Technical Design

Delivery

Examples

No Class on Thursday

Small Groups

Use the time well!

Homework - See Site

Readings - Web Design

Audience and Delivery

Types of Delivery Vehicle

Types of Computers

Commercialization

WWW as Delivery Vehicle

HTML

Authoring Tools

How can you create information?

World Wide Web

Broad Audience

Expectation that it is free

Server maintenance

Audience has to be connected

Limited technology (through browser)

CD-ROM

Focused audience

Can be sold

Distribution system needed

System dependent

Floppy, Cartridge, LAN

Browsers and Servers

Browser send request and server returns HTML page

HTML = HyperText Markup Language

Open Standard

Maintained by W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)

Platform Independent

Will display on PC, Mac, Unix

Text file with markup

Markup provides layout and display information

Markup by tags

Browser Renders HTML

World Wide Web

Not the same as the Internet!

Built on Open Protocols (HTML and HTTP)

Can be extended with plugins

Dynamic Sites

Server generates HTML

Types of Dynamic Technologies

Style Sheets (CSS, XSLT)

XML Extensible Markup Language

Database Driven Sites

Flash

What are authoring tools?

Easy to use programming

WYSWYG editors

HyperCard - 1986

Some Common Tools

Dreamweaver - Web Site Tool

Flash - Creates interactive components

Director - Used for CD-ROM projects

How to quote

Use quotation marks or

Blockquoting

Have a link to a full reference

Full reference should link to original

Don't quote facts

Write out facts in your own words

Provide reference if needed