Assignment 2: Design a Website

Designing a Website

In this post I will be explaining all the information about Lions such as the best and fun facts about Lions which will get all kids interested.

Purpose: To explain kids who are beginners and who don't know much about Lions. The information can be about how they mate and the main juicy facts about Lions.

Facts will need to be fun and interesting. Interesting  

Target Audience: Kids aged from 10 to 14 years old as kids always likes to know about animals such as a lion which is a top predator.

Content: Lions as Introductions

On the homepage of Lions a small paragraph will be displayed in which there will be a description of Lions for example what a Lion is and where it mainly lives.

There will also be some images displayed below the short information about Lions.

Other pages on the website will include the following and in the correct order

1) Facts about Lions
Lots of interesting facts will be motioned on the page. Some examples are that Lions in the wild live for around 12 years and In the wild, lions rest for around 20 hours a day.

2) The different types of Lions
There are two different types of Lions which is a Lion and Tiger. Lions cant swim and Tigers can swim so there is some difference between those two.

3) How they eat
How Lions Hunt for food and what types of animals they mostly like to eat
4) How they mate

How Lions mate each other such as two different Lions fighting against each other to win the female Lion

5) What part of the world do they live and how they survive in the harshest conditions
How they survive around the world with even harshest weather conditions

6) Gallery
Lots of different images will be displayed in all the pages and on a separate page which will only include images.

Navigation

The image above shows the Hierarchy Chart for Lions

Colour Palette

The main text box displayed in the middle is the Home page which will have the other pages linked from the main page.

The screen shot above shows the different colour schemes with the Hex numbers below the colour scheme.

Background Colour: 3081D4

Header: 110612
Footer:  110612
Body Text: 110612
Heading 1 Style:  3BFF8B
Heading 2 Style:  3BFF8B
Links: 48FF56

Fonts

The screen shot above is the font type which I will be using for my text. The reason for this is that its clear to read and understandable

Logo

The image above is my own logo which I created using Illustrator CS6. The logo uses the colour green which makes its catchy and standout. 

To make a Wireframe of my web pages I used a software called Mockflow which is free to all users on the Internet. This software very easy to use and I managed to make all my web pages without any problem

 The image above shows the home page for Lions. The main page will have some key information about Lions which will get the viewer interested. Images will be included just to make the site a bit more live rather than just plain boring text.

My second page is going to be the fun facts about Lions. This will include the best facts about Lions which have not been said before.

My third page is about how Lions hunt their prey. This will include their favourite animal to eat and how the Lions hunt it down.

 My fourth page is going to be about the reproduction of Lions I.E. how Lions fight against each other to win the female Lion.

My Fifth page will include the different types of Lions how they are different to each other.

 My Sixth page will include how the Lions adapt to the environment and how they survive even in the harshest weather

Finally the last page is going to have lots of images and videos on Lions.

I have designed my own logo for the website but it cannot be added to Mock flow as its a
Wireframe website. The logo is very vibrant and catchy.

Interactivity

The tabs which is below the search engine is the navigation which links the user to another page when selected. Tabs which are organised are makes the website professional.

Navigation Tabs

The 6 tabs below the search engine is different pages which will be included in my website
Each one directs the user to its own page. Having these tabs also makes navigation part of the website much more professional and easy to understand.

Search Engine

Having a search engine will make much more easier to fine something in particular rather than having to search every part of the website.

Images

I don't want to make my website boring so having lots of text on the website make it un- enjoyable. This is why I have used multiple images to attract the viewers and also gives them something to think about.
Images will be related to Lions and each page will have its separate images

Video

A small short video will also be placed at the bottom right corner which will give a clear brief about lions and images will be included.

Including the video there was also be a puzzle page where people can solve puzzles about Lions. The puzzles will include word searches and others.

Banner

Just a small advertisement about lions that directs the user to sponsorship.  

