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HTML Class #2

Review Text Elements

And we're going to discuss graphics.

1. Adding Text to a blank page

2. Software Tools needed to build a web page

word processor

graphics design sound editors/program

animation program

browsers

HTML editors

FTP Software= File Transfer Protocol, Takes the files from the hard drive and uploads it to the web.

hot dog, chami.com Free, dreamweaver , frontpage , adobe go live, Netscape (composer),

WYSIWIG= What you see is what you get. You don't veiw the language, it looks as if the actual page is as it should be viewed. Need to know what the tags are.

Systems / Hardware required to build a webpage.

1. Computer

2. Server= Computer with a constant connection to the internet, and it typically runs an advanced OS (Operating System) like Unix or NT

3. Modem= Modulator/De-modulator= Turns the sounds into 1's & 0's into sounds (high pitch 1, low pitch 0)

4. CD Rom

5. Sound Card

6. Speaker

RX 4 Rules of Computing

1. Save every 15 min.

2. Save as Never Save

3. multiple copies in multiple locations

4. increment your file names

2. Utilities you should know about.

1. Scandisk

2. Defrag

Graphics

2 General types of Computer graphics

Raster (bitmap) = File collected from a series of dots (bits)

Vector = Lines & Points and objects

CAD File, Adobe Illustrator

Color Depth= More Depth=More Natural or True

High Color or True Color RGB

Index Color

256 Colors

128 Colors

64 Colors

32 Colors

16 Colors

8 Colors

4 Colors

2 Colors

Grey scale can be either RGB or Index

2 Types of Graphic files can be used on the web

GIF= 256 - 2 Colors

3 Varieties

1. Standard old gif

2. animated gif= sequence of images (arrow going across space 1,2,3 then bursting into fire) Can have timing

3. Gif 89A= Has a transparent component, makes one color transparent (Adobe Photo Shop, Paint Shop Pro can do this)

JPEG= High Color, True Color

16mil colors

24 mil colors, to 32 mil colors

GIF 256,-2

DPI= Dots per inch/Resolution 72 dpi per web graphic.

Speed of Download

What Goes Into Download Speed. Need to know how to optimize speed of uploading/downloading, think of it as a flyer not a newspaper. Front page needs to be as light/fast as possible; Use thumbnails.

1. TEXT

2. CODE

3. GRFX (size)

4. GRAPHIC (palette)

5. ANIMATION

6. SUBSIDIARY FILES/FRAMES

7. CONNEX SPEED

8. WWW SPEED

9. MODEM /ISP SPEED

Adjusting the physical size of a photo does not make a file size smaller.

This is an example of a GIF graphic