We have a comet...

...visiting us!

Comet C/2009 R1 (McNaught)

You gotta get up really early though around 3 am. It'll be low in the NE about 20 degrees above the horizon June 12 - 13

To make it easy for you to find I made some star maps using Starry Night Pro

The first step above is June the morning of June 13... The next step is June 18th...

This is June 23

and finally June 29

There are some nifty photos available at Sky & Telescope

and Astronomy Magazine

It's just becoming visible to the naked eye now (It's already 2x brighter than predicted) and it's expected to reach a magnitude of about +2  (About the brightness of the pointer stars in the Big Dipper and the bright star Caph in Cassiopeia) Capella in the diagram has a magnitude of -1.8 (It's the third brightest star in the Northern Hemisphere)

Have fun with your binoculars and digital cameras... Comet McNaught promises to be real bright!

Wrap up ---The Class is Over, Now what?

Some suggestions

SEO Page update

I have finished updating the SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Page http://uofgts.com/BasicWD/Class8-SEO.html and have added some links for link checkers...

Apple Vs Adobe... HTML5 vs Flash debate

This will continue to be a subject of interest to all web designers and web builders.

This is Apples stand, with html 5 example web pages. HTML 5 and Web Standards

Here's a view that supports Adobe's Flash. HTML5 vs. Flash: The case for Flash

Find a Web Editor you like

Most software companies allow up to 30 day trail periods for their software... Try them ALL out!
You'll find links here...

http://stasiuk.blogspot.com/2008/10/web-page-editing-nirvana.html

Keep checking with Kompozer, it keeps getting better..
If you haven't done so yet, Check out Coffee Cup's HTML Editor 3 in 1 Editor, it's probably the best value for the dollar... except it's PC only --so far!

Subscribe to the latest News/blogs, Take On-Line Classes

The following web sites are my favorite sources of information. They offer free classes, tutorials, resources,
newsletters, the latest web news... join up, book mark these web sites!

http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?source=homepage

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/

http://webdesign.about.com/gi/pages/stay.htm

http://www.sitepoint.com/newsletter/

Free CSS Videos

Speaking of the latest news sitepoint.com is offering a free CSS video series for the next 7 days... They have been charging $7.95 per video... Sitepoint.com often offers really good deals, a good reason to subscribe to one or more of their services...

Lurk on Forums

An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site about specific subjects or software. Members share information, and seek solutions to problems with the subject matter or specific software.
At some point you will be able to contribute to the forum by answering someones question!

http://w3schools.invisionzone.com/

http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/

You can find forums on just about any subject... just do a google search.

But, most of all, just build web sites

practice, practice, practice


and if you have a question, 'holler!

Create A Web Site -Search Engine Optimization

Howdy
I've updated the SEO page. You can find SEO info here
http://uofgts.com/BasicWD/Class8-SEO.html

See you in class

Create A Website --Ecommerce

I have updated the class web page dealing with online shops and transactions...

It is a bare outline as this subject has many solutions and aspects to it...

If you have specific questions about e-commerce, please bring them to class

You'll find the web page here...
http://uofgts.com/BasicWD/Class8-Ecom.html

The Search Engine Optimization page is also being changed. You'll find that page here http://uofgts.com/BasicWD/Class8-SEO.html