UNIT 12

SERVER SIDE OF A WEBSITE

Cambridge Technicals

What will you investigate?

Server storage spaceBandwidth limitationsPages with too many scriptsWebsite content – e.g. Databases, file formats

used for images, sound, video, animation, additional technologies such as AJAX and ActiveX

Server storage space

Sometimes a website will not have very much storage space on the web server.

What effect will this have on the types of content which can be offered to users? (Think of content which requires the most space on a server)

Pages with too many scripts

What is a script?http://www.techterms.com/definition/scriptWhat effect can too many scripts have on

website performance?http://www.webperformancetoday.com/2012/0

5/16/control-third-party-web-site-content/Write a brief summary of the answers to

these questions, using your own words.

Bandwidth limitations

Websites must take into account the likely limitations of users’ connections to the internet.

Briefly set down what types of content will be most affected by slower bandwidths and so should be considered carefully by website providers.

Website content

These sites will help you understand the main types of content for a web site.

Choose the eight you think are the most important, list them and briefly justify your choices.

http://webdesign.about.com/od/content/qt/what-is-web-content.htm

http://www.boonedigital.com/social-media/17-types-of-content-for-your-website/

http://www.brafton.com/blog/top-10-content-types-to-add-to-your-website

How will you present your work?

For this section, you may choose whatever format you like!

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