How to Create a Dynamic Website
Creating a dynamic website involves doing one or both of the following: creating content that's tailored to each individual visitor to your site, or creating Web content that changes after a visitor to your site downloads it into her browser.
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Instructions
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Write a list of your dynamic content needs with respect to content tailored to individual users. (E.g. "I need a form for my recipes site that can remember the visitor's favorite food after they enter it.")
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Browse the script categories at sites like JavaScript.internet.com or dynamicdrive.com, seeking a script matching your needs. Search for "JavaScript cookies" for scripts that can remember form data that your site's visitors entered on a previous visit to your site.
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Create a web page from an existing page on your site, or by copying a boilerplate/template page containing your company's logo and other branding.
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Copy the script you found from your search in Step 2 into your form page. Tailor the script's code to your form by carefully following the instructions in the sample script you downloaded.
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Upload the modified script to your server and test it by loading it into your browser.
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List your content needs for the other kind of dynamic content mentioned in the introduction (e.g.: "I want an animated banner showing my company's logo.")
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Copy, then customize, the templates with animated content, in programs like SWiSH Max or Adobe Flash
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Create customized Flash content online, if your criteria list is small. Create a custom flash banner for your site by navigating to Flashiness.com or a similar site that provides online tools for creating free, custom Flash banners.
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Browse the samples of banners and choose one similar in appearance to your organization's branding. Download the file package for the chosen banner, and read its READ_ME file and the comments in the HTML file.
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Create a new Web page by copying an existing one from your site. Copy the HTML code from the banner sample and paste it into the new page. Make a copy of the image file containing your organization's banner, and give it the same name as the sample banner's file.
Upload the Flash, image and HTML files to the same folder on your server, then download the HTML file to test the customized banner.
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