Web Design and Publishing
Web design and publishing covers the way Web contents – text, sounds, images and graphics – are presented to users. Web publishing is increasingly becoming popular as more people seek information via the Internet.
Asked in Web Design and Publishing, Web Hosting
Do you have to pay to start a website?
No you don't have to pay, as you can always use free software
and free web hosting providers.
The question you should ask yourself is, since there are so many
free open source software out there that with a little time spent
by you could allow you to do most things.
Why not invest in some cheap low end or even good shared web
hosting (will cost you a couple of cups of coffee a month) and give
a real go at whatever it is that you are putting together.
Ofcourse, you would also need to buy your own domain name, but
at least that way all the effort you put in directing traffic to
your site, would go to improving your brand name and Google
Ranking. Over the medium to longer term that would help you out an
awful lot.
Asked in Internet, Web Design and Publishing, The Difference Between
What is the difference between www and WWW?
there is no difference between the both
it can be said as www or WWW with capita letters:: or the
capital one could be world wide wrestling?
Asked in Web Design and Publishing, Database Programming
What is web enabled data warehouse?
See also questions on Data Warehouses.
Adding a web interface to a database provides a standard
interface that allows users to query the database using a wide
range of very different computer platforms.
It is a low cost development solution, as web interfacing is now
a well developed technology with many different vendors offering
solutions and development tools.
Anything that a database can do can be controlled or performed
through a web interface.
Asked in Web Design and Publishing, Web Hosting, Websites
Create website with netbeans?
Netbeans - go to the Sun Java website
Asked in Web Design and Publishing, Domain Names, Web Hosting
What does co mean in a domain name?
Co means that it is being used by Coopration.
Asked in Internet, Web Design and Publishing
What is the difference between a menu bar and a navigation bar?
Menu bars allow sub-menus, but a navigation
bar does not. Use the insert split option in order to create your
sub-menus. Play around with it, it's pretty simple. Tabs are
considered to be related to each other whereas Navigation Bar is
not.
Tabs are generally used to segregate data are
somehow related. Like A profile can be displayed in Tabs where it
can be divided in Personal, Professional, Education tabs. It is
mainly used to show data about the same hierarchy but different in
nature and also for organizing the data.
On the other hand, Navigation Bar as it
suggests is used for different topics which might not be inter
related.
Asked in Web Design and Publishing, Web Browsers, HTML
What does the main content of a webpage belongs inside?
The main content of a web page normally resides between the
<body> and </body> HTML tags.
Asked in Web Design and Publishing, Webcams, Websites
How do you put a webcam on your website?
There are a number of steps to this.
Ideally, you want a program that will automatically upload your
image to the FTP settings. If you want to, you can even put
streaming video on your website nowadays, and not just
stills!
1) Get a webcam working -- the sort you'd use to video-chat on
Skype.
2) Sign up at www.ustream.com (free).
3) Copy the "Embedding" code provided by ustream, so you can put a
live video window in your website.
4) Add the code to your page.
5) Finally, follow the simple instructions on ustream to "go
live."
Everything the webcam sees (and hears) is streaming to anyone who
visits your website. Up to 100,000 people can watch the stream at
once (providing you're broadcasting, of course). Pretty
clever.
Next, when you want to extend your capabilities during streaming,
have a look at superwebcam (also free), which lets you superimpose
scrolling messages, graphics, etc. on the outgoing video picture.
You can also use it to broadcast still pictures or video from your
hard disk when you don't want to be seen personally. Ustream also
has a Facebook app, so you can embed your live stream in your
Facebook Profile page.
To view the live video streaming from webcam on website, a Web FLV
player that supports live streaming is needed. You can check the
RTMP Stream Plugin from playerdiy.com -
http://www.playerdiy.com/configuration/addons/rtmp.html
This is tutorial -
http://www.playerdiy.com/support/tutorial/customize-flash-video-player.html
Asked in Web Design and Publishing, Graphic Design, Laptops
What type of laptop would be best for graphics internet web design basic office and making cds?
Essentially what it boils down to is a system that will help you
with the type of overall work you're doing and the programs
required to achieve your goals for that project.
Mac or PC really doesn't matter anymore, though there are those
on both sides who will swear by both. The top design programs are
built for use with both Mac and PC, so in the end, what matters is
your personal preference, software technical requirements (RAM,
Video RAM, CPU, etc.), and of course, what you can afford.
In general, the best type of notebooks for top design programs
are going to be those for gaming or high performance. This is
because they are specifically built for high-end multimedia use and
presentation, and if you compare the technical requirements for
such programs, they line up very well with high performance
systems, with a little extra for software updates as time
passes.
