User Guide

We will use the terms “site,” “web,” and “web site” synonymously. We will
also use “web page” and “page” interchangeably.
Example: A good example of a large web is Microsoft’s site. The web is located at:
http://www.microsoft.com/. It contains thousands of subfolders, such as the
FrontPage folder: http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/, and individual web
pages, like http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/using.htm. As large as it is,
the Microsoft web is only a small part of the World Wide Web.
Analogy: Think of the World Wide Web as the supreme public library with millions of
books (webs). Each book has its own pages (web pages) that cover a particular
subject. And as you might expect, some books are best sellers and others never
get read.
The Web Creation Process
Creating a web can be distilled into the following cyclical process: Planning, Producing, and
Publishing, as shown in Figure 1-1. Although extremely simplified, each stage includes a vari-
ety of steps you should take to ensure a site’s success.
Figure 1-1: The web site creation process.
Planning, which we will get to in a moment, is the most overlooked stage, even though it’s the
first step. Production, which makes up the bulk of this course, includes the actual creation of
the web and its content—the building, connecting, and maintaining of web pages. The last
stage is publishing, which means putting the web somewhere, typically on a Web server, so
that it will be accessible to your audience.
LESSON 1
Lesson 1: Creating a Web 3
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