Final Exam Web Site, 200 points: Submit your URL in an e-mail to me no later than Monday, May 28, at 8 a.m. A late penalty of 5 points for every hour it is late will be enforced. No Web sites will be accepted for credit after Monday.

After our last class meeting, I will add extra credit points to your Final Web site grade for each day you submit your Web site early.

Thursday,
May 24
Friday,
May 25
Saturday,
May 26
Sunday,
May 27
+16 pts. +14 pts. +12 pts. +10 pts.
Directions:

Your Final Web site topic must follow the guidelines below and be approved by me. Click here to read the LACC Web site policy for appropriate subject matter:

Your Final Web site must include the items listed below in an appropriate manner in a meaningful and useful application for that FrontPage feature. You will earn extra credit for anything done particularly well in your Web site or for anything you add in the Extra Credit section. We will create the Final Web and start on the home page and Final page and PAS (Planning Analysis Sheet) together around Week 6 (Fall) and continue both for several weeks after.

Keep your Web site simple!  

Your Web site does NOT have to be elaborate. A simple, attractive Web site that is logical, well designed, and includes each item below in a correct application will earn an A more easily as one that is elaborate and robust. I truly discourage a complex Web site unless you are very confident in your FrontPage skills! Use Lollipop Creations as a model of a simple Web site.

Don't get hung up on details like elaborate graphics, transitions, sounds, extra pages, etc. It's not required, is very time consuming, and could actually detract from the effectiveness of your pages. Instead, create a solid, logical organizational structure with a clean, simple design. When our class is over, personalize your Web site to suite your own tastes and needs if desired. The ultimate point of our class is to create an effective Web site that meets your needs, not mine. 


Pts. Ded. Required Items

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  Item 1, Miscellaneous Comments

Greatest Strength:
Tell me the greatest strength of your Final Web site:

Greatest Area for Improvement:
Tell me the greatest area for improvement for your Final Web site:

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  Item 2, Content

We will create the Final Web and start on the home page and Final page together around Week 6 (Fall). Follow the steps there exactly. Back up your Final Exam Web site on a regular basis to a computer somewhere by publishing back from the server to a hard drive!! Click here for tips.

  • Copy and paste this table and the table above it centered into your Final.htm page.
  • Delete any examples and screen shots that aren't yours and replace them with your own as you complete each item.
  • Organize your Web site by placing all image files in image folder, etc.
  • Your home page and all pages in your Web site should be concisely informative and answer the standard journalism questions of who, what, when, where, and why as applicable.
  • You must have the home page, forms page, at least one main page in your frameset page, and a minimum of two additional pages completely finished in all aspects of content and design. You must get my approval in advance. Copy this "Under Construction" notice to any pages in which the finished content would end up being very extensive and is beyond what could reasonably be expected time wise for this Web site. Click here and compare the Gifts Page with the Decorations page as an example.
    Item 3, Hyperlinks

When your Web site is finished, create a bookmark on the target page. Select the desired item number below beginning with Item 4 and continuing with each Item on this page with this hyperlink picture, and insert a hyperlink to the appropriate target. When I grade your Web site and click the Item hyperlink, I should be taken automatically to a specific page and a specific bookmark on the page where you have used the required FrontPage feature. See Yuko Kondo's Final page as an example.

Take this warning seriously!! I will not browse through pages and pages of each Web site hoping to stumble upon the feature in question. Add your links!!! A minimum of a 3-point deduction will be taken for each missing hyperlink and you might lose all points completely for that item.
 

p. 157. To create a hyperlink to a bookmark on a page other than the current page: Create your bookmark first on the target page; create your hyperlink second on the source page, such as this Final page; select the text for the hyperlink on the source page; click the Hyperlink button or Ctrl-K; in the Insert Hyperlink dialog box, under the Link to pane, click Existing File or Web Page; from the list of files, click the desired target page where the bookmark was created; click the Bookmark button, click the desired bookmark, and click OK.

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Item 4, Mechanics

  • Check the mechanics (spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, sentence fluency, etc.) in your Web site with extreme care. Your visitors will judge you immediately on your fluency in the language and will discount a Web site with errors no matter how attractive the site is. 

  • I do not have time to proofread your entire site thoroughly and note individual errors; however, if I find more than three mechanical errors in the site, an automatic 10-point deduction will be taken.

