Introduction to Web Site Development - Spring 2008

Section #2 - Making Web Pages - Matthew

Final Weeks

May 7 - Rough Draft Presentation / Peer Review Day
Please post links to your pages on our LinkShare page.

May 14 - Work Day

May 21 - Final Project Site Presentations
Again, please post links to your pages on our LinkShare page.

Week 4 - April 9, 2008

Summary:

Buying web domains and web hosting
Demo of domain & hosting accounts
Adding to your Web Site: Google Maps
Adding to your Web Site: Flickr slideshow
Adding to your Web Site: Plugins (Google search, Weather.com, MP3 Players, etc.)

Assignments: From this point on, your main assignment is to be working on your final project. There are two more graded assignments before your final project:

• April 24 - Incorporate some kind of web plug-in to your web site. Email Matthew with the address of the page you want graded for this assignment. Due Thursday, April 24, 11:59pm (Extra day in case you have questions). Instructions here: Website Plugin Assignment.
• May 7 - Rough Draft of your final project web site. You will present your work in progress for peer review. Due May 7, 6:00pm

Upcoming Schedule:
April 16 - No Class, Missions Conference
April 23 - Guest lecturer - Kurt Simonson on Graphic Design
April 30 - Work Day
May 7 - Rough Draft / Peer Review with Kurt Simonson
May 14 - Work Day
May 21 - Final Presentation during Finals Week

Week 3 - April 2, 2007

Summary:

Navigation Bars / More on Page Layout
Web Sites with Several Pages
Layers in Adobe Photoshop
Image Types, Adobe Photoshop's Save For Web
Pictures/Graphics from other sources (Excel, Word)

Class: Here's a sketch of the layout we'll make in class: (Use colorschemer.com/online.html for colors):

Links: Centered Design Tutorial

Assignment: Create and publish a series of web pages called report.html. See Assignment 3 for details. DueApril 9, 5:00pm.

Week 2 - March 19, 2008

Summary:

Basics of Editing Pictures
Adobe Photoshop
Organizing Files for Web Sites
Arranging Pictures on a Page - Using Layers for Layout

Resources:

• Some Pictures we'll use: strangers.zip, landscape_pictures.zip, and example_pix.zip

Assignment: Create and publish a web page called landscapes.htm. See Landscapes Assignment for details. Due April 2, 5:00 pm.

Week 1 - March 12, 2008

Summary:

A Historical Perspective on Communication, Invention, and the Web.
Writing Web Pages with HTML
Publishing Web Pages on BUBBS
Learning to use Dreamweaver

Assignment: Create and publish a web page called genesis.html.  See Genesis Assignment for details.  Due March 19, 5:00pm.

Some pictures to use:

nebula.jpg

galaxy.jpg	earth.jpg
coast.jpg	fish.jpg
flower.jpg	lion_cub.jpg

Section #1 - Internet Marketing - Les

Instructor:	Les H. Harman, M.S.B.A
Office Phone:	(562)944-0351 x 5184#

Link Share Page: http://MatthewWeathers.com/cgi-bin/linkshare.cgi

Past Projects

Projects from Spring 2003

Projects from Fall 2003

Projects from Fall 2005

Projects from Spring 2006

Projects from Fall 2006

Projects from Fall 2007

Blackboard.

We use Blackboard to post grades and some course documents (like the class syllabus)

Instructions for logging in to Blackboard.
Log in here: http://biola.blackboard.com/webapps/login/ (You may want to bookmark this address)