II Workshop on Web Enabling Technologies for Scientists - November 2002

Session Introduction

Brian Kelly gave three 2-hour lectures at the II Workshop on Web Enabling Technologies for Scientists held in Trieste from 11-20 November 2002.

The first session was on "Planning Your Web Site"

Delegates are assumed to have responsibility for providing a Web site to support a small group of scientists within their organisation. The aims of the Web site are to:

Inform visitors about the group and the group's activities.
Provide information about group members.
Provide information about group deliverables.

This lecture will address the purpose of the Web site, models for running a Web site, structuring your Web site, tools for managing your Web site, etc.

Please note that the lecture will not not provide detailed technical information on setting up and running Web sites.

Materials

Introduction: Slides: [HTML format] - [MS PowerPoint format]

Outline Of Lecture

An outline of the content of the lecture is given below.

Lecture	Subject	Comments
Introduction	An introduction to the three lectures	About the presenter. About the aims of the lectures.
Planning Your Web Site	Purpose Of Web Site	Why it is important to establish the purpose of the Web site. A description of different types of Web sites.
Resourcing Your Web Site	What resources are needed to provide a Web site? This will cover hardware, software and networking infrastructure, together with staff resources.
Architectures	The different approaches which can be taken to providing a Web site: in-house development, out-sourcing (hosting and/or development).
Information Management	The management of resources.
Tools	Tools which are needed.