1. Assignment 1.
In this report I will be discussing web authoring, protocols, design conventions & software.
After all of this I will be concluding all of these and summarizing the role each of these have
on the internet we use today.
Web authoring is software that enables the user to develop a Website in a desktop
publishing format. The software will give the required coding for the layout of the Web
pages based on what the user designs. Usually the user can go back and forth between the
graphical design and the web code and make changes to the Web page in either design of
the code.
URL strings consist of three parts (substrings):
1. Network protocol
2. Host name or address
3. File or resource location
These substrings are separated by special characters as follows:
Protocol: // host / location
URL Protocol
The 'protocol' substring defines a network protocol to be used to access a resource.
These strings are short names followed by the three characters '://' (a simple naming
convention to denote a protocol definition). Typical URL protocols include http://.
URL Host
The 'host' substring identifies a computer or other network device. Hosts come from
standard Internet databases such as DNS and can be names or IP addresses . For
example, “facebook.com” is the host for this Web page.
URL Location
The 'location' substring contains a path to one specific network resource on the host.
Resources are normally located in a host directory or folder. For example, /twitter/-

2. url.htm is the location of this Web page including two subdirectories and the file
name.
When the location element is there such as in http://compnetworking.about.com/,
the URL conventionally points to the root directory of the host and often a home
page (like 'index.htm').
Top-Level Domain
“TLD” is one of the domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name
System of the Internet. The top-level domain names are installed in the root zone of
the name space. For all domains in lower levels, it is the last part of the domain
name, that is, the last label of a fully qualified domain name. For example, in the
domain name www.example.com, the top-level domain is com (the "dot" and the
word that follows it). Responsibility of management of most top-level domains is
delegated to specific organizations by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
and Numbers , which operates the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority and is in
charge of maintaining the DNS root zone.
Domain Name
Domain names are used to identify one or more IP addresses. For example, the
domain name sony.com represents a large amount of IP addresses. Domain names
are used in URLs to identify particular Web pages. For example, in the URL
http://www.haverstock.com/contact.html, the domain name is haverstock.com.
Every domain name has a suffix that indicates which top level domain (TLD) it
belongs to. There are only a limited number of such domains. For example:
Gov. - Government agencies
Edu - Educational institutions
Org - Organizations
Mil – Military
Com - commercial business
Net - Network organizations
Ca – Canada, etc.

3. vA company designed to provide domain registration service to other companies or
individuals that would like to own a particular web address. The party seeking to
register the site will usually pay the domain name registrar a flat or monthly fee to
keep the name registered, so that no other person is able to acquire the web
address. The systems setup by the domain name registrar translates IP addresses
into easily identifiable domain names.
Design Conventions of a Website
The rule of thirds is a guideline which applies to the process of composing visual
images such as designs, films, paintings, and photographs. The guideline puts
together an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts by two
equally spaced horizontal lines and two equally spaced vertical lines. Users of the
technique claim that aligning a subject with these points creates more tension,
emphasis and interest on the picture than simply the subject originally would. The
rule of thirds is applied by aligning a subject with the guide lines and their
intersection points, allowing linear features in the image to flow from section to
section.
source: google images.
Monochromatic Colors
Monochromatic color schemes are started from a single base and extended using its
shades & tints. Tints are achieved by adding white and shades and tones are
achieved by adding a darker color, grey or black.
Monochromatic color schemes provide opportunities in art and visual
communications design as they allow for a greater range of contrasting tones that
can be used to attract attention, create focus and support legibility.
The use of a monochromatic color provides a strong sense of visual cohesion and can
help support communication objectives through the use of connotative color. The
relative absence of hue contrast can be offset by variations in tone and the addition
of texture.

4. Analogous Colours
Analogous colors are groups of colors that are adjacent to each other on the color
wheel, with one being the dominant color, which tends to be a primary or secondary
color, and two on either side complementing, which tend to be tertiary.
The term analogous refers to the having analogy, or corresponding to something in
particular. An analogous color scheme creates a rich, monochromatic look. It’s best
used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature
as well as proper color harmony. While this is true, the scheme also lacks contrast
and is less vibrant than complementary schemes
Complementary Colours