Your home page shouldn't be cluttered with a lot of information. Each person who visits your Web site will be interested in something different. So rather than give every reader all of your information, give them links so that they can find the information that they're interested in.
Again, consider these home pages:
You already have a schedule (created for Project #1, published in Lab #2). Create three new pages:
bio.htmlinks.htminterests.htmNow modify your home page index.htm so that it very
briefly introduces you. Then include four links to these supporting
pages: schedule.htm, bio.htm, links.htm, and
interests.htm. Keep a close eye on the formatting of these
links. Putting them just anywhere is unacceptable. Try using a
table (without borders) or an unordered list to format these links.
Each of the supporting pages should have a link at the bottom of the
page that links back to your official home page (i.e., index.htm).
Publish each of the supporting pages using the names given here.
Save and publish your new home page twice: index.htm and
indexproj2.htm.
Your Web pages should be readable. This is not just in terms of content, but also in terms of the format and aesthetics that you use for your pages.
Professional Web sites have stricter rules for how their pages should look; for example, consistency is very important for professional Web sites. The rules are relaxed for personal home pages. It is okay if you use different colors on each page; it is okay if you use strange fonts. However, readability is still very important. Color schemes and fonts should be chosen with care.
This is perhaps more of a warning for the Web project. The Web project must have a professional look to it. So, feel free to play around with the design and aesthetics of your home pages for the next couple of weeks, but remember that there are stricter rules for the Web project.
There is nothing you have to physically turn in for this project. If you can get to your home page from The Project #2 Page of Links, then you're all set. If the grader cannot access your pages from the page of links, you will receive no credit for this assignment. You do not have to include your name, course number (i.e., "110"), section letter, or even "Project #2" on these pages since it's all very explicit from the page of links. This project is worth 20 points. See the schedule page for the due date.
Continue working on the email project. Think some more about the Web project.
Schedule page --- Lab #2 --- email project --- Web project
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