FRONTPAGE

Hi friends!! I´m afraight this is the last post of the course:(, but we have fishis this fantastic last therm with a microsft pregrame calle FRONTPAGE, here I explain you a litlle bit of it;

DEFINITION: WYSIWYG Web Editor. Created by Microsoft, is part of the Microsoft Office package. It is very easy to use and its main competitor is Dreamweaver, which is more powerful and is used by professional designers.

Overview of FrontPage 2003:

FrontPage 2003 provides flexibility, features and functionality to help you build better Web sites. Includes professional design tools, creation and publication data needed to create dynamic and sophisticated Web sites.

FrontPage 2003 represents a breakthrough in Web development in three key areas.

+ Design: Use enhanced design tools to produce better looking Web sites. New layout and graphics tools make designing the exact site you want.

+ Coding: Use design tools to generate better code, or expand your code skills. You can use built-in tools for scripting interactive results. And with professional coding tools, you can write code faster, more efficiently and more accurately.

+ Extension can connect with people and information in new ways by creating Web sites controlled by the data in Extensible Markup Language (XML) with the first commercially available editor is fully WYSIWYG ("What You See Is What You Get" , what you see is what you get) for Language Transformations extensible stylesheets (XSLT, Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations). The publishing features and options help you improved online publishing their Web pages faster.

Design better-looking sites:

FrontPage 2003 includes tools and layout and graphics features to help you work faster and design professional Web sites.

+ Can work with graphics from other applications, allowing you more control over how to display and save images.

+ You can use Web templates to modify entire sections of a Web site. If updating the master template, changes are automatically reflected in all pages linked to it.

+ Can design for explorers or specific screen resolutions by the browser and resolution reconciliation. You can also see how your site will look in various combinations of browsers and resolutions.

+ You can create and edit tables used for layout purposes, and provide control design with pixel precision.

+ You can use manipulation tools to more easily work with multiple images and pieces of content that occupy the same space and create visual effects, such as pop-up menus.

Generate code faster and simple

Design tools Frontpage 2003 generate efficient and clean HTML and give you more control. Or you can apply your knowledge of code to take advantage of professional encoding tools. With the scripting tools you can create an interactive experience for the recipients. And because the coding tools are easy to use, you can even use them to start in learning HTML.

Coding tools:

+ You can use a split view to see modifications to the design view automatically updated in the Code View.

+ You can select, modify and tags easily deal with the Quick Tag Selector and Quick Tag Editor.

+ Can simplify writing of code and reduce the possibility of errors with Microsoft IntelliSense ® technology. This technology is available for HTML, cascading style sheets, XSLT, Microsoft JScript ® and Microsoft ASP.NET.

+ You can remove the external code generated by Microsoft Word or other Web authoring programs.

Scripting Tools:

+ Can enhance site interactivity without writing a single line of code by using behaviors to author JScript.

+ You can use the IntelliSense support and scripting tools to create JScript and VBScript code (Microsoft Visual Basic ® Scripting Edition).

Tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM21iP49C2c

GIMP

Hey!! we are almost finishing this fantastic course:((, but we have just try a new image programme called: GIMP, we have done a film adversiment and a fruit with human face  here I explain you how does it works and also a definition:

GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a  free program to edite digital images, both drawings and photographs.
The first GIMP version was developed jus tor Unix sistems and Linux, but there are also versions fot Windows or Mac OS X. We can consider GIMP as a free, potent and stout version of photoshop. GIMP is suitable for plenty of  languajes, Spanish, German, English, Catalan, Galician, Basque, French, Italian, Russian, Swedish, Norwegian, Korean, Dutch and other additional languages.

GIMP can read and work on several graphic flie formats, jpg, gif, png, pcx, tiff,and alos the Photoshop ones, It also has it´s own storage format files, xcf

It has several selection tools ((rectangular, spherical, hand loop, magic wand, per color), smart scisors, painting tools such as a brush, air brush, textures... also has tools to change the scale, deformation, clonation, you can change texts, eliminate spots...

