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Developing your web pages

Many proven tools are available to suit the varying experience and requirements of web designers.

Designer-proven, powerful web site development programs include:

Helm Control Panel

In addition to the "webmaster" control panel that lets you fully manage your domains, email accounts, FTP accounts, websites, etc. Helm has a built-in File Manager. This gives you total control over all the files on your site - create new pages, edit their content, add sub-folders, delete or move any file.

Free with your web hosting package!

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Adobe Dreamweaver

Dreamweaver® is the industry-leading web development tool, enabling users to efficiently design, develop and maintain standards-based websites and applications. With Dreamweaver 8, web developers go from start to finish, creating and maintaining basic websites to advanced applications that support best practices and the latest technologies. Get more done with Dreamweaver 8. New features and optimized workflows reduce the time required to complete common tasks. Integrate XML data with a powerful drag and drop workflow. Zoom in to get control over design and stay focused on the code with Code Collapse. Add Flash Video in five clicks of a mouse. Dreamweaver, originally developed by Macromedia, now available from Adobe.

Cost: You may purchase directly from Adobe or your favourite software retailer at approximately: US$399.

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Adobe Contribute

Adobe Contribute® 4 enables anyone to quickly, easily, and safely update existing websites and blogs. With Contribute 4, content authors can post and publish content to multiple websites and blogs from a single application or publish directly from within Microsoft Office applications. And because Contribute 4 works seamlessly with MacromediaŽ DreamweaverŽ from Adobe, website integrity is not compromised - even when multiple authors update content across the site. Connects to your website through Contribute Publishing Server, available from SNAP Hosting for only $4.99/month, unlimited users.

Cost: You may purchase directly from Adobe or your favourite software retailer at approximately: US$149.

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Microsoft FrontPage

This popular web site creation and management tool can be purchased alone or part of an enhanced Microsoft Office suite. Intended to be easy to learn and use, it allows the designer to create web pages on their computer, with many add-on functions, or "bots," then upload and manage them on the web site - all within the FrontPageŽ interface. Design the layout, add text and pictures. Keep your site up-to-date. Your SNAP Hosting account includes Front Page Extensions, which are required for FrontPage functionality.

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FTP

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is the standard method of uploading files from computer to server and included at no extra charge. FTP accounts, usernames and passwords are under your control.

Build your website using any development software of your choice - even Notepad - then upload, download, or delete any file on your website using FTP. You'll see the files in your web site just as if they were in another hard drive on your own computer.

We recommend FTP Voyager, but you can use most any FTP software to connect to your server, such as:

Database Management

  • Microsoft Access
    After creating your database locally, upload to your website for reference by your programming. Modify on your workstation and upload via FTP as required.
  • MySQL
    Web-based management available through your Snap Hosting Control Panel
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005
    SQL Management Studio Express from Microsoft is free, fast and gives you full control over your online MS SQL database. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition is a free, easy to use, version of SQL Server 2005 designed for developing data-driven applications.

Custom Content Management Systems

In many cases, the best way to manage content, especially online catalogues, libraries, news items, or information that may appear in different section of your website, is to store it in a back-end database.

SNAP Hosting supports the two most reliable database servers commonly used for back-end web programming: MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server. MySQL is an open source project, while SQL Server is backed by Microsoft, and includes many industrial-strength features that give it extra reliabilty and speed.

If you don't have the experience for this kind of programming, contact an experienced web application developer, such as Snap Design, to assist. Through a password-protected back office, you'll be able to manage the key content from any computer on the Internet.

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