The Web and E-Mail

1. Chapter 7: The Weband E-mail
7.1 Learning Objective Checkpoints
1. What is HTML?
It stands for Hypertext Markup Language and is a set of specificationsfor creatingdocuments that a browser can
display asa Web page.
4. Where do cookies come from?
It comes from a website that uses cookies.The browser gets a HTTP “set-cookie” message and itsaves the data
generated by the Web server onto a text fileso that it can find information ata later time.
5. What tools are available for creating Web pages?
There are HTML conversion utilities,you can use a set of onlineWeb page authoringtools or Web authoring
software.
7. What makes some Web pages interactive?
They are possiblewhen usingsupplemental native HTML features such as forms and canvas.A form could be likea
<tag>.
9. What is a search operator?
A word or symbol that describes a relationship between search terms and thereby helps you create a more
focused query.
10. What is the correct way to cite Web pages?
In APA style,a citation to a Web based sourceshould includea document titleor description,author name, if
availablethe date of publication/update/ retrieval,and a URL.
11. How do online shopping carts work?
Most shoppingcarts work because of cookies.Cookies work in one of two ways with shoppingcarts.1.The site
could use cookies as a storagebin for all the items you load into your shoppingcart.2. Some sites use cookies as a
way to identify each shopper and generates a unique ID number that is stored alongwith your item selections in a
server-sidedatabase.
12. How safe is online shopping?

2. That depends on if you are usinga secure connection or not. If you are usinga secure connection then you aresafe
because the data if hacked is useless for all purposes.If you are not usinga secure connection than you will keep
receivingupdates on your computer’s safety. However person-to-person payments aren’t exactly too safeand
people recommend usingcaution and keeping a low balancein your accountjustin case.
14. How do HTML and MIME formats relate to e-mail?
HTML formats are e-mail messages that contain HTML tags that produce bold,italicized,and underlined text; fancy
texts; embedded graphics and variousfontsizes. MIME is a conversion process thatprovides clear ways of
disguisingmedia as plain ASCII codeand allows itto travel the Internet with text based e-mail.
15. What are the security risks of using the Web?
Cookies, web bugs, spam,phishing,fakesites and pharming.
7.2 Beyond –the-Book Exercise
In this BTB exercise, you will learn how to use a text editor such as Notepad to create a basic HTML
document. In your HTML document you will need to include the following elements:
1) Your name as the title and at least 2 paragraphs of text
2) Add at least one hyperlink of your choice to the page
3) Select a graphic of your choice to add to the page. Make sure it’s not too big to load quickly
(usually web graphics are not bigger than 72dpi)
4) Save your webpage in an .html format and test locally in an internet browser
5) Provide a screenshot of both the HTML code/tags and as it appears in the browser