Tools for Information Literacy

Task ②.03 web development

Once you are comfortable with hard coding,
you will create a web site for this class and, possibly, for your future use.
Follow the guidelines on this page to create a site.

This task has three components

1. The first component is to demonstrate some hard coding skills with HTML
2. Then, you will add CSS to your hard code
3. Finally, you will create a full web site

For the third, and main, part of this task, you are to create a fuller, multi-level personal web site.

Task 02.03

You may use any applicable tool to do this task. You may hard code your site using only a text editor, like Visual Studio Code or Notepad ++. You may use an HTML editor - any free editor or a proprietary editor 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.

We will consider several models to look at for ideas. You may make your site exactly like the examples if you wish, but we hope that you will find this task useful enough to custom-build your sites to meet your own needs and design ideas.

You may build upon your hard-coded initial page, or you may use a template to create an entirely different look. But the site must meet the conditions specified for this task.

You will create a web site for use in your work with this and other classes. In its logical structure, your site will look something like this diagram (which is an image map. so you can click on any page and go directly to it).

The terms "hyperlink" and "anchor" are synonymous in this discussion.
You use an anchor tag to create a hyperlink.

alternatively ...

Or you will create a single page, multiple section web site for use in your work with this and other classes. In its logical structure, your site will look something like this diagram (this is not an image map, but the image itself is anchored to an example you may study).

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Condition

In particular, your site will include the following:

when we use the word "page" here,
you can understand it as either a separate page in a multi-page site,
or as a separate section in a one-page site

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 anchors to at least the second level pages on your web site

Three second level pages

1. A second level page/section about you. The information on it may be real or imaginary, but it needs to be somewhat professional. The page needs to include an anchor to a pdf version of an on-line résumé. Again, the information on the résumé may be real or imaginary, but it needs to be somewhat professional.
2. A second level page/section that lists all the courses you are currently taking (even if this is only this one). Put anchors on this page to the home pages or Sakai locations for each class you are taking so that you can always find the bookmark for your class pages.
3. A second level page/section that introduces topics or items of interest to you. This second level page should incorporate an ordered list of the 10 books you’d take with you if you were marooned on a desert island, but you can use the interests page as a palate to place anything you want on it. Just make certain you use an ordered list, to show you can create one.

Three third level pages

1. In the models above, there is a third level page/section for either the classes or the interests second level page/section, but you may also choose to have third level pages/sections for your about second level page/section.
2. Whatever you decide for your design considerations, make the three third level pages/sections relevant to the second level about, classes, or interests page/section.

Look and feel

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

Every page should have some way to alert users when the page was last updated

Navigation

Use hyperlinks (either as text or as linked image objects) to ensure the user can navigate throughout the site.

Every page/section in the site should have hyperlinks to the home page.

All pages should have anchors to pages one level above it in the site structure.

2. the anchors to home will suffice for this requirement for about, classes, and interests
3. each of the 3rd level pages should have a link to the relevant 2nd level page and to the home page

All pages/sections should have anchors to other pages/sections on the same level in the site structure.

2. about should have anchors to classes and interests, as well as to home
   classes should have anchors to about and interests, as well as to home
   interests should have anchors to about and classes, as well as to home
3. each of the 3rd level pages should have anchors to all other 3rd level pages, as well as to home

All pages should have anchors to pages one level below them in the site structure.

1. home would have anchors to about, classes, and interests
2. in the first example above, interests would have anchors to each of the three subordinate 3rd level pages
   in the second example above, classes would have anchors to each of the three subordinate 3rd level pages

Add some dynamic HTML to your site

Add at least one example of a server side script and at least one example of a client side script somewhere on your site.

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Standard

Standard

W3C Validation

Your home page must validate using the W3C Markup Validation Service. It must validate in order to get any points for this component. If it doesn't validate, the W3C tool will point out the line of code where the invalid code is located. You probably will want to validate all of your pages, but only the home page must validate.

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 use your SFTP tool to publish it to Opal, publish the entire folder.

Submission

After you have published your web site, post a note in Sakai announcing that it is ready for viewing (include its full URL). When one types in
http://opal.ils.unc.edu/~yourOnyen or
http://opal.ils.unc.edu/~yourOnyen/yourDirectoryName
it should open up your home page.
This means your home page should be named index.htm or index.html.

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