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IN200 - Website Assignment and Storyboard

by Alex
OK I've had a few assignments to do and so I thought I'd show you them on here.

IN200 - Website Assignment

I'll post the storyboard later when I've typed it up.

22/02/2002


IN200 - Simple HTML (with some CSS)

by Syron
Learnt how to write simple HTML... (well the other people did 'cos I kind of know it already). Here's some tags and stuff below:

<html>
<head>
           <title>Title Goes Here</title>

<style type="text/css">
          a:link             { color: #ff0000; text-decoration: none; font-family: Tahoma, Arial; }
          a:active          { color: #ff0000; text-decoration: overline; font-family: Tahoma, Arial; }
          a:active          { color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Tahoma, Arial; }
          a:visited         { color: #ff0000; text-decoration: none; font-family: Tahoma, Arial; }
          a:hover          { color: #000000; text-decoration: none; font-family: Tahoma, Arial; }
</style>

</head>

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" topmargin="5" leftmargin="5">
<!-- Hex codes (#FFFFFF) are for colors so #FFFFFF = white, #FF0000 = red, #000000 = Black, etc.. //-->
<!-- As I'm using CSS for links and other formatting on the page I'm leaving out a few tags //-->

<br><br>

<font face="Tahoma" size="2">random text filling up a blank page</font>

<br><br>

<center>Click <a href="http://www.overclockers.co.nz">HERE</a> to go to OCNZ!</center>

<br><br>

 


</body>
</html>

 

Here is what it'll look like when run in IE:


(All Netscape users kindly piss off with your crappy web browser)

22/02/2002


PR115 - Some JabbaScript (with some CSS as well 'cos I like CSS)

by Syron
Learnt how to write some jabbascript (javascript/jscript/whatever). Here's some tags and stuff below:

<html>
<head>
           <title>Title Goes Here</title>

<LINK REL=stylesheet type="text/css" href="../css/main.css">

<script language="javascript" src="../js/main.js"></script>

</head>

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" topmargin="5" leftmargin="5">
 

<SCRIPT type=text/JavaScript>

<!-- This will display the date on screen (the code is in the include file)

writedate();

//  -->

</SCRIPT>


</body>
</html>

 

Here is what it'll look like when run in IE:


(All Netscape users kindly piss off with your crappy web browser)

The include file contains code for image mouseovers, date display, and a popup window. More will be added to it when nessessary.

22/02/2002


PR115 - More JabbaScript

by Syron

OK I've been working on more JabbaScript (JavaScript/JScript/whatever for all those PC idiots who like everything said right).

As for how the classes are going? Well not to bad actually... Some of its confusing but hey that's just me not seeing how it all fits together but I'm getting there!

Page 1 - More Later...

22/02/2002


PR115 - JabbaScript - Work Pages

by Syron
Made some more pages at tech and so imma shove them all up here. 

Page 1 - Page 2 - Page 3

22/02/2002


DB200 - Database Stuff - Oracle 8 and SQL

by Syron

Well here I am learning SQL on Oracle Personal Server 8 and its actually quite easy to pick up! It's just really tedious but I can see the merits in it and I'll be sure to nab a copy of it from somewhere (Its free from their website but like hell I'm going to download it on dialup!).

Here's my homework:

=> Will this statement execute successfully?

     SQL> SELECT    ename, job, sal Salary
           2 FROM       emp;

=> Answer: No  (need to shove AS "Salary" after sal on line 1)
      Done Did

=> /em skips on to more interesting questions.

=> Display the name, job, and salary for all employees whose job is Clerk or Analyst and their salary is not equal to $1000, $3000, or $5000.

      SQL> SELECT           ename, job, sal
               FROM             emp
               WHERE           sal<> ANY (1000,3000,5000)
               AND               job='CLERK'
               OR                 job='ANALYST';

      Done Did (and it works too)
     

I'll do more for this tomorrow (today, because its 1:34am).

26/02/2002


GD100 - Pretty Graphics For Webby Sites

by Syron
I was told to do some pretty pictures for a website that I can use to sell my skills as a webdesigner. So I made the lovely main logo banner at the top ALL IN PHOTOSHOP! Aint I just a smarty man? Yes.

OK so there isn't much I can really show you with my cool 'Uberl33t' photoshop/psp skills other than the graphical outlook of this website but hey I'm sure you can imagine just fine :)

BAH! I'll give you a run down of what I used to do what.

Logo: Photoshop 6.1. Loving it because I really like the way that Adobe have made such a powerful tool... even if it takes a little while to figure out.
Navigation Boxes: Jasc PaintShop Pro 7. Its Brilliant for detailed work. Getting in to the smallest places and changing tones and colors shade by shade is awesome! And its so easy to use!. Photoshop isn't so nice when it comes to working with single pixels (well I haven't figured that out yet... PS HOW DO I MAKE A BRUSH WITH NO ANTIALIASING? A SINGLE PIXEL BRUSH???).

25/02/2002


GD100 - Updated Webby Graphics

by Syron
Well I have to go to GD100 in half an hour and I thought I'd start off this box with some random things.

Random Thing Number 1.

  • GD100 is a great place for me to do whatever I want on this website.

Random Thing Number 2.

  • I like eating Apples (Fruity tOOt TooT)... And watching videos of my friends BREAKING Apples (MAC's) by throwing them off buildings... And jumping on them... And kicking them... And in general, having a damn good time! MUAHAHAHHAHAH!

More later.

BYE BYE!

27/02/2002


EC200 - Boring Crap (No really it is...)

by Syron
Well I have to go to a 3 hour lecture about how eCommerce is doing in life today... Kill me please.

I'll put heaps of stuff up on here about EC200 later.

BYE BYE!

OK I'm back with a whole lot of work to do (welcome to my ranting, whining, cursing, and crying of eCommerce classes... Even though its just an over exagerated economics class.)

EC200 - Case Study of NZ Post Ltd.

Date Due: 16th April


Case study of New Zealand e-business sites.

Aim
This lesson will enable students to find e-business web sites of New Zealand companies and to deduce the stage of e-business evolution from an examination of the web site.

Objectives
Students will be able to:
1. Locate a New Zealand e-business web site. 
2. Examine the web site and deduce the stage of e-business evolution.

Case Studies

Case studies of businesses involved with e-commerce are available from the following websites:

Microsoft 
http://www.microsoft.com/nz/casestudies/casestudy_contents.asp#archive

IBM 
http://www-7.ibm.com/nz/e-business/case_studies/index.html

E-Commerce Action Team 
 http://www.ecommerce.govt.nz

 

26/02/2002

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