Here you have a good tutorial!! (english and german)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3LmGIip_wQ


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Computer security

Hi friends!! we have just done a work about computer security, here I leave you a little summary!!

Computer security is a discipline which is in charge of protecting the integrity and the security of the stored information in a computer system. Anyway, it doesn´t exist a technique which provides us a impregnable security. Types: phisical, logical and human

A malware it’s any software that can produce any bad connotations in your computer (erase or steal data, break parts of it…) and a virus is a program made to install in a computer which belongs to other person, without he or she consent, and then this malware modify the operating of the machine, or it erase information. 

To protect your computer from these measures, you have lots of free softwares such as antivirus, well, just some of them, because in general, you have two types of software, Free software, the ones which you can get free, and you can defund and change wherever you want, and proprietary licensed, the ones you must pay to get, and you can change them at all, let´s start explaining what an antivirus is:

An antivirus is an informatic program which objective is to find and eliminate virus in a computer. They were invented in the 80’s. Basically, an antivirus compares the code of all your archives with the codes of the famous virus, so it’s very important to actualize your antivirus code bank often, but also is important to have a firewall and spam filtres 

The types of encryption are WPA and WP2, they are some kinds of security systems for wireless networks. They were created in response to the serious problems and weaknesses found in the previous security system called WEP.

The WPA is implemented in most of the 802.11i standard, and was designed to work with all wireless network cards and for use in IEEE 802.11X authentication server, which distributes different passwords for each user. It was created by the Wi-Fi Alliance, owners of the brand called Wi-Fi.

So finally, Internet is very usefull, It´s a necessary tool now a days, but be carefull, it´s also dangerus. 

Most famous virus of the history:

1. Creeper. This is the first virus of the history. It was born in 1971. One of the features of Creeper is showing a message that infected the system and say, "I am the most terrifying (creeper), catch me if you can". It was created by Robert Thomas Morris. Thanks to this virus,  was created to eliminate it the Reaper program.

2. Melissa. This virus was the first to be sent by email in 1999. Although not as destructive, managed to spread and infect millions of users.

3. I love you. A thesis project submitted by a young Filipino 24 years, which was rejected in college, turned out to be a virus capable of infecting more than 45 million computers, costing more than 10 billion dollars. The program, which was created in 2000, sent an email that in his case showed the words 'I love you' (I love you) and was accompanied by an attachment named 'A love letter for you.' When you run the file, which in theory was a text document, the virus is resent to all user's contacts list.

4. Sasser:  Between April and May 2004, this plague computer alerted over a company by its high degree of danger because, to infect the computer, it was not necessary that the user opened a file.

5. Code Red:  this worm spreads by networks without email or a website.

6. Storm. In January 2007, users in Europe and the United States began receiving emails related to a storm (storm) that affected the European continent. The message had an attachment that infected the computer and immediately became part of a botnet, so they began to send and receive commands by its creator.

7. Slammer. This virus caused many Internet servers to your users show no service or caused excessive slowness of the Network

8. Concept. It is known as the first macro virus, it was included in Microsoft Word macro program. Born in 1995 and distributed through infected attachments, the user cueales did not know they had the virus. When the person receiving the attachment is infected just by opening the file on your computer and using Word.

9. Netsky. It is a family of viruses, viruses Netsky family became famous because they showed insulting messages alluding to the authors of the Bagle virus families and MyDoom and, in some cases, certain actions had eliminated the latter. From this came off a 'war' of virus.

10. Conficker. It is one of the latest virus, first detected in November 2008. The virus attacked a vulnerability in the Windows operating system.

