homework 3

Define:

www- World Wide Web

Html- Hypertext Markup Language

P- The tag used for an opening of a paragraph

A- A tag used to indicate the area that a link goes to

Br- The tag used indicate a line break

A href- Used to specify the destination of a link

H1 to H6- The size of a heading on the web page. H1 being the largest and H6 being the smallest

Body- The tag indicating the body of a web page

B- The tag for bolding text

I- the tag for italicizing text

Bgcolor- The tag used for inserting a background color

Img src- The tag used to add images to a web page

2. How do you write code for a simple website?

Writing code for a simple website only takes a few simple tags.  You need a tag to show where the website begins (HTML tag), a body tag, and then a tag to show were the website ends.

3. List 5 online resources for learing HTML code.

www.htmlcodetutorial.com

www.davesite.com/webstation/html/

www.2createawebsite.com

www.1stsitefree.com

www.quackit.com

Homework 2

1. What are web acceptable images?
JPG, PNG, GIF, and BMP. Web acceptable images have a small file size and are usually save at around 72 dpi.

2. What do the acronyms mean?
JPEG : Joint photographic Expert Group
PNG: Portable Network Graphic
GIF: Graphic Interchange Format
BMP: Bitmap

3. How do they differ? In size? In DPI?
JPG: This format is best used for photographs. This is the most common format for the web. This is not a loss less format and is compresses after each save or change. This format can produce millions of colors.

PNG: This format is designed to transfer images online. It is a lossless format. PNG’s have about 24 bit in RGB.

GIF: This format is the smallest in size. It can only go up to 256 colors. This format is useful for animation and graphics.

BMP: This format is only compatible for Microsoft. It can handle a large file size and has a lossless format. Can go up to 32 bit in color.

4. Is one better than the other for a certain function?
JPEG: Best for photographs
PNG: Best for formatting things to the web
GIF: Best for animation and graphics