PUBLISHING & COLLABORATION

SOCIAL NETWORKING ▪ Web sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are generally the first names people associate with social networking. However, blogs and wikis are also social networking platforms. ▪ Twitter is a social networking site for microblogging, or frequently communicating with a brief message (140 characters or less) called a tweet.

SOCIAL NETWORKING ▪ Web sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are generally the first names people associate with social networking. However, blogs and wikis are also social networking platforms. ▪ Twitter is a social networking site for microblogging, or frequently communicating with a brief message (140 characters or less) called a tweet.

BLOGS Blog is short for web log.

BLOG RULES ▪ First name only—not your last name ▪ Do NOT share personal information about you or your school. ▪ Do NOT type addresses or IM screen names. ▪ Do NOT type home addresses or phone numbers. ▪ Do NOT link to your personal blog or school blog, which might reveal information you don’t want shared. ▪ Think about who might be reading your blog entry, and make sure you are polite. ▪ Make sure your blog entry stays on the topic. ▪ Always make sure that you: Check your spelling Check your spacing Check your capitalization Check your punctuation Check your grammar and use of words Be respectful of others’ ideas

BLOGS

WIKIS

WIKIS ▪ A wiki is a Web site that is like an open forum for a community to share ideas about a particular topic. ▪ Wikis can be updated by visitors at any time, using a simple form on a Web page. ▪ The most well-known and largest wiki is Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, which can be updated by anyone at any time. ▪ Wikis allow visitors to share their collective knowledge to create a resource freely used by all.

PREPARING TO PUBLISH ▪ After you have created content for your Web site, you are ready to upload, or publish, it to the Web. ▪ In this section, you will be introduced to the steps you should take before publishing, such as proofing content, validating markup, verifying copyright, and testing functionality and compatibility.

PREPARING TO PUBLISH ▪ Step 1: Check Your Content - spelling, grammar, typos, alignment, consistency, etc. ▪ Step 2: Verify Copyright – make sure you have the rights to use everything you have used ▪ Step 3: Test Site Pages - make sure all links work, check page weight/loading time (You will lose nearly half your visitors if they have to wait longer than 15 seconds for a page to load. Only 5% of visitors will wait longer than 30 seconds.) set up metadata terms for search engines

PREPARING TO PUBLISH ▪ Step 4: Validate the Code – you can use W3C’s free Markup Validation Service: ▪ Step 5: Check for Compatibility – use multiple browsers ▪ Step 6: Conduct a Usability Test

PREPARING TO PUBLISH ▪ Step 7: Check Your File Names ▪ File-naming conventions: ▪ Use short names that describe the file function or content. ▪ Do not use spaces or other symbols. ▪ Use letters, numbers, hyphens and underscores only. ▪ Do not begin a file name with a number. ▪ Use hyphens to separate words ▪ Step 8: Choose a Domain Name ▪ Step 9: Choose a Web Hosting Service ▪ Step 10: Repeat Step 1 – Check Your Content

UPLOADING YOUR WEB SITE ▪ File Transfer Protocol (FTP), FTPS and SFTP ▪ FTP is a set of rules that allow files to be exchanged between computers on the Internet. ▪ FTP, FTPS and SFTP are commonly used to transfer Web page files from the designer's computer to a Web server. ▪ Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) ▪ ▪ Secure Shell (SSH) ▪ Encryption - used to convert data into an unreadable form, called ciphertext.

STREAMING AND BANDWIDTH ▪ Streaming and Bandwidth ▪ ▪