Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
Chapter IX
Uploading and Testing
Your Web Portfolio Site
Introduction
You have come a long way in your journey; the end is near, and it is time to take
your Web portfolio site and present it to the world. This stage is a critical one.
If the Web portfolio does not make it to the Internet, it loses its portability and
fails as an on-demand communication. In this chapter we will explore the steps
needed in purchasing a domain name for your Web portfolio, securing a host
and Web space, and uploading site files using FTP. We will also cover how to
set up a site in Dreamweaver so the uploading and future edits are easy. Finally
in the chapter, we discuss usability heuristics and how they can be used to
measure the effectiveness of the Web portfolio. We review some of the usability
theories provided by Nielsen and Molich and adapt them to fit a model for the
Web portfolio.
