Promoting ownership: a system for WWW site maintenance by the non-technical user

摘要

The invention of the World Wide Web has created a graphical a graphical user interface to the world of distributed computing that does not require high level skills in the end-user. As the Internet changes however, effective exploitation of its ecommerce potential requires a greater degree of technical sophistication in the design and maintenance of a WWW site. Tools are requried to facilitate this process for the non-technical user. This paper describes one suite of tools designed to enable the non-technical user to maintain and develop a WWW site and/or store without the need to learn complex programming skills. A WWW interface provides the user with transparent access to a comrehensive suite of WWW site maintenance and development software. The user can thus complete key maintenace tasks - Authoring; Site registration and Marketing; Site Validation and Analysis- and extend the functionality of their site without the need for detailed technical knowledge.