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Choose the content of your virtual library wisely. The difference between a website and a virtual library is the quality of the content chosen for inclusion. Expanding your library outside of the traditional library building is the key to holding on to existing patrons and making new ones. Make sure that the sources chosen for inclusion in your virtual library are of the same quality you would give to your patrons in person.
Practice good design techniques when implementing your virtual library layout. Good virtual library design techniques include a simple layout, familiar fonts and color schemes and self-explanatory pages. Keep in mind as you create this site that your users will be accessing the virtual library from remote locations. If they have a problem or do not understand something immediately, you will not be around to answer their questions. If your site is too complicated or confusing, users will go elsewhere to find the information they are seeking.
Offer as many online resources as possible, such as 'IM a librarian,' chat with a librarian and email reference consultations; online library card registration, online newsletters/blogs, links to community resources, reference tools such as pathfinders and comment forms and surveys.
Evaluate and improve your virtual library site. Do so often because the Internet is constant evolving. Keeping your users satisfied means keeping yourself updated on the latest Internet trends and incorporating them into your virtual library site as appropriate.
Invite users to visit your library in person. Make sure your hours and services are posted and highly visible. Hopefully you will find yourself with a few new patrons in the process.
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Which Computer Languages Are Used to Create Websites?In Feburary 2016 02,
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Hyper-text Markup Language, called HTML, is the most basic language for the creation of a website. Using HTML, you can create the basic elements of a page, including the header and body, tables, paragraphs and text. HTML is a tag-based language, which defines elements using tags enclosed in less than (
) symbols.
CSS
Cascading Style Sheets allow you fine control over formatting elements in a website. Using CSS, you can define complex logic for formatting of elements on your site, from special backgrounds to how different sections fit together and flow. You can modify the color and style of fonts, change how hyperlinks work and format bullets. CSS works with HTML to allow the defining and application of classes, which can then be referenced in the HTML page to designate the style of the HTML element.
JavaScript
JavaScript is slightly more advanced than HTML and CSS. It is used to create action within a website, such as what happens when you click your mouse or scroll over an image. JavaScript is frequently used to perform input checking as well. This allows the Web designer to validate the input in a form field prior to sending the information to the server.
ColdFusion and PHP
Both ColdFusion and PHP are Web development languages designed to facilitate interaction with a database on the server. These languages allow the developer to pull information from a database and display it on a site. In addition, they can be used to update or insert new information into a database based on form inputs. Both languages can be seamlessly integrated with HTML, CSS and JavaScript to create complex websites. No special software is required to write these languages, but each requires an application to be installed to interpret the language and furnish results. Adobe's ColdFusion application is a commercial application, while PHP is Open Source.
SQL
Structured Query Language is a language used primarily for accessing data in databases. This language is required to use the functionality of ColdFusion or PHP on a website. Some common database applications used with websites are Microsoft's SQL Server, Oracle's Sybase and MySQL databases. Of these, MySQL is the only Open Source application. Again, writing SQL does not require special software, but the databases must be installed on the servers for the website.
In Feburary 2016 02,
Hyper-text Markup Language, called HTML, is the most basic language for the creation of a website. Using HTML, you can create the basic elements of a page, including the header and body, tables, paragraphs and text. HTML is a tag-based language, which defines elements using tags enclosed in less than (
) symbols.
CSS
Cascading Style Sheets allow you fine control over formatting elements in a website. Using CSS, you can define complex logic for formatting of elements on your site, from special backgrounds to how different sections fit together and flow. You can modify the color and style of fonts, change how hyperlinks work and format bullets. CSS works with HTML to allow the defining and application of classes, which can then be referenced in the HTML page to designate the style of the HTML element.
JavaScript
JavaScript is slightly more advanced than HTML and CSS. It is used to create action within a website, such as what happens when you click your mouse or scroll over an image. JavaScript is frequently used to perform input checking as well. This allows the Web designer to validate the input in a form field prior to sending the information to the server.
ColdFusion and PHP
Both ColdFusion and PHP are Web development languages designed to facilitate interaction with a database on the server. These languages allow the developer to pull information from a database and display it on a site. In addition, they can be used to update or insert new information into a database based on form inputs. Both languages can be seamlessly integrated with HTML, CSS and JavaScript to create complex websites. No special software is required to write these languages, but each requires an application to be installed to interpret the language and furnish results. Adobe's ColdFusion application is a commercial application, while PHP is Open Source.
SQL
Structured Query Language is a language used primarily for accessing data in databases. This language is required to use the functionality of ColdFusion or PHP on a website. Some common database applications used with websites are Microsoft's SQL Server, Oracle's Sybase and MySQL databases. Of these, MySQL is the only Open Source application. Again, writing SQL does not require special software, but the databases must be installed on the servers for the website.
In Feburary 2016 02,
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