Good Programming Style
Borrowing from others. Items to include.
There are a few things to remember about creating web pages. The first is that you don't really want to use a graphice that takes a long time to load. These are usually really large graphics, an good example of this would be the examples that you have seen scattered through out this manual. Another good concept to remember is that if you decide to programm sound into your site, give the viewer an option to choose to play the sound or not, not everybody shares in your taste of music/midi files. Also, when you start working with different colors, it is generally considered good to not use colors that clash. It is better to use colors that compliment each other. You will also want to make sure that the text that you have on your site is capable of being read. For instance don't use dark colors on a black background or light colors on a white background. The last thing that I will mention here is that if you are creating a text only site, and have hundreds of lines of text on one page, use hyper links in your document. It would be better if you broke it up into a couple of different pages, but at least use hyperlinks. (For more information on Hyperlink go here.) Youn should also test your pages in at least two browsers. As well as in various resolutions to ensure that your page is compatible with other systems. It is also recommended that you test you browser in different colors to ensure that viewers who are not capable of more than 16 colors can view your site. Not everybody has a monitor that is SVGA or capable of 16 million colors.
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It is not considered a bad thing to take a copy of something from another web site. In fact, it is an industry wide practice. With the exception of those items that are copyrighted, you are free to borrow from anywhere that you chose. Please note that if you take something that is copyrighted, you are stealing and can be held libel for your actions.
To take a graphic from a website, all that you have to do is right click on the graphic, and then if you are using Internet Explorer-- right click on the graphic, then click on save picture and it will give you the option to specify where you want to put the graphic. If you are using Netscape Navigator--right click on the graphic, then click on save image as--and it will give you the option to specify where you want to put the graphic.
If you want to copy the whole page just click on file, then save as, and it will save the whole page to where ever you specify. Minus the graphics of course, unless you save those as well.
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It is considered good programming to include some way for people to go back with out having to use the browser's back button. A good example would be the links on the bottom of this page. Also, not everybodies browser is capable of viewing graphics, some are limited to test only. so at the bottom of your page you should consider adding basic text links. The last thing that you should consider putting on your page is a mail to, which is something that people can click on to send you e-mail. You can do this with either a graphic, or simple text or both. Both is what is recommended. For example: <A HREF="mailto:[email protected][email protected]</A> gives you this [email protected]
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