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Task 1

  • Website stuff
 - Define the following terms:
www - World Wide Web,
blog - blend of the term web log,
internet - is a worldwide system of computer networks ,
website - a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web,
URL - the address of a web page on the world wide web,
modem - electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line,
image - a picture of any object.
GIF - Graphics Interchange Format
PDF - Portable Document Format,
embed - ,
applications - application or app, is computer software designed to help the user to perform a singular or multiple related specific tasks,
gadget - a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
cybersafety - An online predator is an adult Internet user who exploits vulnerable children or teens, usually for sexual or other abusive purposes ,
HTML -  which stands for HyperText Markup Language, is the predominant markup language for web pages. It provides a means to create structured documents by denoting structural semantics for text such as headings, paragraphs, lists etc as well as for links, quotes, and other items ,
bitmap image - In computer graphics, a bitmap or pixmap is a type of memory organization or image file format used to store digital images. The term bitmap comes from the computer programming terminology, meaning just a map of bits, a spatially mapped array of bits,
vector image - Vector graphics is the use of geometrical primitives such as points, lines, curves, and shapes or polygon(s), which are all based on mathematical equations, to represent images in computer graphics.,
flash - a program installed into your computer.
 - Why, when, and who invented the internet?
  • Website Design Principles
Answer the following questions:
- What different types of websites are there e.g. informative - Business, Personal, Multimedia, News, Blog, Content and Info, Online Brochure, Hybrid and Web Directory.
- What are the benefits of having a website? - Two-Way Communicative Marketing
Customers can quickly and easily give feedback on your product and/or marketing approach

- What are 'documents' online? -
- What purpose does a 'web map' serve?
- What are 'links'? a website URL
- Discuss why it is important to identify the potential users of a website.
- What are the 8 golden rules of good web design? -  make it appropriate, make it look nice and cool and up to date, make the URL (Address Bar) Easy to remember.
- What are the principles of good web design? -
- Discuss why it is important to test, evaluate and update your website? - so you don't keep having the same boring old website as you started.