Creating a Personal Webpage

Instructions (guide) – worth 200 points (2 daily grades)

Objective: Develop a functional web site with a homepage, a second page about a topic you are interested in, (ie: Invisible Children) and a third page about something you would like, (ie: a photo gallery.)

The topic of your web page is “All About Me Website”. Using notepad create three webpages about yourself, a biography page (home page.) Write about your various life experiences, including your involvement in activities in and out of school, your travels, past accomplishments, and future goals. Include graphics and text formatting and links to your other two pages. List at links to topics that you are interested in, such as news, weather, sports, entertainment, movies, music, and/or television series, and a 3rd page, an interest page. This page highlights a hobby or something else of special interest.

You must include articles (paragraphs) you have written about yourself (on each of your pages.) It must include images and color, graphics and text formatting. The following items must be included in your web page. Please place a check mark beside each item as you complete them. Answer the questions at the bottom of this page to be turned in with the rubric - when project is completed .

Grading Rubric

As you develop your pages, review the following.  These are the absolute necessities for the web site.

Title (on each page - within the <title> code)

3 pages (home, 2nd and 3rd)

Links (home to internet and to each page and to other pages)

consistent fonts and consistent font colors

images - clipart ( one must link to the Internet or the link to one of your pages)

original drawing (use paint, photoshop, publisher, or word)

at least one picture of yourself – digital (I can take your picture)

3 ordered lists 3 unordered lists

3 radio buttons and 3 check boxes

a table with some kind of data in it (not your schedule) (centered)

background (use the same background on all pages for consistency)

you must use paragraphs, line breaks, center text, bold and headings

you must use the CRAP (consistency, repetition-probably your pages, alignment, & proximity)

print out of story board – next page (map code, pages and turn in with this page and rubric!)

all code is correct (you have html, title, head, body listed)

leave your last name off your webpages, please.

your first page needs to be saved as index.html or default.html.

make folder in your personal drive as aboutme. (not in 6weeks folders) put that in a folder named images

Do your file names have all lowercase letters, no spaces, and are they short?

Does the page have a title?  (this is what is seen in the blue bar in the browser.

Does each of your pages have a heading?

Does your page have a consistent theme?

Are images appropriately sized and placed attractively on the page?

Do all links work?

Is your page neat and attractive?

Are you going to be finished on the 16th?

Have you proof-read your text?  Check for spelling and grammar errors (and capitalize all I's and proper names (ie: your name)

print off instructions sheet (with storyboard)

 

Cool Sites you may be able to use:

Free Buttons:  http://www.freebuttons.com/index.php?page=freebuttons&buttonName=Ufo&color=7

Custom Button Maker:
http://www.grsites.com/button/

Blackcat's Free Web Graphics
http://blackat9.tripod.com/

Cool Archive
http://www.coolarchive.com/

More Cool Text

Cool Text Generator
Flamingtext.com

10 Commandments for Good HTML

Sounds

Try searching for "graphics for the web, free" , "buttons for web pages, free", or anything else that you think might return some cool things to use on your pages.

NOTE:  Your project is due Friday, November 16.  You can literally spend HOURS at these sites.  Please be aware of the amount of time you have to spend 'searching'.  You must leave time to actually create the web site.  It can be modified at a later date.

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