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Decoding Technology: Web Site Development and Design — Part 1

by Tim Walker and Chip Donohue
November/December 2006
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As we move further into the digital age, early childhood programs are finding it essential to have a presence on the Internet. Parents, children, and staff are expecting that calendars, forms, menus, and other pertinent information be accessible online. Families seeking child care are also turning to the World Wide Web as a source for program information. This trend has necessitated that program administrators become familiar with basics of Web site development and design. In this article, the first of a two-part series on Web site development and design, we introduce a few of the basic concepts and essential ideas to get you started.

Tech Notes

The Internet and the World Wide Web are actually two separate but related things. The Internet is an immense network of networks that connects millions of computers together globally. All computers on the Internet can communicate with each other using a variety of protocols including HTTP, SMTP, and FTP. The World Wide Web or simply Web for short is the portion of the Internet that uses the HTTP protocol to display Web pages.

Although the titles developer and designer tend to be used interchangeably, there is a difference between the two. A developer is primarily concerned with the ...

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