Fundamentals of Web Design History of the Internet

Fundamentals of Web Design History of the Internet and the WWW

What is A Web Site? l _________________ l Web Pages can be created in any number of ways: – – – HTML XHTML Dreamweaver Word. Press Joomla

The Internet vs. The World Wide Web When did the Internet begin? l – ________ http: //history. nasa. gov/sputnik www. nasa. gov/externalflash/Space. Age Who developed the Internet? l – – ___________________ Originally called ARPA l (Advanced Research Project Agency) Why was it created? l – _______________________ What organization used it first? l – The National Science Foundation (NSF) introduced it to _____________________

Internet Questions l What is the Internet? – – l _______________________________________ Basically it is ___________ What year do you think email began? – – _____________ Before the first web pages were created!

What is WWW? l World Wide Web l Began in ________ l Created by _____________ – He, along with his research team of scientists in Sweden, completed it in 1989. – _________________________________________ l A piece of __________that runs on the Internet that allows users to share files.

First HTML Page

Before HTML l Information was exchange in two ways: – ASCII Files: _________________________ shared text only, but with no formatting options except line returns and tabs. l Advantage: _______________ l – Binary Files: l 0’s and 1’s l ________________________________________ ___ l Disadvantage: there used to be over 400

HTML l Hyper. Text Markup Language – Hyper = ___________ – Text = __________________ – Markup = ___________________ _ Hello ---- bolds text l The greater/less than signs are called _____ l – Language = ________________

Requests From the Server l URL – ___________________ – The request l 1. HTTP: // – ___________________ l l Saying you’d like a Web page Domain Name asking you what type of information you’d like – WWW. MICROSOFT. COM l 2. FTP: // – _________________ l l 3. Saying you’d like to download something MAILTO: // – ________________ l Saying you’d like to email someone

Domain Names l l l l . com = _____________(microsoft. com). gov = _____________(cia. gov). edu = _____________(cornell. edu). mil = ______________(army. mil). net = ______________(internic. net). org = ________________________(santafecares. org) Country Codes: – jp = Japan – ru = Russia l ca = Canada us = United States http: //www. gwinnett. k 12. ga. us de = Germany au = Australia

Interesting Facts Web Browser ________________ 2. MOSAIC The Internet exploded into the mainstream with the release of the first popular web browser Mosaic in ______. 1 st browser that allowed for _________to be viewed on the Web page 1.

Interesting Facts 3. MOZILLA FIREFOX ___________________ 4. NETSCAPE Developed in _________ Huge browser which allows for a large influence on HTML code Is the only browser that has to be purchased!

Interesting Facts 5. W 3 C – __________________ – Developed in ___________ – ___________________ – President: Tim Berners-Lee l He never trademarked or copyrighted his Internet invention, he called it “His Gift to the World”. He says it’s the biggest mistake he’s ever made! – Latest version of HTML is 5 … brand new!

5. 08 Compliant – User Accessibility l ___________________________________ l A large percentage of users are disabled, visually, motor skills, or other handicaps l Don’t use and tags – voices can’t speak in italics l Use and <emphasis> instead l Key alternate text (yellow boxes)

l Go to http: //validator. w 3. org/ and check to see if your web site is 5. 08 compliant! l http: //wave. webaim. org/ … Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool

The First Message l The first message ever to be transmitted was LOG. . why? The user had attempted to type LOGIN, but _______________

Emoticons l The first emoticon is commonly credited __________ in ______, as there was a need to identify “sarcasim” in posts : -). l He also created : -( to indicate a serious post … this now means sad or frustrated.

First Web Cam l The first webcam was deployed at _________________– its sole purpose to monitor a particular coffee maker and hence avoid wasted trips to an empty pot.

Amazon l According to legend, Amazon became the ______________ because in the days before the invention of the search giant Google, __________would list the sites in their directory

Ad Banners l The first ever banner ad invaded the Internet in ____, and it was just as bad as today. l The ad was part of AT&Ts “you will” campaign, and was placed on the Hot. Wired homepage. l http: //www. wired. com/video

You. Tube l ____________________________ ___ l The first ever You. Tube video was uploaded on ______________, by Jawed Karim (one of the

First You. Tube Video