Prepared for Faculty University of Phoenix
As an inclusion to the report entitled Website Design and your Career in IT
By Student COM 130
In this final research project I propose to write about website design and pursuing a
career in Web Development.
I have been developing websites for over 20 years and am currently the CEO of
Sterling Design Webmasters based in Denver Colorado. I initially became interested in
web design as a way of understanding all components of Internet portals known as
websites. When I first started my education in website design the Internet was still
relatively new and website construction and design was being done by a very small group
of developers. I am completely self-taught and have not taken any formal training on this
subject.
The elements I intend on focusing on are basic requirements of web development,
time factors, marketing and competitive pricing. I will close this research project on the
benefits associated with this type of career as well as the importance of ongoing research
and education.
Website Development and
Your Career in IT
Eric Parks
University of Phoenix
November 10, 2007
CONTENTS
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Website Components 2.1 Background
2.2 Font
2.3 Images
2.4 Content
2.5 Meta Tags
3.0 Multimedia Solutions 3.1 Flash 3.2 Java
4.0 E-commerce Sites 4.1 Secure Pages 4.2 Shopping Carts 4.3 Credit Card Processing
5.0 Web Design Software 5.1 Coffee Cup 5.2 Web Studio 5.3 FrontPage
6.0 Time Management 6.1 Templates
7.0 Search Engine Submission 7.1 Submission Services 7.2 Page Ranking 7.3 Meta Tag Optimizers
8.0 Marketing For Designers 8.1 Affiliate Programs 8.2 Direct
References: Hauben, M (1993), the use and application for the average computer user has grown at a phenomenal rate are creating websites to serve a wide range of purposes. ' Clyde, L. (2000) Once the Internet layman got involved with the use of the Internet there was created a Internet managers and directors of e-commerce saw jumps of 4% or more. ' Collett S. (2006)