Webpage

In this project, you are responsible for three webpages based on your research that will be posted on you webspace at http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~username. You will use text from your research paper and other images. I expect two pages with text and images and another page with links.

Web writing is different from academic writing in your papers. You must revise parts of your paper before putting them on the web. Use titles and subtitles to more easily organize your writing.

Include hyperlinks to other page(s) and to other websites.

Include an email link so readers can contact you. 

Use an anchor to navigate within your page by linking some part your text to another part of you text on the same page.  

Use images effectively. Resize them in Fireworks. *NOTE*: 400 by 300 is only a recommended size. You can use a smaller or larger size, but you must resize images in Fireworks.

Use tables or pages templates so that your design moves past the basic left-justified or centered pages so that image and text are side by side and otherwise demonstrate some concern for design principles.

Use color and text effectively. Consider readability. Consider white space. Consider text size and font choice. The 600 words can be split between your two pages.

You must cite sources. You can use MLA format, but I recommend including links to sources in your text or using more attributive tags to incorporate your citation. 

Each website must include a webpage that functions as an introduction to the topic and the website. Another webpage must go into greater detail about a specific part of your topic. A third webpage must contain links to other relevant and helpful websites.  

Relevant Links: 

NOTE: Most directions for website design for this project's needs can be found at the bottom of this page. Project requirements are outlined above and summarized below in Nuts and Bolts. 

From our weekly schedule:

Purdue's ITaP Help Detail on Setting up Web Space: https://www.itap.purdue.edu/tlt/careeraccount/webpage.cfm

Purdue's ITaP Help Detail on Changing Web Permissions:
http://www.itap.purdue.edu/tlt/help/detail.cfm?KBID=844

Writing for Effective Webpages- http://www.studygs.net/writingcontent.htm

Creating Effective Webpages- http://www.uleth.ca/lib/guides/research/display.asp?PageID=40

University of Maine Extension Office- Web Authoring That Works website

In Lesson 3, read:

• Using Graphic Images 
• Understanding Colors
• Understanding Text
• Understanding Page Design and Layout

In Lesson 4, read:

• The effect of the Information Overload
• How the Web differs from print media 
• How users read on the Web
• How page structure can improve usability
• Effective writing techniques for the Web
• Writing effective titles, keywords, and summaries

Here's another good overview: Web Style Guide 

Refer to direction pages at bottom of this page, but this Dreamweaver Cheat Sheet may be helpful for you. 

Learning Goals:
Macromedia Dreamweaver

Macromedia Fireworks

Use of Purdue webspace

Webpage design and writing

Citing sources on webpages

Nuts and Bolts:
2 webpages with 600 words total

1 links webpage with at least 10 links

3 visual elements, properly sized in Fireworks.