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Chapter 3 - Planning the Site REPUBLIC OF NICARAGUA
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1. List three technology constraints that can affect the way a user views your Web site’s content. The user’s browser, connection speed, operating system, and screen resolution. 2. Consult your Web server administrator when you need to determine the _____________ and _____________ for your site. Consult with them to determine the Web site’s default filename and directory structure. 3. Name two inconsistencies that can cause broken links when you upload your files to a Web server. If the Web server runs a different operating system from your local development system, any filename or directory structure inconsistencies encountered in transferring your files to the server may break local URL links. 4. List three characteristics of filenames that vary by operating system. Case sensitivity, character exceptions, and file extensions. 5. The international standard for filenames often is called _____________. 8.3, pronounced “eight-dot-three” 6. Which computer operating system is case sensitive? UNIX 7. Rename the following files so that they are compatible across all operating systems: My file.htm Myfile.htm case:1.htm Case1.htm #3rdpage.htm ThirdPage.htm 8. What is the default main page filename for a Web site? Usually, this page is named index.htm. Windows NT, however, defaults to an index filename of default.htm, and other servers may be set to other names such as main.htm or home.htm. 9. What are the two types of URLs? Complete and partial URLs. 10. What are the four parts of a complete URL? Protocol, domain name, path, and filename 11. What type of URL links to another server? Complete 12. What type of URL links within a server? Partial 13. What affects the format of the URL for your Web site? The directory structure of the Web server affects the format of your site’s URL. 14. What is the benefit of purchasing a domain name? A domain name is an alias that points to your actual location on the Web server. For example, suppose User2 has purchased the domain name www.mysite.com. The actual path to User2’s content has not changed, but the visitor to the site sees only the domain name. Now User2 can advertise the Web site with a URL that’s easy to remember. 15. Why should you never specify an absolute path in partial URLs? Because your files will be transferred to another computer, any URLs you specify to link to other pages in your site must include paths that are transferable. 16. What is the benefit of building a site with relative paths? It is logical and simplifies the directory structure of the site. 17. Files that reside in the same directory need only the _____________ to refer to each other. filename 18. List two benefits of diagramming your site before you start coding. It shows the structure and logic behind the content presentation and navigation choices you offer. You can move pages and whole sections of content freely, plan navigation paths, and visualize the entire site. 19. How does a Web site become live? To make your Web site live, you transfer your Web site files to a Web server, a computer connected to the Internet and running server software. The software lets the computer use the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) to serve HTML files to Web browser clients. Unless your company or organization has a Web server and hosts its own content, you must use the services of a Web hosting provider. After you choose a server to host your files, you need to select file transfer software and upload the Web site files from your development machine to the Web server. 20. List the four variables to consider when testing your Web site. Multiple browsers, multiple operating systems, connection speeds, and display types.
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