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Week 1 Homework

What is a WYSIWYG editor? Give one example. -

 What you see is what you get, a web authoring tool that makes creating web pages easy Dreamweaver is an example

What is a plain text editor? Give one example.

Text editor is used to developers and designers for developing code for web pages -notepad is commonly used 

What is a hyperlink?

Links to other pages allow you to jump between web pages they connect pages together and are the basis for connectivity functions on a website such as navigation

What are three points to remember when naming your files?

• Don't use spaces
• Capital Letters
• Avoid Illegal characters

What is JavaScript and what are some of its common uses?

Programming language used to develop interactive functions in a web site  such as roll overs, resizing browsers and adding dynamic functionality to forms

 

Who is the WC3?

World Wide Web Consortium -they set standards and practices for web development and design example replacing HTML with XHTML

 

 

Week 2 Homework

Handcoding is fun but Web Authoring tools are really fun!!!

Please see the embedded Youtube™ video. Supposedly this guy has over 2 million hits. Personally this guys freaks me out a little bit , but enjoy.

 

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Week 4 Homework

Tim Berners-Lee

It can be said that his contributions led to the creation of the world wide web and the development of the first "what -you-what-you-get-editor". He graduated from Queen's College and worked various positions reaiting to software and computers in the UK. Eventually he started the World Wide Consortium at the Laboratory for Computer Science (LCS). In 1999 became the first holder of the 3Com Founders Chair. Awards that he has won includes:

• Kilby Foundation's "Young Innovator of the Year" Award
• Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society
• Named "One of the 100 greatest minds of the century" by Time Magazine
• Japan Prize, the Science and Technology Foundation of Japan

 

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Answers to Homework Week 7

What connection does the company Compuserve have with GIFs?

GIF was introduced by Compuserve in 1987. This format supports up to 8-bits per pixel

Please explain image optimization for the Web?

Manipulation of an image's attributes to ensure the smallest possible file size while retaining an acceptable quality. This can include using a GIF format or JPG format for images. Enhancing color by saving all images in RGB versus CMYK which is commonly used for print.

How does screen resolution affect a website?

This has a overall effect on image quality and text resolution. If resolution is off sometimes images and text can appear pixelated or difficult to read. Also this can occur when screen is maximized.

What does it mean to be Section 508 compliant?

To make sure electronic communications such as the web are accessible to people with disabilities. Example alt text for images and links are included in site development.