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Web Development Life CycleEnsures project consistency and

completeness– Planning– Analysis– Design and Development– Testing– Implementation and Maintenance

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Web Site Planning

Identification of the Web site goals or purpose

Understand who will use the Web siteUnderstand what Web technologies

you will useIdentify the content owners and

authorsDecide what and where information will

go on the Web site

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Web Site Analysis

Identify the tasks users need to complete

Consider the processes required to support Web site features

One of the more important phases in the Web Development Life Cycle

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Web Page Design and DevelopmentPurpose

– Professors publish to inform students– Businesses publish to advertise products

or to give support– Organizations publish to keep members

informed– Individuals publish to share hobbies and

knowledge

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Web Page Design and DevelopmentWeb Site Organization

– Linear Web site layout– Hierarchical Web site layout– Webbed Web site layout– Narrow Web site layout– Deep Web site layout

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Web Page Design and Development Linear Web Site Layout

Webbed Web Site LayoutHierarchical

Web Site Layout

Deep Web Site Layout

Narrow Web Site Layout

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Web Site Testing

Web sites should be tested at various stages of the WDLC

Review of Web page content, functionality, and usability

Usability is the measure of how well the Web page allows a user to accomplish goals– Usability testing

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Web Site Implementation

and Maintenance Implementation involves the publishing of Web

pages to a Web server Determine who is responsible for updates to the

Web page Limit the ability of certain users to update the Web

page Web site monitoring

– Utilize logs to keep track of Web site usage and statistics

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Summary

Describe the Internet and its associated key terms

Describe the World Wide Web and its associated key terms

Identify the types and purposes of Web sitesDiscuss Web browsers and identify their

purposeDefine Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

and the standards used for Web development

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Summary Describe Web editors and their relationship to Web

development Discuss the five phases of the Web development life

cycle Describe Web site layouts and the purpose of each

layout Describe the importance of testing throughout the

Web Development Life Cycle

HTMLComprehensive Concepts and Techniques

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