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In Unit 7 of this course

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you will be exploring the wide variety
of tools that are available

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to help people publish content on the web.

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Throughout this course, you have learned
to create websites by writing code,

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including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

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Being able to understand websites at a
code level is a valuable skill for anyone,

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but is especially essential if you might be doing
web design or development as part of your future career.

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Virtually every organization
uses the web to do its work

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so knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

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are highly desirable and
marketable skills for many jobs.

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Although it's important to understand
the code behind the scenes, let's face it.

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Developing all your web pages by hand
can be pretty time consuming.

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This is why there are a variety
of web authoring tools available,

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such as Kompozer and Adobe Dreamweaver.

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Web authoring tools allow you to create a web page
using a familiar, easy-to-use interface,

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much like a word processing program.

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Just type in your text,
select a few options from the menu or toolbar,

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and all of the code gets written for you
on the back-end.

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Most web authoring tools these days
create valid, standards-compliant code,

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but you might still want to do some editing
to the code the tool generates

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and most tools provide you with the ability
to switch back and forth between a visual design view...

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Code view...

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or a split view where you can work
with both views simultaneously.

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All of the features of web pages
that you've been learning to code by hand

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can be done through menus, buttons,
and dialog boxes with these tools.

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You can also get that perfect look and feel

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by selecting different options from a dialog box,
rather than typing in CSS code from scratch.

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These tools also provide a rich variety of
other features for managing websites,

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including automatically uploading
changes to your site

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as well as letting you view
the relationships between pages.

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Also, there are a growing number
of tools available on-line

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that enable novice users to create websites
simply by selecting a template

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and entering their content
into web-based form fields.

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This includes content management systems
such as Drupal, Joomla, and WordPress...

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Blogging software such as Movable Type and Blogger...

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Wiki software such as MediaWiki,
the software behind Wikipedia…

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And other website publishing tools such as
Google Sites and Yahoo! SiteBuilder.

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This unit will give you an opportunity to
explore each of these tools and services,

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and to consider their implications
for careers in web design and development.

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What are the implications?

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With all of these tools available
to help people and organizations

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to create and manage websites
without knowing anything about HTML...

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does that mean everything you've learned
in this course has been a waste of time?

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Not at all!

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Each of the tools and services described in this lesson
ultimately delivers content to the browser

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in HTML, stylized with CSS,
with behavior added using JavaScript.

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As long as there's a World Wide Web, these
technologies will likely be at the heart of that Web,

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and there will always be a demand
for people who understand these technologies.