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What is a web page?
 A web page is a document, typically
written in plain text interspersed with
formatting instructions of Hypertext
Markup Language (HTML,XHTML). A
web page may incorporate elements from
other websites with suitable markup
anchors.
What is website?
 is a collection of related web pages, images,
videos or other digital assets that are
addressed relative to a common Uniform
Resource Locator (URL), often consisting of
only the domain name, or the IP address, and
the root path ('/') in an Internet Protocol-based
network. A web site is hosted on at least
one web server, accessible via a network such
as the Internet or a private local area network.
What is Macromedia
Dreamweaver?
 Is a professional HTML editor for
designing, coding and developing
websites, web pages and web
applications. You may use the hand
coding HTML or prefer to work in a
visual editing environment.
Web Design Guides
1. Establish the goal
As with any other project, you can expect
the best results if you figure out up front
exactly what you and the web pages to
do for you, your company, or your client.
Its sometimes a challenge to clearly
articulate the purpose, but making sure
you know what you’re doing and why
before you plunge into the design.
2. Outline the content
Once you have a goal in mind. It helps to
outline what content you want to include
in the web page or set the pages. As you
outline, keep track of what content you
merely need to collect, which you need to
create, and which you need to retool for
the outline medium.
3. Choose a structure
for the web site
Once you have the big picture of what the
web pages need to cover and what
external links you’re likely to want, you
can settle on a basic organization of the
pages.
4. Code, preview and view
You’ll find that you work in cycle: coding,
placing graphics and links, and then
previewing, what you’ve done, changing
the code and previewing again the in the
browser software.
5. Add internal and
external links
Once you have the basic framework for
your pages, you can add the relevant
links and check whether they make
sense. Obviously, you need to check and
recheck the links as you develop the
materials that links back and forth
internally.
6. Optimize for the slowest
members of your target
audience
Once the pages have all the elements in
place, make sure they work for the
slowest connections you expect your
target audience to use.
7. Test and revise the site
yourself
Even when you think you’ve worked out all
the links, it’s not yet time to put yourself
on the back and celebrate. You need to
test the pages with all the browsers you
intend to support, at the slowest speed
you expect in you target audience, and
on different computer system your target
audience must have.
8. Have other testers
check
Have other people in-house test your web
pages if your creating a site at work or in
a trusted few testers to use the pages
and report back any problems or
suggestions for improving your web
pages.
9. Prepare files for the
server
Make sure your files are ready to go on the
server. Put all the files for your pages in
one folder on the hard disk of the web
server for your own site.
10. Double-check your
URL
If you’re not sure of the URL for your
pages, check with the administrator of
the web site. Try out the URL to make
sure it’s correct before passing it around
to testers or printing it on business cards.
11. Test drive some more
This is the true test of your web pages.
Test, revise, reload and retest. It may take
a while to iron out the wrinkles in a
complex set of pages.
12. Announcing your web
page
Finally it’s time to let the whole world know
your web exist. Use the techniques to
publicize your web pages.