Task 02 - Web Sites (student web sites)

This task has two components

  1. subtask 2.1 is to create an initial hard-coded homepage, a page we will use in class to practice other skills
    • use the Notepad editor on any Windows computer and type in the text on the tags page of the 29 January 2008 class notes.
    • save the file as index.htm so that it will display as the first page in an eventual homepage directory.
    • this may be the basis of your permanent page, but it does not have to be
    • you may wish to use this hard-coded page solely for HTML practice in class, but create a totally individualized, fuller, multi-level personal web site according the specs below
    • place this page in your public_html space by 2359 on Wednesday, 31 January 2008, and tell me to look at it via an email which gives me the URL to use
    • this subtask component is required just to compel you to try out hard coding
  2. your main task will be to create a fuller, multi-level personal web site
    • if you wish to make your fuller, multi-level personal web site from your hard-coded page, you may do so
    • if you already have a personal web site, you may modify it to meet these specifications, or your may keep it as it is and instead create a new site according to these specifications and store it in a special directory, separate from your current web site
    • you will prepare a web presence for yourselves, one that will make it easy for clients to know you, your current interests, and your skills
    • everything in this task is something we will have demonstrated and/or tried in class.

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Condition

Prepare this task for a client. In this case, the client is me and I have certain expectations.

  • You may use any program you want to do this task
    • you may hard code your site using only a text editor, like Notepad
    • you may use a familiar tool, like Microsoft Word, to create your site, paying close attention to the peculiarities of using a tool optimized for text as a tool to create web pages
    • you may use an html editor - any free editor or one of the editors in the lab such as Dreamweaver
    • you may use this as an opportunity to try out different things because the requirements for task success are fairly constrained and provide you ample experimental leeway
    • you will have several models to look at for ideas
      • you may make your site exactly like the examples if you wish, but I hope that you will find this task useful enough to custom-build your sites to meet your own needs and design ideas

You will create a web site for use in your work with this and other classes

  1. in its structure, your site will look something like this diagram (which, coincidentally, is an image map)

  2. in particular, it will include the following:
    •  a top level home page that will incorporate at least
      • your name
      • your email address [which should not be retrievable by a web crawler], and
      • links to all the other pages on your web site (and anything else you want to include on it)
    •  a second level on-line résumé
      • it may be real or imaginary, but it needs to be somewhat professional
      • it can be either an html page or a link to a pdf page
    •  a second level page that lists all the courses you are currently taking (even if this is only this one)
      • put links on this page to the home pages for each class you are taking so that you can always find the bookmark for your class pages
      •  a third level blank page for each of Tasks 3-6
        • for Tasks 3-6, when you complete your tasks, you will post them on your web page and tell me via email that they are there for me to retrieve
        • you will put an object of your choice on each of these pages and the object will be hyperlinked to the completed task file which will be stored in your password protected directory
    •  a second level page that introduces topics or items of interest to you
      • this second level page should incorporate a list of "the ten cultural works that have most influenced your life or opened up new windows on the world", similar to this model [look at page 47 of the text, or page 5 (3 of 4) of the PDF], but you can use the interests page as a palate to place anything you want on it
      • you may also use it as a second level gateway to any number of additional third level pages for each of your interests
      •  if you wish (and it is not required), it may have subordinate pages as well
  3. Look and feel
    • pay attention to ATN's 14 Web Commandments as you design your site
    • keep your site consistent in look
      • if you don't choose to use a template, at least ensure that all the pages share a similar look in terms of backgrounds, font style and color, and use of bullets
    • don't overload your home page. Keep it simple so that it loads quickly
  4. Navigation
    • use hyperlinks (either as text or as buttons) to ensure the user can navigate throughout your site
    • every page in the site should have hyperlinks to your home page
    • all pages should have links to other pages on the same level in the site structure. In our example above,
      • resume should have links to home,  classes,and interests
      • classes should have links to home, resume,and interests
      • interests should have links to home,  resume,and classes
    • all pages should have links to pages one level below it in the site structure. In our example above,
      •  home would have links to resume,  classes,and interests
      • classes would have links to each of the four task pages
    • all pages should have links to pages one level above it in the site structure
      • the links to home will suffice for this requirement for resume, classes, and interests
      • each of the task pages should have a link to the classes page and to the home page
  5. Saving to a server
    • when you create this site, create it to a folder on your computer give the folder the name you want for your site
    • when you publish it to Isis, publish the entire folder
  6. Submission
    • after you have published your web site, send me a note telling me that it is ready for viewing and tell me your site's URL so I can find it
    • when I type in http://www.unc.edu/~<yourOnyen>/or http://www.unc.edu/~<yourOnyen>/<yourFolderName> I should open up your home page
      • this means your home page should be named index.htm or index.html

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Standard - specific guidance

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