(Shelly Cashman Series) Gary B. Shelly, H. Albert Napier, Ollie N. Rivers-Web design_ introductory concepts and techniques -Cengage Learning (2008)

190 Chapter 7 Promoting and Maintaining a Web Site
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Command-line
Interface
For information about
using the Windows Vista
command-line interface
window to transfer files
using FTP, visit the
Web Design Chapter 7
Online Companion page
(scsite.com/web3e/ch7/)
and then click Commandline
Interface in the
@Source links.
COMMAND-LINE INTERFACE A command-line interface is a nongraphical window
(Figure 7-5) opened by typing the cmd command in the Search box on the Windows
Vista Start menu. After the command-line interface window opens, you can type the ftp
command to log on to a remote computer and then type commands to view the file and
folder structure on the server and to upload your files. Using the command-line interface
to upload and download files is more difficult than using an FTP client or a WYSIWYG
editor, which provide the more familiar graphical user interface.
Q&A
What is the Windows
Web Folders feature?
Web Folders is a
Windows operating
system feature that
allows you to set up
a remote server as a
network location and
then access the server
from the Open command
on the Internet
Explorer menu.
Figure 7-5 A nongraphical command-line interface window and FTP are
used to upload and download files to or from a remote
computer.
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FTP clients and WYSIWYG editors are two easy tools you can use to upload your
Web site files to a live server.
Retesting Published Pages
After your files have been uploaded or published to the live server, you must
continually monitor your site to ensure that it is always functioning correctly. Conduct a
testing process similar to your prepublishing testing. Check the following elements when
your Web site “goes live” and periodically over the life of the site:
• Confirm that all images display properly.
• Make certain that no broken links exist.
• Ensure all interactive elements, such as forms, are functioning properly.
• If any changes are necessary, correct the page file(s) on your local computer and
then upload the corrected page file to the server.
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Remember to retest your Web site periodically after it is published to ensure that
all features are functioning properly.