VideoPad

Hello friends!!
This is the last job from the evaluation!!! we had have to do a short film with a programme called videopad, here I explain you how is it!!
VideoPad is a video editing application developed by NCH Software for home and professional market. The program is complemented by the VirtualDub plug-ins that work with the software.
VideoPad is part of a package that integrates with other software created by NCH Software. This software includes WavePad, a sound editing program; MixPad, a good mix and PhotoPad program, an image editor.
VideoPad The interface consists of a menu bar at the top of the window that has pull-down menus in the headings, File, Edit and Help, under which you can modify the settings and save the projects in which we are working. Under  this menu bar arethere are lots of  adding icons such like, capture material, Narrating Insert blank, Subtitles, Preview, Save Movie, Options, Buy Online (limited to trial), and Help.
There is a section below and to the left of the list of media effects, transitions, overlay and tabs. The Media List tab allows the user to select a media that have been imported and see it from here can be added to the following timeline / storyboard through a simple 'Add' button simulated by a green arrow pointing below and also through a resistor 'and drop "feature. To the right of this section is an area from the reproduction timeline. Below these is the area where clips can be rearranged, transitions can be effects and effects added. There are two soundtracks available for use where just drag the audio file through the line soundtrack to add.
This program has seemed comfortable, useful and simple truth is that there are better programmes, such as Sony Vegas, but the truth is starting to go that is fine, I recommend using it. To make my video it  took me about two days to  conect all the recordings.

Well, here you have a tutorial, ans also my viedo, i hope you like it!!!

http://www.nchsoftware.com/videopad/tutorial.html

http://youtu.be/q7xPyZwIoQs

Pivot proyect

Hello friends!

I have done reciently a short animation in a programme called pivot, here i describe it and explain you haw to work with it:

Pivot is a free program for windows that lets you create and edit animations.You can for example:

• Draw characters.

• Create-frame by frame-short sequences with figures

GIF archives stick and export them.

• Set size and animation speed.

• Add funds and new characters.

• Save animations as gifs.

The basic character of Pivot Stickfigure Animator is a stick figure depicting a man. The attachment points, marked in red, are used to move or flex members figure; simply drag the item to the desired direction.

Pivot Tools

File Menu

New: create a new animation.

Open Animation: Load an existing animation.

Animaton Save: save the current animation.

Background Load: load a background image to use as a

animation format. bmp,. jpg o.gif.

Load Figure Type: load a Stick Figure File (PIV) a archico with a figure

animated

Load Sprite: load an image created in a drawing editor (. Bmp,. Jpg o.gif) Exit: close the program

Menu Options

From the Options menu, you can change the size of the box

animation by changing the values ​​of Width (W) and Height (H).

Playback commands

Play & Stop: start and stop the animation.

Repeat: repeat the animation continuously.

Frame Rate (FPS): the vertical scroll bar to modify the

animation speed (12 is standard).

White Black: background animation.

Stickman: Stickman last used.

Stickman editing tools

Edit: edit the stick.

Center: center the stick.

Flip: flip the stick.

Colour: give another color to stick.

100 or Scale: change the size of the stick. Example: 100 is the standard.

Front: sends the selected stick up for everyone else.

Back: Sends the selected stick to the bottom of all the others.

Next Frame: Lets go to the next frame (frame of the animation).

How do I move the sticks?

The attachment points marked red are used to move or flex Figure members. Drag the point to the desired direction. The orange dot in the center, moves the entire figure. For each movement you want to generate in the stick must be added a new frame or frame. Go to Next Frame and in that frame, generating a movement different from the previous. When you change the position of the figures reflected in the movement grayed previous frame.

To save the project

Go 1 - File

then 2 - Save animaton ...

3 - Choose where to save

Default is saved with a. Piv also allows to save gif

bmp or.

In my oppinion, this programe could be much more advantaged, I think it is very rudimentary and a litlle bit boring to do animations in this programe, it could be more dinamic, abyway, here you have soem examples and turorials:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9x2flDBd5E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZviuVU2O8Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzWFZyo-sQo

How to work in Prezi

Hi bloggers!! during this term we have learn a lot about networks. We have also learn how to use prezi, because we have done a presentation about wireless networks.

