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The Internet, the World Wide Web

The Internet, the World Wide Web. …and what it means to us here in Quambone. What is the Internet. The Internet and the World Wide Web are NOT the same thing The Internet is a vast network of computers all linked together.

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The Internet, the World Wide Web

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  1. The Internet, the World Wide Web …and what it means to us here in Quambone

  2. What is the Internet • The Internet and the World Wide Web are NOT the same thing • The Internet is a vast network of computers all linked together. • The World Wide Web is a way of viewing information that is stored on the internet using a special language (html).

  3. How do I access the World Wide Web? • You need: • Computer (with modem) • Phone line • Internet Service Provider • Browser program

  4. Browsers • Internet Explorer Netscape Communicator or Navigator Allow us to access the WWW

  5. Opening a browser • Double click on the Internet Explorer symbol on your desktop • It will open to the “home page”

  6. What a web page looks like • Title Menu Bar Buttons Address Text and graphics Scroll bars http://www.yahoo.com

  7. How do you read an World wide web address? • H T T P : / / • World Wide Web ( W W W ) • Domain name which includes: • Identifier (eg thefarmshed) • Type of site (.gov, .edu, .com etc) • Country identifier (.au, .uk etc) • Everything is separated by dots or forward slashes – http://www.thefarmshed.com.au

  8. Navigating • Navigating means moving around the web You can use: Links Buttons Addresses Favourites/Bookmarks

  9. The page itself • The page contains graphics and text. • It also has links. • You find a link by moving your cursor over the page • Links can be text, graphics, photographs or blank areas • A link will take you somewhere

  10. Those buttons and how to use them Favorites History Mail Print Edit Discuss • Back • Forward • Stop • Refresh (reload) • Home • Search

  11. Tricky stuff 1 • Multiple back or forward clicks • Using the little arrow

  12. Tricky stuff 2 • Using the address bar – click • Auto-complete

  13. There are different search engines Results differ Search button is limiting Add good search engines to favourites in folder Try a variety of engines Not searching - finding

  14. Be specific. The clearer you are, the more you’ll find Use lower case letters Use “+” Use “-” Use inverted commas Search tips

  15. Search engines • www.google.com • www.altavista.com • www.yahoo.com • Australian search engines include: • www.webwombat.com.au • www.anzwers.com.au • www.altavista.com.au

  16. Websites • http://www.graincorp.com.au/ • http://www.thefarmshed.com.au/ • http://www.theweather.com.au/ • http://www.ezibuy.com.au/ • http://theland.farmonline.com.au/ • http://www.smh.com.au/ • http://www.rirdc.gov.au/ • http://www.beef.crc.org.au/ • http://www.amazon.com • http://www.dstore.com.au/

  17. HTML • &nbsp; <a href="/news/0104/21/pageone/index.html">Page One</a><br> • &nbsp; <a href="/news/0104/21/national/index.html">National</a><br> • &nbsp; <a href="/news/0104/21/world/index.html">World</a><br> • &nbsp; <a href="/news/0104/21/features/index.html">Features/Arts</a><br> • &nbsp; <a href="/entertainment/index.html">Entertainment</a><br> • &nbsp; <a href="/news/0104/21/html/column8.html">Column 8</a><br> • &nbsp; <a href="/news/0104/21/html/editorial.html">Editorial</a><br> • &nbsp; <a href="/news/0104/21/index.html">a.m. Edition</a><br> • &nbsp; <a href="/text/">Text Index</a><br>

  18. HTML This is how the previous page of HTML is read by the computer and displayed.

  19. HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language WWW – World Wide Web ISP – Internet Service Provider Browser – program we use to “read” the World Wide Web Internet – a network of computers – world wide Domain – the name of a site Web page – a place where information is displayed in HTML on the internet TCP/IP – transfer control protocol/internet protocol Glossary

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