Today we covered a variety of topics to cater for both programmers and content providers. We addressed setting up a simple web site framework using scripts and code modules with the programming language, Perl, HTML form validation with JavaScript, then web design aspects relating to usability, the basics of search engine optimisation (SEO) and the promotion of web pages. During the practicals groups were able to add the Perl script, Javascript and HTML files and test how the forms worked and their content submitted, validated.

The practicals ensured that your web site framework was in place, ready for the second week when you will be concentrating on each of your projects. You will be developing:

• your web site design, making your design and style attractive to users
• the content, making it easy for users to get to the information they're looking for (remember the invested information pyramid)
• developing an online form so that it has the questions and answers for your project
• improving search engine optimisation of your site, making sure metatags have keywords that's relevant to the content on each page