1. Lesson 34: Web Site Publishing and Maintenance

2. Objectives Perform site testing Use a staging/mockup server to test a site Compare in-house Web site hosting to hosting with an Internet Service Provider (ISP) or Application Service Provider (ASP) Publish a Web site using an FTP client Maintain the Web site Document changes to the site Secure a server Identify site security issues, including attacks and ways to thwart them

3. Web Site Testing Staging server –Staging server vs. production or “live” server –Developing and testing on staging server –Staging server elements Final testing

4. Web Site Hosting Hosting in-house Hosting by Internet Service Provider (ISP) or Application Service Provider (ASP) Advantages and disadvantages of hosting –Cost –Speed –Reliability

5. Web Publishing with an FTP Client WS FTP Professional client –Generic FTP client –Not associated with a site-authoring tool

6. Web Publishing with FrontPage Easy publishing of sites created with FrontPage Uses FTP or HTTP –HTTP to publish to Web server that has FrontPage Server Extensions installed Designed to simplify task of publishing Web site

7. Web Publishing with Dreamweaver Easy publishing of sites created with Dreamweaver Uses FTP to publish Web site files

8. Maintaining Web Sites User feedback –Direct –Indirect Revising site features Link checking Documenting Web site changes

9. Web Server and Web Site Security Security principles –Use strong passwords –Disable unnecessary services –Apply patches –Restrict access

10. Web Server and Web Site Security (cont’d) Common Web site security issues –Social engineering –Denial-of-service (DOS) attacks –Brute-force attacks

11. Summary Perform site testing Use a staging/mockup server to test a site Compare in-house Web site hosting to hosting with an Internet Service Provider (ISP) or Application Service Provider (ASP) Publish a Web site using an FTP client Maintain the Web site Document changes to the site Secure a server Identify site security issues, including attacks and ways to thwart them

12. Design Methodology and Technology Thanks for attending For information about the CIW Site Designer exam and certification, visit www.CIWcertified.com