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Creating websites with online services. This short tutorial covers various online web site creation services we will use. (In particular, see the Netvibes section)
Using web widgets. A short introduction on how to use web widgets.
RSS and News feed aggregator (short introduction to the format and clients)
Slides (some of ...) xml-intro.pdf and xml-edit.pdf

http://netvibes.com/ (most popular service, allows to publish pages)
http://www.pageflakes.com/ (used to a popular alternative, half dead for the last few years)
http://www.google.com/ig (iGoogle, a private webtop)

Optional reading (background information): Social software, weblog, webtop

We shall start explore webtops and introduce the concept of web widgets and RSS news feeds.
Create an account on netvibes: http://www.netvibes.com/en

Short lecture on content aggregation (RSS and Atom) and news feed aggregators
First contact with XML (see first parts of the Editing XML tutorial)
Main activity: We will insert "foreign" widget code and RSS Feeds in the netvibes webtop and (if time left) in on-line content creation services encountered on week one.

Homework 2 summary

Objective: Create a web site that includes widgets and RSS feeds

Requirements:

The web site must have a clear objective of your choice. Basically, you should create some kind of dashboard that includes resources (RSS feeds and content widgets) plus some widget-based tools (if appropriate).
You may use either a webtop or a content creation service (see week 1)
The site must be available to the public (so that other students and myself can have a look at it).
You should explicitly state the website's purpose in some place (e.g. with a little text widget, a welcome message, etc.)
The website must include some minimal contents (less than for homework 1)
The website must include some widgets and the choice of widgets must be appropriate with respect to the main objectives
The website must include at least two RSS newsfeeds. You can use widgets or any other mechanism.

Submission:

Deadline: Wednesday, week 3 before the start of class. Unjustified late submission will get you a lesser grade (see the syllabus)
Procedure: Use the world classroom

Remarks:

You may use your real identity or not. That's up to you. All I need is a URL I can connect to.
Suggested technology: http://netvibes.com
Grading criteria: see the homework submission form
This exercise can evolve into a term project (but must not).

Teaching materials:

Creating websites with online services. This short tutorial covers various online web site creation services we will use.
Using web widgets. A short introduction on how to use web widgets.
Else please consult the help of the service you are interested in. These tools are made for non-technical people and you can figure out yourself how to use them ....

Term project start

See Term project. Homework 2 already can get you started.

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 ==== Teaching materials ====
-; Tutorials
+; (1) Tutorials
 * [[Creating websites with online services]]. This short tutorial covers various online web site creation services we will use. (In particular, see the Netvibes section)
 * [[Using web widgets]]. A short introduction on how to use web widgets.
 * [[RSS]] and [[News feed aggregator]] (short introduction to the format and clients)
-*
+* Slides (some of ...) [http://tecfa.unige.ch/guides/te/files/xml-intro.pdf xml-intro.pdf] and [http://tecfa.unige.ch/guides/te/files/xml-edit.pdf xml-edit.pdf]
-; (1) Webtops / Dashboards
+; (2) Webtops / Dashboards
 * http://netvibes.com/ (most popular service, allows to publish pages)
 * http://www.pageflakes.com/ (used to a popular alternative, half dead for the last few years)
 * http://www.google.com/ig (iGoogle, a private webtop)
-; (2) Web widget sites (some)
+; (3) Web widget sites (some)
 * [http://www.google.com/ig/directory?synd=open Google gadgets]