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"Traditional" web publishing involves the installation of application software on your computer, the maintenance of a hosting space to store your published work, and the use of file transfer software to move your completed work from your computer to the hosting space.
Some options, such as Apple's iWeb/MobileMe arrangment integrate the publishing and the hosting in a seamless way, but there is still an annual cost to maintain the hosting arrangment.
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- For beginners...
iWeb (Mac)
- Part of the Apple iLife suite. Very simple to use, and includes many features previously available only in image editors and desktop layout applications. (You will need a .Mac account to use some of the features.)
See also:
iWeb Video Tutorials - from Apple
Getting Started - from our workshops
Strange Characters - remove the Latin!
Sandvox (Mac)- Another theme-driven package, similar to iWeb. Includes some unique themes and built-in ftp. Fully WYSIWYG.
See also:
Sandvox ScreenCast - video intro;
Sandvoxed - theme showcase;
Karelia - site gallery;
Delicious - sandvox tagged sites;
SVDesignMiner to edit SV templates;
I Saw How - video tutorials;
Blueball Ecom - e-commerce designs
RapidWeaver (Mac) - Similar to the above two, providing some "under-the-hood" access for those with html experience. Editing is not full WYSIWYG (switch to preview mode reqd). Includes full ftp.
See also:
RapidWeaver Showcase
QuickTours - video tutorials
Goldfish (Mac/Win)- Similar concept to Sandvox/RapidWeaver, but not quite as intuitive.
ShutterBug (Mac)- Template-driven site-builder originally designed for photographers to display their work.
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- For experienced publishers...
Adobe Dreamweaver (Mac/Win)
- This is the "leading" industry package. Used by pretty much all web production houses.
Expression Web (Win) - Microsoft's replacement for FrontPage.
Microsoft FrontPage (Win)- Now a superseded product.
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- Getting started for no cost:
Komposer (Mac/Win/Lin)
- A free web page editor based on the Mozilla Nvu project.
SeaMonkey (Mac/Win/Lin)- Seems to be a replacement for Mozilla, now that Mozilla development is focussing on Firefox and Thunderbird. Free.
Nvu (Mac/Win/Lin)- A dedicated development of the Mozilla publishing environment. Free.
Trellian WebPage (Win) - Comprehensive WYSIWYG editor.
iWeb (Mac)- Not "free", but pre-installed on new Macs as part of the iLife suite.
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- Some examples of school websites here in NSW (Australia)...
Somewhere PS
- A basic demonstration site, created using iWeb, that merges "traditional" web publishing with Web 2.0 widgets and blog feeds.
Narwee PS- This site, created using Dreamweaver and Joomla, is able to be updated through a web browser.
Oak Flats HS- A traditional site created and updated using Dreamweaver.
Mt Terry PS- A web site, created using Dreamweaver with a news plugin to provide a facility to update the site through a web browser.
Corrimal East PS- This site is created using iWeb, and includes Web 2.0 plug-ins for photos, calendar and news.
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- A variety of additional tools and gadgets that may help you to construct and promote your web site...
Browsershot
- See what your website will look like in a variety of browsers - on Linux, Win and Mac platforms.
CAPTCHA Creator- Requests that visitors type the letters and numbers of a distorted image before entering information on a form on your website.
Getting Started Tutorials - iWeb - Links from our iWeb Workshops.
Google Analytics Action- Add Google Analytics to your iWeb site with Automator.
Integrity (Mac)- Integrity will follow all of external and internal links in your web site to check for any dead links. Donationware.
IP Tracker- Track the country of origin of IP addresses that are accessing your web site.
Link Exchange Scam- Why you should ignore those emails that ask you to exchange links with another site.
Link Sleuth (Win)- Checks all of the links in your web site to check for any dead links. Donationware.
Position is Everything - This site provides some info and work-arounds for those frustrating alignment issues in different browsers.
Spry- Spry is an Adobe JavaScript-based framework designed to feel like an extension of HTML and CSS, so anyone with basic web-production skills can create next-generation web experiences by adding the power of Ajax to their pages.
Weird Characters in iWeb Sites 1- Some older web servers display characters like Â, ’ or other strange Latin letters where spaces and punctuation marks should be, in sites created using iWeb. This site describes how to fix this problem.
Weird Characters in iWeb Sites 2- More technical info about the above option.
Word Cloud Analysis- A word cloud is a visual depiction of frequently used words in your web site. It illustrates keyword density using font size. The more often a word appears on your site, the larger it appears within the word cloud.
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- Embedding Web 2.0 "widgets" in your site can provide a "live" feed of up-to-date information (news, events, photos, etc), added by other people who don't have admin access to your site...
Google Calendar
- Embed a Web 2.0 calendar in your web site. The calendar can be edited by another staff member using a web browser, without the need to edit your main web site. The new entries are reflected automatically in the embedded calender in your site.
Picasa Slide Show- Include a Web 2.0 photo album or slide show in your web site.
Blogger News- Embed a Web 2.0 blog site in your web site. The blog can be updated without editing the main site.
FeedSweep- Feed your news from a blog directly into your web site. The blog can be updated without editing the main site.
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- Secondary schools, and larger educational organisations, may want to investigate the use of a Content Management Systems (CMS).
Much of this software is open-source, and provides the options for multiple editors for different sections of the site.
Popular CMS packages include:
- - Drupal
- Joomla
- ModX
- CMS Made Simple
- Website Baker
- TextPattern
- FROG
See also:- Using WordPress as a CMS
The popular blog software can be used to create a very simple CMS environment.
WebYep
A compact CMS for the very simple creation of end-user-editable web pages. (Commercial)
OpensourceCMS
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a wide range of alternatives.
Drupal v Joomla
Comparison and discussion about which CMS package to use.
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- Government Policy Links
- Includes links to policy documents related to Web publishing guidelines, web site disclaimer docs, etc.
BitLaw - Web Site Legal Issues- Discusses the legal issues involved with the creation of a web site.
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- Creating a School Intranet Site
- Create a school intranet site to provide an Internet gateway and a showcase for student e-portfolios. Includes examples and templates for school sites and student sites.
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- Check domain availability
- AjaxWhoIs
FTP from behind a firewall- net2FTP
bossFTP
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