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Web Designing & Hosting

Submitted by
Anjali H
MBA 1st sem
World wide web
 Grand global collection of websites
and the internet interconnects all the
sites
 All publicly accessible websites
collectively constitute the World Wide
Web
 Over one billion registered websites
What is Web Designing ???
 Skill of creating presentations for the
end user through the world wide web
 Process of designing web pages , web
sites and web applications
 Utilizes multiple disciplines
Website ???
 A website is a collection of related web
pages, images, videos or other digital
assets that are addressed with a common
domain name or IP address in an Internet
Protocol based network
 Home page (URL)
e.g. http://www.msn.com/
 Link pages
 Each page has multiple links
 Graphical environment provided with GUI
A brief history
 First website was published by Tim
Berners – Lee in August 1991
 Combined internet communication
with hypertext
 Started with markup languages and
later on slowly evolved incorporating
latest changes in technology
Types of web pages
 Static: A web page that always
comprises the same information in
response to all download requests
from all users
 Dynamic: Content on a web page
can change, in response to different
contexts or conditions
Steps for creating web pages
 Planning the web pages
 Gathering information
 Organize information
 Publishing web pages
Web site planning
 Purpose
 Audience
 Content
 Compatibility & restrictions
 Planning documentation
Essentials for a good website
 Visual effect
 Spacing
 Navigation
 Design to build
 Typography
 Usability
 Alignment
 Clarity
 Consistency
 Privacy & customer opinions
Hardware required
 Personal computer
 Internet facility
Languages used…!
 Markup languages(HTML,XHTML,XML)
 Style sheet languages (CSS,XSL)
 Client side scripting (java script)
 Server side scripting (PHP,ASP)
 Database technologies (such as
MySQL and PostgreSQL)
 Multimedia technologies (such as
Flash and Silverlight)
Markup languages
 HTML - Hypertext Markup Language
 Publishing language used by www.
 HTML document makes use of HTML tags.
(i.e. < and >)
 XHTML- Extensible HTML
 An extended version of HTML.Need to be
well formed as compared to HTML. E.g. the
use of tags; case sensitivity etc
 XML - Extensible Markup
Language
 Set of rules for encoding documents
electronically.
 XML’s design goals emphasize
simplicity, generality, and usability
over the internet
HTML
 Best designing language available for
static web pages
 HTML document makes use of HTML
tags
 Commands do not appear
independently and exist within
specific symbols called tags (i.e.,<
and > )
Essentials for HTML
 Text editor
 Browser

Text Editor FINAL


BROWSER
(NOTEPAD) OUTPUT
Working with HTML , at a glance
 HTML tags are used that work in pairs
 Basic HTML tags include container
tags and non container tags
 E.g. for container tags
<HTML>…….</HTML>
<HEAD>…….</HEAD>
<BODY>…….</BODY>
 E.g. for non container tags
<BR> puts a line break in between 2
lines
<HR> inserts a horizontal line into a
web page
 Save it with an .html extension or
.htm extension.
Style sheet languages
 CSS - Cascading Style Sheets
A mechanism that applies a style across
one or more web pages. Forms a part of
DHTML. Style information from several
sources are blended together.

 XSL – Extensible Style Sheet Language


Refers to a family of languages used for
transforming & rendering XML documents
Client side scripting
 Java script :
 Offer the ability to quickly and easily
generate the scripts for powerful user
interaction.
 Can run locally in a user's browser
and thus can respond to user actions
quickly, making an application feel
more responsive.
Server side scripting
 PHP – Hypertext Preprocessor
Widely used, general-purpose scripting
language that was originally designed for
web development, to produce dynamic web
pages
 ASP - Active Server Pages
Microsoft’s first server-side script engine for
dynamically-generated web pages. Web
pages with the .asp file extension use ASP.
Written mostly in VBScript.
Database technologies
 MySQL (My structured Query
Language) :
 RDBMS which has more than 6 million
installations and the program runs as
a server providing multi-user access
to a number of databases.eg of sites
using this are Flickr;facebook etc
 Often combined with PHP
 PostgreSQL :
 A language that is easy to administer
and is widely used for web designing
 It is a free , open source software
which has considerable reliability and
stability
Multimedia technologies
 Flash :
 Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform that
has become a popular method for adding
animation and interactivity to web pages.
 Flash can be used to embed video in web
pages.E.g.You Tube and Google Video
 Silverlight : Microsoft Silverlight is a web
application framework, integrating
multimedia,graphics,animation &
interactivity into a single runtime
environment
Accessible web design

To `be accessible, web pages and


sites must conform to certain
accessibility principles. These
accessibility principles are known as
the WCAG when talking about
content.
Web Hosting
Web hosting ???
 A service that allows users to post Web
pages to the Internet
 Offers its clients access to a web server
that will push the client’s content to
recipients on request.
 offered to the consumer in multiple formats
based upon the user’s requirements. (cost
and infrastructure)
 E.g. BSNL
Features of web hosting
 Allows individuals and organizations to
make their own website accessible via
www
 Web hosts are companies that provide
space on a server they own or lease for use
by their clients as well as providing Internet
connectivity, typically in a data center.
Why web hosting ???
 Economical
 Monitoring client’s server throughout
 Benefit of doing business 24*7
 Watches the servers of other business
 Ability to set up secure server
Elements of web hosting
 Server hardware
 Web server
 Operating system
 Web host or hosting provider
Important Types of web hosting
 Free web hosting
 Dedicated server web hosting
 Reseller web hosting
 Shared web hosting
 Colocation web hosting
Factors to be considered while
choosing the web host
 Speed
 Space
 Control panel
 E –mail services
 Back up policies & procedures
 Uptime
 Existence
Thank you !!!

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