The assignment is to construct a web site, and place it in your HTML
directory on TUCC8. Here are some requirements for the page; I'll
add a few more on Tuesday based on our in-class discussion during class
that day.
Notes added Tuesday are in boldface.
Here are some of the things the assignment will involve:
1. The site should consist of (at least) two pages. One of these can be the page you wrote for lab 9. The other should be a homepage. The homepage should include some information about you, and a link to the lab 9 page. Aside from that the content of the page is up to you (though there are a number of additional requirements as regards its form).
2. The homepage should include a background image.
3. It should include at least one additional image.
4. It should use at least one image as a link to another page (possibly but not necessarily the lab 9 page).
5. The homepage should include your email address as a mailto: link.
6. It should list the date the page was last updated.
7. The lab 9 page should be updated to include: a link back to your homepage, your email address, and the date the page was last updated.
8. The head should include a title for the page and your name as author.
9. In general you should plan the site in such a way that it gives you a good framework within which you may later expand the materials you have available.
10. Make the site as attractive and well-designed as you can. We'll talk a bit more on Tuesday about what this involves. Among the relevant criteria are: make sure that all links and images are working correctly; keep the page reasonably streamlined so that it does not take a long time to load over a slow connection (no huge graphics); make sure that the background does not make the text illegible. If possible, look at your site using both Netscape and Internet Explorer (and any other browsers you think your users may be using), as the same site can look quite different in different browsers.
You might want to check out some links to discussions of stylistic issues in web design. The ones I mentioned in class, along with some others, are available at http://www.trinity.edu/cbrown/skills/ugly.html.
11. The homepage should have the following filename:
default.htm
Note that the extension is .htm, not .html. To make sure that
the extension is correct, you will probably want to set Windows to allow
you to view extensions of "registered" file types. You may
do this as follows. While viewing the contents of any folder in Windows,
go to View: Options. Select the "View" tab. Then make sure
that the checkbox for "hide MS-DOS file extensions for file types that
are registered" is NOT checked.
Giving your homepage this filename will allow anyone connected to
the internet to view your page by using the URL
http://www.resnet.trinity.edu/users/username/
(where "username" of course is your actual username, e.g. cbrown).
Due: Thursday, October 22. (Note: won't be checked until Tuesday, October 27.)