Bottom line - for top performance, check the system requirements
of the media design programs you wish to run, be it for graphics,
sound, video, animation, etc., double the RAM and VRAM, and you'll
be set with a system that should carry you through at least 3
software updates. Always get a system with 2 internal drives, never
just one; a single drive severely limits performance when dealing
with design programs (e.g., main drive being used as a scratch disk
for large files).
Asked in Web Design and Publishing, Mac OS, Websites
How do you replace the Guestbook icon - the one generated by the Guestbook manager - with your own icon?
The icon used depends on if the web site uses a Favicon image.
This is a specially formatted file type with the .ico
extension.
You include the Favicon using the HTML link tag with a rel of
"shortcut" and href of your image path.
i.e.
<link rel="shortcut" href="images/favicon.ico" />
Asked in Software and Applications (non-game), Web Design and Publishing, Joomla (software)
Where can you get free joomla hosting with no ads?
There are no ad-free ones. Those hosts have to get their money
to pay their hosts from somewhere too.
If you want ad free then you have to pay.
Asked in Web Design and Publishing
Which is the best software to create a website?
You can find many free and paid website builders online.
GoDaddy offers an affordable, do-it-yourself
website builder. It offers simple drag-and-drop design tools and
hundreds of customizable templates.
Asked in Debt and Bankruptcy, Web Design and Publishing, Credit Reports, Debt Collection
Is there a resource for finding out collection agencies names and addresses for bankruptcy?
Get a copy of your credit report from the three major credit
bureaus. You can get one free copy from each per year by law. You
can obtain this free copy at http://annualcreditreport.com (see
link below). These reports should have the contact info of your
creditors (and collection agencies) listed. Google / Phone book
combination is the best.
Asked in Web Design and Publishing, Domain Names, Poland, Google
Where can I find the country specific domain names for Google like www.Google.fr for France and www.Google.pl for Poland?
The official Google page,
google.com/language_tools
lists all the country specific domain names below their
respective country flags.
Asked in Web Design and Publishing, PHP Programming, HTML
Using FrontPage how do you get a form to submit to email and reset to the original values via one button?
* First of all, you have to inset a new form, Insert>Form.
Then, add all the information you need to the form (inputs, text
box, check box, etc.) see the HTML code and where it says POST you
ofcourse have to direct it to the process page, it can be php or
asp as the most known. don't ever try if you don't know what i mean
by the process page. actually all this staff with forms requiered
an extra programming language which can be php or asp. If you do
know, then just add all the items text box etc.. between* I would
definitely agree with the answer of PHP and ASP process pages. You
must make a process page that will do both at the same time (or in
order that you wish) it was easy to just post
"mailto:email@email.com" back before security came out hard. I
still use perl scripts as a form handler on all my customers pages.
it works and you can apply CSS styles to them...
Please note that FrontPage is an obsolete product and was
discontinued in 2003. A common complaint regarding it is that it
generates bloated and incomprehensible HTML code. You should use a
better editor.
Asked in Web Design and Publishing, Search Engines, Piczo, Websites
How do you add a 'Bookmark this site' button to your website that - when clicked - will add the website to the user's favorites?
== == Add this HTML code to the website <!-- AddThis Button
BEGIN -->
<a class="addthis_button"
href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&pub=xa-4a82c0b20e2312c3"><img
src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-bookmark-en.gif"
width="83" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share"
style="border:0"/></a><script type="text/javascript"
src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js?pub=xa-4a82c0b20e2312c3"></script>
<!-- AddThis Button END -->
Asked in Web Design and Publishing, Web Downloads, Piczo
How do you add an login box onto your website?
The simplest way I've found of adding a login box to a website
is to use User Session Pro. The guys that make it have a short
tutorial on how to do it:
(
http://www.prophpscripts.com/tutorials/how-to-add-a-members-login-to-your-website
)
I hope that helps.
Asked in Web Design and Publishing
Why is it important to add a background to a webpage?
so that is coool
Asked in Web Design and Publishing, Web Hosting, Websites
What is a 'personal website'?
A personal website is made for a particular person, or it is not
associated with a company or for profit, yes it can be profitable
but it belongs to a particular person. For example, A website based
on complete details of a famous personality, for a person or a
personal classes or business run by self. comes under Personal
websites.
Asked in Web Design and Publishing, Websites
Why are you not allowed to re post images from the web on your webpage?
Reposting images on other websites and putting them onto your
website is a violation of Copyright Laws. In short, Copyright Laws
protect people from having their information, pictures, ideas and
other forms of media copied. One benefit of copyright allows you,
the author, to post your images and text on your website and then
later see it on someone else's website and have them take credit
for your work.
