Farhana Web Based - MPT1393

Why we need to evaluate website?

Here are some point on why we need to evaluate our website...

- Does we know who is the author?

• Is she/he qualified to write this "article?"
• What is her/his occupation, position, education, experience?
• What are her/his credentials?

- Are the facts accurate?

• How does this information compare with that in other sources in the field?

- Their perspective

• Does the author have a bias?
• Does she/he express a particular point of view?
• Is the author affiliated with particular organizations, institutions, associations?

- Does the forum in which the information appears have a bias?

• Is it directed toward a specific audience? [General public, scholars in a given field, etc.]
• Where is the information "published?"
• When was it written?

- the purpose of the website?

• To what audience is the author writing?
• Is this reflected in the writing style, vocabulary, or tone?
• Does the material inform? explain? persuade?
• Is there sufficient evidence?
• What conclusions are drawn?

- The navigational aspect

• easy to navigate throughout the website?
• provide clear links?
• buttons and links are working?

- Speed

• does the speed matter interrup while downloading or uploading contents to the website?
  

Criteria in Choosing Commercial web hosting

There are some criteria that you need to be concern in choosing commercial web hosting.

Cost
First thing first, know your budget. how much will you pay for the hosting
provider

Technical Support
Make sure that the web hosting company that you are going to choose provides
24/7 technical support in case you have problems with your website.

Bandwidth
Check the bandwidth they provide (Limited?/ Unlimited?)

Disk space
Make sure you use the space effectively because if even they offer "unlimited
space" but your website only require less than 10Mb..so be wise when choosing
appropriate browser.

Sub Domain/multiple domain
Looking for company that provide sub domain/multiple domain

SSL (Secure Socket Layer)
Concerning security aspect

Payment Plans
Look out for their payment plans (weekly basis, monthly basis or yearly basis)

Control Panel
They provides tools where we can easily update our website

Platform/OS
What platform or operating system that they use (eg: Windows, UNIX, LINUX)

Server
You have to know whether their server support php? asp? or both?

Scripting language
What scripting language that the web hosting company support? (eg: asp, php,
Java)

After several changes we made, finally we decided to choose this one as our theme for the website.