NET 11: Advanced Skills in Internet Use

Module Three - Tasks

HTML Tags Task:

This task requires us to work through a tutorial and create a web page. We are to note any difficulties that we encountered with these exercises. The whole tutorial consist of 14 lessons, and each lesson have a example helping student to compare their own works with the correct answer. I have experence on website-desgin. I have used some application softwares for desgin website, such as frontpage, dreamware and word. So edit a website is not strange to me, but this time is my first time to learn HTML, I feel very interesting and pretty enjoy to learn HTML. The HTML tutorial is simple and easy followed. Each time when I get problem, I will check the example solution and find the correct HTML tag, it is very helpful becasue when you writing a wrong HTML, you want to see exactly where I made a mistake, after compare with the correct HTML tag, I will remember that mistake and will not make the same mistake twice. Most lessons are easy followed, and I don't have too much problem, but I have encountered one problem and untill now I cann't find the solution.

Lesson 8d. Links to Sections of a Page, this lesson requires us to creat the named ahchor and link to a named anchor. The steps can be simplified as follows:

1. Use the HTML tags for creating a name anchors:

2. Creating a heading list:

3.Link to named anchors:

Follow the instructions I have finsihed practice and compared my answers with example solution, the problem is my web font change to italic, whatever the headings or the text. I have read this lesson again and re-write the HTML tags, but the problem is still here, I checked my HTML and it is the same as the tutorials' but why my font change to italic. Is there anyone know the answer please let me know, thank you!

This is my HTML Task page:

http://webct.curtin.edu.au/305033_b/student_pres/Yue%20Qi%20(12760341)/volc.html

Standard Task:

"The 5 most important ‘rules’ for writing online"

To complete this task, I read the Standard tutorial again and I also did lots of research, finally I have summarised the 5 most important rules for writing onlin, these are Simplicity Rules, Concise Text Rules, Scannability Rules, Scannability Rules, Objectivity Rules and Chunk Rules.

Simplicity Rules:

• Use contrasting colors for page background and text. Dark text on a light background is easy to read.
• Careful with backgroup patterns: they often obscure a site's content instead of complimenting it.
• Avoid blinking or underlined text: Blinking text distracts and annoys visitors. The only underlined text on your document should be hyperlinks.
• Spell check! Spelling errors make your site look unprofessional. Use a spell checker because it's often hard to find errors in your own copy.

Concise Text Rules:

• Cut unnecessary words
• Use a shorter word over a longer one
• Cut unnecessary phrases or sentences

Scannability Rules:

• The vast majority of users do not read text online word-by-word. Almost 80% scan it.

Objectivity Rules:

• Avoid exaggeration or boasting
• Don't make subjective claims or claims without evidence
• Don't use buzzwords or jargon

Chunk Rules:

• Split information into page-long hyperlinked chunks
• Each page should focus on a single topic or theme
• Background details can be provided on separate page(s)
• Provide a table of contents/introduction page with links to content chunks
  

FTP Task:

My page was uploaded to my webct presentation space. Here is a URL that will probably work if you are logged in to webct: http://webct.curtin.edu.au/305033_b/student_pres/Yue%20Qi%20(12760341)/index.htm

Blog Task:

Since this blog already exists, and I don't need to create a new one, here's a screenshot of what you're already seeing!

This is my resource project blog: