Week 7 - Planning a Site

1. Agenda
   1. Questions & Answers.
   2. Planning a Site.
      1. Things to think about at the beginning of a project.
      2. Laying out your pages.
      3. Identifying special technology needs.
      4. Planning for on-going maintenance.
   3. Get closer to the server.
      1. HTTP Environment variables.
      2. Checking the log files.
      3. Server-Side Includes.
      4. CGI - What is it?
      5. Pointer to ITP-specific info.
   4. Options for setting up a commercial site.
      1. Hosted sites.
      2. Running your own server.
   5. Emerging network technologies.
      1. xDSL
      2. Cable modems
2. Interesting Sites
   1. The List
3. Readings
   1. "Apprenticing with the Customer: A Collaborative Approach to Requirements Definition,"Incontext
4. Assignments
   1. Midterm assignment:Draw/Write up a plan your final project. This document should include the following elements: a specification of what set of browsers/screen sizes/technologies you will support, a flow chart or similar diagram which maps the structure of the site, a list of the assets you will need, a description of interactive features on the site.
   2. Optional assignment: take your planned site and estimate how much it would cost to host it commercially. Include whatever extra technologies you'll need. Call or write to ISPs and pretend that you are a paying customer and get price quotes and suggested technologies from the sales people. Bring your results to class.

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Building Web Sites - ITP Fall 2000 - Mike Cosaboom, Instructor

mc39@acf2.nyu.edu