Wednesday, 28 September 2011

Website Analysis (this post is still under construction)

Website Design
YouTube-
www.YouTube.com

• Public or Membership
Anyone can view content hosted by YouTube, people who sign up for a membership however get the ability to upload their own content, favourite other content as well as being able to rate and comment on it
• Homepage
The homepage features the most recently top viewed featured videos. It’s conventional in terms of user navigation, having a vertical scrolling bar and clear simplistic yet efficient interface. The homepage, as with every other page on the site, features a search bar.
• Revenue
Youtube makes its profit from Google Adsense, since Google bought YouTube on the 9th of October 2006. The Ads can be shown as images besides videos or they can also be shown in video format for 30 seconds before a main video is shown. However, YouTube Revenues contribute to only 1% of Google’s total profits yet still managing to earn over $1 billion annually.
• Consistency of Design, Navigation and Page Download Speeds
YouTube’s layout is extremely simplistic. Apart from the YouTube logo there really is no other digital graphic design element featured on the website as everything on every page has a consistent, user friendly simple layout that is easy to navigate as it is far from over crowded. Because of the lack of graphic also this dramatically decreases the download time of the webpage which is essential as it allows computers to focus the majority of their CPU (Central Processing Unit) and RAM (Random Access Memory) on buffering the video itself rather than loading many images on the webpage.

Facebook-
www.facebook.com

• Public or Membership
To browse the Facebook website, you must sign up to become a member. You’re then able to create your own profile, from which you can post things that could be posted on any blog. You can also publish videos and pictures that are your own material.
• Homepage
The homepage features the most recent activity of your fellow Facebook ‘friends’. This can involve uploaded pictures, videos or recently published posts.
• Revenue
Facebook makes its profit from adverts, since Google bought YouTube on the 9th of October 2006. The Ads can be shown as images besides videos or they can also be shown in video format for 30 seconds before a main video is shown. However, YouTube Revenues contribute to only 1% of Google’s total profits yet still managing to earn over $1 billion annually.
• Consistency of Design, Navigation and Page Download Speeds
YouTube’s layout is extremely simplistic. Apart from the YouTube logo there really is no other digital graphic design element featured on the website as everything on every page has a consistent, user friendly simple layout that is easy to navigate as it is far from over crowded. Because of the lack of graphic also this dramatically decreases the download time of the webpage which is essential as it allows computers to focus the majority of their CPU (Central Processing Unit) and RAM (Random Access Memory) on buffering the video itself rather than loading many images on the webpage. It’s conventional in terms of user navigation, having a vertical scrolling bar and clear simplistic yet efficient interface. The homepage, as with every other page on the site, features a search bar.

Wednesday, 21 September 2011

My HTML so far!

Digital Vapour

What we are.

Digital Vapour are a creative team that provide a superb multimedia service - from filming and editing to exporting to DVD, photography and graphics for print. We have all the elements you need to see a project through from pre-production to final product.

What we produce.

Digital Vapour aim to provide a cost effective, friendly service, that produces a multimedia solution for clients of any sort. Media formats we produce are:

Music Videos

Promotional Videos

Corporate Events

Wedding Videos

Color Values

HTML Basics extended!!

HTML Links

HTML links are defined with the <a> tag.

Example

HTML Images

HTML images are defined with the <img> tag.

Example

HTML Paragraphs

HTML paragraphs are defined with the <p> tag.

Example

<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
<p>This is another paragraph.</p>

HTML Headings

HTML headings are defined with the <h1> to <h6> tags.

Example

<h1>This is a heading</h1>
<h2>This is a heading</h2>
<h3>This is a heading</h3>

HTML scripting basics

What is HTML?

HTML is a language for describing web pages.

HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language
HTML is not a programming language, it is a markup language
A markup language is a set of markup tags
HTML uses markup tags to describe web pages

HTML Tags

HTML markup tags are usually called HTML tags

HTML tags are keywords surrounded by angle brackets like <html>
HTML tags normally come in pairs like <b> and </b>
The first tag in a pair is the start tag, the second tag is the end tag
Start and end tags are also called opening tags and closing tags

HTML Documents = Web Pages

HTML documents describe web pages
HTML documents contain HTML tags and plain text
HTML documents are also called web pages

HTM or .HTML File Extension?

When you save an HTML file, you can use either the .htm or the .html file extension. There is no difference, it is entirely up to you.

Notes:
You can write HTML scripts in notepad.exe and then go to File> Save as and then place '.html' or 'htm' at the end of the file name to create a web page.