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Most Viewed Article: Types Of Website [ 4190 ]
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| Overview |
Our webmaster's course for beginners covers many topics which you can dip into at will but it also takes you step-by-step through building your own attractive, fully-featured website from start to finish.
Please note: The course is currently being re-written and updated.
If you want to create an information based site like The Webmaster's Bureau (TWB) using a content management system visit TWB Exposed where you will find details of the steps taken to create TWB. |
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| Preparation |
| In order to take this course, you'll need... |
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| Introduction |
| This is a step-by-step course in website creation. It's designed to help you get your first website up and running as quickly and cheaply as possible, while teaching you everything you need to know to become a competent and independent webmaster.
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| Internet History |
| A brief history of the Internet. |
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| Why Have A Website? |
| There are obviously many unique and individual reasons why you might consider having your own website but what do you expect or want your website to do for you? We take a look at the benefits of the Internet, the most common types of website and the functionalities you might find useful in achieving your goals.
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| Types Of Website |
| It can be difficult to label websites easily as there will always tends to be some degree of overlap. For the purposes of this discussion we will group websites by what comes across as the main intended purpose and divide them into 4 main groups... |
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| Website Functionality |
| The most common types of web pages found on websites can be divided into one of two groups: a) Information, brochure or content pages and b) interactive pages. This article provides examples of these and of groups of web pages that are often used together to give sections of a website specific functionality (such as a forum). |
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| Website Planning |
| All too often webmasters and website owners forget their original reasons for having a website and end up moving into territories that are of no use or benefit to themselves and more importantly their users. End result? They lose the plot!
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| Making a Website Outline |
| The next step in creating your website plan is a practical one. Now you should KNOW... |
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| Summing Up: Your Goals And Objectives |
| The thought processes involved in
website planning and creating your
website outline will have helped you to tune into what your website will contain and the whole purpose of having it in the first place. To avoid the lost plot scenario it is useful to summarise the goals and objectives of your site in a couple of brief paragraphs. Refer to it whenever you are thinking about making changes to your site. |
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| CMS Website Builders |
| A content management system (CMS) provides a 'user-friendly' interface which allows you (as a webmaster) to publish content and manage the look and functionality of your website with options to share any of those privileges with other authorised users. |
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| Webmaster Tools |
| There is no definitive list of design, development and management tools for webmasters. Our requirements will vary depending on the technologies we use, our financial budgets, project goals and even personal preference. In this article we outline various scenarios and what you can get away with as a bare minimum. |
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| HTML Editors & Authoring Tools |
| There are a plethora of tools out there that can be used for editing the HTML code used to create web pages. From basic text editors like Notepad and plain WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editors to complex, feature-laden web authoring and mangement tools. For beginners the range can be narrowed significantly when you know what
types of web pages you are going to be creating. Can free software satisfy your needs? |
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| PHP Integrated Development Environments (PHP IDE) |
| There are IDEs (Integrated Development Environments) available for most programming languages/platforms and PHP/MySQL is no exception.
If you are serious about PHP and MySQL then it can pay to install a PHP IDE on your local machine. Reasons include being able to continue to work on projects without an Internet connection and developing self contained applications which can be easily packaged and reinstalled on another computer. Fortunately some very clever and noble people have provided FREE tools for these purposes.
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| Web Graphics Software |
| The most common types of graphics that a webmaster may want to include in a web page are: photos, logos, clipart, buttons, icons, Flash, 3d and background images. Unless you have natural flair, it can be difficult and time consuming to achieve professional looking results. Fortunately, for those of us who are graphically challenged, web graphics software makes life a whole lot easier. |
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