  • Use "Web site" consistently when you refer to your Web site.

4   Item 5, Marquee: Use one marquee (pp. 77-81).
2   Item 6, List: Use at least one automatic bulleted or numbered list. (pp. 140-153).
4   Item 7, Picture Hotspot: Use at least one picture hotspot with a hyperlink (pp. 101-105). It should be obvious to the visitor either by directions or inference what will appear when the hotspot is clicked.
6   Item 8, Table: Use at least one table with merged cells in it, a border, and a background color (pp. 266-303). 
5   Item 9, Table Structure
  • Place all information on all pages into a centered, borderless 640-pixel table structure (unless I approve an alternative) to align information, pictures, link bars, etc., in a balanced way (pp. 266-303). (Click here for steps if you can't see the bottom of the Insert Table dialog box.)
  • Adjust table padding as needed so that the words aren’t jammed up against the edge of visible table borders.
13   Item 10, Navigation

Your Web site's navigational structure should be logical, intuitive, and as simple as possible. The pages should be arranged in order of importance to the visitor. Like pages should be consolidated to reduce the number of pages—remember that less is more when looking at site navigation. Place your link bars centered inside a centered, borderless, 640-pixel table so that it will look balanced on any page (pp. 216-224). Your frameset, banner, contents, and main pages should use the same hierarchy as shown below for Lollipop Gifts, the frameset page for Lollipop Creations.

Paste a screen shot from your Folder List pane of Navigation view for your Web site  in the cell to the right as shown. (Use thumbnails if screen shots are too large.)  The Guest Book (or other form with required fields) and Final pages should be the last pages in Child Level 1. The Talk discussion Web is not required.     

5   Item 11, Link Bars
  • Create a navigation structure (pp. 209-215) for your Web site in Navigation view so that FrontPage will generate your link bars for you.
  • Do not include user-defined link bars on any page unless I have approved such a change. 
10   Item 12, Top Shared Border
  • Use a top shared border (pp. 194-206) that Includes a link bar pointing to the home page and child pages under home.
  • Place the content centered inside a 640-pixel, centered, borderless table (p. 266-303).
  • The buttons should be titled concisely and clearly so that all characters fit on the picture buttons, match the page titles, and communicate page content.
  • Paste a thumbnail screen shot of your top shared border in Page View similar to the example below.

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Item 13, Bottom Shared Border

  • Use a bottom shared border on all major pages as appropriate (p. 194-206). 

  • Place the content inside a 640-pixel, centered, borderless table (p. 266-303). 

  • Insert a horizontal line as the first item in the bottom shared border to separate it from the main page. Add an extra row in the table with a hard space in it (Ctrl-Shift-space) if you need more space visually above the horizontal line. Check for large gaps of white space between your page and the bottom border and make adjustments as needed.

  • Insert copyright information—If you have copied extensively from another Web site, use the copyright information shown below

  • Insert a hit counter or custom hit counter and a revision date field, (p. 389-391).

  • Include a picture that will be used as a top-of-page graphical hyperlink similar to this one . (Do not use a text hyperlink to move to the top of the page—only a picture and perhaps add a text label on it with the word Top.) Right-click your selected picture, and click Hyperlink Properties; in the Address box, type #top.
  • Paste a thumbnail screen shot of your bottom shared border in Page View similar to the examples below.

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  Item 14, Citations

On any pages in which you are using copyrighted materials (pictures, information, sound clips, etc.), add a citation(s) below that includes the following: the Web site name; article name in quotes, if any; date the Web page was posted, if any; and the date you accessed the page.

Web Page:

Japanese American National Museum, "Mission Statement," n.d., <http://www.janm.org/general/mission.html>, accessed on May 26, 2002.

Photo:

The New Otani Hotel & Garden, "Cafe Azalea Picture," [Online image], n.d., <http://www.newotani.com/restaurantazalea.htm>, accessed on May 19, 2002.

  • Edit your bottom shared border as shown in Item 13 for either the first screen shot for a single citation or in the second screen shot for multiple citations. Replace the list of citations below with your own in correct format.
35   Item 15, Frameset Page: 

We will create the frameset pages (pp. 304-314) together and complete the navigation in the Banner and Content frame with custom link bars around Week 12 (Fall). Follow the steps there exactly.

