#dmd107

The e-life innovation coming out now that I am most excited about is the foldable phone. This invention will not necessarily radically change web design, because we are already doing responsive design based on screen size. But they will change how many people interact with online content, for two reasons.

Firstly, I want to note that there are two types of “foldable phone” that are coming…

App Comparison: Instagram and Snapchat

Instagram and SnapChat are two social media apps. They belong to the third generation of social media, and as such they are native phone apps. Instagram does have a web interface, but SnapChat’s site is purely an add for the app.

Both apps are driven by photographs and short videos, and were developed as mobile phone cameras proliferated. Both of these apps tend to appeal to a younger…

Top 5 CMS in 2020

As of late December of last year the top 5 CMS, in order, were WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, Joomla!, and Shopify.

WordPress.org is the most popular CMS, with 27 million live websites, 54% CMS market share, and 36% of the entire Web. This is not without reason. The WordPress CMS is free and open source, but can be deployed by someone who does not know how to code, though I wouldn’t expect a…

Like most Americans I know, the two cloud computing services I use most often are those provided by Microsoft and Google. I try to use both more or less equally for different reasons so that I do not become too dependent on any one corporation.

As a designer, I am also entangled with Adobe’s “Creative Cloud”, which is how they now deliver their creative suite.

Both clouds offer storage…

When I am looking for a reliable source of information on HTML and CSS, the number one source I turn to is W3Schools. I was under the impression that it was affiliated with the W3C, the nonprofit consortium that is responsible for web standards, but that was actually a mistaken impression. W3Schools is actually the creation of a Norwegian web development firm called Refsnes Data. Now that I…

A Content Management System

A content management system is what I’m typing this on right now. It’s a system that allows someone to create a website without, in theory, writing any code. The CMS I have personal experience with are WordPress, Joomala, Microsoft SharePoint, Google Sites, Moodle LMS, and Squarespace.

Content management systems changed web design by separating web design and web development.They allowed…

3rd Exercise for DMD – 107

Professor Jaric’s Assignment

For this assignment, put yourself in the role of an executive at a small to medium-sized corporation… Let’s say it’s a gourmet food retailer with three stores and an online e-commerce marketplace. You sell approximately $1 million in goods each year; you have more than 35,000 customers, 100 retail employees and 35 corporate employees.

You are the CIO or the IT…

Answers to questions for E-Life: The Evolving Web, DMD-107 @ COTC.

1. Today, do more people access the web using computers or mobile devices? Provide a resource that supports your answer. 

A small majority of all worldwide internet use is mobile. Asia(62%) and Africa (60%) are leading this trend, and are leading this trend. On our continent 52% of internet traffic is still from computers, 48% is mobile. South Americans are the least likely to use a…