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Web Design
Lab Book
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Website Designers Goal
Evolve from
know-nothing,
nat-brain
rookies …
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/
http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/
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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/
Pixar
http://www.pixar.com/
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Website Designers Plan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
How the Internet works
Web page vocabulary
Web page grammar
Programming tricks
Pictures, Audio, Video
Web site plan and navigation
Build-Your-Own-Site
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Website Development Tools
Gimp: Freeware version of Photoshop.
http://www.gimp.org/downloads/
Free Online Tool for editing gif’s (crop and size).
http://www.picresize.com/
Free Online Tool for making animated gifs.
http://www.myspacegens.com/handler.php?gen=animatedimage&p=view&id=2818834919
Notepad++: Advanced Text Editor
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/download
Setting up text editor on Mac’s
http://www.build-it-yourself.com/biy-projects/proj-web-design/resources/mission-webdesign-textedit-tutorial.ppt
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Project Planning (Teamwork)
• Share ideas
• Build on others’ ideas
• 2 heads better than 1 … teamwork
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Go to ‘Projects.’
Scroll down to ‘Incredible Web Designers.’
Download your lab book template.
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Internet Components
Your local
Internet
Service
You, Provider
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.
Domain
Name
Server
Your local ISP will then request a Web page
from the Internet at the appropriate IP address.
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Internet Components
Routers
&
Your local
Internet Switches
Service
You, Provider
Client
Domain
Name
Server
Routers
&
Switches
Website
Internet
Service
Provider
Route
Server
INTERNET BACKBONE
A Route Server will determine the best route from your ISP to the ISP that hosts
the Website you want.
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Internet Components
Routers
&
Your local
Internet Switches
Service
You, Provider
Client
Domain
Name
Server
Routers
&
Switches
Website
Internet
Service Website
Provider Host
Server
Route
Server
INTERNET BACKBONE
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 Speed
4/10ths of a second …
time to blink your eye.
3/10ths of a second …
time to send a signal from
Boston to China and back.
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Web Design
Hot Shot Web Designer
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View / Source Code
html file sections (index.html)
<html>
<head>
< ! - - page description info - - >
</head>
<body>
< ! - - page layout code - - >
</body>
</html>
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HTML Source Code Body Section
Indent your code so it can be read and edited easily.
<body bgcolor=“gray”>
RGB
000000
< ! - - The Title Section Starts Here - - >
FFFFFF – WHITE
<center>
FF0000 - RED
<font size=“6” color=“purple” face=“arial”>
Hot Shot Web Designer
</font>
<img src=“images/turnip-head.jpg” border=1>
</center>
</body>
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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><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>

<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>
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Web Design
HTML code
Browser
<html>
<body bgcolor=gray>

<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>
Web Page
Hot Shot Web Designer
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View Source Code / Save As / Edit
1
2
3
Find a Web page you like.
View ‘Source’ COPY all source code to a text editor (Notepad or Apple Works).
Save as ‘name-description.html’ in your folder in the folder ‘My Documents’
My Documents/john/john-turnip-head.html
4
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.
5
Edit the tags, text and image names. Then save the html file.
6
Launch Internet Explorer. File / Open ‘john-turnip-head.html’
Click on ‘Refresh’ after an edit is made and saved.
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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
your name
yourname-lab-book.ppt
yourname-web-page.html
images
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cat.jpg
ball.gif
song.wav
movie.wmv
File Structure
File Names
1) Use long descriptive names like
school-date-name-description.html
2) Specify names in hierarchical order (Earth,
Country, State, Street)
3) Use only lower case text.
4) Use “-” between words.
Do not use “_” or “ “
Good:
Bad:
Bad:
biy-hot-shot.html
biy_hot_shot.html
biy hot shot.html
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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.
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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
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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
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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)
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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.
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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.
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Editing A Simple Table
<table>
table
<tr>
<td>
row
<td>
data
data
</td>
</td>
<td>
<td>
</tr>
<tr>
row
data
</td>
data
</td>
</tr>
</table>
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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>
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Change Image
Change Text
Navigation
<body bgcolor=“gray">

<center>
<font size=6 color=purple face=arial>
Hot Shot Web Designer<br>
</font>

<font face="arial" size="4">
<a href="index.html">Home</a>
|
<a href="table.html">Page 2</a>
</font>
<p>
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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.
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Scrolling Title
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.
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HTML Questions
If you forget the format for an HTML command,
search Google.
Search Key Examples:
- html table border color
- html align text
A good HTML code syntax reference is:
http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/
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Preparing Images
1. Capture JPG’s and GIF’s from Web sites.
2. Make your own image in Power Point, Appleworks Paint.
3. Download photos from a camera.
4. Process images.
Gimp: Freeware version of Photoshop.
http://www.gimp.org/downloads/
Free Online Tool for editing gif’s (crop and size).
http://www.picresize.com/
Free Online Tool for making animated gifs.
http://www.myspacegens.com/handler.php?gen=animatedimage&p=view&id=2818834919
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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.)
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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:
1) Goals and accomplishments
2) Hobbies and interests
3) Friends and heroes
4) Favorite quotes and jokes
5) Short story about how you would like your future to
unfold.
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Website Map and Navigation
Home Page
Favorite
Stuff
Hobbies
Friends
Heroes
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Favorite
Web sites
File Structure Folders
Web Site
index.html
Section ‘n’
Section 1
sec-1.html
Sec1 Images
sec-n.html
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Sec1 Images
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
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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.
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Deployment (FTP / Backup)
A free website account can be created on www.tripod.com
Google also has a free web server (search for 'google web pages')
Or students can use the BIY tripod account:
www.tripod.com
UID: biyweb
PWD: password
To upload your files:
1) Click on ‘Build a site of your own’
2) Click on ‘File Manager’ (top menu bar)
3) Click on ‘New Directory’ Create a new folder with your name.
4) Create a new directory in your 'name' folder called 'images'
5) Change 'upload via' to 'single files'
Browse to select your html files and then click on upload to get them on the Tripod web server
6) Follow the same procedure to upload your jpg or gif files to the images folder.
To view your files:
You should see your new website at:
http://biyweb.tripod.com/name/home-page.html
You must create your own 'name' folder.
Then home-page.html should be the main page file name of your website.
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Deployment (FTP / Backup)
You can set up a free Web Server space at:
www.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
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Deployment (FTP / Backup)
You can set up a free Web Server space at:
http://members.000webhost.com/
URL for Websites built in Build-It-Yourself Workshops
http://biy.herobo.com
FTP URL for transferring files from your computer to the
000Webhost Web Server
ftp://biy.herobo.com ?????
UID: [email protected]
PWD: west0000
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