Thursday 8 October 2015
Tuesday 6 October 2015
HTML and CSS
HTML is a markup language for describing web documents (web pages). HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. A markup language is a set of markup tags. HTML documents are described by HTML tags. Each HTML tag describes different document content. the examples are, the text between <html> and </html> describes an HTML document, the text between <head> and </head> provides information about the document, the text between <title> and </title> provides a title for the document, the text between <body> and </body> describes the visible page content, the text between <h1> and </h1> describes a heading and the text between <p> and </p> describes a paragraph. The web browsers work hand in hand with the HTML, because their purpose is to read and display the HTML.
On the other hand, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a simple mechanism for adding style (e.g., fonts, colors, spacing) to Web documents.These pages contain information on how to learn and use on available software. They also contain news from the CSS working group.
CSS is designed primarily to enable the separation of document contents from document presentation including aspects such as the layout, color and fonts. This separation can improve content accessibility, provide more flexibility and control in the specification of presentation characteristics, enable multiple HTML pages to share formatting by specifying the relevant CSS in a separate CSS file, and reduce complexity and repetition in the structural content, such as semantically insignificant tables that were widely used to format pages before consistent CSS rendering was available in all major browsers. CSS makes it possible to separate presentation instructions from the HTML content in a separate file or style section of the HTML file. For each matching HTML document, it provides a list of formatting instructions.
Monday 5 October 2015
Web 2.0 and how it is applied in libraries
Web 2.0 refers to the development of online services that encourage collaboration, communication and information sharing.It represents a shift from the passive experience of static “read only” web pages to the participatory experience of dynamic and interactive web pages. In other words, Web2.0 reflects changes in how we use the web rather than describing any technical or structural change.
It is actually used in libraries all over the world, in order to promote services, share information, engage with users and network with colleaques on a global scale. It is simply known as a cheap and very effective way of engaging with citizens that has never been possible before.
Furthermore, Adinburgh added that web 2.0 is a whole new mindset, and it presents new ways of working. It ensures a strong web presence, including representation on social media sites, improves awareness of library services and contributes to a progressive and modern image.
The advent of Web2.0 technologies presents new opportunities for large scale professional collaboration and cooperation. Many librarians now use Twitter, for example, to get information about activities and initiatives going on elsewhere; and to share ideas or ask colleagues for support. This rapidly expanding network draws on the experience of colleagues at an international level, allowing for the widespread sharing of information and expertise, which then feeds into service developments at a local level.
It is actually used in libraries all over the world, in order to promote services, share information, engage with users and network with colleaques on a global scale. It is simply known as a cheap and very effective way of engaging with citizens that has never been possible before.
Furthermore, Adinburgh added that web 2.0 is a whole new mindset, and it presents new ways of working. It ensures a strong web presence, including representation on social media sites, improves awareness of library services and contributes to a progressive and modern image.
The advent of Web2.0 technologies presents new opportunities for large scale professional collaboration and cooperation. Many librarians now use Twitter, for example, to get information about activities and initiatives going on elsewhere; and to share ideas or ask colleagues for support. This rapidly expanding network draws on the experience of colleagues at an international level, allowing for the widespread sharing of information and expertise, which then feeds into service developments at a local level.
Web Design Cycle
There are numerous steps in the web site
design and development process. From gathering initial information, to
the creation of your web site, and finally to maintenance to keep your
web site up to date and current.
The exact process will vary slightly from designer to designer, but the basics are the same.
The exact process will vary slightly from designer to designer, but the basics are the same.
- Information Gathering
- Planning
- Design
- Development
- Testing and Delivery
- Maintenance
How to evaluate websites
The most important factor when evaluating Web sites is your search, your
needs. What are you using the Web for? Entertainment? Academic work?
Hobbies or avocational interests? Scholarly sources are traditionally
very strongly text-based. Some of the visual distinctions that signal the nature of content in
print sources hold true on the Web as well, although, because the Web
encourages wider use of graphics, Web versions of printed works usually
contain more graphics and more color than their print counterparts.
Color graphics appeared on the New York Times Web site before they
appeared in the printed New York Times, for instance.
There are criteria for evaluating web pages and they are, Accuracy, Authority, Currency, Objectivity and Coverage.
There are criteria for evaluating web pages and they are, Accuracy, Authority, Currency, Objectivity and Coverage.
The history of the WWW
The world wide web was invented by Tim Berners Lee and it plays an important role on the internet, probably it changes its appearance, made it possible for pictures and sound to be displayed and exchanged. It accomplishes the URL, which allows one a further option to find a way around by naming a site. Every site on the worldwide web has a unique URL (such as www.nethistory.info). The World Wide Web, was created as a method to navigate the now extensive system of connected computers, and it connects people from across the globe. It has certainly come a long way since its humble beginnings back in the early 1980's.. the World Wide Web is another layer which uses different protocols such as, the HTML, HTTP and the URLs.
The world wide web consists of browsers, each bringing differences and improvements. Some examples of these browsers are such as, Mosaic Browser, which was really highly rated when it first came out. It was developed at University of Illinois, Opera 1.0, which is still available today and is currently at version 12, and Internet Explorer 1.0 released - August 1995. Microsoft decided to get in on the act when its Windows operating system '95 was released. This was the browser that ran exclusively on that.
Thursday 1 October 2015
movies
my favorite movie is stomp the yard, I just love the way Chris brown dances in the movie, I never get tired of watching that movie.
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