Website Designers Goal Evolve from know-nothing, nat-brain rookies … into Incredible Website Designers Reference Websites:

Website Designers Plan 1. How the Internet works 2. Web page vocabulary 3. Web page grammar 4. Tricks 5. Pictures, Audio, Video 6. Build-Your-Own-Site

You, Client Internet Components Domain Name Server Type a URL like ‘ 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. Your local Internet Service Provider

Route Server You, Client Internet Components Domain Name Server Routers & Switches 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. Your local Internet Service Provider Routers & Switches Website Internet Service Provider

Route Server You, Client Internet Components Domain Name Server Routers & Switches I N T E R N E T B A C K B O N E Your local Internet Service Provider Routers & Switches Website Host Server Website Internet Service Provider 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 Server A server is a computer that controls information on a network. Domain Name Server Translates a Web address like to an IP address likewww.hotshot.com

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. Title How many HTML commands are there? Web Browser (What are 2 popular browsers?) Application that converts HTML to a screen display

HTML 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 is? HTML What are browsers ?

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)

Project Planning (Teamwork) Share ideas Build on others’ ideas 2 heads better than 1 … teamwork Go to ‘Projects’ Scroll down to ‘Incredible Web Designers’ Click on ‘Intro HTML page’ View Source and edit the color and text.

View / Source Code html file sections (index.html)

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HTML Source Code Body Section Indent your code so it can be read and edited easily. Hot Shot Web Designer

Bad HTML code Web Design Good HTML code Hot Shot Web Designers Hot Shot Web Designer Hot Shot Web Designers <meta name=“keywords” content= hot shots, smarties, your name> <meta name= “description” content= Best Web designers on the planet!> Hot Shot Web Designer

Editing A Simple Table Add text here that describes your research, storylines, goals, and solution.

Team 1: Add text here that describes your research, storylines, goals, and solution. Team 2 Add text here that describes your research, storylines, goals, and solution. Editing Simple Table Change Image Change Text

Favorite Web Sites Build Your Own Toys Mechanical Toys Mechanisms

Deployment (FTP / Backup) You can set up a free Web Server space at:

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.

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 Process image in: Photoshop Paintshop Pro Free Online Tool for editing gif’s (crop and size):

File Structure Folders Web Site index.html Section 1 Section ‘n’ Sec1 Imagessec-1.htmlsec-n.html Sec1 Images

Website Map and Navigation Home Page Favorite Stuff Friends Favorite Web sites HobbiesHeroes

File Structure File Names 1)patrick-home-page.html Use long descriptive names like 2)Use lower case text 3)Use “-” not “_” or “ “ like hot-shot.html not hot_shot.html or not hot shot.html 4) Use no special letters!

Pictures, Audio and Video This is how to embed an audio: Record or search for an audio file and then embed it in your page.

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.

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. Hannah