COM 205
Multimedia Applications
St. Joseph’s College
Fall 2004
7/24/2016
Chapter 13
Tools For the World Wide Web
7/24/2016
Web Servers
• 1. The “server” is actually software.
• a) Various servers are available that run on
various platforms.
• b)
The most common server packages include
– (1)
Apache
– (2)
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
– (3)
iPlanet
Web Servers
• 2. The server plays a pivotal role in content
delivery.
• 3.
The speed and capacity of the server has a major
effect on performance.
– a)This is especially true when the server is delivering
streaming content.
– b)Speed and capacity is affected by the server hardware.
– c) Plan carefully for capacity.
Web Page Makers and Site Builders
• A. Learn HMTL
• 1. Although site building tools seem to remove the
need to learn HTML, some knowledge is still
important.
• 2. An HTML document can be created or edited
using only a text editor.
• B. Site building tools
• 1. Various tools help you create Web pages in a
WYSIWYG editing environment.
• 2. The markup created by editors is often
complicated and bloated.
• 3. Inspite of this, these tools can be timesavers.
Web Page Makers and Site Builders
• 4. Common site building tools include
– a)Adobe GoLive
– b)Macromedia Dreamweaver
– c) Microsoft FrontPage
– d)Myrmidon
– e) Netscape Composer
• C. HTML translators
• 1.
Many programs such as word processors
incorporate HTML translators.
• 2.
The markup created by translators is often
bloated and proprietary.
Web Browsers
• 1.
The most common Web browsers are
– a) Internet Explorer
• (1)
The AOL “browser” uses Internet Explorer as its
enabling technology.
– b) Netscape Navigator
• (1)
Paradoxically, AOL Time Warner now owns Netscape.
• (2)
Netscape recently released version 6, but its market
share still pales to Internet Explorer’s.
• 2. Some alternate browsers, are
– a)Opera
– b)Emacs
– c) iCab
Web Browsers
• 3. Web browsers have increasingly grown to
support plug-in technologies such as FLASH and
Java.
• 4.
Web browsers often vary from the HTML
standards.
– a)Support for features such as cascading style sheets (CSS) is
inconsistent
The majority of visitors to your web site will be
using Internet Explorer or Netscape with plugins. You should be sure that your content looks
good in both of them.
Web Browsers and Plug-Ins
• Plug-ins and delivery vehicles
• 1.
Plug-ins add capabilities to the Web browser.
– a)Plug-ins are also sometimes called helper applications.
• 2.
If your content requires a plug-in, don’t
forget that users must have the plug-in installed.
– a)Provide a link to help the user obtain the plug-in.
– b)Decide whether requiring a plug-in is worthwhile.
• 3.
Types of plug-ins include
– a)Text ( such as Adobe Acrobat Reader)
– b)Images ( such as Macromedia Shockwave which
allows the display of vector graphics.
Web Browsers and Plug-Ins
• Plug-Ins
– c) Sound
• Plug-ins such as RealPlayer, QuickTime, and
Windows Media Player can play music.
– d)Animation, video, and presentation
• 1. RealPlayer, QuickTime, and Windows Media
Player also play animations and video.
• (2)
Flash and Shockwave are used for animation
and presentation.
• (3)
Microsoft PowerPoint can be used for online
presentations
Vaughn’s Bandwidth Rule
Bandwidth = Satisfaction
File size
• Satisfaction with the Internet is a
function of connection speed and the
size of the data elements accessed
Beyond HTML
• 1.
Programming technologies can be used for
online content delivery, such as
– a)Common Gateway Interface (CGI) programming
– b)PERL
– d)Java
– e) JavaScript
– f) PHP
Beyond HTML
• 2.
You can interact online with conferencing tools
such as
– a)BeingThere
– b)CU-SeeMe from White Pine
– c) LiveMedia from Netscape
– d)Netmeeting from Microsoft
• 3.
3-D worlds
– (1) Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML)
– (2) Macromedia Director/Shockwave Player
– (3) Apple QuickTime
– (4) Java