Web Design
ENG 330

• Web development/SEO site of the day from
  , animated GIF from and RSS from .

Topics are Web development and testing, and another look at DHTML. For development, re-read HTML & CSSChapter 19, "Practical information." And take alook at Google's SEO guide
Above all remember file and directory naming conventions. Your final URL will be of the form: http://lasalle.edu/~smithj4/final/. To avoid problems,

• Save before previewing in browser
• Keep all files on the same disk or drive
• Files and directory names should have no upper-case letters and no special characters or spaces. Remember: No Caps, No Gaps (or, Upper Case, No Space).
• For files in a sub-directory the link would be <a href="images/pic.gif">
• For files in a parallel directory the link would be <a href="../part_two/another_page.html">

Another development resource: Search Engine Submission Tips (formerly Webmaster’s Guide). And the Online Journalism Review links to SearchEngine Watch when it says journalism students need to learn SEO.

I’ve also added and modified an RSS feed (Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication) script from About.com to the top of today’s page as an example of an easy way to develop site content. I got that script here.

Then we’ll build an animated GIF.Think of ways to do one for your final project made with text that could be like this and here’s the simple one with a photo and motion tween and fade. There are some (looping) text ones at MogoMedia or even at this Google page.
• Tip animations on several programs from lynda.com



Projects are due on-line Monday, May 6. The best system is to put the final project in its own folder so that you don’t have to take down any other sites in your public_html folder. E-mail me your URL (e.g. http://www.lasalle.edu/~beattyj1/finalproj/hello.html) and indicate where you have included JavaScript and the animated GIF.


 
 

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