Assignment 1 guide
- 1. Assignment 1 guide Web authoring: protocols, design convent ions and software Introduction In this report I will discuss web authoring and everything else it involves like: protocols, design conventions and software. I will be explaining everything about what these are. Protocols Protocols are just another word for rules. When discussing web authoring protocols we are talking about the rules which govern the exchange of data and information over the internet. There are several; protocols we need to be familiar with and understand. Uniform Resource locater (URL) this is the web address for the website for example www.google.com this protocol will lead you to the website. Domain name which is the name of a website, these seem to be more memorable so people type this into the website like “Facebook”. Also the top level domain name which is the last section of the URL these are ‘UK’, ‘JP’ and organisation codes are ‘GOV’ and so on. Domain name registration this is where users buy domain name for example I brought “Akkit” with the top level domain name which is “.co.uk”. These are sold and managed buy the top name registrators. Then their internet service providers (ISPs) this is the company that provides you with access to the internet like BT, Virgin…Hosting, companies will let you host your website on their servers, they store your website files on their service which is accessible to others from the internet usually this is a monthly or yearly fee for doing this. Lastly it’s the web page naming conventions, websites are made of lots of pages all using the same URL. It will be important for the web page to have a suitable name that reflects on the content for that page e.g. Home page= www.example.com/index.htm . Design Conventions Rule of third is one of the design conventions and one of the most important design principles. That is applies to layouts and composition of image and websites. Images and websites can be divided into thirds from three vertical and horizontal lines. Whenever those lines cross it’s called “point of focus” the eye is naturally drawn into those positions. Websites that uses the rule of third is universally seen as visually appealing and keeps the design of the page tidy and neat. There are three main colour schemes that websites can be designed with, these colours are very important that you pick the right one because it has to be right with your tone and the feel of the website. Colour schemes usually reflect the nature of the website. The three main colours ill be explaining to you are: Monochromatic, also means one colour. This means if a website is monochromatic it can only use one colour but it can also use different types of shades and tints. The second colour scheme is an analogous colour scheme which uses the similar types of colours analogous are locatred to each other on the colour wheel.
- 2. The third colour scheme is the complimentary colours which are opppisite, but visually work very well together, they are always found opppisite each other on the colour wheel. Font size Font are very important espcially for your website visually and usability. Font are actully divided into two catogories: serif and san serif which are two diffirent types of letters but hardly any diffirent from each other. San serif means the letters are more clear and in our modern life more easier to reas because we go by san serif however serif is were theirs little flicks at the end of each letter which may be a l ittle change but a big diffirence if you compare them. Font size is ver important for designing a website along with colour. Titles and sub heading should have a slightly bigger font size then the text below to show importance and to break the page and content up so its more easier to see and read. Fonts shoulw be easily coloured so they can easily be read for example if I make the background black and the text white it will be easy to read. Text on websites can sometimes be grouped together poorly making it difficult for the person whos looking at it to read let alone use it. Paragraphs are used in websites and writing to make up long bits of text to tindy their writing and to make it more proffesional. Each paragraph should have its on focus as in a paragraph should welcom you to a paragraph or a paragraph intropducing a website and another explaining what its about. Backgrounds on websites are generally either single colours a pattern or images.single colours should be right for your colour scheme only for consistance, and should make it easier to read the writing on your website. Patterns can be used however cannot distract the foreground and content for your website. Images can be used but its quite difficult also if you get a images that’s too large it may cause error to your website to load slower.