This page provides some technology details for each of the components of the Playing Spider tutorial.

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• Server: Linux (Host: www.Bluehost.com )
• Application: Jooma! Content Management System (www.joomla.org) - Installed using Simple Scripts (www.simplescripts.com)
• Database: MySQL (installed as part of the application installation)
• Time to install is about a minute, time to configure using an included template is about 30 minutes, there are hundreds of free templates available. Customization can be simple (logo change) to complex (fonts, colors, block layout).
• Validated to W3C standards.

• Server: Linux (Host: www.Bluehost.com )
• Page template and pages created in Microsoft FrontPage 2003* - this website is NOT using FrontPage extensions, publication is done using FTP. CSS external stylesheet used for page styling. NOT VALIDATED TO W3C STANDARDS.

• Web Community www.Blogger.com
• Style Template is Blogger standard "Dots"
• Time to register and set up template - less than 30 minutes.

• Web Community www.livejournal.com
• Style Template is LiveJournal standard "Refried Paper"
• Time to register and set up template - less than 30 minutes.

• Server: Linux (Host: www.bluehost.com )
• Application: Wordpress ( www.wordpress.org )  Installed using Simple Scripts (www.simplescripts.com)
• Additional plug-in for podcasting from PodPress ( www.mightyseek.com/podpress )
• Database: MySQL (auto-installed as part of the application)
• Time to install and configure WordPress - less than 15 minutes
• Time to locate, download, install and configure template and podcasting plug-in - approximately 2 hours.

• Web Community www.myspace.com
• Customized theme using www.myspaceeditor.com
• Time to register and customize profile - less than 1 hour

• Server: Linux (Host: www.bluehost.com)
• Application: Coppermine Photo Gallery (http://coppermine.sourceforge.net Installed using Simple Scripts (www.simplescripts.com) )
  
• Database: MySQL (auto-installed as part of the application)
• Time to install and configure application - less than 30 minutes.

• Server: Linux (Host: www.bluehost.com )
• Application: phpBB ( www.phpbb.com ) Installed using Simple Scripts (www.simplescripts.com)
• Template "Conundrum" created by Mike Lothar ( www.mikelothar.com )
• Database: MySQL (auto-installed as part of the application)
• Time to install and configure application - less than 1 hour. Time to locate, download, and install "Conundrum" template - approximately 1 hour. (template link at phpbb.com)
• Header graphic by ChaliceMedia LLC

• Server: Linux (Host: www.bluehost.com )
• Application: phpWebsite ( http://phpwebsite.appstate.edu ) installed via Fantastico
• Template: SubMerged by Redhair ( www.submerged.nl.nu )
• Database: MySQL (auto-installed as part of the application)
• Time to install and configure application - less than 1 hour. Time to locate, download, and install "SubMerged" template - approximately 1 hour. (Google search "phpWebsite templates")

• Web Community www.squidoo.com
• Lens created using standard plug-in options
• Time to register, select plug-ins and create this site - less than 1 hour.

• Flash™ animation imbedded in a single HTML page. This example uses a single Flash file for the entire website. As a result it takes a few seconds to load. For a complex site, there are segmentation and pre-loading techniques that can be used to minimize load time.
• The animation was created using a programming tool called Kool Moves ( www.koolmoves.com )*
• Time: this demonstration site required approximately 6 hours to create. Your fully functional Flash site will likely require 16 to 40 hours of time, depending on complexity and tools used.
• * Kool Moves is a program that beginners can use for basic animations. MacroMedia Flash authoring tools have much more capability, but also require some solid programming experience and have a steep learning curve.

• Graphics created and manipulated using Corel Paint Shop Pro X, and Adobe PhotoShop Elements 3.0
• Except for Steve Arachnid (clip from Music Video "Full Length Lust" - Produced by Beyond Sound); all other "Author" photos - from Hemera Photo Objects Premium Collection with backgrounds from ChaliceMedia LLC stock photography.