Designing the channel Web site

Before you deal with individual pages, it's a good idea to work out the site design within which the individual pages need to fit. Remember that, compared with desktop Web development, channel development forces you to work within fairly tight constraints. This section describes the design considerations that you will have to deal with, and the trade-offs that you might choose to make.


Choosing content for the channel Web site
Organizing pages for the channel Web site
Considering mode: online or offline
Size limit issues
M-Business Sync Server limits
Your channel's Channel Size Limit
User limitations
Pages are returned in unpredictable order
Avoiding grabbing pages multiple times
Downloading a page beyond channel's Link Depth
Preventing download of unwanted pages with Follow Offsite Links
Channel caching