Today you will n think about criteria for
Today you will: n think about criteria for judging a website n understand that an effective website will match the needs and interests of users n use software to create a web page 1
The task: n create a web page n give it a title n add links n add pictures 2
HTML: Hypertext Markup Language Pull down View, then Source, to see the HTML code. Slide 3
Basic page <html> <body> Search engines </body> </html> 4
Basic page <html> <body> <h 1>Search engines</h 1> </body> </html> The <h 1> tag sets text as a heading in style 1. Valid tags are <h 1>; <h 2>; <h 3>; <h 4>; <h 5>; <h 6>. What effect does changing the number have? 5
Basic page <html> <body> <h 1>Search engines</h 1> Yahoo Excite Google creates a line break </body> <p> and </p> can be used to </html> begin and end a paragraph 6
Adding hyperlinks <html> <body> <h 1>Search engines</h 1> <a href="http: //www. yahoo. com">Yahoo</a> <a href="http: //www. excite. co. uk">Excite</a> <a href="http: //www. google. fr">Google</a> </body> </html> The URL of a hyperlink must be enclosed in quotation marks 7
Adding the title <html> The title is not the same as the page heading <head> <title>Information on search engines</title> </head> <body> <h 1>Search engines</h 1> <a href="http: //www. yahoo. com">Yahoo</a> <a href="http: //www. excite. co. uk">Excite</a> <a href="http: //www. google. fr">Google</a> </body> </html> 8
Creating the HTML file n The text file can be created in a simple text editor such as Notepad. n The file name must have. htm at the end to indicate that it is a web page. n The file contains instructions to the web browser that describe how the page should look. 9
Judging a website n Is the information relevant to the users? n Is it clear, up-to-date, accurate and unbiased? n Do the images enhance, not distract? Are they meaningful? Is the font size suitable? n Is the site easy to use and to navigate? 10
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