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Project Presentation

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Finally, the final presentation was held at CTL lab during the rainy day last monday...honestly, i didn't prepare mentally during the presentation because i didn't get any sleep before that day..there were 5 groups presented their great web project...congrats to all my coursemate for their good work...keep it up!!

Web Hosting

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Free or Paid?? Web hosting is a kind of service which helps your website to become accessible through the Internet. Nowadays a lot of companies are ready to offer you their web hosting services granting server space for storing your data. But before you choose one to collaborate with, decide on the kind of web hosting you want to have first. Two major types of web hosting imply free and paid ones each being characterized by certain pros and cons. Of course it is very pleasant to have something for free but in fact it doesn’t guarantee fruitful results you want to get. Using free web hosting service you are allowed to store your data on the server without paying any fees. This type of service will be good for beginners who want to learn how a web server works or for hosting non commercial personal web pages . They provide little space for uploading files and also have certain restrictions concerning number of possible visitors. In other words free web hosting service is characterized b

Web Evaluation

Five Criteria for evaluating web: Evaluation of Web documents How to interpret the basics 1. Accuracy of Web Documents Who wrote the page and can you contact him or her? What is the purpose of the document and why was it produced? Is this person qualified to write this document? Accuracy Make sure author provides e-mail or a contact address/phone number. Know the distinction between author and Webmaster. 2. Authority of Web Documents Who published the document and is it separate from the "Webmaster?" Check the domain of the document, what institution publishes this document? Does the publisher list his or her qualifications? Authority What credentials are listed for the authors)? Where is the document published? Check URL domain. 3. Objectivity of Web Documents What goals/objectives does this page meet? How detailed is the information? What opinions (if any) are expressed by the author? Objectivity Determine if page is a mask for advertising; if so information might be biased

Web Testing

Here we will see some more details on web application testing with web testing test cases. Let’s have first web testing checklist. 1) Functionality Testing 2) Usability testing 3) Interface testing 4) Compatibility testing 5) Performance testing 6) Security testing 1) Functionality Testing: Test for - all the links in web pages, database connection, forms used in the web pages for submitting or getting information from user, Cookie testing. Check all the links: Test the outgoing links from all the pages from specific domain under test. Test all internal links. Test links jumping on the same pages. Test links used to send the email to admin or other users from web pages. Test to check if there are any orphan pages. Lastly in link checking, check for broken links in all above-mentioned links. Test forms in all pages: Forms are the integral part of any web site. Forms are used to get information from users and to keep interaction with them. So what should be checked on these forms? Fir

Interface Design

Font and Typography Fonts are the way your text looks on a Web page. And most Web pages have large amounts of text. When you're thinking of design, you need to think about how the text looks on a micro-level (the font glyphs, what font family, etc.) as well as the macro-level (positioning blocks of text and adjusting the size and shape of the text). These resources explain how to work with fonts on Web pages. How To Use Color Color is everywhere. It's how we dress up our world and how we see things. Color has meaning beyond just "red" or "blue" and color is an important design element. These color resources teach how to use color effectively in Web design Graphics and Images Graphics are the fun part of most Web pages. As the saying goes "a picture is worth 1,000 words" and that's also true in Web design. Learn how to get the most out of your Web images with the following links. Web Layout Basics When people think of Web design often what t

Interaction Design

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Effective Web Navigation If people cannot navigate through your site, they will quickly leave. Thus, designing effective navigation on your Web site is crucial. But there are some basic things you need to do before you can start worrying about rollovers or links, images or flash. Information Architecture Before you can even start to plan your navigation, you need to define your site's information architecture. Information architecture is the taxonomy or structure of your Web site. Some common taxonomy elements on a corporate or business Web page are: · Products - the products or services the company sells · About - information about the company · Investor Relations - information specific to investors · Support - help for customers Some common taxonomy elements on a personal Web page are: · About Me - information about the page author · Favorite Links - links that the author likes · Friends and

Principle Web Design

The basic principles of design are true for Web design as well as other design. They show you how to put together design elements in an effective manner. Design is more than just slapping HTML tags up onto a page, and using these principles will help you build more pleasing and useful designs. Balance Balance is the distribution of heavy and light elements on the page. Larger, darker elements appear heavier in the design than smaller, lighter elements. The principle of balance shows you how to lay out your pages so that they work. Contrast When most people think of contrast, they typically think of colors or black and white. But there is more to contrast than color. You can have contrasting shapes (square vs. circle), or contrasting sizes (large vs. small), or contrasting textures (smooth vs. rough). Emphasis Emphasis is what the eye is drawn to in a design. It's tempting to give everything equal emphasis or try to emphasize everything in a design, but this ends up maki