Appreciating the Many Approaches to Web Design
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If you\'ve never created a Web site, you may not realize how many ways you can publish photos and other information on the Web, or how many software programs and service providers you can choose from. You\'ve probably seen Web sites in many styles, but you may not realize that the different looks of those sites sometimes depend on the type of technology used to create them.
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If you've never created a Web site, you may not realize how many ways you can publish photos and other information on the Web, or how many software programs and service providers you can choose from. You've probably seen Web sites in many styles, but you may not realize that the different looks of those sites sometimes depend on the type of technology used to create them. This list briefly describes some of the types of Web sites you can create:
- Online photo album: One of the fastest and easiest ways to put photos online is to use one of the free online photo album sites, such as Flickr.com, KodakGallery.com, or Shutterfly.com. Most photo sites make their money by charging for prints, which they're happy to send to you or your loved ones for about 20 or 30 cents apiece.
- Free online service: Several online services, such as Geocities.com, Angelfire.com, and Tripod.com, offer free Web sites. The catch is that these companies then sell advertising on your pages, and you have no control over which ads run next to your words and pictures.
- Blogging software: Millions of people now have blogs, or online journals, on the Internet. These sites' popularity has spawned a variety of software programs designed to facilitate easy updates, such as Blogger.com. A blog may be your best option if you want to make frequent updates to your Web site. You can even add a blog to a Web site you created in a program like Dreamweaver. This approach, covered in Chapter 10, combines the best of both worlds.
- Predesigned template: I included a collection of templates in this book so that you can easily create a variety of common Web sites, such as a portfolio site or wedding site. To use the templates featured in Chapters 6 through 8, you need the Web design program Adobe Dreamweaver, and an image program, such as Adobe Photoshop lements. Creating a site based on a template is much easier than creating a site from scratch, and you can always edit and customize templates to suit your preferences. For a quick look at what you can do with the companion templates, check out the color insert in this book.
- Database-driven: The most-sophisticated Web sites on the Internet, such as the online store at Amazon.com or the news site at CNN.com, were created using complex programming and databases. Combining a database that records information about users with the capability to automatically generate pages enables Amazon to greet you by name when you return to its site, track your orders as you buy books, and even make recommendations based on your previous purchases. Although these kinds of advanced features are quite expensive and complex to create, you can add many similar features, such as an online shopping cart, by using the online services
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