Mock Page Warfare

Hey readers out there. This is another official blog entry concerning my NDSU class Electronic Communications. This week we are talking about a mock web page, a model we created to roughly represent what our finished web page will look like, and are now just troubleshooting to make sure that the web page works properly and is user friendly.

Now, the mock page that we have created has some connections between the producers and the readers because we plan on having a mission statement on the home page, directly stating what the point of this web page is and our overall goal with the information presented here in. The category types (city life, rural life, entertainment...) are all catered to the reader to better help them navigate the web site and find the information that they are looking for. The design so far is kind of bland however, with only pics and short text blurbs being the style on the main page. That should change upon looking at the templates if a Content Management System.

That should be our focus for creating this web page, not just the type of information but the display. With the templates of a CMS on our side, we should be able to add some interesting effects, styles, and colors to our web page so that it is not a plain Jane white electronic newspaper dealing with business in the city of Fargo, N.D.

Overall, I do believe that this Web site will eventually be very cool and useful to any reader in the community, or even in other classes dealing with web design and execution of development. Anyways, the next entry will be dealing with some pretty good horror films I've been watching so stay tuned for some fun info. Bye for now gore hounds...

World Wide Web...I haven't heard it called that forever

Hey there party goers. This is another wonderful blog for that Electronic Communications class I've been taking in Fargo, ND. YEAHHHH!!! No seriously.
Anyways, this week we were assigned to read a story literally titled, World Wide Web. It was actually written by a lot of guys that seem to know what they are talking about because what they explain is almost identical to the current Internet system. They mention the uses of servers, HTML, and a basic version of the Windows OS. They commonly refer to everything as the W3 model which I had not heard of until I read this article, but you should get the gist already of what it pertains too.
Anyways, the assignment was to compare this version of the WWW, to other versions we have read about. Basically, I would have to say this form explained is much more simplistic and user friendly than other older forms of thought surrounding the uses of computers. We have read many different articles dealing with the uses of computers and the ways they will change our culture in the future. All of these stories, in my mind, go a little over the top of what we have even experienced yet in our society with technologies. The interfaces, software, and hardware is always so technical with the older thought, that when we look at our current computer technology, everybody should sigh in relief that it's so simple to use.
All in all, I do enjoy reading some of the texts in this book, The New Media Reader, but some of them really make a person's brain hurt afterwards too. Check it out if you like technology though, and keep waiting around because I've been watching some good horror films that I can't wait to tell you about. See ya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!