This is the last one! The last blog that I will post for MPI104!
...unless I get bored and decide to update it again later because I am super cool like that.
Over the course of the last 13 or so weeks I have learnt lots of interesting and useful stuff in MPI104.
First of all we were introduced to the wonderful world of blogger. Previously I had not been in the possession of a blog due to my general dislike of them; but surprisingly enough its not so bad. This is a good way to keep in contact with friends and comment on their sites, store links to websites that you enjoy, upload videos and photos and of course; spread the enlightenment of your every thought onto the general population.
Then there was Flickr. As you may have previously read I had a negative reaction to it at first (due to the exceptionally annoying and extremely pointless removal of a certain VOWEL!) But since this lesson the practicality of Flickr as a website has grown on me, and I now find myself bored and searching through random peoples photos and even making an alternate account for personal use outside of class.
Then onto Del.icio.us. Delicious is a book marking website that enables you to access places that you have bookmarked no matter what computer you are on.
In the last few weeks we have been learning about different things such as RSS feeds,counters for websites, and blog-like-search-engines like Technorati. Information and my thoughts on these can be found in the corresponding blog posts below.
I can't wait to continue to explore different aspects of the internet in my multimedia subject next semester and look forward to creating even better webpages (it wont be hard) than my current one (which can be accessed here)
So... Until next time my Amigos!
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
TECHNORATI!!
We were supposed to sign up for Technorati accounts and claim our blogs so that we could put a badge onto our blogs, but at the time to site was down so we were not able to. So I've only just gotten around to doing it recently.
Technorati is described by Wiki as a search engine for blogs, but we are supposed to write how it is different from google but to tell you the truth I dont quite understand how it isnt? Is it because you can add favourites and keep up to date with things? Then I guess it is just a combo of google and the bookmarking tool... Anyways,I find Technorati weird and kind of annoying but to be honest once i got my badge up and working I did feel quite a large sense of accomplishment.
My blog is ranked 4, 814, 527... I don't think it is going so well.
So there... That's it.
Technorati is described by Wiki as a search engine for blogs, but we are supposed to write how it is different from google but to tell you the truth I dont quite understand how it isnt? Is it because you can add favourites and keep up to date with things? Then I guess it is just a combo of google and the bookmarking tool... Anyways,I find Technorati weird and kind of annoying but to be honest once i got my badge up and working I did feel quite a large sense of accomplishment.
My blog is ranked 4, 814, 527... I don't think it is going so well.
So there... That's it.
Athene, Rss and Counters
Firstly Athene-
Our Athene accounts are hosted by CSU, they area website that we each have created personally on IWeb and then uploaded onto the web.
IWeb is very basic and their are a lot of things that I don't really understand- for example how do you customise the templates and stuff? I have changed all of the page elements and the general layout but how do you customise the background colour etc? I'm so confused...
In order to upload the IWeb documents onto the internet we use FTP (File Transfer Protocol). The purpose of FTP is to transfer data reliably and effectively, to allow hosts to various hosts the power to upload and change the site from remote locations and also to promote the concept of file sharing- as primarily in remote hosting, file sharing is the key concept in hosting a website.
This can serve many positives as you can access the site from anywhere in the world using a FTP Program such as Fetch- BUT - you also do need every file and folder created when publishing the site uploaded to the server in order for the site to run and operate to the way in which you designed it.
A negative in FTP is that with a small program called ‘Packetsniffer’ anyone’s personal information or data uploaded using the FTP can be altered, manipulated or stolen. This can be prevented by using more complicated versions of FTP, these include SFTP or FTPS.
You can access my Athene account here
Counter and RSS-
A few weeks ago we added counters to our blogs and iWeb pages. The reason for counters on sites is to see the amount of people that visit the site and on more advanced counters you can even check the amount of times they have visited. Counters work on the users IP address, and can monitor the amount of times data and information built into the website is transferred to that particular IP address.
We also added RSS feeds to our blogs and to our IWeb accounts, this seems like a really good idea, especially for keeping up to date with things like the MPI104 blog and some of my favourite webcomics- these and more can be seen in the RSS feed that I have on the right hand side of the page----->
Our Athene accounts are hosted by CSU, they area website that we each have created personally on IWeb and then uploaded onto the web.
IWeb is very basic and their are a lot of things that I don't really understand- for example how do you customise the templates and stuff? I have changed all of the page elements and the general layout but how do you customise the background colour etc? I'm so confused...
