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Web 2 0 A Guide For Newbies
couple of years back Bill The term Web 2.0 is somewhat of a
Gates introduce the idea of misnomer. Since The web and the
Convergence to the public. Internet as a whole, is not
It was a fresh idea that later released in such stages like in
became a catchphrase for the softwares. Rather, it evolves
Internet Industry. However, that erratically as time pass on. The
promised marriage between the TV Internet is full of trends in
and the PC/Internet did not fully technology. What is popular today
come into being. may die out the next day. Or in
some cases, it might evolve into
As a result Microsoft lost something better.
millions in their MSN TV
initiative. But that is all in So in reality Web 2.0 is not
the past. Today, the tide had really an upgrade. Instead it
finally turned. Although most refers to the current state of
people are still not quite use to trends in the web. So if someone
the idea of surfing the Internet wants a Web 2.0 website, they may
on their TV screens, they seem to be referring to a website that
be ready for their PC screens to has a popular style of design, a
be turned into televisions. social component, or uses a
specific technology or some
Sure, technically you could watch combination of those three.
TV shows on any computer with a
built in TV/Tuner card. But what Take a look at how to design a
is now driving the rapid site that uses Web 2.0 design
acceptance of the TV and computer conventions. First stop the page
coming together is what they call background. The background of a
Web 2.0 or the second version of page is generally either very
the World Wide Web. light (more common) or very dark
(less common). This simply
follows a good trend of making rounded corners. If the
text on a page contrast highly background does not have a
with the background for easier gradient at the top, some
reading. round-cornered area of the site
will. This are set in bright
A background may have stripes or colors. If there are only two or
something similar, but the most three colors in the logo, those
common aspect is a slope at the colors are all that is used in
top, fading down to some other the other elements of the page.
color that continues throughout Simple and clean, that Web 2.0’s
the background of the rest of the trademark!
page.
As for the social aspect of the
When it comes to logos, they tend websites, this might come as a
to be very simple. Usually they surprise but there’s nothing has
contain nothing more than the truly changed here. Once again
name of the site. Words may be its guest books, discussion
spaced closely together, along forums and so on. The only
with alternating colors different difference is that instead of
words. There are only two or giving general feedback on the
maybe three bright colors in the site as a whole, your site
logo. The most commonly used visitors can now comment on
combination is orange and blue, specific articles and updates.
although green and red are not Another cool change is that your
too far behind. There's usually a visitors can now rank individual
small reflection of the logo pictures instead of just telling
right below it. how much they like them.
Next stop is the page elements. The advances in technology make
Web 2.0 design normally displays it possible for such feedback to
often result in instant changes
in the site. But that does not With Ajax, Javascript is used to
mean this was not possible update the page you are on
before. It only meant that the without the need to load up a new
current technology makes it page. Let’s say you are on a
easier to isolate and extract forum board and found at the
those people who are spamming bottom of a series of messages is
with comments or artificially the reply field. You put in your
trying to raise the rank of some reply and hit the submit button.
item. Simply put, Web 2.0 Instead of loading up a new page
provides option for social with your reply on it, your reply
interaction and that can go a is immediately added to the
long way towards giving visitors bottom of the list.
a sense of involvement in the
site. Ajax can make a website run much
more spontaneously, if used
As for the technology associated properly that is. However, like
with Web 2.0 sites it is Ajax, everything else on the web it can
which stands for Asynchronous be abused. So think twice before
JavaScript and XML. Here is doing anything else. Also, make
another way to look at it. sure that everyone can access
Before, you would load a web page your website equally. You will
up in your browser, possibly even need to include non-Ajax options
fill out a form, then click on a for using your site as well;
submit button. At that point, otherwise the traditional pages
that page would disappear, and a will reload.
new page would load with
information based on what you had Although most web-surfers will
filled out and/or clicked on the have no problem using Ajax, still
previous page. consider that your target
audience may not be a typical So what else could we expect for
cross-section of web surfers. the web in the distant future? A
Your audience may be primarily possible Web 3.0? Well, only time
older people that don't update can tell. What's important is
their computers as often. Or that you keep a close eye on the
maybe your audience is full of current online trends, remember
people that are likely to turn these changes daily. Since a lot
Javascript off. Just make sure of users will judge your business
you carefully evaluate whether based at least partially on how
using Ajax is worth it for your current your website appears. So
site. give it some thought…
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