Making Money with your Site and Javascript and DHTML - Week 7

There are a variety of ways to earn money with your site. These include:
- Soliciting donations (ex. http://american.redcross.org/ - non-profit institution)
- Advertising content (ex. any search engine you use: Google, Yahoo, etc.)
- Affiliate programs (ex. http://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/associates/ - an Amazon.com affiliates program that earns money for web sites that refer purchasers to Amazon)
- Sell merchandise (ex. http://www.megagear.com/ - web store for MegaTokyo webcomic)
- Sell content (ex. http://www.encyclopediabritannica.com)
This is certainly not a part of my web project, but definitely something I am glad to be aware of for the future.

JavaScript and DHTML are two types of coding that establish advanced interactivity for a web site. JavaScript provides a way to add dynamic text, such as current and accurate date and time information. It also allows for a wide range of modifications to basic HTML tags. Scripts can also be accessed like a CSS sheet- externally from the page they are viewed in.

Dynamic HTML is a combination of three parts: scripting languages, CSS sheets and the HTML Document Object Model (DOM), which treats a page of HTML as a collection of objects. The first step is to identify each object, so that the scripts written will be able to identify which object to modify. One of the most popular of these functions is the image roll over- changing an image or color of an image when the mouse rolls over that section of the page. Another is collapsible pages, a feature used extensively in computer-based programs such as Windows Explorer that allow a user to expand or collapse folders for ease of finding items. This can be used in web pages for the same purpose- to expand or limit the amount of text a user is expected to look at on any given page.