Development & Content

Development & Content

1. Static vs Dynamic Web

   • Web pages with fixed content
     • HTML -displays the same information to every visitor
   • most basic type of website, easiest to create.
   • X -require any Web programming or database design.
   • be built by simply creating a few HTML pages
   • Advantages
     • Easy & Cheap to develop
     • Cheap to host
   • Disadvantages
     • Changes and updates
       • time consuming
         • large site, difficult to maintain
     • Site not as useful for the user
     • Content can get stagnant
     • OUT OF DATE!! YOU ARE A DINOSAUR
   • Dynamic Website
     • Web pages
       • generated in real-time
         • information that changes, depending on the viewer.
       • Web scripting code
         • PHP or ASP
       • the code when accessed
         • parsed on the Web server
           • HTML is sent to the client's Web browser
       • populated every time
     • Structure
       • populate the different sections,place it to anywhere you like !!!
         • Header( Logo, icons), Menu (Body) ContentSide bars Footer ( links, Icons )
     • Advantages
       • Much more functional website
       • Much easier to update
         • add new content/pages
       • New content
         • brings people back to the site
         • helps in the search engines
       • Allowing staff or users to collaborate
     • Disadvantages
       • Slower to develop
       • Hosting costs a little more
   • Dynamic Website vs Static Website
     • Most large websites are dynamic
       • hundreds or thousands of pages.
       • multiple users to update the content of a website
     • easier to maintain than static websites.
     • static pages
       • unique content
         • manually opened, edited, and published
     • Dynamic pages access information
       • database
         • update a database record

2. Client-Side vs Server-Side Scripting

   • high-level programming language
     • embedded and placed within HTML code
       • allow greater interactivity
     • add functionality
       • affecting the data that the end user sees in a browser (client-side)
     • manipulate the data
       • database, on the server (server-side)
         • Javascript, PHP, ASP, JSP, Perl, Python, etc
     • executed on the client’s web browser
   • How does it work?
     • The browser sends to the server an URL request.
     • Web pages are stored on the Web server
     • The server decides which page, given the URL, to be sent back to the browser
     • The browser executes the content of the HTML page, including any scripts.
   • Advantages of client-side scripting
     • Allow for more interactivity
     • Can perform actions quickly
   • Disadvantages of client-side scripts
     • user’s browser
       • out of date
         • the website will not display properly
     • More quality assurance testing is required
       • different browsers support scripts differently
     • Inconsistent support across the existing Web browsers
     • Not secure
       • anyone can look at the code in the page source
     • Some browsers will disable the active content
       • tell the user they may be harmful

3. Web Content

   • Text
     • written content that's on the page
       • both inside images and in text blocks
   • Media
     • Animation
       • delivering the content . etc. animated movies
     • Images
       • photos or art
     • Sound
       • embedded in web page
   • Video
     • works reliably across different browsers
       • upload the video to a service
         • YouTube or Vimeo