Explanations

1. The first link is in plain text, meaning it contains only text with no formatting.
2. The second link is in plain hypertext, meaning it contains formatting. In this case, the font is changed from a sans serif font to a serif font.
3. The third link is in hypertext hypertext, allowing paragraphs to take shape.
4. The fourth link uses tags hypertext, establishing a header, lines, and bullet points.
5. The fifth link uses internal style hypertext, changing the background color from grey to white.
6. The sixth link uses external style hypertext, changing the color of the text from black to blue, altering fonts, and including a hyperlink to another page.

From Webpage to Web Platform

A new phenomena is emerging on the internet in which programmers use content in corporation's websites combined and combine it with new content to create a site that is useful in a new way. A great example is "Cheap Gas," which uses Google maps information determine where to buy the cheapest gas in an area. This arrangement can easily work well for everyone involved, creating a great new tool for users everywhere, less work for the programmer, and appreciation and fame for the original site. Many large companies are recognizing this advantage and are now reaching out to those who wish to use content.
We are in the mere beginning of this exciting new concept of website "mash-ups," but already seeing innovative products from it. [I couldn't get to the WildCam Africa page, but can go back to this post if it comes back.] It is becoming easier for less skilled people to program and as such know-how becomes more common, we will see such sites grow exponentially.

Zen Garden

Today I went to C.S.S. Zen Garden's website, which allows graphic artists to submit presentation designs for the website to display. Other users may click on these designs to see them applied to the website without changing the structure, or text data. Not a designer myself, I explored the second option.
I took a look at Eric Stoltz's "Under the Sea." The main color palette is blues and browns, which is appealing, but I think what immediately struck me was what I can only describe as clutter at the bottom. Covering about two inches of the content with a jagged line are scattered pictures of boats. I might add that boats hardly fit in an *under* the sea theme. Also unrelated as far as I can tell was a picture of Emperor Norton. Maybe I'm missing something though? That said, I liked the few pictures of sea creatures Stoltz did include, and thought the font was a nice choice. It is an attractive design, but a hectic, distracting one. http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/213/213.css&page=0
I enjoyed the layout for John Politowski's Kyoto Forest. Each section of the text had a clear distinction, provided by a header with appealing swirly designs. The background is white and the text is black, making it easy to read, but accents in deep red, periwinkle, and green provide interest in a calming way. This was the most engaging page I saw. http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/207/207.css&page=0