Chp1 Users Guide

Planning a Web Site Program Basics Text Images Tables Libraries and Clip Art Links Frames Forms Special Characters Shortcuts Troubleshooting ©1996 Claris Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Claris is a trademark of Claris Corporation registered in the U.S. and other countries, and Claris Home Page is a trademark of Claris Corporation. Apple, AppleScript, Mac, Macintosh, Power Macintosh, and QuickTime are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries, and Balloon Help is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Mention of third party companies and products is for informational purposes only and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation. Claris Corporation 5201 Patrick Henry Drive Santa Clara, California 95052 Planning a Web Site How the Web works Using HTML Using browsers to read Web pages Designing the structure of your Web site Using a flowchart Organizing your files Using relative or absolute paths Web page design considerations If you're new to Web page design, this chapter will give you a brief overview of what you need to know to get started. How the Web works In the most basic sense, the World Wide Web is a very large collection of pages stored on computers, or Web servers, around the world. Hypertext links make it possible for readers to move freely among these pages in any order they choose. It's this ability to link one Web page to other related pages that gives the Web its web- like quality. Here are some definitions of the basic parts that make up the World Wide Web: Web pages are the individual files that make up a Web site. A home page is the starting page for a Web site. It often has some sort of table of contents that allows readers to link to other parts of the Web site. Web sites are collections of Web pages that contain related information. The pages within a site are linked together so that readers can move easily among them. Web servers are computers that store Web pages and respond to requests from different browsers. Web browsers are programs that allow readers to view Web pages. Common Gateway Interface (CGI) scripts are programs that run on a Web server to process forms and otherwise extend the capabilities of the server. Using HTML Web pages are written in Hypertext Markup Language, or HTML. HTML allows you to add tags to your Web page to indicate special characteristics. Some tags affect the look of a Web page, others affect how it functions. HTML includes tags for: links to other Web pages or to a specific element within a page structural elements such as tables or lists graphical elements s…