Web Page Design

There is a lot of information to consider when you are creating a web page. I have to learn how it all works. What makes a good web page and what makes a bad one. Eventually we are going to be making one of our own. I have ideas planned out already, but I think it’s not going to an easy process. I’ve never made a web page before that I can remember. I think I might have in high school, but I’m not sure if it was a web page or the basic in computer graphics. There are certain basics to remember when created a web page and one of them is to limit your graphics to 1-2.

One of my roommate’s pet peeve is spelling errors. I can understand that and I think it should be one of the important aspects in web page design. Creating a web page, I would think can be a long process. It is easy to make errors and not notice them when you proofread the information. It is important to have someone else read the information and give feedback. My roommate can spot a spelling error in whatever she reads if there is one. I always have her proof read my writings before I submit my assignments. I can still have spelling errors even though I used spell check. Sometimes it automates the words and changes it to the wrong word. I hate having to reread my papers after I finish writing them, so I leave that up to my roommates. She’s so nice!!! 

If you are interested in creating a web page here are some good websites that give you the basics on what to do and what not to do.

The Dog House
http://www.doghause.com/top15.asp

Good Web Design Features
http://www.ratz.com/featuresgood.html

Wikipedia

I had to learn about Wiki today and it was pretty interesting. Our whole class had to edit an article on Wikipedia. It was about the content of our class for the first six weeks. I never knew you could edit and change content on Wikipedia. Most of the time, I use Wikipedia to find information for my research papers. I’m not sure how I thought Wikipedia was formed and I guess I never really thought about it. Now I notice all the navigation links that can lead you to recent changes or contents. I’m still not sure how everything works or how you become an editor. It’s amazing how people can add information to articles or even make new ones. I guess you learn something new every day. If you want to check out our article on Wikipedia you can click on the link below. If you already knew about this information sorry but I was astonished. If you don’t know about this editing stuff, take a look around Wikipedia and learn about Wiki.

Our Article
https://wiki.asu.edu/cyberlife/index.php/Cyberstuff2007Spring

Wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki

Second Life

Today I was introduced to Second Life through my cyberspace class. It is a virtual world where you can go places and meet people from around the world. At first it reminded me of the Sims game you can play on your computer. I hardly ever play games on the computer. They are very time consuming and at times they can be addicting. My roommate can spend hours playing computer games. I’m more of an active person and like to spend my time outdoors. I also like to spend time with my family and friends and I don’t like to make time to use the computer. I only get on the computer when I need something.

The thing I liked about Second Life was the ability to fly. I really didn’t like all the sex and nudie pornography that showed up when you try and look for places to go visit. It’s free to set up an account with them. Some things you have to pay for if you what to get more involved with the program. They also have some free stuff to do there as well. You can go and check it out. You may like it more then I did.

Second Life
http://secondlife.com/