This is web 1.0, the first incarnation of the worldwide web that got beyond just basic text messaging on USENET. Basically, it is the print-design model translated to the internet.
The workflow is like this:
- You write up your web pages.
- You give your write-up and a big bag of money to your web designer.
- Your designer takes what you've come up with and designs your website.
- You think he should be done by now? Think again. Maybe he has other clients to take care of first. Also, he has to be able to take breaks, doesn't he? Be patient.
- After what may seem like forever, the design for your new web content is finished, and is passed over to the webmaster, who holds the keys to access and update your website.
- Finally, your designed website appears....
- ...and you decide you want to rewrite that first paragraph on the home page, or maybe you find a typo....
- ...and you must go back to step 1 and repeat the entire process.
This is what you might call not at all empowering.
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