Web Software

Web Software

1. Types of Web Software

   • Browser Software - used to search and view websites
   • Web Development Software - used to create webpages/websites

2. Features of Web-Browser Software

   • can access a webpage using a URL
   • can perform key word searches
   • can follow links
   • bookmarks - saves your favourite pages

3. http://www.cdc.gov/nip/child.htm

   • http - how information is transmitted
   • cdc.gov - name of the host computer
   • /nip/ - name of the sub-directory
   • .htm - file name

4. Website Navigation

   • the way that the user moves around the website
   • navigation should be made easy
   • can consist of the use of menus or bars

5. Hyperlinks

   • allows a user to jump from one webpage to another
   • can be on the same site or to a different site
   • you can link text to files
   • Hypertext = underlined to show it is a link
   • Graphical Links = uses an image as the link
   • Anchor links are used with long webpages - user can select the part of the webpage they want to read instead of the whole thing

6. HTML

   • Hyper Text Markup Language
   • special code used for making webpages
   • used to specify layout and structure of the website

7. Techniques & Considerations when creating...

   • Templates
     • having a set layout across all pages
   • Clear Site Navigation
     • either by a menu (where people chose) or linear (when they have a set task)
   • Site Map
     • so people can chose where they want to go
   • House Style
     • colours, fonts, does your page look the same all the way through?
   • Audience
     • who are they? have you considered disabilities?
   • Size
     • different users have different sized screens

8. Ads/Dis'

   • + makes information available to a huge amount of people
   • + enables everyone with internet to access
   • + uses multimedia functions to make it interesting
   • - some features take a long time to download - e.g. flash movies
   • - people who don't have an internet connection are disadvnataged
   • - some features are not available on dial-up

9. Leaderbords & Golden Triangle

   • leaderboards are the advertisements that are found at the top of websites - often 780 x 90 pixels
   • the golden triangle is usually the first place people look on a website - a lot of key information is written there