

personal nature. • Used for informative or entertainment purpose,

personal career marketing, social networking, or personal expression.

INFORMATIONAL WEBSITE• If you have information to share or sell, an

informational website would fill the bill.• Eg wikipedia.org. It allows members to contribute

and edit articles.

PHOTO SHARING WEBSITES

• Sites that offer free photo sharing paid by their online advertising.

• Eg photosite.com, flickr.com

E-COMMERCE WEBSITES• Electronic commerce websites are associated with

buying and selling of products or services over internet.

• Eg amazon.com

MOBILE DEVICE WEBSITES• One problem is that standard websites are difficult to

view and sometimes take a long time to download on some of these devices.

• Websites whose pages are narrower in width and take up less bandwidth work much better for mobile devices.

COMMUNITY BUILDING WEBSITES

• Build online communities of people who want to interact with other people socially or meet people who share their interests.

• Eg Facebook.com, Myspace.com.• Forum Websites can be used for discussing and

sharing mutual interests.

ADVANTAGES• Reaching wider audience• Keeping it fresh• Publicity & Advertisement • Securing your brand online• Anyone, Anywhere & Anytime

DISADVANTAGES • Reliability• Crashes & Uptimes• Bad Publicity• Difficulty reaching the right people

WEB BROWSER• A software application for retrieving, presenting, and

traversing information resources on the World Wide Web.

• An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI/URL) and may be a web page, image, video or other piece of content.

• Hyperlinks present in resources enable users easily to navigate their browsers to related resources.

FEATURES

USER INTERFACE

FEATURES• PRIVACY AND SECURITY- Most browsers support

HTTP Secure and offer quick and easy ways to delete the web cache, download history, form and search history, cookies, and browsing history.

• STANDARDS AND SUPPORT- Early web browsers supported only a very simple version of HTML. The Modern web browsers support a combination of standards-based and de facto HTML and XHTML.

GOOGLE CHROME

1. A free Web Browser developed by Google.

2. It uses WebKit Layout Engine.

3. It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft

Windows on September 2, 2008

ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES Mozilla Firefox

•ADVANTAGE- Easy to use, excellent accessories, continuous updates, excellent support. •DISADVANTAGE- It is slow to read pages in comparison of others, just a bit faster than explorer.

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ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES Google Chrome

•ADVANTAGE- Is faster, more easy to use Than Any Other Browser, has an integrated menu page to translate any language you want•DISADVANTAGE- Uses a lot of memory, Add-ons not available in google.

WEB PUBLISHING

WEB PUBLISHING• Process of publishing original content on the Internet

Includes

• Building and uploading websites

• Updating the associated web pages

• Posting content to these web pages online

• comprises of personal, business, and community

websites in addition to e-books and blogs

• Content include text, videos, digital images, artwork,

and other forms of media

A publisher requires three things to publish content on the Internet:

• Website development software• Internet connection• A web server to host the website

WEB PUBLISHING TOOLS• Code Centric- to write and validate HTML

code• Page Centric- WYSIWYG

WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE• professional web design application like

Dreamweaver• straightforward web-based content

management system like WordPress

Posting updates on social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, etc. is usually not

considered web publishing

instead, web publishing usually refers to uploading original content to unique

websites

STEPS OF WEB PUBLISHING

WEBSITE CONSISTENCY• Each web page should be of specific format• Makes site usage and navigation easier • Ex- Common headers, footers, margins etc

WEB PAGE NAVIGATION• Website layout consists of hierarchy web

pages with home page on top and children on bottom

• Website publishing tool dynamically create navigation menus

DATA DRIVEN SITES

• Web publishing sites provides functionality to generate data-driven websites

• Advantage of data-driven website over a static website is the ability to easily update website content

ADVANTAGES• Cost effective• Global visitors• Personal Publishing• Less marketing required• Editing • No set standards• Green technology

DISADVANTAGES

• No profits• plagiarism as well as copyright problems• Requires Internet connectivity to collaborate• information becomes disorganised