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The Web (Part 2) (EXCHANGING INFORMATION ONLINE: The exchange of files and…

- - - - DESIGNING A WEB PAGE: A website is a set of web pages under the same domain name. You need some basic knowledge of design, to insert images or change colours andThis will make your web page more attractive.
        
        TITLE: The title that you choose is very important, since it indicates the overall topic of your web page and also appears in the banner section of a web browser.
        
        COLOUR COMBINATIONS: Many web pages are quite difficult to read because they use a poor combination of colours.
        
        A BALANCED LAYOUT: To achieve this effect, we can use tables, colums and rows. You should avoid making very long pages, or dividing them into two or more pages.
        
        HYPERLINKS: Can be added to images or texts.
        
        External links take us to other websites related to the topic.
        
        Internal links take us to a different part of the same website.
        
        VISUAL IMPACT: Is the effective combination of text formats (colours, font styles) and images (backgrounds, illustrations, photos). We can add animated gifs and use dynamic text formats.
        
        COMMENTS FROM USERS: Although you shouldn't give any personal information on the Internet, it may be interesting to receive feedback from users who visit your page.
        
        PAGE ORDER: If you have created various pages, you can join them together with internal links.
        
        Linear order: One page follows another
        
        Hierarchical order: From the first page, we can link to any other page that we like.
      - CREATING YOUR WEB PAGE: In this section, we will look at various techniques, in order of complexity.
        
        DIRECT PROGRAMMING: Is the most difficult option, since it requires knowledge of programming languages and tools.
        
        HTML: Was the first language invented for web page creation.
        
        CSS: Is used to create the structure of a document.
        
        PHP: Is a language used to create dynamic web pages.
        
        MySQL: Is a database management system.
        
        USING A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: We can use a CMS to create dynamic web pages.
        
        Advantages
        
        Some are free.
        
        Some CMS services offer a package that includes hosting and CMS installation.
        
        They are fast.
        
        Disadvantages
        
        CMS programs are complex.
        
        You must have a server with enough storage space for the program.
        
        You cannot do anything you want.
        
        USING THE ONLINE HOSTING SERVICES THAT SOMES PAGES OFFER: This is the easiest way to create a web page and these web creation services are quite complete and the results are very profesional.
        
        The most popular ones include Wix, Jimdo, Hostinger and 1&1
        
        There are two options: a version that you must pay for and a free versión but they include advertising and the web address may be rather long.
        
        USING A WEB DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: These programs translate your web page design into HTML. Some are free, such as Kompozer and others cost money, such as Web Creator and Adobe Dreamweaver Professional.
      - UPLOADING A WEB PAGE TO A SERVER: If you are not using an online hosting service, you will need to upload your CMS program or your web page to the server. You can use FTP, Filezilla and CuteFTP are two popular examples. FTP programs also work in the opposite direction.
      - COMPLETING AND UPDATING A WEB PAGE: Remember that if the content is always up to date, people will continue visiting your web page.
  - - - We can use blogs to make daily reports and and receive helpful feedback.
        
        Some of the most popular blogging services are Blogger, Wordpress and Tumblr.
      - Businesses can use blogs to improve their customer service.
      - Blogs can include hyperlinks to photos, audio recordings or videos
      - The same blog can be shared by various bloggers.
  - - - Many wikis offer open access to their Edit and Save functions, However, in some cases be approved by the original authors. Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org). Wikipedia, which was created in January 2001, is a universal encyclopaedia where anyone can contribute their knowledge to the project. Wikipedia has grown in popularity and become one of the world's most visited websites. English is the mostly commonly used language, followed by ten other languages.