Lab 2: Lab Log
The second Lab assignment meant us to create a website of our own and make the basic links to our data that we had collected in the first lab. Since I had not used HTML before, I had to start from scratch. Honestly, my knowledge in C++ and Java did give me a vague idea how this web designing software worked. Creating a personal home page, course project page, animation page, a map-mashup page and a lablog page was our first step to the exercise. Creating a tree like structure for the web pages and their links helped me do the exercise more efficiently. Initially I had a tough time figuring out the map mashup link but later when I figured it out, it seemed pretty simple. Making all the links work was very important, if one link didn’t work we loose a vital part of the information or the web site becomes incomplete/dysfunctional. Figuring out what command at what part of the program would bring out desired effects was much base on hit and trial and some logic. Using the cuteFTP software to upload my site was the most interesting part. The idea of an own website did seem quite exciting. Some of the HTML commands to embed image etc. had to be found online. There is an entire agglomeration of sites if one just types in basic html commands in the Google search bar. Once we have the list of commands, the task becomes easier. Lab 2 was a foundation to what we probably are going to build on for the rest of the semester.
