Introduction Web applications have three main purposes to sell a product, to share general information about a specific subject, and to share information about yourself. The purpose of this course website is to share general information about the courses and research that Dr. Evangelyn Alocilja administers. For example, course objectives, important dates and times, pre and post test information, distributing labs and homework, etc. Throughout this manual there will be a set of instructions that describe the steps that were taken to create the website www.msu.edu/~alocilja. Understanding a Web Page The first step to setting up a web application is to understand its components. The main component and only component of a web application is setting up web pages. A web page is a text file containing Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) formatting tags and links to graphic files and other web pages through a web server. In other words, “an interactive form of communication that uses a computer network.” Web pages are unique in such a way that they can be interactive and use multimedia. For example tests can be taken on the web and results can be distributed to the user immediately after the test was taken or a game can be played against others around the world. The list goes on… The main thing to remember when creating a web application is to establish one main goal and illustrate that goal by setting up many linking web pages. There are web applications on the world wide web now that have a lot of useful information but unfortunately they haven’t establish a main goal. Therefore, those sites are cluttered and very confusing in which they are less likely to target their audience. Deciding your one main goal will take three steps; gather all the information that you would like to portray on the site, organize the information into categories, and identify your audience. By following these three steps you will be on your way to a successful website.
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