Introduction to Web Design
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A website is a set of related web pages served from a single web domain. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet address known as a Uniform resource locator.
A webpage is a
document, typically written in plain text interspersed with formatting instructions
of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML, XHTML). A webpage may incorporate elements
from other websites with suitable markup anchors. (From Wikipedia.org)
Briefly, website design means planning, creation and
updating of websites. Website design also involves information architecture,
website structure, user interface, navigation ergonomics, website layout,
colors, contrasts, fonts and imagery (photography) as well as icons design.
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What is HTML(Hypertext Markup Language)?
HTML is a language for describing web pages and HTML
document may be viewed by many different "browsers", use to present
text and graphics. The purpose of a web browser (like Internet Explorer or
Firebox) is to read HTML documents and display them as web pages. The browser
does not display the HTML tags, but uses the tags to interpret the content of
the page. HTML is not a programming language. It is a markup language uses a
set of markup tags. HTML uses markup tags to describe web pages. HTML markup
tags are usually called HTML tags. HTML tags are keywords surrounded by angle
brackets like <html>. HTML tags normally come in pairs like <b> and
</b>. The first tag in a pair is the start tag; the second tag is the end
tag. Start and end tags are also called opening tags and closing tags. (From W3schools )
All these website elements combined together form
websites. Often, the meaning of "design" is perceived solely as a
visual aspect. In reality, website design includes more abstract elements such
as usability, ergonomics, layout traditions, user habits, navigation logic and
other things that simplify the using of websites and help to find information
faster.
Most popular web design programs (from wikispaces)
- Dreamweaver Adobe Systems www.adobe.com/
- FrontPage Microsoft www.microsoft.com/
- GoLive Adobe Systems www.adobe.com/golive
- Adobe Contribute: http://www.adobe.com/products/contribute
Introduction to Web Design by Jeewanthi Hettiarachchi
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References
- Wikipedia.org - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License;
- Flicker.com - http://www.flickr.com/photos/ollesvensson/5111146169/sizes/m/in/photostream/
Licensed under Some rights reserved by ollesvensson 
- W3Schools.org - http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp
Copyright 1999-2013 by Refsnes Data. All Rights Reserved.
- Wikispace - http://computerapplications.wikispaces.com/web+design+and+publishing
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 2.5 License
- CreativeCommons.org - http://creativecommons.org/choose/Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
- Wikimedia.org - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WWF_website.png
My Learning Reflection
This exercise was little bit harder but an
enthusiastic I would say. It took hours to search for CC licensed resources.
But I got help from www.creativecommons.org, www. mashable.com, etc. Finally I
managed to create a blog article with Creative Common license to people are
free :
- to share – to
copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix –
to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
- attribution – they must attribute
the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any
way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).
- share alike – If they
alter, transform, or build upon this work, they might distribute the
resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one.
So this is the beginning. and I would like to share my future
works with Creative Common.
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