s kills : create, modify and post to a blog
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Blog development and user interfaces. S kills : create, modify and post to a blog C oncepts : tabbed navigation, wire-frame diagram, user interface gadgets (widgets), property sheet, user profile, independence of content and appearance. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Skills: create, modify and post to a blogConcepts: tabbed navigation, wire-frame diagram, user interface gadgets (widgets), property sheet, user profile, independence of content and appearance
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Blog development and user interfaces
Where does this topic fit?
• Internet concepts– Applications– Technology– Implications
• Internet skills– Application development– Content creation– User skills
Login or create an account
Choose a title and an address
This blog’s URL will be: http://standardblogformat.blogspot.com
Tabbed navigation scheme
Blogger.com has a tabbed user interface
Select a template
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Select a layout1 2
A wire-frame diagram
Header
Footer
Post body Ancillaryinformation
Create a new post
Create a post
Changing page elements
The Page Elements display
Label gadget property sheet
Profile gadget property sheet
User profile
Adding gadgets
The Blogger dashboard
Other tabs
Editing shortcuts
Same contentDifferent appearance
Summary
Header
Footer
Post body Ancillaryinformation
Blogger getting started guide:http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=112498
About Blogger:http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/topic.py?hl=en&topic=10424
Resources
Self-study questions
1. What is the URL (Web address) of a blog once you have created it – where do readers go to see it?
2. A URL is a Web address, but what do the letters “URL” stand for?3. What are the second level navigation choices under the Stats tag?4. What is the effect of clicking Cloud or Label on the property sheet of the
Labels gadget?5. What happens if you uncheck About Me on the property sheet of the Profile
gadget?6. If your readers complain of reading difficulty, how would you increase the font
size in your Blogger posts?7. How would you change your blog from a two column to a three column
layout?8. What are the submenus of the Posting tab, and, in a sentence or two, what is
each used for?9. Compare the fields on profile pages at Facebook with those at Blogger or
Linkedin -- how do they differ? 10. Explain the parallel between a person’s profile and a property sheet.