PAD 666: Computer Applications

HTML Tips

 

***Always distinguish what you are doing on your own computer from what is already “uploaded” to the web!

 

Terminology:

·        FTP: file transfer protocol

·        URL: “uniform resource locator” (aka “web page address”)

·        upload: transferring a file to your web page (i.e., the public_html folder)

·        download: transferring a file from the web to your computer

·        HTML: hyper-text markup language (the language of the web)

·        home page: the first page of your web site that visitors encounter

·        web page: any single page found on your web site

·        web site: your entire collection of inter-connected web pages

 

HTML:

·        What is html? The basic computer language of the World Wide Web!

o       To view a sample: open up “index.htm” in Wordpad  or

o       right click --> “view source”

·        There are many programs that can be used to create html code

·        The html language is the same no matter where you create it

·        HTML editors – Dreamweaver, AOL Press, Netscape Composer, FrontPage , etc.

o       Internet for Managers course

·        Anything that can create text files can create html code

o       e.g., Wordpad, Notepad, Word, Excel, etc.

·        Creating html code can be like a “scavenger hunt” ŕ take pieces from wherever you find them on the web

·        Different browsers have different capabilities

o       e.g., no music in Netscape; no blinking text in IE

 

Pictures, Images, Sounds and Videos

·        You should first look for images, sounds, and videos through Clipart

·        You can also find images, sounds, and videos through “Clips Online”

·        Your search for images, sounds, and videos can also be conducted on the web:

o       e.g., to find an image of the former president, type  “Bill Clinton *.jpg” into your search engine (Yahoo, etc.)

·        For images, you will want to download one of two types: JPG or GIF.

o       File extensions: *.jpg, *.gif

§         e.g., raccoons.jpg, liteblue.gif

·        Just as with images, you can also download sounds from the web

o       File extensions: *.mid, *.wav

·        You can also insert:

o       “Motion clips” (aka “animated gifs”)

§         File extension: *.gif

o       Movies

§         File extensions: *.avi, *.mpg, *.mov, *.rm

o       Songs

§         File extension: *mp3

·        n.b. – if you include a hyperlink to a sound, image, song, or video on your web page, you must either (a) include a link to a site that contains that specific file on the WWW, or (b) upload that file (sound, image, etc.) to your public_html folder.