In order to upload the IWeb documents onto the internet we use FTP (File Transfer Protocol). The purpose of FTP is to transfer data reliably and effectively, to allow hosts to various hosts the power to upload and change the site from remote locations and also to promote the concept of file sharing- as primarily in remote hosting, file sharing is the key concept in hosting a website.
This can serve many positives as you can access the site from anywhere in the world using a FTP Program such as Fetch- BUT - you also do need every file and folder created when publishing the site uploaded to the server in order for the site to run and operate to the way in which you designed it.
A negative in FTP is that with a small program called ‘Packetsniffer’ anyone’s personal information or data uploaded using the FTP can be altered, manipulated or stolen. This can be prevented by using more complicated versions of FTP, these include SFTP or FTPS.
You can access my Athene account here
Counter and RSS-
A few weeks ago we added counters to our blogs and iWeb pages. The reason for counters on sites is to see the amount of people that visit the site and on more advanced counters you can even check the amount of times they have visited. Counters work on the users IP address, and can monitor the amount of times data and information built into the website is transferred to that particular IP address.
We also added RSS feeds to our blogs and to our IWeb accounts, this seems like a really good idea, especially for keeping up to date with things like the MPI104 blog and some of my favourite webcomics- these and more can be seen in the RSS feed that I have on the right hand side of the page----->
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Week 7: Revision
So here it is... my sixth post! It seems like only weeks ago that I was a blogger N00b, posting my very first post... Oh wait, that was only a couple of weeks ago.
Anyways, in the 7 weeks of my intense intellectual enlightenment through the subject MPI104 (not that I'm sucking up or anything... but if I was, would it work?), I have been privy to sites and general information that I had not previously been aware of.
Some such things are;
1. First of all we were introduced to the wonderful world of blogger. Previously I had not been in the possession of a blog due to my general dislike of them; but surprisingly enough its not so bad. This is a good way to keep in contact with friends and comment on their sites, store links to websites that you enjoy, upload videos and photos and of course; spread the enlightenment of your every thought onto the general population. Of all my posts my personal favourite would have to be this one... but that's just because it is a picture of my puppy... Another positive about blogger is its ability to be able to be modified by every user in order to suit their taste. Specifically in my blog I have changed the colour pattern (several times), the font, the font size, inserted borders and even animated the text.
2. The next week was the week of Flickr! As you may have previously read I had a negative reaction to it at first (due to the exceptionally annoying and extremely pointless removal of a certain VOWEL!) But since this lesson the practicality of Flickr as a website has grown on me, and I now find myself bored and searching through random peoples photos and even making an alternate account for personal use outside of class. On my class flickr account I have uploaded 10 photos, Here are my three favourite images. They would have to be my favourites as they are of my friends and family and remind me of fun times :)
3. Then onto Del.icio.us. Delicious is a book marking website that enables you to access places that you have bookmarked no matter what computer you are on. On my delicious account I have 14 saved bookmarks. These mostly consist of the blogs and flickr accounts of my fellow classmates. This allows for easy access to them all during each class. I don't really have favourites out of these but if I had to choose; Bridgets blog, Annas Blog and Anishas Blog.
We have also looked at templates and CSS, which was the basis of refurbishing my blog several times.
So there you have it! My progress so far!
Anyways, in the 7 weeks of my intense intellectual enlightenment through the subject MPI104 (not that I'm sucking up or anything... but if I was, would it work?), I have been privy to sites and general information that I had not previously been aware of.
Some such things are;
1. First of all we were introduced to the wonderful world of blogger. Previously I had not been in the possession of a blog due to my general dislike of them; but surprisingly enough its not so bad. This is a good way to keep in contact with friends and comment on their sites, store links to websites that you enjoy, upload videos and photos and of course; spread the enlightenment of your every thought onto the general population. Of all my posts my personal favourite would have to be this one... but that's just because it is a picture of my puppy... Another positive about blogger is its ability to be able to be modified by every user in order to suit their taste. Specifically in my blog I have changed the colour pattern (several times), the font, the font size, inserted borders and even animated the text.
