HTML Web Design - Lesson 02

Definitions:

• I.P. Address
• A unique address that computers use in order to identify and communicate with each other.
• Web Server
• A computer program that is responsible for accepting HTTP requests from clients, which are known as web browsers, and serving them HTTP responses which are usually HTML web pages.
• Web Browser
• A computer program that interprets HTML commands to collect, arrange, and display the parts of a web page.
• *examples of various web browsers are: Apple's Safari, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator.
  

Demo. method for viewing HTML:
We will look at the "view source" or "view page source" menu command found in browsers to see the HTML for any website.

Media that can be displayed on a web page:

1. graphics
2. sound
3. animations
4. video
5. interactive programming

*The media files remain separate from the web page they are displayed on. HTML commands tell the web browser where to find the media files. We will see this concept today by putting our first image on a web page.

Design considerations:

1. The target device
1. cel phone / pda
2. computer
3. television
2. resolution of the monitor (1024 x 768, 800 x 600, etc.)
3. Target web browser(s)

HTML is not solely rendered to a web browser sitting on a computer. The HTML can be rendered anywhere from a PDA to a Television set. "Your job is to design pages so that they look as consistent as possible across major browsers with their default settings."