Many of you are designing and developing websites, ranging from simple web pages to complex sites and applications. Using standards such as CSS and XML is what separates a modern, well-constructed site that can grow and change with your needs from a simple, quick web page.
Your visitors are also expecting more from the sites they visit. Web developers are working to deliver more functional sites with interactive, rich interfaces to help users navigate and work with data.
Examples |
This site is dedicated to CSS layout. Participants contribute their own unique CSS-based designs using the exact same HTML structure as other participants—only the CSS changes from one design to the next. Through these examples, you will begin to understand the possibilities of designing with CSS.
Using ColdFusion Wharton created, MySPIKE, a personalizable intranet-based communications suite for its students that provides access to course materials, news and announcements, discussion groups, e-mail, directories, course-registrations, and more.
What websites are made of |
You can build a basic website using a variety of tools and technologies.
Ingredients
Types of websites
To get started creating websites, you first need an authoring tool to create the HTML code. If you are comfortable writing HTML code yourself, you can use any text editor such as Text Edit on Mac or Notepad on Windows. You can also use more complex applications that were created specifically for creating web pages. Adobe Dreamweaver is one example.
Once you have an HTML editor, you will need some content such as text, images, or other media such as Adobe Flash content.
Finally, you will need access to a web server to place your content on so others can see your web pages in their web browsers. There are many low-cost web hosting services available. After you are familiar with creating basic HTML pages, if you plan to create dynamic data-driven web pages, you will also need access to an application server technology. If you think you may want to do this at some point in the future, you should consider this when choosing a web host. Some common application server technologies include ColdFusion, PHP, and ASP.
Learn to design and develop websites |
The following tutorial series shows you how to get started building websites using Dreamweaver. No prior Dreamweaver experience is needed to get started.
Learn the basics of setting up, building, and publishing a tableless website while familiarizing yourself with Dreamweaver features and functionality.
Learn to use a server-side technology to create a simple content management system for a news page.
Training and certification |
