This book provides end-to-end coverage of each phase of the creation cycle of a web site, from understanding the underlying issues that the application will address through design, development, platform readying, testing, marketing and vendor selection. This is not a reference book. Unlike it's competitors, it explains why things are done.
summary and table of contentsThis book provides end-to-end coverage of each phase of the creation cycle of a web site, from understanding the underlying issues that the application will address through design, development, platform readying, testing, marketing and vendor selection. This is not a reference book. Unlike it's competitors, it explains why things are done.
CONTENTS
1. Defining the Need.
The Business Case. The Software Development Cycle. Requirements - What They Want It To Do. Requirements. High-Level Design - What It Will Do. The Home Page. The Feedback Page. The Awards Page. The About Page. The Ads Page. The Rings Page. The Copyright Page. Summary.
2. Untangling the Technology.
HTML. Common Gateway Interface (CGI). ASP. Java. Java Applets. JavaScript and VBScript. CSS. DHTML. ADO.
3. The Solution.
Development Platform Architecture. Windows. TCP/IP. Active Server Pages. FrontPage. Visual Interdev. Access. Netscape Communicator / Internet Explorer. Application Architecture. HTML. ASP. VBScript. JavaScript. ADO. DHTML. COM. CSS. Java Applets. Production Platform Architecture. Application Map. Feedback Pages. The Feedback Frames. Feedback Pre-Processor. New Category Request. Category Comments. New Link Page. General Comments Page. Award Nomination Page. Feedback Post-Processor. Awards Page. About Page. Advertising Page. Copyright Page. Rings Page. Home (Main) Page. Cascading Style Sheets.
4. The DIY Store.
Paint Shop Pro. FrontPage '. Image Composer. Visual InterDev 6.0 & Servers. Enabling ASP.
5. Standards.
Naming Standards. Coding Standards. HTML Coding Standards. Comments. Error Handling.
6. The Database.
Why A Database? Creating the Database. The Elements. Categories. Links. Ads. Normalizing. Creating the Database Tables. Categories. Links. LinkCat. Ads. AdCat. Summary. Creating the Data Source Name.
7. The Graphics.
Button It Up. Show Me the Way. Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig. A Matter of Direction. A Name To Remember. And Now a Word From Our Sponsors.
8. The Environment.
The Blowhole Web. The Visual Interdev Solution. Connecting a DSN.
9. Home. 10. The Utility Pages.
Navigation Banner. The Ad Page. The Copyright Page. The Awards Page. Rings Page.
11. Home Again.
Cascading Style Sheet. The Title Bar. The Navigation Banner. ASP Files. The Categories Frame. The For-Profit Rotating Ad. For-Profit Static Ad. The Non-Profit Rotating Ad. The Links Frame. The Greeting. The Redirect Page. Creating an SQL Query. What's it All About?
12. Feedback.
The Feedback Page. Subroutine Library. Feedback Preprocessor. Postprocessor. Broken Links. Award Nomination.
13. Help! 14. This is Only a Test!
Test Plan. Executing the Plan.
15. Going Live!
Selecting an ISP. Selecting a Web Hoster. Obtaining a Domain. Publishing your site. Marketing the site.
16. Epilogue. Appendix A: The Web Site. Appendix B: Dynamic Billboard. Index. About the Authors