sloanjd @ wofford.edu
Each member of the class will be responsible for creating a unique web site. This page will outline the requirements for this project.
Your content must conform to the usual, commonsense, guidelines. Nothing commercial (unless you have an external host), nothing pornographic, nothing libelous, nothing racist, nothing sexist, etc. All content must be original. Plagiarism will not be tolerated.
A web site will consist of six to twelve interlinked pages. You will need a consistent navigation scheme among these pages that allows you to move between any pair of pages at your site.
Your site should have substantive content. If you are only putting a few sentences on a page with a modicum of decorations, your grade will suffer. Content must be literate. You will be penalized if there is an excessive number of grammatical or spelling errors on your site.
Your site should be attractively and consistently formatted. You should make appropriate use of color, fonts, font sizes, and styles. Use the guidelines on page 354 of your text when specifying font sizes.
You must use cascading style sheets to provide a consistent look for your web site. You should have a single style sheet in a separate file that provides formatting for all of your displayed pages. You should have a second style sheet for printing that is also used throughout your site.
Your site will make use of appropriate images. You should have a average of one picture per page. You must have appropriate digital rights to the images you use.
While, in general, you shouldn't force your page to fit arbitrary criterion, you should demonstrate the following additional features on at least one page in your site:
Each page at your site should validate without errors for correct XHTML, CSS, and accessibility.
20% Substantive Content
20% Visual Presentation & Style
20% Accessibility and Validation Scans
40% Specific Features Listed Above
Each student's topic must be different from every other student's topics. Topic selection will be done on a first come, first serve basis. Send me an email with your topic. In the event of two student selecting the same topic, the person who sent the first email will assigned the topic and those sending later email will need to select a different topic. earliest time stamp on the email will decide the issue. Thus far, the following topics have been claimed:
Joe Sloan: Chinese Cuisine Interim
Josh Wright: Great NFL Football Players
Nathan Smith: Planeteer Environmental Group
Caroline Haney: Travel Guide
Brad Nocek: New York Yankee Baseball Greats
Aldina Dautovic: John M. Keynes
Jessie Davis: Personal Resume
Ryan O'Loughlin: Killers Band Page
Drew Crowell: WoCo Basketball
David Whitley: The Fictional Avant-garde Artists "Superhim"
Kensey Wheeler: Traveling to Paris
Sarah Herbert: Golf Swing Mechanics
Gordon Pendleton: Billboard Advertising
Drew Miller: Bonner Service at Chapman Cultural Center
This page was created by Joe Sloan.
It was last modified:
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Send mail to: sloanjd@wofford.edu