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John's Web Design Lab Book
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Website Designers Goal
Evolve from know-nothing, nat-brain rookies … into Incredible Website Designers Reference Websites: UID: biyweb PWD: member
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Web site plan and navigation Build-Your-Own-Site
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
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Website Development Tools
Gimp: Freeware version of Photoshop. Free Online Tool for editing gif’s (crop and size). Free Online Tool for making animated gifs. Notepad++: Advanced Text Editor Setting up text editor on Mac’s Move local files to a Web Server UID: biyweb biywebsites PWD: member robotsushi1
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Favorite Web Sites Build Your Own Toys
Mechanical Toys Mechanisms Pixar
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Internet Components Your local Internet Service Provider You, Client
Domain name: build-it-yourself.com IP address: Domain Name Server
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Internet Components Your local Internet Service Provider You,
Client 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. Domain Name Server
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Internet Components Routers & Switches Routers & Switches Your local
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.
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Internet Components Routers & Switches Routers & Switches Your local
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.
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Web Design HTML code Browser Web Page www.Build-It-Yourself.com
<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
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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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html file sections (index.html) <html> <head>
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”> < ! - - 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> RGB (Red Green Blue) 000000 FFFFFF – WHITE FF RED
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Web Design Bad HTML code Good HTML code www.Build-It-Yourself.com
<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>
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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 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 yourname-lab-book.ppt yourname-web-page.html your name cat.jpg ball.gif song.wav movie.wmv images
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File Naming Rules Rule Examples www.Build-It-Yourself.com
1) Use long descriptive names so you know what the file is without having to open it. Good: animal-dog-poodle.jpg Bad: picture1.jpg 2) Specify names in hierarchical order so they sort naturally (country, state, city) animal-dog-boxer.jpg Bad: boxer-dog-animal.jpg poodle-dog-animal.jpg 3) Use only lower case text. Bad: animal-dog-Poodle.JPG 4) Use “-” between words. Do not use “_” or “ “ Bad: animal_dog_poodle.jpg animal_dog_poodle.jpg animal dog poodle.jpg
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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 to an IP address like
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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 data data </td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <td> row data data </td> </td> </tr> </table>
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Editing Simple Table Change Image Change Text
<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> </tr> Team 2<br> </table> </div> <p> Change Image Change Text
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Navigation www.Build-It-Yourself.com <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> <p>
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You can embed sound effects or videos on a page:
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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You can embed sound effects or videos on a page:
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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If you forget the format for an HTML command, search Google.
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:
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Capture JPG’s and GIF’s from Web sites.
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 images. Gimp: Freeware version of Photoshop. Free Online Tool for editing gif’s (crop and size). Free Online Tool for making animated gifs.
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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: Goals and accomplishments Hobbies and interests Friends and heroes Favorite quotes and jokes Short story about how you would like your future to unfold.
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Website Map and Navigation
Home Page Favorite Stuff Favorite Web sites Friends Hobbies Heroes
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File Structure Folders
Web Site index.html Section ‘n’ Section 1 sec-1.html Sec1 Images sec-n.html Sec1 Images
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Hannah 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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Web Server Deployment (FTP / Backup) Invention Universe
Upload your website file folders from: controlpanel.invention-universe.com UID: inventionuniversecom PWD: Robot-Sushi0000 We recommend installing the FileZilla FTP tool. It's freeware. If no FTP client is installed on your computer, you can upload through 'File Manager' in an online control panel. Type into your URL browser box: controlpanel.invention-universe.com (do not type www or Click on File Manager. (I have noticed that sometimes you must upload one file at a time with this tool.) Set up personal websites as follows: 1) Create folder named: <your-first-name##> 2) Name your home page HTML file, index.html 3) Upload your files using 'File Manager' in the Control Panel. You need to create subdirectories such as 'images' or 'resources' View your website at:
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Web Server Deployment (FTP / Backup) Tripod www.Build-It-Yourself.com
A free website account can be created on Google also has a free web server (search for 'google web pages') Or students can use the BIY tripod account: UID: biyweb PWD: member 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: 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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Web Server Deployment (FTP / Backup) Tripod
You can set up a free Web Server space at: URL for Websites built in Build-It-Yourself Workshops FTP URL for transferring files from your computer to the Tripod Web Server ftp.tripod.com UID: biyweb PWD: password
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Web Server Deployment (FTP / Backup) 000webhost
You can set up a free Web Server space at: URL for Websites built in Build-It-Yourself Workshops FTP URL for transferring files from your computer to the 000Webhost Web Server ftp://biy.herobo.com ????? UID: PWD: west0000
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