SET UP YOUR HOME PAGE
- Create an HTML document "by hand"
- Make links between your page and other sites on the net
- Include images, lists, and other HTML constructs
Instructions
The overall goal of this assignment is to create an HTML
document "by hand". In other words, you will be typing the HTML
markup tags into an editor. The exact content of the page you create
is not important -- the important thing is that you gain some
experience writing HTML.
The page that you create will not be graded in terms of aesthetic
criteria; the grade will instead be based on the following criteria:
- The document you create should include the following
elements:
- two or more paragraphs of regular text
- a list (unordered, ordered, or description list)
- a hyperlink to a remote site
- an image displayed via a URL to a remote site; ie, the
IMG tag should look something like: <IMG
SRC="ftp://some.place.else/dir/whatever.gif">
- You may not use a dedicated "HTML editor" for this
assignment.
Some other suggestions and resources:
- If you already have a home page online, you can submit it for a
grade, as long as it meets the above criteria.
- If you choose to create a home page for yourself and put it
online, fantastic! Feel free to make use of the home page templates
available from the SWIG page:
http://www.math.arizona.edu/swig/homepages/homepage.html
Note: Neither of the templates contain a reference to an image
on a remote site -- if you choose to use the templates, you'll need
to do this part by hand.
- Some images are available in the course FTP area at:
ftp://math.arizona.edu/incoming/481/
- A good way to work on the assignment is to start up a text
editor to edit the HTML file, and start up a browser to view the
HTML file. When you want to see the effects of your changes, use
your editor's "save" function, followed by a "reload" in the
browser.
- For an example of a more complex but well-designed home page, have
a look at:
http://werbach.com/home.html
Locate the source viewer on your web browser and use it to examine
the home page source. Most of the items on this page are nicely
explained in the Bare Bones Guide to HTML available here:
http://werbach.com/barebones/index.html
To receive a grade on this assignment, email your HTML document (or
its URL, if the document is available online) to
Juan Restrepo at
restrepo@math.arizona.edu