The following is the images which I will be using on my website 

Tools & Techniques - Notepad vs Komodo Edit

Notepad vs Komodo Edit

In this post I will be explaining the advantages and disadvantages of Notepad and Komodo Edit. Finally I will finishing the comparison with a conclusion

What is Notepad?
Notepad is an easy to use text editor only available to Windows operating system

Notepad Advantages

> Its free
> Its easy to use
> It can be used on any windows- free software available to all windows operating systems
> No training overhead which means that the software is easy to use without much training as there are not many menus and features in notepad
> Quick to load as its just a page with not many menus and features to enhance the software

Notepad Disadvantages

> Not compatible with every OS- Only available to the Windows operating system. This is a big downside as other operating system would have a great software such as notepad in their operating system
> No functionality for Web Development- This means that there is no colour coding to help the user identify what part of the code is what.

Overall Notepad is a great programming software to be using for creating a draft for a website. It does have its downsides such the colour coding and other features but its very easy to use and to train on. I would recommend using notepad for people that are just starting to create a website as a draft. It only has the basics of creating websites but it does the job at the end.

What is Komodo Edit
Komodo Edit is also a free text editor for different types of programming languages such as Javascript, CSS etc.

Komodo Edit Advantages

> Templates to save coding
> Auto fill- Full part of the code does not have to be completed manually as the software detects the code and will then display similar codes to what the user has written which they can select.
> Colour coded- This feature makes some of the coding have a particular colour and helps users to indentify what code is what
> Preview within programme- Users are able to see how their website would look without saving the file to a HTML unlike Notepad. The preview feature is also within the programme so its very easy to check and improve anything.
> Its free- Just like Notepad Komodo Edit is free as well which has more features than Notepad
> Works on more Os's than Notepad- Komodo Edit is available to all operating systems which is great if someone has a different operating system to windows

Komodo Edit Disadvantages

> Have to download- As Komodo Edit has more features than notepad and the way its layed out with different options its does requires about 70mb of space unlike notepad which is already installed on the operating system when bought. This is not a big disadvantage as 70mb is not a lot to download.
> Slower to load- Featuring more features will mean that it does take quiet a while to load the program
> Requires training- As Komodo is a complex program with many features that can be used for making websites training is required.

Conclusion

Overall I would go for the Komodo edit software over Notepad. From the points above Komodo Edit can make really good sites if known on how to use it. It does require training but once the user knows how to use it then it would be a very simple program to use when designing a website. I would say that Notepad should be using for making a draft of a website and Komodo for making the proper version of a site. Komodo is also very helpful as it colour codes the coding so it easier for users to understand which type of code is what.

Reference

Komodo Edit and Notepad++ ::: Pros & Cons ::: Python dev [closed]
08/11/2013
http://bit.ly/KdeMP

What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Creating a Website in Notepad?
08/11/2013
http://bit.ly/18birne

What Are the Main Features of Komodo Edit?
08/11/2013 http://abt.cm/1cbLgV8

ActiveState Komodo
08/11/2013
http://bit.ly/10SZlW

Notepad (software)
08/11/2013
http://bit.ly/fIfmU9

Tools & Techniques - Lorem Ipsum and Lorem Pixel

Assess different implementation styles of CSS

Task 4 – CSS Implementation Styles (U20M1, U28M2)

 

1.    Produce a blog entry that describes the three CSS implementation styles and their advantages and disadvantages.
Use the following layout:-

Introduction – Summary of your intentions
Inline – Description, Advantages and Disadvantages
Embedded – Description, Advantages and Disadvantages
External – Description, Advantages and Disadvantages

In this task I will be describing the three CSS implementation styles with their advantages and disadvantages

The three CSS implementation styles are Inline, Embedded and external

Inline
The inline style in CSS is to allows users to implement directly into CSS without the need of extra files like style.css.
An example of inline is the code below

    <h1 style="background-color:red;color:yellow;font-size:20px;">Inline</h1>

Advantages
 
1) Using inline the user does not need to create an external document only when using external style sheet. Inlines are easy to add as its written on the main CSS page rather than the style.css page.
 
