Building a Web Site Hank Maier WWW Maier

Building a Web Site Hank Maier (WWW. Maier. Associates. Com)

Agenda Review The World Wide Web l Web Sites l Build a site on a free hosting service Conclusion Q&A 10/21/2021 Hank Maier (WWW. Maier. Associates. Com) 2

Introduction Hank Maier Started in computing in 1968 l Dupont and Assessment Systems Inc l Developed, designed & directed staff l Web Master - 4 sites l Like to play with Computers and technical “stuff” l 10/21/2021 Hank Maier (WWW. Maier. Associates. Com) 3

Web History Military and Universities l l l ARPANET Started 1963 -1970 (see http: //www. dei. isep. ipp. pt/docs/arpa. html) File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Email Gopher – Pre Web hierarchical search engine Archie – Pre Web FTP search engine 10/21/2021 Hank Maier (WWW. Maier. Associates. Com) 4

Web History World Wide Web invented in 1989 CERN (Geneva Switzerland) l Used ARPANET network and standards l Has grown into W 3 C Consortium to set STANDARDS l 10/21/2021 Hank Maier (WWW. Maier. Associates. Com) 5

Tim Berners-Lee In 1989, invented the World Wide Web an internet-based hypermedia initiative for global information sharing. while working at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory. He wrote the first web client (browser-editor) and server in 1990. 10/21/2021 Hank Maier (WWW. Maier. Associates. Com) 6

The First Browser 10/21/2021 Hank Maier (WWW. Maier. Associates. Com) 7

Addressing and Routing The Web is like an amorphous cloud of thousands of servers and networks Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) l 123. 456. 789. 123 (IP address) Domain Names -DNS -(www. pumh. org) Universal Resource Locator –URL (file name on a server or PC) 10/21/2021 Hank Maier (WWW. Maier. Associates. Com) 8

Web Site A Computer that has standardized programs to provide standard “services” HTTP & HTTPS l FTP l POP l SMTP l 10/21/2021 Hank Maier (WWW. Maier. Associates. Com) 9

Web Site Web page(s) are text files that display content and link to other files! Analogous to accessing files on your PC’s hard drive. l Cloaked in lots of techy mumbo jumbo l See http: //computer. howstuffworks. com/webserver 1. htm 10/21/2021 Hank Maier (WWW. Maier. Associates. Com) 10

Web Site 10/21/2021 Hank Maier (WWW. Maier. Associates. Com) 11

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How do I get started building a WEB SITE 1. Select a hosting service 2. Decide what you want to put on the web 3. Create your HOME PAGE (index. html) 1. The default page when someone visits your site 4. Create other pages and link them 10/21/2021 Hank Maier (WWW. Maier. Associates. Com) 13

Lets see how to do it with YAHOO http: //www. yahoo. com l Sometimes hard to find the free hosting area http: //geocities. yahoo. com/micket 174 Look at what we’re going to do l Delete the site and redo in class! l Lets see what we built http: //geocities. com/micket 174/ 10/21/2021 Hank Maier (WWW. Maier. Associates. Com) 14

How do I find free hosting sites? Udel. Edu – A benefit of A. L. L. (Web for Club, Classes & Hobbies). Some free hosting services l Look for Tools l Space l Bandwidth limits? l Advertisements (nature and frequency) l 10/21/2021 Hank Maier (WWW. Maier. Associates. Com) 15

How do I find Cheep Hosting Services Google or Yahoo search Paid services - additional features No POPUP or BANNER ads! l More space, email addr, bandwidth l More help, utilities, form mail, scripting l Databases (My. SQL, SQL Server) l I’ve use Linksky @ $60/year for a couple of years. 10/21/2021 Hank Maier (WWW. Maier. Associates. Com) 16

Conclusion Web sites are easy to set up Do not need to be a geek! Do need routine attention Must plan site layout for your visitor’s viewpoint to simplify navigation – use print media familiar techniques (TOC, Index, Bookmarks, etc) Make it FUN 10/21/2021 Hank Maier (WWW. Maier. Associates. Com) 17

Questions? ? 10/21/2021 Hank Maier (WWW. Maier. Associates. Com) 18