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Make an App for your mobile phone or tablet. Navigate to appfurnace.com using GOOGLE CHROME. Select sign up and log in. Select sign up and log in. Firstname.surname. Firstname.surname@kingsmead.somerset.sch.uk. Your school password. Your school password. Leave these blank. Tick box.
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Make an App for your mobile phone or tablet Navigate to appfurnace.com using GOOGLE CHROME Select sign up and log in
Select sign up and log in Firstname.surname Firstname.surname@kingsmead.somerset.sch.uk Your school password Your school password
Leave these blank Tick box Read both text images Can’t read both images? Click this refresh image button until you can make a reasonable guess. Read both text images If you get a message saying your user id has already been taken. Simply log in as an existing user. Click to sign in
ClientBrief Use the Longleat Safari Park website to help you gather text and images for the different pages of your app. • You have been commissioned by the BBC to design and make a “proof of concept app” to promote the Deadly 60 Challenge at Longleat safari park. • You will need to include information about Longleatand its attractions and as well as to promote the Deadly Challenge. • Include a navigation bar and a map page. www.longleat.co.uk
Make pages Click on add Name your page Change the page settings Select an animation Lets have a Home page, Map page and a Deadly 60 page
Find some useful and relevant pictures Adding graphics Sometimes images on website can be saved. You can right click on images and save them to your user area You can also use the windows Snipping tool to crop and save images as .Jpg images to your user area.
Adding text Drag the text box to place the text frame Replace this text with your own or copy and paste from www.longleat.co.uk You can type text but it does not always display very nicely. You can improve the layout font and style of your text by using HTML tags. Here’s an example www.longleat.co.uk <H1>Longleat,</H1> <p> Warminster,<p> Wiltshire<p> BA12 7NW<p> 01985 844400 You can find out about HTML codes using this site. W3schools
An example home page More advanced uses of images. In this example I’ve used a picture as a background
Create a navigation system Type your label – Home Map or Deadly 60 Select the page to link to
Adding the widget map Use Google satellite or open maps Set the GPS co-ordinates Un tick this box.
A games link Add a Play games link – we use HTML text here Drag the text box to place the text frame Replace this text with HTML – snippet below <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/games/deadly-dash-4-extreme-edition">Play a Game</a>
<a href="http://www.longleat.co.uk">Visit OUR WEBSITE</a> Creating a link to the LONGLEAT website Drag the text box to place the text frame Replace this text with HTML – snippet below Add a Play games link – we use HTML text here
Always save your app It is possible to save and publish your app online. Lets add a description and icon for our app. Now Save!
Independent task (extension) Design your own app for a club or activity of your choice.