IDCC 370: Web Design I   Spring 2008

Check this out: Here is a list of the terms introduced in our class meeting on Wednesday, March 22, 2006. Please make sure that you understand the meaning of all these terms and phrases:

1. helper application (Word and Word .doc file; Excel and .xls file; Adobe Acrobat and pdf file)
2. proprietary file format (e.g.: Word .doc)
3. light and heavy pages (referring to clean HTML and css markup)
4. Web optimization of text
5. Word bloat (the result of proprietary formatting)
6. bloated HTML files (extraneous and useless XML and CSS markup)
7. separation of style from content in XHTML and XML markup
8. machine readable markup (vanilla, clean XHTML)
9. Gateway page (assignment two leads to corporate communication climate
10. Fragment identifier, named anchor
11. URL with fragment identifier: corporatecomm.htm#abstract

If you have questions, just e-mail me at wbuchholz@bentley.edu. Feel free to comment on this announcement, or if you want to e-mail it, click on the little mail icon directly below.

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Next class, we will begin our assignment two design project using this Word doc about open communication in the workplace. I will provide specific directions on how to handle this document in class. The basic idea is to show you how to import a Word doc. file and then to scrub up the XHTML in preparation for named fragments and style rules application. This will be practice for assignment two, due Wednesday, November 15 (day) or Wednesday November 29 (eve).

If you have questions, just e-mail me at wbuchholz@bentley.edu. Feel free to comment on this announcement, or if you want to e-mail it, click on the little mail icon directly below.

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I'll be in Smith 110 (IDCC 370 lab) starting at noon on Friday, March 10, for three hours, so stop by with any problems, questions, or concerns that relate to assignment one, due Monday, March 20.

If you have questions, just e-mail me at wbuchholz@bentley.edu. Feel free to comment on this announcement, or if you want to e-mail it, click on the little mail icon directly below.

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When your Web site shells are ready, take a deep breath. You've accomplished a great deal so far. But now we are about to embark on the FTP journey.

First, you need to make sure that you have an account on the Bentley student server: create your account. Once you've created your account, you need to hook to the server through Dreamweaver. Dreamweaver's FTP utility can be a little confusing the first or second time through, so I hope this advice will help.

Make sure the latest copy of your Web site is on the c:/ drive (most likely a drag and drop from your m:/ drive) to a subdirectory with your last name. Example: C:\Documents and Settings\wbuchholz\My Documents\My Web Sites\buchholz\.

Once you're sure you have the latest version of your Web on the c:\ drive, invoke the site management wizard to edit your specs. I'll walk you through the steps in the wizard, so don't move too quickly. Wait for the whole class to go through this.

The key screen in the wizard is the one where you actually hook to the server and your folder on the server. Here is a screen shot to use as a model (click to enlarge for easier viewing):

If you need some help with this whole process in class, just raise your hand. If you run into trouble at home, just e-mail me at wbuchholz@bentley.edu for more advice — or wait until the next class, and we'll quickly take it from there.

Please feel free to comment on this post (nothing dirty, though) and I will respond for all to see.

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I wanted to make sure that everyone knew what we had settled on for the due date of assignment one. It will be due on Monday, March 20, after break.

Sorry to have to extend the due date, but as a class you are not quite ready yet to hand in the completed assignment. It would be very unwise to throw you into the water and hope that you would be able to swim, at this point.

Monday, March 6, we will finish up some of the technical problems, issues, and challenges of assignment one. I also hope that we will be able to FTP on Monday.

Wednesday, March 8, we will complete whatever is left unfinished from Monday. You will then have the remainder of class time set as a lab for troubleshooting; that is, you will work on the assignment, and when you have problems, I will come around and help you to solve them.

If you have questions, just e-mail me at wbuchholz@bentley.edu. Feel free to comment on this announcement, or if you want to e-mail it, click on the little mail icon directly below.