David Pang
CAOT 403 - HTML & Web Authoring 1
Production Assignment 2: Extend Your Knowledge / Identifying Web Site Types
Content Aggregators:
Google News aggregates up-to-date headlines from news sources around the world, and organizes its retrieved content according to preferences set by the user. The content is divided into the following categories: Top Stories, World, U.S., Business, Elections, Technology, Entertainment, Sports, Science, and Health. The amount of blog and press release content from publishers to be displayed is also adjustable. This website would be considered to be a combination of a content aggregator and news site.
Vimeo is a video sharing website that allows its users to upload, share, and view videos. It is notable for being the first video sharing website to support high-definition playback at a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. The service is currently being used by the White House to post high-definition versions of its broadcasts, as well as by many popular musicians and independent filmmakers.
Informational:
The Occupational Outlook Handbook website features detailed information and statistics on hundreds of different types of jobs. Many useful facts and figures can be obtained on this website regarding an occupation’s required education and training, earnings, expected job prospects, and working conditions.
The W3C ( World Wide Web Consortium ) website is an important technical resource for web architects and developers. It features up-to-date information on prevalent web standards and technologies such as HTML & CSS, XHTML, XML, and WebFonts. Additionally, it provides coding examples that are useful in learning how to apply certain features, i.e. the rendering of unordered lists, ordered lists, and list items in HTML.
Web Applications:
IDrive provides online data backup solutions for PCs, Macs, iPhones, iPads and Android devices. Its subscription plans are divided into two categories: 1) IDrive Basic, which is suitable for individual and family use, and 2) IDrive Pro, which is geared towards small and medium sized businesses.
LogMeIn allows its users to access and interact with PCs, Macs and Android devices remotely via a web-based interface. Additional remote connectivity and support solutions are available from this company, including: a help desk web application, a network virtualization service, and join.me, a screen sharing / online collaboration tool.