There two basic steps in publishing web pages. The first step is writing page and the second is placing the page on a web server where the world has access to it. There are software tools that specialize in each step and others that combine the steps.
HTML Editors are basically specialized word processors. HTML files are nothing more than plain text documents containing the commands for displaying a web page. The file you create/edit within an HTML editor shows you all the HTML "tags" (commands) along with your content. To see how your page actually looks there usually is a "preview" button within the program that opens your browser (Netscape or Internet Explorer) and shows you what the page will look like on the web.
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Link to a shareware
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WYSIWYG is an acronym for "What You See Is What You Get." Instead of writing/editing/seeing the raw HTML commands, WYSIWYG HTML editors are closer to looking like standard word processors. This means when you write something in, for example, bold or italics you simply see the text bolded and italicized rather than the plain text surrounded by COMMANDS to turn on bold and italicized text. Put another way, if you were to create a table,
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| an HTML editor would display: | <TABLE BORDER CELLPADDING="2"> <TR> <TD><P ALIGN=Center>This</TD> <TD><P ALIGN=Center>is</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><P ALIGN=Center>a</TD> <TD><P ALIGN=Center>test</TD> </TR> </TABLE> |
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| * If you decide to purchase, be sure to seek an education discount.
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FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol and is simply a method for transferring whole files between computers connected to the Internet. An FTP client (program) will allow you to transfer (upload) the web pages you create to the COE server so the world can view them. FTP functions are built-in to Claris Home Page and Dreamweaver so a separate FTP program is not required. Many other HTML editors, including Web Weaver and AOL Press, do not have FTP capabilities so a separate FTP program is required.
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| Fetch - Trial Version | WS_FTP - Free version for educators |
There are many different programs that allow you to prepare and manipulate graphics. They range in price from free to many hundreds of dollars and in functionality they range from worthless to incredible. It's important to note that price and functionality are not necessarily correlated; you can pay a large or small amount for good and/or bad software. Not all these programs below are appropriate for everyone's use but they are shareware or trial editions so you can try them before you buy.
Graphic Conversion Programs |
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