University of Oregon - Department of Architecture - ARCH 424/524 Cheng - Advanced Design Development Media

Session Five

Web Design Review, FZ Intro
Jan 20, 1996


Objectives: To understand how to improve Web Authoring skills

To see the major parts of FormZ's interface.

I. Student Web Pages

II. Building up your Web Authoring Skills

Seek and use all available resources

Decompose well-designed sites

  1. Download the source & open it in a text editor.
  2. Separate component parts & separate off the new HTML code
  3. Try substituting in your own components for theirs
  4. Test & troubleshoot

III. Example: Decomposing Rollovers

IV. Example: Sound

Sound File Formats
u-law .au, low quality
AIFF/AIFC .aiff Mac, higher quality
WAVE .wav Windows
MPEG audio .mp2
Real Audio .ra streaming (plug-in)

Sampling rate

Link a reference file to a word or image:

	<A HREF="../SOUND/baby.wav">word</A>

Inline Sounds : loaded with page

	<BGSOUND SRC="../SOUND/roar.wav" LOOP=1>

V. FormZ Intro


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