The Web Defined

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Introduction

• The Web Defined
• Miscellaneous Web Browser Details
• Web Writing Styles
• Web Presentation Outline, Design, and
• Management
• Registering Web Pages

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The Web Defined

• Software application
• Publish and browse hypertext documents
• Transported over Internet
• HTTP
• Browsers are multiprotocol
• URL Web address

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The Web Defined
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Miscellaneous Web Browser Details

• Personal Preferences
• Bookmarks
• Plug-ins and Helper Applications
• Web Browsers Comparison Netscape and
  Microsoft

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Miscellaneous Web Browser Details
Personal Preferences

• Cookies
• Disk cache
• Fonts
• Helper applications

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Miscellaneous Web Browser Details
Personal Preferences

• Home page location
• Images
• JavaScript and Java
• Messages

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Miscellaneous Web Browser Details
Bookmarks

• Saved URLs
• Collection of bookmarks
• Hotlist
• List of favorites
• Bookmark list
• Title of page
• Bookmark folders

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Miscellaneous Web Browser Details
Bookmarks

• Reasons for saving bookmarks
• Visit often
• May never find again

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Miscellaneous Web Browser Details
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Miscellaneous Web Browser Details
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The Web Writing Styles

• Introduction
• The Biography
• The Business Exposition
• The Guide
• The Tutorial
• Writing Genres Summary

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Web Writing Styles
Introduction

• Different from printed page
• Readers spend less time
• Short
• Less longevity
• Designed to grab attention

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Web Writing Styles
Introduction

• Different from printed page
• Hyperlinked
• Published by anyone
• Dynamic
• Multimedia
• Appearance and form critical

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Web Writing Styles
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Web Writing Styles
The Biography

• Up-to-the-minute
• Subpages read in any order
• Exploratory nature
• In-line images and animations
• Short hyperlinks

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Web Writing Styles
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Web Writing Styles
The Business Exposition

• Easy-to-use hyperlinks
• Interesting images
• Compact
• Colorful
• Easy to explore
• Title, header, and footer
• Well-designed menu

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Web Writing Styles
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Web Writing Styles
The Guide

• Search mechanism
• Easy to read
• Easy to navigate

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Web Writing Styles
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Web Writing Styles
The Tutorial

• Select menu
• Not intimidating
• Short, informative text
• Graphics

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Web Writing Styles
Writing Genres Summary

• Theme and goals
• Exploration
• Colors and text
• Consistent page design
• User-friendly navigation
• Short, descriptive writing

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Web Presentation Outline,Design, and Management

• Introduction
• Goal Setting
• Outlining
• Navigating
• Designing and Coding
• Revising

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Web Presentation, Outline,Design, and Management
Introduction

• Details
• Coding
• Features
• Graphics

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Web Presentation, Outline,Design, and Management
Introduction

• Layout
• Writing quality
• Load time
• Hyperlinks

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Web Presentation, Outline,Design, and Management
Goal Setting

• Audience
• Date
• Graphics
• Length
• Maintenance

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Web Presentation, Outline,Design, and Management
Goal Setting

• Money
• Objective
• Research
• Writing

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Web Presentation, Outline,Design, and Management
Outlining

• Two schools of thought
• Produce HTML code concurrently
• Two-step process
• Develop writing
• Code HTML

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Web Presentation, Outline,Design, and Management
Navigating

• Hyperlinks
• Circular arrangement
• Forward/backward movement
• Step-by-step instructions
• Sequentially read text

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Web Presentation, Outline,Design, and Management
Navigating

• Exploratory arrangement
• Jumping from nearly every page to nearly every
  other
• Geographical areas or maps
• Image maps

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Web Presentation, Outline,Design, and Management
Navigating

• Hierarchical arrangement
• Limited hyperlinks from introduction page
• Succeeding pages have additional hyperlinks
• Tree-like
• Fanout - number of hyperlinks available from page
• Depth - levels of tree

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Web Presentation, Outline,Design, and Management
Designing and Coding

• Navigating
• Coding and writing
• Revising

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Web Presentation, Outline,Design, and Management
Revising

• Prototyping
• Check navigation
• Comment code
• Final evaluation

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Revising

• Graphics
• Headers and footers
• Reread
• Spell check

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Registering Web Pages

• Indexed by search engine
• Other pages hyperlink to page
• On-line form
• Speed and number of hits
• Directory services
• Traffic