Class 27

Class 27 Notes are in progress and are subject to change

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Discourse

End-of-course assessment - last 15 minutes of class

Website Presentations and Final Ready-for-Prime-Time Tweaks

Check you site for the following:

Do you use a standard font for your text blocks? Why is this important?
Do you have good clear contrast in your text blocks/backgrounds?
Do you have titles for your pages, not just Untitled 1?
Do you use tables or some other method to keep your text and pictures in order?
Was your web folder saved in the correct manner in the right place?
Are your navbars centered when appropriate?
Do you have an email link?
Do you include a thumbnail image?
Do you include an animation or other dynamic effect?
Do you use a consistent clear layout and color scheme?
Are your images clear, not "pixelated?"
Are your images distorted or out of proportion?
Do your viewers have to scroll a long way to reach the end of the page?
Do your hyperlinks work, both internal and external?
Are your hyperlinks clearly marked, logically placed, and easy to follow?

HANDS-ON Review: Publishing Your Website on the Trinity Server

For safety, backup your 26myweb folder onto your Y drive in case you want to continue to update it . . . . . .

Open your HTML-Documents folder on Sol and copy and paste the folders and files from inside your Web folder (25myweb). The page named index.htm is your home page.

To open your HTML-Documents folder:
start >> run>> \\sol.cs.trinity.edu\userid\Local\HTML-Documents (substitute your own userid)

url: http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~userid

Publish Web on Sol and view Webs on Internet.
Check title that appears on title bar on each page.
Have someone else browse to your web and check for broken links and images.

Unpublish Web on Sol (if you ever need to):

Delete the files in your HTML-Documents folder in your Sol account.

Homework:

1. Write an entry about your experience designing and publishing your website. The following are guidelines:

Give your URL - start with "Please visit my site at www.cs.trinity.edu/~username" or something similar.

Describe briefly your challenges and solutions.

Name three sites that you like from those that your classmates presented and tell why you liked them both from the standpoint of content and technical skill.

2. Open the contacts worksheet in Excel in 27website. Add the information for five people, real or imaginary. Save it and close it- we will use this information in class on Tuesday.