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This year the
web site is being constructed and run from offices about 400 yards from
the dig site at Dunragit -once each days web page has been done (usually
midnight) its downloaded via phone lines onto the computer servers
at Southampton University were it can be accessed by anybody with an internet
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the web pages I'm using two main pieces of software one is a WYSIWYG (pronounced
wizzygig, meaning what you see is what you get) this enables you to see
the results of your web page construction as you build it and involves
familiar windows techniques such as cut and paste, and drag and drop. The
editor is only a basic programme and although it is quick and easy to use
sometimes you need to do things more precisely or add more complex commands
into the web page. |
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| This is a text
based editor were all the instructions for format, inserting images, font
etc. are written by hand - once the code has been written the browser you
use to view the internet will read the code and reproduce the web page.
Hand coding can allow for more complex instructions to be given to the
browser such as allowing a tap dancing rat to wander all over the page.
Not every body can receive these complex commands (java script) they may
be using older browsers or the ability to read Javascript may have been
turned off for various reasons. So in actual fact there are two versions
of the Dunragit Site. |
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This is the more complex
site that works with frames and includes the navigation panel on the left
it has Javascript throughout the site which I hope works with most browsers.
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This is the non frames version
of the site that runs without Javascript, it has a navigation bar across
the top of the page and is slightly more difficult to navigate around.
The site does not have any of the special effects that I have been able
to include in the framed version of the site using Java script |