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What is the process of creating my website? |
What is a Scripting Language? |
A scripting language is an exciting technology that
allows a website to be more interactive with the end user. With languages like PHP or ASP you
can have databases of just about anything and have it displayed on your website.
For example, you could have a list of products and prices that you want to show
to the world, or maybe your selling something. the example below is just a simple
database with 4 fields in it. This page contains the code to access that database
and display it according to a search that the user wants to use. |
A scripting language is an exciting technology that
allows a website to be more interactive with the end user. With languages like PHP or ASP you
can have databases of just about anything and have it displayed on your website.
For example, you could have a list of products and prices that you want to show
to the world, or maybe your selling something. the example below is just a simple
database with 4 fields in it. This page contains the code to access that database
and display it according to a search that the user wants to use. |
The Visalia Rentals Website is an example of a site that is 80% ASP driven. It
allows you to add, delete and update database records on the fly from anywhere
in the world. Click here
to view Visalia Rentals and see for yourself how ASP works. Motion Web Designs
will design your site with database integration with virtually anything you have
in mind. |
Flash is fast becoming the defacto standard on the web. With Flash
and Shockwave you are able to deliver sites with no limitations when dealing with
graphics. Your only limitation may be your imagination. Flash is no more than
a vector graphics engine. Vector Graphics are math calculations of lines and curves.
Flash gives those lines and curves a little character and life. Flash also gives
you the ability to script using it's own programming language. This allows you
to manipulate scenes and objects on the screen in real time. Check out our Flash
enhanced site by clicking here. If you are having problems
seeing our flash enhanced site, then go to http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/download
and download the plugin Flash Version 5. The installation instructions are easy
to follow, but most windows 98 PC's come with the plugin already installed.
Another great feature of Flash is that it is not browser dependent.
You can run virtually any browser to see your Flash enhanced site. Also platforms
are not a problem. Macintosh and IBM Compatible computers are currently supported
for the Flash plugin. You can use Internet Explorer, Netscape or any other browser
that you fancy.
Another great feature of the Flash enhanced sites are the size of
the actual pages. Compared to graphics, an animated gif is typically larger in
size (kb) than an entire Flash website! The MotionWebDesign file on our enhanced
site is around 64 kb. |
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The above gif image is 77kb in size. The main movie for MotionWebDesign.com
is only 75 kb, but it contains the entire web site. If I were to take the above
graphic and convert it to a flash file it would only be 5 kb in size. Click here
if you have the Flash Player Plugin installed in your browser to see the above
image in Flash format. The above image is also not resizeable, however Flash pages
are. You can stretch a flash page out and make it smaller without it ever losing
quality. The secret is the vector graphics. The lines and curves are always the
same no matter how big or small they become. |
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