Web Form

Music Survey

Name:

Email

Select you favorite type of music:

Pop	Classical
Rock	Folk
Rap	Other

Select how often you purchase Music CD's

Weekly	A few CD'seach year
Monthly	Never Purchase

Select the locations you listen to CD's

Select one or more locations
At Home
In the car

What role does music play in your life?

         

Example of a well designed website

I think this is a sample of a well designed website, that me Jason and found; Apple.com

Page Layout

1. Appealing to target audience
2. Consistent site header/logo
3. Consistent navigation area
4. Informative page title that includes the company/organization/site name
5. Page footer area — copyright, last update, contact e-mail address
6. Good use of basic design principles: repetition, contrast, proximity, and alignment
7. Displays without horizontal scrolling at 1024x768 and higher resolutions
8. Balance of text/graphics/white space on page
9. Good contrast between text and background
10. Repetitive information (header/logo and navigation) takes up no more than one-quarter to one-third of the top portion of the browser window at 1024x768 resolution
11. Home page has compelling, interesting information above the fold (before scrolling down) at 1024x768
12. Home page downloads within 10 seconds on dial-up connection

Browser Compatibility

1. Displays on popular versions of Internet Explorer (7+)
2. Displays on popular versions of Firefox (3+)
3. Displays on popular versions of Opera (9+)
4. Display on popular versions of Safari (both Mac and Windows)

Navigation

1. Main navigation links are clearly and consistently labeled
2. Navigation is easy to use for target audience
3. If images, Flash, or DHTML is the main navigation, clear text links are in the footer section of the page (accessibility)
4. Navigation is structured in an unordered list (accessibility)
5. Navigation aids, such as site map, skip navigation link, or breadcrumbs are used (accessibility)
6. All navigation hyperlinks "work" — are not broken

Color and Graphics

1. Use of different colors in page backgrounds/text is limited to a maximum of three or four colors plus neutrals
2. Color is used consistently
3. Color has good contrast with associated text
4. Color is not used alone to convey meaning (accessibility)
5. Use of color and graphics enhances rather than distracts from the site
6. Graphics are optimized and do not significantly slow download
7. Each graphic used serves a clear purpose
8. Image tags use the alt attribute to configure alternate text to display if the browser or user agent does not support images (accessibility)
9. Animated images do not distract from the site and either do not repeat or only repeat a few times

Multimedia

1. Each audio/video/Flash file used serves a clear purpose
2. The audio/video/Flash files used enhance rather than distract from the site
3. Captions are provided for each audio or video file used (accessibility)
4. Download times for audio or video files are indicated
5. Links to downloads for media plug-ins are provided

Content Presentation

1. Common fonts such as Arial or Times New Roman are used
2. Techniques of writing for the Web are used: headings, bullet points, short sentences in short paragraphs, use of white space, etc.
3. Fonts, font sizes, and font colors are consistently used
4. Content provides meaningful, useful information
5. Content is organized in a consistent manner
6. Information is easy to find (minimal clicks)
7. Timeliness: The date of the last revision and/or copyright date is accurate
8. Content does not include outdated material
9. Content is free of typographical and grammatical errors
10. Content provides links to other useful sites
11. Avoids the use of "Click here" when writing text for hyperlinks

Functionality

1. All internal hyperlinks work
2. All external hyperlinks work
3. All forms function as expected
4. No JavaScript errors are generated

Accessibility

1. Navigation is structured in an unordered list
2. Navigation aids, such as site map, skip navigation link, or breadcrumbs are used
3. Color is not used alone to convey meaning.
4. If graphics and/or media is used to convey meaning, the alternate text equivalent of the content is provided
5. Captions are provided for each audio or video file used
6. Use attributes designed to improve accessibility such as title and summary when appropriate
7. Use the id and headers attributes to improve the accessibility of table data

 Here is the Blog to the: Worst Webpage

Creating and using the Fav.ico-Homework Week 3

Homework Assignment Week 2

Our assignment is to create web pages that illustrate the advantages and the disadvantages of using CSS.

Here is a link to the pages created:  CLICK HERE

Groupon.com Review

Each day, Groupon emails its members one unbeatable offer on something great to do in your city (get your business featured). We offer consumers great values by guaranteeing businesses a minimum number of customers. If a certain number of people sign up, then everyone gets the Groupon offer. If that minimum isn't reached, then no one gets it.

In addition to huge exposure, Groupon generates a large number of sales in a short period of time. Given the appeal of our offers, users frequently pass the information along to others, which translates to the potential for even more customers for your business.
Groupon is for people who want to save money, and for business the want new customers.
I think the site reaches its intended audience because it is accessable on most tech devices like cell phones, and Ipad. The site is a great resource to save money.I would encourage everyone to visit Groupon.com
Did you know?
Google’s much-rumored acquisition of Groupon is off, we’ve confirmed with a source with knowledge of the deal. The news was reported earlier by Chicago Breaking Business, and we’ve verified that the deal is indeed off.
The two companies have been in serious negotiations for at least the last week, with reports stating that Google was bidding as much as $6 billion for the red-hot local deals company.
Our source has also verified that Groupon’s annual revenues are now at a $2 billion run rate, which is much higher than the figures that had previously been circulating (this number was reported by AllThingsD a few minutes ago). The $2B figure is the total value of Groupons sold — half of the cost of the Groupon goes back to the merchant, but all the revenue passes through Groupon in much the same way that Google collects all AdSense dollars and counts them as revenues before passing along a portion to publishers.

What is the World Wide Web Consortium?

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international community where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards. Led by Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee and CEO Jeffrey Jaffe, W3C's mission is to lead the Web to its full potential.

Who can Join W3C?

Membership in W3C is open to all types of organizations (including commercial, educational and governmental entities) and individuals. Any entity that can sign the Membership Agreement can become a Member. Members may be either for-profit or not-for-profit organizations. Most Members invest significant resources into Web technologies. They may be developing Web-based products, using Web technologies as an enabling medium, conducting research on the Web, or developing specifications based on W3C work.
Membership in W3C is open to all types of organizations (including commercial, educational and governmental entities) and individuals. Any entity that can sign the Membership Agreement can become a Member. Members may be either for-profit or not-for-profit organizations. Most Members invest significant resources into Web technologies. They may be developing Web-based products, using Web technologies as an enabling medium, conducting research on the Web, or developing specifications based on W3C work.

What does it cost to join?

In order to promote a diverse Membership that represents the interests of organizations around the world, W3C fees vary depending on the annual revenues, type, and location of headquarters of an organization. For instance, as of 2011-03-01, a small company in India would pay 1,905 USD annually, a non-profit in the United States would pay 7,900 USD, and a very large company in France would pay 68,000 EUR.

What is scripting?

A script is program code that doesn’t need pre-processing (e.g. compiling) before being run. In the context of a Web browser, scripting usually refers to program code written in JavaScript that is executed by the browser when a page is downloaded, or in response to an event triggered by the user.
Scripting can make Web pages more dynamic. For example, without reloading a new version of a page it may allow modifications to the content of that page, or allow content to be added to or sent from that page. The former has been called DHTML (Dynamic HTML), and the latter AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML).
Beyond this, scripts increasingly allow developers to create a bridge between the browser and the platform it is running on, making it possible, for example, to create Web pages that incorporate information from the user’s environment, such as current location, address book details, etc.
This additional interactivity makes Web pages behave like a traditional software application. These Web pages are often called Web applications and can be made available either directly in the browser as a Web page, or can be packaged and distributed as Widgets.

Intro to Web Applications CS110 ITT TECH

This is the book we are using for the class.

 I use DreamWeaver to design websites