The time has come..

Today is the day that I give my presentation. Argh! My throat is not clear at all!

Amanda's presentation is today too. She's speaking on online forums. There are all sorts of forums- from gardening to gaming forums. Forums are different to chat programs in the sense that the information can be looked on and more people can access them. The term 'forum' is one of many that describe what it denotes. Other terms used include web forums, message boards, and online forums. There are sub forums that are basically topics and subjects. Forums are like containers where members of the community can create their own thread. A 'flat' thread is in chronological order and a threaded post is in reply to a 'mother' host. Many forums ask people to register to become members and this requires usernames, passwords, and sometimes email addresses to verify. Forum features include custom avatars, custom signatures and online profiles. The point system is quite an interesting part of forums. Forums are made up of administrators, moderators and members. Members can edit posts, start new threads and comment on other people's posts. There is also forum etiquette, such as no double posting. This is where people post in response to their own post without a post by someone else inbetween.

I had a bad feeling that something was going to happen with my recording- and it did! :( I have no idea where my garageband file has gone!! Well, at least I can use my other recording and drag it into garageband.. I guess it's just a harder way to do it or maybe it wont be as good a quality. I hope I can still edit my presentation well. Oh well, this part is over, now it's time for the technical part. Wish me luck cos I'm going to need it!

Oh and today in class after the presentations we looked at the different publish settings for flash files. I was familiar with the flash and HTML formats but I was unaware of the options that protect your file from being imported when online. This subject has encouraged me to get into flash and understand it more because I haven't really used it much at all but I know that it is a very useful program.