CSIS-116: Lab 4 Handout
Each Project Group should submit one handout at the end of lab. You should download and
save this document in a safe place, then edit it, and upload it to your Blackboard Group.
How to Steal, Edit, and Upload a Complete Website is 1.5 hours
Introduction
One of the great features of e-commerce is standardization, i.e., almost everyone uses the same
protocols, technologies, and document formats. Standardization creates three distinct advantages
for business that want to move online.
1. It fuels the Network Effect, which has helped the WWW rapidly expand.
Question 1: Look up the Network Effect in your book or online and explain how this
effect can help businesses grow faster.
2. Documents/Information can be more easily shared (but also more easily stolen, which may be
bad for existing businesses but good for new ones):
Question 2: What is the standard format used to (1) structure and (2) decorate web
pages? Also, what are the standard formats used for images?
3. Current Technology will likely be forward compatible. For example, if 30% of the world was
using standard A and 70% of the world was using standard B, then new technologies might be
designed to only work with standard B. Thus, everyone using standard A might be forced to
abandon their standards in order to adopt new technologies. However, if 99% of the world uses
the same standard then is much more likely that the standard will not become obsolete.
Question 3: Can you think of an example in history where this happen, i.e., where one
standard became completely obsolete because some new technology was not compatible?
Part 1: Stealing a Web Design
1. Go to www.oswd.org
2. Browse the free templates: Spend at least 20 minutes with your group and try to
pick a template that you all like.
3. Download the template:
a. On your network drive create a folder called public_html
b. Save the template (zip file) in the public_html folder
