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WWW.ALIEN GLADIATORS.COM. Web design. Nathan and Saul. SITE MAP. HOME PAGE. Saul. Nathan. Dictionary. Earth Artifacts. Haiku. Question. Translation. Photos. Presenting Ideas. Ugly. Average. Way cool. Laws of lab. Respect teammates Respect your lab Don’t do stuwpid stuff.
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WWW.ALIEN GLADIATORS.COM Web design Nathan and Saul
SITE MAP HOME PAGE Saul Nathan Dictionary Earth Artifacts Haiku Question Translation Photos
Presenting Ideas Ugly Average Way cool
Laws of lab • Respect teammates • Respect your lab • Don’t do stuwpid stuff
Problem Solving • #1: Define the problem and set goals • #2: Share ideas • #3: Work together • #4: Break your solution into parts • #5: Document
Evolve fromknow-nothing,nat-brainrookies … Into Incredible Website Designers Reference Websites: http://navigators.com/internet_architecture.html http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~au/workshop/int-def.htm http://www.profitgate.net/webchart.html http://www.build-it-yourself.com/project-website/
Website Designers Plan • How the Internet works • Web page vocabulary • Web page grammar • Programming tricks • Pictures, Audio, Video • Web site plan and navigation • Build-Your-Own-Site www.Build-It-Yourself.com
Project Planning (Teamwork) Extreme Programming • Share ideas • Build on others’ ideas • 2 heads better than 1 … teamwork • www.build-it-yourself.com • Go to ‘Projects.’ • Scroll down to ‘Incredible Web Designers.’ • Download your lab book template. www.Build-It-Yourself.com
Web Design Hot Shot Web Designer www.Build-It-Yourself.com
View / Source Code html file sections (index.html) <html> <head> < ! - - page description info - - > </head> <body> < ! - - page layout code - - > </body> </html> www.Build-It-Yourself.com
HTML Source Code Body Section Indent your code so it can be read and edited easily. <body bgcolor=“gray”> < ! - - The Title Section Starts Here - - > <center> <font size=“6” color=“purple” face=“arial”> Hot Shot Web Designer </font> <img src=“images/turnip-head.jpg” border=1> </center> </body> www.Build-It-Yourself.com
Web Design Bad HTML code Good HTML code <html><head><title> Hot Shot Web Designers </title><meta name=“keywords” content=hot shots, smarties, your name> <meta name= “description” content=Best Web designers on the planet!></head> <body bgcolor=gray><!-- The Title Section Starts Here --><center> <font size=6 color=purple face=arial>Hot Shot Web Designer<p></font><img src="images/head-turnip.jpg" border=1 width="250" height="367"></center></body></html> <html> <head> <title> Hot Shot Web Designers </title> <meta name=“keywords” content= hot shots, smarties, your name> <meta name= “description” content= Best Web designers on the planet!> </head> <body bgcolor=gray> <!-- The Title Section Starts Here --> <center> <font size=6 color=purple face=arial> Hot Shot Web Designer </font> <p> <!– line feed or space tag --> <img src="images/head-turnip.jpg" border=1> </center> </body> </html> www.Build-It-Yourself.com
Web Design Browser (Internet Explorer) HTML code Web Page <html> <body bgcolor=gray> <!-- The Title Section Starts Here --> <center> <font size=6 color=purple face=arial> Hot Shot Web Designer </font> <p> <!– line feed or space tag --> <img src="images/head-turnip.jpg" border=1> </center> </body> </html> Hot Shot Web Designer www.Build-It-Yourself.com
Audio and Video You can embed sound effects or videos on a page: <embed src=“images/burp.wav” autostart=true> Record or search for an audio file (.WAV) or a video file (.WMV) Save the WAV or WMV files to your ‘images’ folder and then embed them inside your <body> tags. www.Build-It-Yourself.com
View Source Code / Save As / Edit 1 Find a Web page you like. 2 View ‘Source’ COPY all source code to a text editor (Notepad or Apple Works). 3 Save as ‘name-description.html’ in your folder in the folder ‘My Documents’ My Documents/john/john-turnip-head.html Create a sub-folder called ‘images’ and save your favorite pictures in this folder. To get pictures (JPG’s or GIF’s) from the Web, search Google Images. Right click (or CTRL click on Mac’s) on a picture and save the image to you images folder. 4 5 Edit the tags, text and image names. Then save the html file. Launch Internet Explorer. File / Open ‘john-turnip-head.html’ Click on ‘Refresh’ after an edit is made and saved. 6 www.Build-It-Yourself.com
Set up your work folders. Never leave your files on the desktop. Files left on the desktop will get deleted. Desktop documents C: or Hard Drive yourname-lab-book.ppt yourname-web-page.html your name cat.jpg ball.gif song.wav movie.wmv images www.Build-It-Yourself.com
File Structure • File Names • Use long descriptive names like • school-date-name-description.html • 2) Use lower case text. • Use “-” between words. • Do not use “_” or “ “ • Good: biy-hot-shot.html • Bad: biy_hot_shot.html • Bad: biy hot shot.html www.Build-It-Yourself.com
Internet Components Your local Internet Service Provider You, Client Type a URL like ‘www.build-it-yourself.com’ in the address bar of your Web browser. Your local ISP (or Internet Service Provider) will convert this URL to an IP (or Internet Protocol) address by looking it up on a Domain Name Server. Your local ISP will then request a Web page from the Internet at the appropriate IP address. Domain Name Server
Internet Components Routers & Switches Routers & Switches Your local Internet Service Provider Website Internet Service Provider You, Client Domain Name Server Route Server I N T E R N E T B A C K B O N E A Route Server will determine the best route from your ISP to the ISP that hosts the Website you want.
