The document discusses different types of websites, including static sites that serve information without interactivity, interactive sites that allow engagement, informational sites produced by individuals, commercial sites that make money through advertising or e-commerce, educational sites about education topics, government sites with official information, blog sites for personal diaries and opinions, corporate sites with business information, e-commerce sites for online shopping, search engine sites that index internet content, social media sites for user communication and sharing, portal sites that aggregate other resources, webmail sites for email services, and promotional sites that advertise companies and products.

1. *Kinds of Websites

2. • A website, also written as web site, or
simply site - is a set of related web pages
served from a single web domain.
• It is hosted on at least one web server,
accessible via a network such as the Internet
or a private local area network through an
Internet address known as a Uniform
Resource Locator.
• All publicly accessible websites collectively
constitute the World Wide Web.

3. • Websites can be divided into two broad
categories - static and interactive.
Interactive sites - are part of the Web
2.0 community of sites, and allow for
interactivity between the site owner
and site visitors.
Static sites- serve or capture
information but do not allow
engagement with the audience directly.

4. Some web sites are informational or
produced by enthusiasts or for
personal use or entertainment.
Many web sites do aim to make
money, using one or more business
models, including:

5. • Posting interesting content and selling
contextual advertising either through
direct sales or through an advertising
network.
• E-commerce - products or services are
purchased directly through the web site
• Premium - basic content is available for
free but premium content is paid

6. Educational Sites
• Websites that focus on education can
cover such topics as education news,
educational resources, classroom
support and research.
• A teacher can have a website for
students to use when they're not in
class, and it can include homework
assignments and other information.

7. Educational Sites

8. Interactive Sites
• An interactive website is an Internet page
that uses various software to create an
interactive experience that allows the
person viewing the webpage to be actively
engaged with the site.
• This can be done for a number of reasons
and by using various methods and software
to accomplish this interactivity.

9. Government Sites
• A website made by the local, state,
department or national government of a
country.
• Usually these sites also operate websites
that are intended to inform tourists or
support tourism.

10. Blog Sites
• Sites generally used to post online diaries
which may include discussion forums.
• Many bloggers use blogs like an editorial
section of a newspaper to express their
ideas on anything ranging from politics to
religion to video games to parenting, along
with anything in between.
• Some bloggers are professional bloggers
and they are paid to blog about a certain
subject , and they are usually found on news
sites.

11. Corporate Sites
• Used to provide background information
about a business, organization, or service.

12. E-commerce Sites
• A site offering goods and services for online
sale and enabling online transactions for
such sales.

13. E-Commerce Sites
• When developing an e-commerce site, you
must always consider what product is being
sold and how many variables each product
has.
• There are several types of shopping carts,
data driven back ends and many other
aspects you must think about in advance.
With an e-commerce site, you must do more
than show a product.
• You need to sell them first, get them
interested, and focus on the emotion of the
audience.

14. E-Commerce Sites
• A great site example for this is
www.silkflowerdesign.com
• This site does a hard sell on the home page,
showing emotion with photos and displaying
great deals offered up front
• Always think about how you will promote a
product
• Just placing an image in a shopping cart will
not sell the product

15. Search Engines
A website that indexes
material on the Internet or
an Intranet (and lately on
traditional media such as
books and
newspapers)and provides
links to information as a
response to a query.

16. • A site where users could
communicate with one
another and share media,
such as pictures, videos,
music, blogs, etc. with
other users. These may
include games and web
applications.

17. A site that provides a starting point or a
gateway to other resources on the Internet
or an intranet
Some search engines are a great example
of a portal site. Yahoo and many others use
this type of design
These sites mainly consist of searches, online
directories, free email, shopping, and news

18. Web Portal Sites
These sites are limited on graphics and
produce a layout that consists of mostly text
and tables
Navigation is important due to the amount
of information these sites host
Enabling your audience to search and use
the site without confusion is the most crucial
part of designing a portal

19. Web mail Sites
A site that provides a webmail service
Zoho Mail is a solid email service with
ample storage, POP and IMAP access, some
integration with instant messaging and
online office suites
Aimed at professional users, Zoho Mail
could be even more helpful organizing mail,
identifying key messages and contacts, and
sending oft-used replies

20. Web mail Sites

21. Promotional Sites
A promotional site represents the client's
company, personality, product information
and even their philosophy
 Promotional sites are not limited to design
firms or ad agencies
 Promotional sites can be for many
companies that want to talk about who they
are and what they do

22. These sites are online brochures with more
power
Promotional sites can have a more cutting
edge personality -- such as animation,
streaming video, unusual navigation and
much more
The narrower your audience is, the more
creative you can get. Visit
www.artspacedesign.biz for an example

23. Promotional Sites