I will check for correct link bars names and filenames as follows: for the frameset page,  Frameset_description.htm; banner page, Frames_Banner.htm; contents page, Frames_Contents.htm; the main pages,  Frames_Main1_description.htm; custom link bar for the contents frame,  Contents Link Bar.  

  • Type the title of your frameset page here:
  • All main pages should have a consistent format from page to page for unity of design.
  • One main page must be completely finished. An "under construction" picture should appear on all unfinished pages. Extra credit for any other main pages that are completely finished.
  • No scroll bars should appear on the banner or contents frame and all information should be visible.
  • The target frame for hyperlinks in the banner frame should be set to a whole page
  • The target frame for hyperlinks in the content frame should be set to main frame.
14   Item 16, Interactive Button: Use one interactive button with a mouse-over effect (pp. 114-117). 
4   Item 17, Page Transition:
  • Use one page transition (pp. 118-119).
  • Describe the transition, what type of transition you chose, and when it happens (entry, exit, etc.): 
2   Item 18, Animated Text: Use one instance of animated text (pp. 119-121).
4   Item 19, Theme
  • Use a FrontPage theme (pp. 225-254) unless I approve a custom design.
  • On the Final page, apply a different theme. (Tips, p. 241)
  • Type the name of your theme here:
  • Type the name of the other theme used on the Final page here:
10   Item 20, Photo Gallery: Use the Photo Gallery feature (pp. 242-247) in an appropriate application for your Web site.
2   Item 21, WordArt: Use WordArt (pp. 248-253) in an appropriate application for your Web site.
26   Item 22, Form:
  • Create a guest book form (pp. 342-356) or some other form named Guest.htm (or some appropriate name) similar to the one on p. 6.10. (Note: Do not use the form we created for Sunny here. Create an original form. Design the form thoughtfully and with unique content related to your Web site topic.)
  • Your form must have at least one set of option buttons, one drop-down menu, and one scrolling text box.
  • Use recognizable, appropriate names, group names, display names, and values in the properties for each field.
  • Title the page Guest Book (or some appropriate title).
  • Use at least one form field that requires validation.

  • Send form results to your LACC e-mail address. Right-click the form, choose Form Properties, and paste a thumbnail screen shot of the Form Properties window (Alt-Print Screen) in the table below:
 
  • Type the form field name that requires the validation here, describe the validation you are requiring and why it makes sense to validate this particular field:

  • Paste a thumbnail screen shot of your Validation window (Alt-Print Screen) below.

 
10   Item 23: Form Results
  • Configure the Save Results component to send its results to a csv file and to an htm file both (pp. 342-357).  
  • Paste a thumbnail screen shot of your Form Properties window (Alt-Print Screen) and your Options for Saving Results, File Results tab in the second row of the table below.
     
Form Properties Saving Results

 

 

    Extra Credit: If you have used any special FrontPage features or have done anything you think warrants extra credit, please highlight the extra credit item in tan below and include a hyperlink and bookmark to each item.
 
  • Customize your theme (p. 231), use a custom background picture, perhaps faded or watermark it (Tips, p. 75), or use a unique background color (Tips, p. 75) that harmonizes with your theme.
  • Add a sound to a page an explain its purpose in the Web site. (Help: Add a sound).

  • Create a custom bullet (Tips, p. 147).

  • Use a task list (p. 179).

  • Use a theme's picture as a top-of-page hyperlink (Tips, p. 160).

  • Create screen tips in a table (Tips, p. 301).

  • Add a FrontPage applet (Tips, p. 121).

  • Add a DHTML effect (Tips, p. 121).

  • Add e-commerce functionality (Tips, Microsoft FrontPage Resources).

  • Create a custom hit counter (Tips, p. 391).

  • Create dynamic ScreenTips with layers and behaviors (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011267121033.aspx ).

  • Add extra interactive buttons: (Liven up Web pages with interactive buttons http://office.microsoft.com/training/training.aspx?AssetID=RC010505401033).

  • Add a discussion group (Help: Add a discussion group to a FrontPage 2003 Web site)

  • Add a PowerPoint presentation to your Web site (major extra credit).

  • Add a multimedia presentation to your Web site (major extra credit).

Thursday,
May 24
Friday,
May 25
Saturday,
May 26
Sunday,
May 27
+16 pts. +14 pts. +12 pts. +10 pts.

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