2) Web designers prefer to use inline style on new projects as its easier to look around the source instead of changing the source file.
 
3) Using Inline also loads faster as it has lower Internet requests. This means that internal CSS website load much faster than external CSS websites.
 
Disadvantages
 
1) Inline must be used on every text or element so it will be time consuming as if web designers are making a big website they will need to write inline for each web page.

2) Cant always control styles for multiple documents at once

Embedded

Embedded CSS styling uses the tags <style> and </style>. This is used so users can edit the html tags in order in order to style them. An example of this is that if they want to style heading then the following code will be the correct one.

<style type="text/css">

      <h1>

font-color: purple;

     </h1>

</style>

The piece of coding above will show the heading as the colour purple.

 

Advantages

The advantages for embedded are the following

1) Embedded styling can be created so that other parts of the html such as the content can have the same style as the heading.

2) Everything which has to do with embedded can be done all in one worksheet so there is no need for downloading external styling sheet.

Disadvantages

1) Extra downloads are needed in order to import the css information for each of the document

2) Embedded style sheets uses lots of coding so sometimes it will be hard to understand what part is what

External

External styling is when a separate sheet is created named as style.css It will need a small tag in the HTML sheet which will connect both of sheets together so the external sheet is used to edit the coding such as colour of the paragraphs.
 
(<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">),
 
Advantages

1) Connects both of the worksheets together to make it one

2) Reduces the amount of coding in the HTML worksheet as the editing is done in the style.css sheet

3) Very easy for creating websites without problems like finding out what of the code goes where

 Disadvantages

1) Loading the web page can take a while to load because its accessing the files from the external worksheet.

2) Can become quiet hard to edit for complex layouts

 

Reference

Implementing CSS
15/12/2013
http://www.quackit.com/css/tutorial/implementing_css.cfm

Disadvantages of External CSS
19/12/2013
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120413134600AAaE8kF

How the three different implementation styles of CSS and how they are called from HTML?
18/12/2013
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090207121817AAKxd6l

CSS Code
18/12/2013
http://www.tizag.com/cssT/internal.php

Explain the features of the Box model for CSS

Reference

CSS Box Model

29/11/2013

http://bit.ly/aGhHTh

Explain how HTML files access CSS

1.  Produce a blog entry that describes how HTML and CSS work together to produce websites.
Use the following layout:-

Introduction – Summary of your intentions
HTML – Describe HTML and its purpose in the development of websites
CSS – Describe CSS and its purpose in the development of websites
Compare and Contrast - How HTML and CSS work together in the development of websites

In this task I will be describing how HTML and CSS works together to produce websites.

HTML
HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language. This is used to create web pages which can be displayed in a web browser. The purpose of HTML is to create the structure of a web page using codes. Structures include paragraphs, blocks, images, tables etc. In order to show data on the Internet HTML uses tags in which it must be used for example <p> is used to identify a paragraph has been used.

There are also many other tags within HTML such as <h1> which means the heading.
Tags must also be ended with the same tag but will look like this </h1>. This is the structure of the HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

  <title>This is my page title.</title>

  <link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

</head>

<body>

  <h1>Heading 1</h1>

  <p>An example of a paragraph.</p>

</body>

<html>

CSS
CSS stands for Cascading Styles Sheets. The purpose of CSS is to style and present HTML such as changing the layout of the web page. CSS also add the visual effect such as the colours in the website. It is really when using CSS as it make websites stand out more from the websites.

h1
 { color:blue; }
The code above shows that heading 1 should be the colour blue because of what I have written between the brackets and next to the semi colon

How does CSS and HTML work together in producing websites

All is that HTML is used to build the structure of the website for example paragraphs. CSS is then used to add effect to the paragraph such as changing the colour, making the font size bigger, changing the look of a font etc.

Reference

How HTML, CSS and JavaScript work together in web pages
22/11/2013
http://bit.ly/a0AvQW

What is HTML and CSS?
22/11/2013
http://bit.ly/PrZEtz