Web Sites

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Definition: A collection of Web pages which represent an organisation, individual or subject area. Many companies have their own Web sites, typically containing information on how they can be contacted plus details on products and services. Each web site has a home page which is the normal starting point for people visiting the site. This HyperGlossary is a Web site.
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Frequently Asked Questions: What skills do you need to create a Web Site? You can create comprehensive Web sites with basic PC skills and attention to detail. If you want it to look something special, design skills are needed. If you want to have a really dynamic interface or you want to interface to a database it helps to have programming skills although you can get quite a way down the road with some of the end-user tools available.; What are the criteria for a good Web site? On appearance the answer is very subjective. But here are my criteria for a 5 star business web site.; If I use a UNIX web server, can I develop my Web pages on a Window 95 (or NT) machine? Yes, but beware:
1. Unix is case sensitive while Windows is not. So if you have a page called contactinf.htm and you have a hyperlink which refers to it as ContactInf.htm then it will work fine on Windows but not on Unix. An added complication is that some ftp software converts file names to lower case but will not touch the links. The answer - put all files names and links in lower case.; 2. The default page is normally default.htm on Windows and index.html on Unix. The answer - test thoroughly after you have uploaded.; If you are Webmaster for a high profile Web site, you really should test the site out on the same hardware and software that the Web site uses before you transfer updates to the server.
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