2. The next week was the week of Flickr! As you may have previously read I had a negative reaction to it at first (due to the exceptionally annoying and extremely pointless removal of a certain VOWEL!) But since this lesson the practicality of Flickr as a website has grown on me, and I now find myself bored and searching through random peoples photos and even making an alternate account for personal use outside of class. On my class flickr account I have uploaded 10 photos, Here are my three favourite images. They would have to be my favourites as they are of my friends and family and remind me of fun times :)
3. Then onto Del.icio.us. Delicious is a book marking website that enables you to access places that you have bookmarked no matter what computer you are on. On my delicious account I have 14 saved bookmarks. These mostly consist of the blogs and flickr accounts of my fellow classmates. This allows for easy access to them all during each class. I don't really have favourites out of these but if I had to choose; Bridgets blog, Annas Blog and Anishas Blog.
We have also looked at templates and CSS, which was the basis of refurbishing my blog several times.
So there you have it! My progress so far!
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are designed to separate document content from document presentation. Some of the obvious advantages in using CSS that I can see are;
An improvement in accessibility as well as more flexibility and control in characteristic presentation, it enables multiple pages to share the same formatting and it also can be used by a user to see every page that they view in a certain way (e.g. large font, easier definition for an on screen reader... etc).
CSS as the ability to change the presentation of a document, but it is not able to change the actual content of the document. I.e. it will look different but the information will stay the same.
One of the major advantages of CSS (that i touched on earlier) is its accessibility, this is an important factor to take into account with web design as it enables all persons to access the information trying to be presented.
I made some changes to my posting... Such as making the title flash and changing its font, I also added a green line... not really sure why i did that. Also I added this border.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Del.icio.us
Ok... so first things first. My initial beef with this web page was that is not delicious at all; in fact i would go so far as to say that is not even slightly tasty, it just hurt my teeth and electric shocked me a little - not happy.
But my salivary glands aside, the functionality of such an idea is useful, especially for University students such as ourselves who are very rarely on the same computer all of the time. I feel that this will come in handy with incredibly important things, one such INCREDIBLY important thing that jumps to mind is managing my webcomics, i read far to many to remember them all...
My Delicious account can be accessed here.
One of Delicious' most useful tools is its use of tags, this is handy in collecting a varying amount of webpages quickly, some other pagegs that utilize this tool are; YouTube, Photobucket and Quizilla.
So there you have it... another insightful look into the inner workings of my mind... actualy no that was a lie, its just a short speel about a webpage i was made to write.
Unil next week...
youtube
photobucket
But my salivary glands aside, the functionality of such an idea is useful, especially for University students such as ourselves who are very rarely on the same computer all of the time. I feel that this will come in handy with incredibly important things, one such INCREDIBLY important thing that jumps to mind is managing my webcomics, i read far to many to remember them all...
My Delicious account can be accessed here.
One of Delicious' most useful tools is its use of tags, this is handy in collecting a varying amount of webpages quickly, some other pagegs that utilize this tool are; YouTube, Photobucket and Quizilla.
So there you have it... another insightful look into the inner workings of my mind... actualy no that was a lie, its just a short speel about a webpage i was made to write.
Unil next week...
youtube
photobucket
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Flickr
Flickr... What can I say? My initial thoughts weren't very positive, mostly for the fact that the spelling bugs me, WHY TAKE OUT THE E?? WHAT PURPOSE DOES IT SERVE?
Anyways...
But after some exploration into the unknown; I uploaded some photos, joined a group and looked at some different peoples photos, I decided that it may not be SO bad. It is the sort of thing that I can imagine myself getting addicted to for the weeks before an assignment is due, you can thank my amazing skills of procrastination for that.
One of the interesting (pun intended) aspects of Flickr would have to be interestingness. To my limited knowledge of it so far, it appears to be merely a means of exploring the most popular photos on Flickr... but they decided to try and be 'hip' and add 'ness' to the end of it. So in summation, sure it works but come on... you are just trying to hard.
Here is my Flickr account!
And if you still aren't convinced here's a sampler...
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
The First
Finally it is here... For generations it has been coveted, thousands have been sacrificed in its honour, millions have devoted their lives to its study... and here it is.
Oh wait, sorry, wrong page.
Anyway...
This is my blog for MPI104, it is also my first ever blog. This being because for the previous years of my life I have been morally opposed to them. But even the mighty shall fall under the all consuming fist a dictatorship! Or alternatively, a lecturer.
- Sarah
Oh wait, sorry, wrong page.
Anyway...
This is my blog for MPI104, it is also my first ever blog. This being because for the previous years of my life I have been morally opposed to them. But even the mighty shall fall under the all consuming fist a dictatorship! Or alternatively, a lecturer.
- Sarah
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