Prezi is a tool to create dynamic presentations, they are nonlineal, just the opposite from power point. We define where we want to move and place the items inside a large white canvas .We can make objects large, or make them small, approach them, put some text, images, videos, etc..

You don’t need to install anything if you do not want to. Prezi is in "the cloud." We can make the presentations online, but you can also download them.

Prezi gives you lots of options to enrich your work, for example:

-INSERT:  you can upload images, from our computer or from the web. Image types: jpg, png, gif, pdf or swf. We insert from our PC files: video, ppt, pdf ... The file cant be larger than 50MB.

-SHAPES, is another level, you can insert arrows, drawingsfree, etc. .. The fluorescent allows us to highlight a word or phrase.

-FRAME. We use it to enclose a group of ideas. It helps us to define sets of ideas, with brackets, loops, prominent, etc. we can improve navigation.

- PATH. Here we set the order of the items  in thepresentation. Sequenced with 1,2,3 ... we can change the order as we want to.

-COLORS & FONTS. They relate to the templates. There is a wizard (Theme Wizard), which helps us to customize the colors and fonts templates we have.

Anyway, here you have a presentation from official prezi webpage that explain you how to use it:
http://prezi.com/yqfu-lxm9kxr/tutorial-prezi-en-espanol-aprender-a-utilizarlo-en-15-minutos-academia-prezi/

How to work in Prezi

How to work in prezi:

Hi bloggers!! during part of these term, we have learn a lot about networks, and reciently we have done a presentation in the famous program ``Prezi´´ it is much more advanced than for example power point. Prezi is a tool to create dynamic presentations . It makes  nonlineal presentations. We deficide where we want to move and place the items inside a large white canvas. We can enlarge objects, belittle, approach them, put some, images, videos, etc.. You don´t need to install anything if you don´t want to. The the tool is in "the cloud." We can make them online, but you can also download them.

 Prezi give lots of options to enrich our jobs:

- INSERT: From here we can load images from our

computer or from the web. Image types: jpg, png, gif, pdf or swf. We

insert from our PC files: video, ppt, pdf ... The file can not be

50MB largest.

- SHAPES:  it's another level, it allow you to insert arrows, drawings

free, etc. .. The fluorescent us to highlight a word or phrase.

-FRAME: We used to enclose a group of ideas. It helps us to define

sets of ideas, with brackets, loops, prominent, etc. we can

improve navigation. The elements are independent elements

-PATH: Here we set the order of the items that  in the

presentation. Sequenced with 1,2,3 ... we can change the order as we want to.

-COLORS & FONTS: They relate to the templates. There is a wizard

(Theme Wizard), which helps us to customize the colors and fonts

templates.

Here you have a prezi from the web page that learn you how to use it:

http://prezi.com/yqfu-lxm9kxr/tutorial-prezi-en-espanol-aprender-a-utilizarlo-en-15-minutos-academia-prezi/

Networks terminology

Hi bloggers!! During this week, we have learn a lot about networks, how do they work, their advantages and disadvantages, the external materials we need to build them... and now, we must do a post about the terminology used in this area, all the abbrevations and acronyms so there you have a small summary:

PAN: personal area networks, it comunicates devices that are close bewteen them.

LAN: local area networks, a small area, like a higschool ot a endeavour.

MAN: Metropolitan area networks, a city

WAN: wide area metworks, they conect cities and countrys in diferent continents.

IP: an IP address is a numerical label that identifies an interface.

MAC: it identifies a device in a network.

ROUTER: they are the devices that conect several computer networks.

HUB: they are devices thar recives informatión and they they pass it to another computers, usually more than one.

SWICH: they are similar to HUBs, but in this case they just send the information to the computers witch the sender computer want to.

VPN: virtual private network, they cifrate personal data, like credit cards codes, adresses, pastwords etc...

OSI: open systems interconnect, it´s the protocol were the internet is bassed on.