New approaches to dissemination of information on the Internet and to creation of web services, such as web syndication and mash-up, assume tight integration of the different websites and services. Import of data in the form of the compact blocks informers which are built in pages of a resource can be an example of similar integration. As a rule, need to install an informer on the website follows from requirement of providing the most up-to-date thematic information to users.
It is required to you
- - modern browser;
- - program FTP client;
- - connection to the Internet;
- - data for access to the website on the FTP protocol;
- - data for access to the website CMS admin panel.
Instruction
1. Receive the code for an informer insert. Visit the website providing necessary information content in a similar form. Find the page on which it is possible to receive the code. Often on similar pages it is possible to select type, the size, the color scheme of design of an informer and also a view and amount of information provided to them. If registration is necessary for obtaining the code, undergo this procedure. Generate the HTML-code and save it in the separate file to the hard drive.
2. Select the place on pages of the website to which the informer will be installed. Consider design of the page and a relative positioning of the information block concerning other elements. Proceeding from the informer block sizes, define whether its adding will break structure of imposition of the page.
3. Install an informer on the website. Edit templates of pages of the website or contents of pages, having added the code received on the previous step. If the website is constructed on the basis of any CMS, and there is an online-editor of templates of pages or files of themes, open the necessary template in the online-editor, insert the code and save a template.
Otherwise unite to the website server by means of the program of the FTP client and copy the necessary files on the hard drive of the computer. Open the loaded files in the text editor supporting saving information in coding, the corresponding initial encoding of the text of templates or pages. Insert the code of an informer and save the changed data. Replace files on the server with their corrected versions, having again used the FTP client.
4. Check operability of the website with the installed informer. Load several pages of a resource at which there is added information block. Make sure that placement of an informer does not lead to violation of display of pages. Change the browser window sizes. Make sure that the structure of the page caused by imposition is not distorted at different permissions.