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• WEB AUTHORING SOFTWARE refers to a web site development system that allows Web pages to be visually created like a desktop publishing program. • It generates the required HTML code for the pages and is able to switch back and forth (in varying degrees) between the page layout and the HTML. • The software is judged by its GUI tools used for designing the page, and the clarity of HTML code that is generated determines how easily people can modify and maintain the site.
• Features of web authoring software; These are the basic features common to the working environment of most popular web authoring software programs. • Most web authoring software provides multiple views of the web page one is working on. • Standard, normal, or design view - This is typically the default view, which is a blank screen on which you type, paste, or insert content. It uses the WYSIWYG principle. This is very similar to a word processor screen.
• Code view - Allows you to view and work directly with the HTML code created for you by the web authoring software. • Split - Both of the above views are displayed simultaneously in separate windows. • Creating Headings and Subheadings In Normal or Design View, Web authoring software. A text formatting toolbar typically includes buttons for bolding and italicizing text, and probably additionally includes some means of identifying a heading or subheading. • Inserting Links In web authoring software products, you add a link to a document by selecting Insert from the menu, then Link or Hyperlink . Most web authoring software tools additionally provide a button or icon that allows you to quickly insert a link.
• Inserting Images In many web authoring software products, you add an image to a document by selecting Insert from the menu, then Image or Picture . After you have inserted the image into your webpage, you can edit its attributes in a Properties dialog box or panel. You can change the image's height and width, put a border around it, make it into a link, and add alternate text for users who can't see the image • Other Features; Some web authoring packages use built-in file transfer protocol (FTP) capabilities to publish the designed pages to a web server and allow the user to edit publish files while making real-time changes. • Web authoring software also allows users to create cascading style sheets (CSS) and web design templates, create and add specialized scripts (including Javascript applications) and even automatically a fix file properties like create date, author information, and copyright data • Themes: This feature provides a ways to accomplish a consistent look and feel for all pages on web site at once
• Task panes .A dropdown arrow allows you to switch between various Panes offering options to work of different items. • Help Feature Most web authoring software also have a help area which users can use to find information about the software. • Demerit of web authoring software Web authoring software is detrimental to a designer's HTML programming skills, as users rarely need to actually apply those skills to their design projects. Instead, web authoring software users simply design web pages much like they would design a word processing or desktop publishing document, dragging items into the desired location instead of using HTML commands to properly position the image. For this reason, seasoned web design professionals insist on designing their pages and sites exclusively in text-based HTML, some using simple word processing applications, rather than building a reliance on a graphical interface.
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