understanding web sites
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What do sites and pages have?. Who writes them for who and why?. What makes a good web site?. Understanding Web Sites. By Ann and Beth. What do sites and pages have?. title. address. Content. homepage. text. menu. graphics. Links to other sites. downloads. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Understanding Understanding Web SitesWeb Sites
By Ann and BethBy Ann and Beth
Who writes them for who and why?
What do sites and pages have?
What makes a good web site?
What do sites and pages have?
Ways to get around the site
Content
menutext
Author & contact details
graphics
downloads
homepage
Links to other sites
address
title
Content of web sites what people visit forwhat people visit for
text animation
graphics
videosound
The basketball scores were 58 to 128
Ways to get around the site
You can’t turn the pageYou can’t turn the pageSo websites have ….So websites have ….
Hyperlinks on text or
objects
The arrow changes to a
little hand and when you click you go to that place. Text is underlined.
Search
Often up at the top of a site. You
type in a key word and click
go.
Menu
Often at the top, side or bottom of each page. The menu words are hyper linked to the right page.
Site map
These show what is on the site how everything in the site is linked.
Who writes them for who and why?
Every website has an author who is a person or a group of people. They make the website for a
particular purpose or purposes and audience in mind.
PURPOSESOME EXAMPLES
Site Author Audience
Inform http://www.dvbasketball.com.au/Diamond Valley Basketball Association
People who play basketball with DVBA
Teach http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/dlrcontent/4c313535/index.html
Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
Primary and secondary school teachers and students
Sell and persuade
http://bigpondmusic.com/Default.aspx Bigpond (telstra) People who want to buy music on line
Provide a service
www.yprl.vic.gov.auYarra Plenty Regional Library
Members of the library
Entertain http://www.primarygames.comSusan Shuey Beasley(teacher in USA)
Students
What makes a good website?
An example is http://www.rebelsport.com.au/ecom/rebel/default.aspx