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Web Page Project

 

In this assignment you will be building an internet site for your small personal business or of your academic and personal accomplishments that you can use when you begin your job search and throughout your career or it could be a personal webpage. You are encouraged to use your creativity in developing this site to make it highly representative of who you are, what you have accomplished and what you want to accomplish. 

 

 

** Frequently Asked Questions **

 

1.      When is this project due?

The project on the last week of class  

 

To prove your site has the proper permission, you will need to have to a draft homepage (index.html) uploaded on DUNX1

 

2.      How do I submit my project?

Include in an email, through Drexel mail, the link (URL) to your website before the assigned deadline.  This email should include:

In the subject ‘HTML submission – (your First and Last name)

In the body: Your full name, student ID, link to your website

 

3.      Who is my audience?

It could be anyone. I would prefer that they are Employers looking to hire you in your field of study, or on a small business that you might be owning or planning to start out.

 

4.      What are the minimum technical requirements of my website?

1. All links, images, pages should be working.

1. Your home (first/initial) page MUST BE NAMED index.html. Otherwise your website will not work.  

1. At least four-five separate linked text pages

2. These pages may outline your academic and work experience

2. The pages should be linked

2. You should be able to go to the pages without using the BACK/FORWARD button on the toolbar

1. A professional image in one of the pages. Example could be a photo album.

1. At least one link should be to some professional work you have done either here at Drexel or as part of your career to date.  For example: A finance major may link to a spreadsheet they have created. Marketing major may link to a marketing presentation they have given. Be creative.

1. Include your resume if you wish to (its an idea)

1. Links to at least one other established website (e.g. CNN). Example you can have a page dedicated to your fav. websites.

 

5.      What are the basic Business requirements for the site?

1. Since this is a personal or business web page, you need to make sure that the web-pages you create are professional.

1. The images (if present on the home page) should be well formatted with respect to size.

1. The background color should be such that the text can be read easily

1. The content of the page could focus on the academic and work related material

1. The webpage should be lucid (logical)

1. Navigation among the pages should be consistent and present in all pages

 

6.      What software can I use to create my web pages?

There are various options. FrontPage is available in all Lebow College computer labs and Korman center. FrontPage software is not available at the Drexel’s software download site for download to students’ personal computers.

 

If you want to hard code HTML then you have the option of using, Notepad.  Any other HTML editor that you may have access to is also acceptable.  HTML will be covered.

  

(Please note that Drexel University is not responsible for the content of above mentioned web pages)

 

7. Are there any resources from Drexel that can help me setup a webpage?

Drexel info on building and publishing a web page

 

8. Are there any sites I can use to learn more about how to create a webpage

1. A Beginners Guide to HTML - Introduction to HTML

(http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp)

 

9. Do NOT include your personal information in the webpage

Remember that the information you put on the web is available to everyone therefore you may wish not to put your full contact information.  We recommend that you do not include your address and phone number.  We also recommend that in your email address replace the @ sign with AT, like this:  address AT drexel.edu vs. [email protected].

 

This will help reduce the junk mail you may generate by putting your email address on the web.

 

Also, please note that your webpage will be recorded and indexed by major search engines such as Google shortly after it is uploaded to Drexel’s dunx server. If you do not want all/any of your web pages to be indexed, then do NOT place links pointing to them in the index.html file.