1. Website Publishing

2. Publishing Basics Early Web Sites Obtain a Domain Name IP Address (Internet Protocol Address) – A number that uniquely identifies each computer or device connected to the Internet Domain Name – Text version of an IP address Domain Name System (DNS) – Internet service which translates domain names into their corresponding IP addresses.

3. Publishing Basics Uniform Resource Locator (URL), also called a web address, tells the browser on which server the web page is located. Accredited Registrar Directory – provides a listing of accredited domain registrars www.icann.org/registrars/accredited-list.html Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers – Manages domain names and registrars

4. Acquire Server Space Questions to Ask Monthly Fee Server Space Uptime/Downtime Server Specifications Server Logs Technical Support Does the server support Secure Sockets Layer (Secure web sites) Are mailboxes included

5. Publishing the Web Site Uploading – Transmitting all the files that make up your web site from your computer to the selected server or host computer File Transfer Protocol (FTP) – Internet service which transfer files between the client computer and the web server CuteFTP Filezilla

6. Website Languages American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) (pronounced ASK-ee) HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) – Has been the primary language of the web but it’s limited. Useful for creating headings, paragraphs, lists, and so on, but is limited to these tasks XHTML (Extensible Hypertext Markup Language) – Allows for more active web elements.