Internet Components Routers & Switches Routers & Switches Your local Internet Service Provider Website Internet Service Provider Website Host Server You, Client Domain Name Server Route Server I N T E R N E T B A C K B O N E When the Website Internet Service Provider gets a Web page request, it sends back all the information necessary to display that Web page to the IP address associated with your client computer.
Internet Definitions Internet The name given to the collective electronic network of computers and computer networks which are inter-connected throughout the world. Like a network of highways. WorldWideWeb – WWW The name given to the collection of computers which serve information in hypertext format to the INTERNET Like the US Post Office that uses the network of highways to deliver letters based on ZIP codes.
Internet Definitions HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language the text markup language used to insert tags which allow a Web browser to correctly display a hyper-text document. <font color = “red”> Title </font> How many HTML commands are there? Web Browser (What are 2 popular browsers?) Application that converts HTML to a screen display www.Build-It-Yourself.com
Internet Definitions Server A server is a computer that controls information on a network. Domain Name Server Translates a Web address like www.hotshot.com to an IP address like 231.987.520.52 www.Build-It-Yourself.com
Internet Definitions Client Dial Up / DSL / Cable / T1 transmission speed ISP (Internet Service Provider) Domain Name Servers IP address (Intrnet Protocol) Routers / Switches Server TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) FTP (File Transfer Protocol) www.Build-It-Yourself.com
HTML HTML What is ? • Stands for: Hypertext Markup Language • Is the document format used on the world wide web • Is read by web browsers that then display the web page What are browsers ? www.Build-It-Yourself.com
Editing A Simple Table Add text here that describes your research, storylines, goals, and solution. Add text here that describes your research, storylines, goals, and solution. www.Build-It-Yourself.com
Editing A Simple Table Add text here that describes your research, storylines, goals, and solution. Add text here that describes your research, storylines, goals, and solution. www.Build-It-Yourself.com
Editing A Simple Table <table> table <tr> <td> <td> row data data </td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <td> row data data </td> </td> </tr> </table> www.Build-It-Yourself.com
Editing Simple Table <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" width="650"> <tr> <td width="250" valign="top" align="left"> <img border="0" src="images/placemark.jpg"> </td> <td width="400" valign="top" align="left"> <font face="Times New Roman" size="4" color="gray"> Team 1:<br> Add text here that describes your research, storylines, goals, and solution. </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="250" valign="top" align="left"> <img border="0" src="images/placemark.jpg"> </td> <td width="400" valign="top" align="left"> <font face="Times New Roman" size="4" color="gray"> Team 2<br> Add text here that describes your research, storylines, goals, and solution. </font> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <p> Change Image Change Text www.Build-It-Yourself.com
Navigation <body bgcolor=“gray"> <!-- The Title Section Starts Here --> <center> <font size=6 color=purple face=arial> Hot Shot Web Designer<br> </font> <!-- Navigation --> <font face="arial" size="4"> <a href="index.html">Home</a> | <a href="table.html">Page 2</a> </font> <p> www.Build-It-Yourself.com
Preparing Images • Capture JPG’s and GIF’s from Web sites • Make your own image in Power Point, Appleworks Paint • Download photos from a camera • Process image in: • Photoshop • Paintshop Pro • Free Online Tool for editing gif’s (crop and size): • http://www.gifworks.com www.Build-It-Yourself.com
Designing your Web site Audience: Who are you speaking to? (Young, grown up, boys or girls? Interested in entertainment, hobbies, or evaluating your work?) Goals: Sell or Convince (For example, demonstrate that you have mastered HTML and therefore should have a budget to buy some new hardware or software) Share (Share a story, information, or links to cool sites.) www.Build-It-Yourself.com
Designing your Web site • Design, code and link 3 pages that would let an alien from another universe know who you are. • Possible sections include: • Goals and accomplishments • Hobbies and interests • Friends and heroes • Favorite quotes and jokes • Short story about how you would like your future to unfold. www.Build-It-Yourself.com
Website Map and Navigation Home Page Favorite Stuff Favorite Web sites Friends Hobbies Heroes www.Build-It-Yourself.com
File Structure Folders Web Site index.html Section ‘n’ Section 1 sec-1.html Sec1 Images sec-n.html Sec1 Images www.Build-It-Yourself.com
Development (Code Tricks) You can add interesting background effects or a background image. If you do this, make sure your page information does not get lost in a complex background picture. <body background=“sparkle-background.gif”> Hannah www.Build-It-Yourself.com
Development (Code Tricks) Design your Web site so that no page, including pictures, requires more than 100k bytes of download data. Time to view a page that requires 100K of information ___ Telephone modem download time. ___ Cable download time. ___ DSL download time. ___ Wireless download time. ___ T1 download time. www.Build-It-Yourself.com
Favorite Web Sites Build Your Own Toys http://www.build-it-yourself.com/ Mechanical Toys http://www.cabaret.co.uk/ Mechanisms http://www.flying-pig.co.uk/mechanisms/ www.Build-It-Yourself.com
Deployment (FTP / Backup) Web Server You can set up a free Web Server space at: www.yahoo.tripod.com URL for Websites built in Build-It-Yourself Workshops http://biyweb.tripod.com FTP URL for transferring files from your computer to the Tripod Web Server ftp.tripod.com UID: biyweb PWD: password www.Build-It-Yourself.com