In order to copy something from another website to yours, you
must obtain expressed permission from the website owner/author and
correctly cite the sources (that is, you must have a statement in
medium from that website owner that you may copy their information,
you can't just assume). The website owner/author may also ask that
you add more information such as add a link or other text citing
the website so that they may be properly recognized.
Asked in Web Design and Publishing, Web Hosting, Club Penguin
How do you make free website in easiest way?
try small2big.in, yola.com, webstarts.com, wix.com,
bizbilla.com...
Asked in Web Design and Publishing, Web Hosting, The Difference Between
What is meant by web management or maintaining a website?
Website
Maintenance
Web Project Management is a science in that it relies on proven
and repeatable processes and techniques to achieve success. Website
maintenance is all about steadily upgrading, reviewing (how people
respond to your stuff) and/or bringing in new things to keep them
coming back....
Maintaining your site
should also include:
-- Checking to make sure there has been no vandalism to your site,
guestbook, message board... regularly checking site security to
protect your guests' and your own personal info, too.
-- Making sure all of your pages are loading properly, including
animations, sound files, images...
-- Fixing broken external links: Visit external links once in a
while to make sure they still lead to the sites they are supposed
to, and to make sure the links don't lead to "404" pages or sites
that no longer exist.
-- Removing old or outdated content...
-- Checking your stats: How much traffic does your site get
daily; do you have enough bandwidth to accommodate the traffic you
get or does your site become unavailable for lengths of times
because you've exceeded your daily or monthly allowance; checking
your search engine ranking -- and making adjustments accordingly;
upgrading or purchasing more bandwidth; adding new content to draw
more traffic...
-- Checking regularly to be sure your site host doesn't remove
your site due to lack of activity; and, more importantly, to be
sure your host doesn't have too much "down time" making your site
unavailable.
Maintain your web site includes make a daily analysis of your
Google Analytics report, It is very important for manage your web
traffic average.
Also if using a content management system (CMS) it's important
to keep up to date with the new releases and update the system.
-----
Today it's important to have fresh new content on your website
so management also involves market research, competition analysis,
writing new content, internet marketing, etc... it's really a full
time job for big sites.
Asked in Web Design and Publishing
How do you create a website?
Creating
your own Website
There are two main options available, either use a service for
creating free websites, which is much easier and is usually free,
or you can create your website from scratch with your own domain
name (such as www.example.com) and hosting.
Note that there are two guides on this page. Please see the
related links below for links to services/websites mentioned.
- Creating a Website
using a Free Service
There are many websites that will handle most of the hard work for
you, the most popular sites are Webs.com, Google
Sites (for websites), Blogger and Wordpress (for
blogs)
For most of these sites, you create an account, fill in a form
about your basic website information, pick a layout, then it's all
ready to start adding content!
You will get a unique URL for your website such as
"http://******.wordpress.com/" (asterisks will be the name
you've picked)
If you are interested in making your own website and having your
own domain name, (eg. www.example.com), you can try to follow the
guide just below this one.
Note: Google Sites allows you to buy a domain name, instead
of a default. Domains are usually around £7/$12 per year.
- Creating a Website from
Scratch
First, you will need to learn a language called HTML. You
can learn it for free at htmldog, google code, w3.org, or
w3schools (see links below). It is quite easy to learn, you
shouldn't find anything too hard.
Second, you will probably want some software to help create
your web pages. If you want to be able to make them without
looking just at the source code, then you should get a 'WYSIWYG'
(what you see is what you get) editor. Adobe Dreamweaver and
Microsoft Expression Web are the most popular, but these are
not free. Amaya, CoffeeCup and SeaMonkey are
popular, free alternatives.
Now you will probably want to buy a domain name. Domain
names are what you type into the address bar, but only act as a
link to a hosting server. '.com' domain names are about £7.50/$12
from GoDaddy, or $10 from Google Apps, but it can
vary greatly.
You can get a free 'domain name' from www.co.cc, but the choice
is limited.
Next, find a hosting service. These companies will put
your website on the web, and there are quite a few websites that
offer free hosting. However, the problem with the free services is
that it can be a lot slower than paid hosting, and may contain
adverts.
You will have to link the domain to the hosting service, then
all you need to do is upload files (the method to upload files
varies between which host you picked, but it'll probably be either
through a website or by FTP)
As you become more familiar with creating websites, you may
choose to learn how to properly use HTML, CSS (W3C standards and
XHTML/HTML5) and maybe even more advanced languages like
JavaScript or PHP/ASP. You will then be able to make
much better-looking websites with the ability to do anything you
could imagine!
There is also a step by step process that walks your through the
whole process... such as Site Build It. They are not free but they
are excellent.