ICS 225 Web Design and Implementation

Spring 2004

 

Project #1 – 50 points

Due Wednesday, January 28, 2004

 

Design and Build a Web Site Using HTML

 

Overview:  Design and build a web site of at least 3 to 5 pages on a topic of interest to you.  Make your web site as attractive as possible.

 

Specification:  Turn in a one to two page specification (word processed) document which includes at least the following items:

 

A. Goals and Strategies

·        Describe the mission or goals of your site.

·        Who is the primary audience for the web site?

 

B.  Production Issues

·        What is the production schedule for the site?  Break the project down into components and indicate a date by which you will complete each component.  In addition, indicate approximately how many hours you plan to spend on each component. 

·        Record the actual time you spend on the project, broken down into the categories you chose above.  You will not be graded on how well you kept to your schedule.  However, you will be graded on whether or not you provide this information.

 

Design:  Sketch a rough layout of your web pages and their linkages (a storyboard) before writing the HTML code.  Turn in these rough sketches.  They can be hand-drawn or drawn using a tool such as Visio or Word.

 

Development:  Code your solution using straight HTML.  That is, do not use a tool to assist you in developing these web pages.  Include at a minimum the following HTML features in your site:

 

A.  Demonstrate the use of at least these HTML features:

·        Bold

·        Italic

·        Headers

·        Horizontal rule

·        Different font sizes

 

B.  Links

·        Link to an image

·        Link the pages in some fashion

 

C.  Demonstrate the use of at least these JavaScript features

·        An event

·        Use the Date object

 

D. Comments

    • Include comments in every file.  At a minimum include your name, the date, the name of the file and its purpose.

 

Turn in:  A project report including