Types of Website

Hi, today I am going to proceed with new subtopic that is Types of Website.

Last few weeks, my lecturer tought us about Types of Website. From the lecture given, I gain more information and explanation about the subtopic. Here are some points that I want to share with you about Types of Website.First of all, our beloved lecturer explained about Portal.

PORTAL

Example of Portal

• A portal is a website that offers variety of Internet services from single, convenient location based on what our lecturer said.

Most portals offer these free services:

• Search engine
• News
• Sports and Weather
• Web Publishing
• Reference tools such as yellow pages, maps, shopping, and e-mail and other communication services

Portal also have online communities.

• Online community - a website that joins a specific group of people with similar interests or relationships.

1. These communities may offer online photo albums, chat rooms, and other services to facilitate communication among members.
2. Popular portals - Yahoo! MSN, iGoogle, AltaVista, AOL, Excite, GO.com and Lycos.

• A wireless portal - designed for Internet-capable mobile devices.

Secondly, the day next our lecturer told us about Business website. Lets take a look about my explanation regarding to the Business website.

BUSINESS

Example of Business website

From what I understand, definition of business according to the dictionary is a person's regular occupation profession or trade. Besides, business also the practice of making one's living by engaging in commerce. But in computer science, the definition is different. 

• Web site contains content that promotes or sells products or services.
• Many of enterprises allow you to purchase their products or services online.

In the next lecture class, we were introduced to Blog. Blog is the place where we can post something that we like, make an article etc. Lets enjoy my explanation!!

BLOG

• A short for Weblog
• An informal website consisting of time-stamped articles, or posts in a diary or journal format, usually listed in reverse chronological order.
• Blog is built to reflect the interest, opinions and personalities of the author and sometimes site visitors.

Blogs have become an important means of worldwide communications. Businessman and businesswoman create blogs to communicate with employees, customers and vendors. Besides, teachers create blogs to collaborate with other teachers and students. Last but not least, Home users create blogs to share aspects of their personal life with family, friends, and others. For your information, a blog that contains video sometimes is called a video blog, or vlog. A microblog allows users to publish short messages usually between 100 and 200 characters, for others to read. The collection of a user's Tweets, or posts on Twitter, for example, forms a microblog.

Example of Microblog

Similar to an editorial section in a newspaper, blogs reflect the interests, opinions, and personalities of the author, callled the blogger.

Next, lets talk about Wiki

WIKI

Based on the famous computer science book, Shelly Cashman, a wiki is defined as a type of collaborative webiste that allows users to create, add, modify, or delete the website content via a browser. Wikis can include articles, documents, photos, or videos. Some wikis are public, accesible to everyone. Others are private so that the content is accesible only to certain individuals or groups. Many companies, for example, set up wikis as an intranet for employees to collaborate on projects or access information, procedures, and documents.

Contributors to a wiki typical must register before they can edit content or add comments. Wikis usually hold edits on a webpage until an editor or website manager can review them for accuracy. Unregistered users typically can review the content but cannot edit it or add comments.

Other types of collaboration sites enable users to share and edit any type of project --- including documents, photos, videos, designs, prototypes, schedules, and more, often at the same time. On these websites, comments or edits are seen by other connected users. Most of these websites also enable users to communicate via chat windows, and some provide a whiteboard.

Last but not least, lets explore about Online Social Network

ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK

What do you know about Online Social Network? Here I would like to share to all of you about Online Social Network, hope you like it. Online Social Network, or social networking site, is a website that encourages members in its online community to share their interests, ideas, stories, photos, music, and videos with other registered users. Some online social network also enable users to communicate through text, voice, and video chat, and play games together online. You interact with an online social network through a browser or mobile app on your computer or mobile device.

Example of Online Social Network

People you know through personal and professional circles form your social networks. You share common interests, work or spend leisure time together, and know many of one another's friends. Online social networks allow you to manage your social networks online.

Your account on an online social network includes profile information, such as your name, location, photos, and personal and professional interests. You might create accounts on several online social networks to separate your personal and professional activities. Online social networks allow you to view the profiles of other users and designate them as your friends or contacts. Some sites, such as Facebook and LinkedIn, require friends to confirm a friendship, while others, such as Twitter and Google+, allow users to follow one another without confirmation.You can expand your online social network by viewing your friends' friends and then, in turn, designating some of them as your friends. Friends of your friends form your your extended contacts.