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Blog development and user interfaces. S kills : create, modify and post to a blog C oncepts : tabbed navigation, wire-frame diagram, user interface gadgets (widgets), property sheet, user profile, independence of content and appearance.
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Blog development and user interfaces Skills: create, modify and post to a blog Concepts: tabbed navigation, wire-frame diagram, user interface gadgets (widgets), property sheet, user profile, independence of content and appearance This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.
Where does this topic fit? • Internet concepts • Applications • Technology • Implications • Internet skills • Application development • Content creation • User skills
Choose a title and an address This blog’s URL will be: http://standardblogformat.blogspot.com
Select a layout 2 1
A wire-frame diagram Header Post body Ancillary information Footer
Same content Different appearance
Summary Header Post body Ancillary information Footer
Resources Blogger getting started guide: http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=112498 About Blogger: http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/topic.py?hl=en&topic=10424
Self-study questions What is the URL (Web address) of a blog once you have created it – where do readers go to see it? A URL is a Web address, but what do the letters “URL” stand for? What are the second level navigation choices under the Stats tag? What is the effect of clicking Cloud or Label on the property sheet of the Labels gadget? What happens if you uncheck About Me on the property sheet of the Profile gadget? If your readers complain of reading difficulty, how would you increase the font size in your Blogger posts? How would you change your blog from a two column to a three column layout? What are the submenus of the Posting tab, and, in a sentence or two, what is each used for? Compare the fields on profile pages at Facebook with those at Blogger or Linkedin-- how do they differ? Explain the parallel between a person’s profile and a property sheet.