An Advance Web Site has all the components of a
basic websites design plus additional features
which make it "advanced." When you start talking
about advanced websites, you start hearing TLAs
(Three Letter Acronyms) being thrown around.
Advanced websites use some of the latest
technologies and techniques in web design. These
don't necessarily affect the front-end (the way
a website looks) as much is affects the back-end
(the way a website is programmed and acts).
Advanced website
features may include forms, dynamic or changing
content, mouse rollover effects, interaction
with user, and advanced site layouts. Here are
some basic terms that crop up when dealing with
advanced websites along with a very brief
description of what they mean.
MySQL/MS-Access/Database
- MySQL, MS-Access are two popular database
applications used is web design. A database
allows you to store information
CSS (Cascading Style
Sheet) - CSS used to control the
style and layout of multiple Web pages all at once. You can save a lot of work
in updating websites by using CSS as a layout
tool.
Javascript - JavaScript is used
to improve page design, validate forms, detect browsers, create cookies, and much more.
Its the most popular scripting language on the
internet, and works in all major browsers. It is
most useful for creating interactive websites.
DHTML - Dynamic HTML is the
art and science of making web pages dynamic. It
is a combination of technologies used to create
interactive and dynamic websites. The most
popular combination is to use a combination of
HTML, CSS, and Javascript.
ASP (Active Server Pages) -
ASP is a Microsoft technology and is a server
side scripting language. It allows you to
dynamically edit, change or add any content of a
Web page, respond to user queries or data
submitted from HTML forms, access any data or
databases and return the results to a browser,
and customize a web page to make it more useful
for individual users.
PHP (Hypertext
Preprocessor) - A server side scripting
language much like ASP, but runs on different
platforms unlike ASP which runs only on Windows
Servers. Like ASP PHP allows you to dynamically
edit, change or add any content of a Web page,
respond to user queries or data submitted from
HTML forms, access any data or databases and
return the results to a browser, and customize a
web page to make it more useful for individual
users.
