HTML
- HyperText Markup Language
- Used for creating websites
- The newest version is HTML5, is also a programming language
- Uses tags in angle brackets (<,>)
- Tags usually open and close
- To view a site's HTML code,right click and click inspect page element
- HTML uses CSS to help create websites as well.
- HTML can be used to create a wide range of websites
- Can be written in text editors
- A good programming language to learn
Web 2.0
Instead of merely 'reading', a user is invited to 'write' as well, or contribute to the content available to everyone in a user friendly way.
Example of sites are the google docs and facebook
User Participation- site users add content for others to see
Mass Participation
User as a Contributor- information flows two ways between site owner and site user by means of evaluation, review, and commenting
Types of Websites
- Portal(website offering services)
- News(news website)
- Informational(contains factual info)
- Business/marketing(promoting products or services)
- Educational(teaching)
- Entertainment(offers interractive and fun services)
- Advocacy(supportive of a motto)
- Blog(this website)
- Personal(for an individual)
History of the internet
- Networking project by the US
- To allow scientists from different locations to share infomation
- Became functional in September 1969
