Module Three HTML Task

Description

I completed the test page and uploaded it onto the webct presentations page. I also played with the html a bit to change some text mostly but also tried different links and images with mixed results.

Concerns

I had two.

Problems:
1. Uploading my test web page onto the uni webct presentations page.
2. Being able to change the image within the test page.
Solutions:
1.The solution to uploadin to the presentations page lay in the DB. Robert saved my ass once again and doesn't even know it. I saved my test web page as webtest.html. It should have been index.html. Once I saved it correctly I uploaded it no problem.


Evaluation

I enjoyed the tutorials and made up a "html explained" word doc (incl. aa the end of this post) with the information I gathered. Both tutorials were really good. I didn't care much for the text in the web test page so I changed it (I know it must be hard to put something in there that is "fun" but inoffensive across the board...I apprecaitte the effort. I changed the text mostly so I could confirm the lessons I learnt to make sure I understood them correctly.

It could be my 'beginner advanced" knowledge (or lack there of) but it seems to me that the uploading of the index.html file, like the assignment upload, could be better executed. I was exhausted and frustrated with the blog formatting fiasco (see assignemt one post...see assignemt one for that matter!!) but still, it seemed confusing to many other students too, the way in which information is submitted to the uni. Maybe online education is in it's formation too and I should just cut it a break and stop my whining.

Analysis

I was sure html/website development was a huge clique that I would never comprehend. I'm all turned around on that one. This excercise was an instant gratifier - type it in and bingo! u gota web page :)) I love it. From the tutorials, I gather there is alot more to learn about html/xhtml - what's "done" and "not done", the new trends and versions etc but I feel well equipped to start really understanding html. All good :))

Conclusion

Before this task, I thought html was simply a rich text setting. The applications for understanding html well enough to write up a simple web site are very broad, from setting up my own website to helping others set up theirs to learning more so I can produce better web sites. Understanding html is essential as it seems all websites are based on it.

Concept: Paradox of The World Wide Web

Key Focus Points

• Humans create a type of “imagined physical space” online through MMORPG’s, detailing physical acts in online chats and IM’s (like touching another user or handing them something etc) even having “cyber’ sex.
  

Concept: The Relationship of Data to Meta Data

Key Focus Points

• Meta data is descriptive data. Meta data can be manipulated to assist internet users in organising and processing incoming dtata.
• The process of manipulating meta data ( by sorting, annotating, copying and resorting) results in making the data one’s own.