Web Authoring Tools

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Web Authoring Tools

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INTRODUCTION
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The types of authoring tools

• HTML, JAVA, and Cascading Style Sheets
• Ben
• Software Packages
• Thomas
• On-Line Editors
• Shoumya

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HTML(Hypertext Markup Language)

• The computer language that make the internet
  possible

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Uses Origins

• Developed in 1991 by the CERN group

• Fundamental framework for all web documents

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HTML Tags

• The basics
• The elements that create the page
• written with ASCII
• enclosed within brackets
• Types
• container
• empty

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HTML Tags

• Examples
• the ltbgt tag bolds words that it contains until
  the lt/bgt ending tag is reached
• Rules
• many cannot be nested because they do not conform
• elements cannot overlap

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Javascript

• Making web pages more dynamic

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Definition

• Javascript is a written language separate from
  HTML that can be implanted directly into an HTML
  page

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Uses

• This implanted code is read by the browser and
  can permit numerous interesting possibilites
• it allows dialog alert messages to appear

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Cascading Style Sheets

• These make your web page look like you want it
  to.

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Definition

• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are templates that
  hold a set of guidelines characterizing the
  appearance of various HTML elements

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Uses

• They specify how web pages are shown on screens,
  in print, or how information within a web page is
  pronounced
• They can be linked to structured web documents so
  that their appearance can be determined without
  adding new HTML tags

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Conclusions

• Fundamental web design using language code can be
  a very rewarding experience
• Constructing a web page in this fashion is like
  using art instead of a craft and allows one to
  tweak the page
• When HTML, Javascript, and CSS are all combined,
  it is known as Dynamic HTML (DHTML)
• Using these methods can result in a high quality,
  dynamic and interesting web page

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Software Packages
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Software Packages

• Many to choose from
• Hard to compare
• Types
• Visual
• code-based
• something in between

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Visual

• WYSIWYG
• What You See Is What You Get
• Examples
• Drumbeat
• NetObject Fusion
• Advantages and Disadvantages

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Code-based

• Work with HTML codes
• Examples
• HomeSite
• HotDog Professional 4
• HTMLed Pro 32
• Advantages and Disadvantages

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Hybrid

• Middle ground
• Examples
• Adobe PageMill 2.0
• Microsoft FrontPage 98
• Macromedia Dreamweaver
• Advantages and Disadvantages

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Price

• Free
• AOLpress 2.0 (www.aolpress.com)
• HTMLtool 1.6 (inetw.com/homw/HTMLtool)
• Arachnophilia (www.arachnoid.com)
• Not so free
• Trout Softwares 39.95 Hippie 97
• Drumbeat at 700!

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On-Line Editors
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Tripod.com

• Tripod Membership
• Tripods Homepage Studio
• Builders
• Quickpage
• Freeform

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Quickpage

• Steps
• page title
• style
• content

• Quick Topic

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Freeform

• For HTML Users

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Tripod Features

• Homepage Address
• http//(membername).tripod.com
• Disk Space
• 11 megabytes for members
• 22 megabytes for premium members
• Advertising

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Features (cont)

• File Manager
• directories
• creating access lists to the directories
• Microsoft Frontpage

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Tripod Benefits

• Your own domain name
• Smart Ads
• Message Boards
• Tripod Stats

• Guest Book
• Page Counter
• Auction
• Lycos
• Earn Cash!

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Premium Membership

• 22 megabytes of disk space
• Ad-free homepage
• Free e-mail
• Exclusive image library
• E-mail forwarding

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Useful Tripod URLs

• Tripod Home Page
• http//www.tripod.com
• Web page builder
• thhp//tripod.com/build/
• Tools (various features of Tripod)
• http//build.tripod.com/hpstudio/tools/index.html

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CONCLUSION
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QUESTIONS??