15 Points. Due April 26. Late deadline May 3.
Reading:
Answer the following questions from Chapter 10 "Multimedia and the Web" in a document named HW8
1. (2 points) Most small to medium size businesses pay for another company to setup their online store. Search the Internet for e-commerce hosting plans. Choose a plan and describe the monthly fee, setup fee and transaction fees. Give the URL of the plan.
2. What is the difference between the contents of the HTML file and what you see in the browser? Give an example.
3. What are ActiveX controls used for?
4. Microsoft FrontPage (now called Enterprise Web) and Macromedia Dreamweaver are 2 of the most popular web authoring programs. Go to www.download.com and find another web authoring program. These programs are listed under the Developer Tools category. What is the name of the program, average user rating and cost?
5. Programs called scripts, can be imbedded into an HTML document and run. Name two "script" programming languages.
6. Name a graphics software program you can use to create or edit bitmap (bmp) images.
7. What are the file extensions of 2 of the most common graphics formats used on the web?
8. What is a thumbnail image?
9. How is waveform audio storage (.wav) different from MP3 (.mp3)?
10. Digital alteration of photos can be used for misleading purposes. Do an internet search to find a web page that talks about photo tampering. What is the URL and what is discussed?
11. How can you reduce the size of a high resolution image so it can be used on a web page?
12. What is a storyboard and what is it used for?
13. Why are computer programming skills necessary to be a web site developer?
14. Name 2 video formats used on the web.
Email your HW8.docx to me.