Making Your Own Web Site
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, will be to create a web site about the one and only YOU! The web site should have the following files:
Inside of your root directory, you should have made a styles subdirectory. Using notepad, create the file stylesheet.css inside of the styles directory. Once you have created the file, copy and paste the following code into stylesheet.css:
body {
font-family: sans-serif;
background-color: white;
background-image: url(../images/tornrightbckgrnd.png);
background-repeat: repeat-y;
background-position: top right;
background-attachment: fixed;
color: black;
}
table {
border: thin black solid;
border-style: outset;
border-collapse: collapse;
border-spacing: 15px;
width: 80%;
}
td {
text-align: left;
border: thin black solid;
}
th {
text-align: center;
font-weight: bold;
border: thin black solid;
}
ol, ul {
margin-top: 0px;
padding-top: 0px;
color: #333333;
}
ul {
list-style-image: url(../images/blue_oval_bullet.png);
}
li {
margin-top: 5px;
}
h1, h2 {
text-align: center;
color: black;
background-color: #E0E0E0;
background-image: url(../images/arrowbackground.png);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: left center;
margin-top: 3px;
}
h3, h4, h5, h6, h7 {
color: black;
background-color: #E0E0E0;
min-width: 10%;
max-width: 30%;
background-image: url(../images/linebackground.png);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: left center;
padding-left: 10px;
}
You should have also made a directory called images from your root directory. Save the following pictures in your images directory by right clicking on the links below and choosing Save Link As. DO NOT CHANGE THE NAMES OF THESE PICTURES!!:
Finally, copy the following inside of the head tags of each of your HTML files (note that all of your HTML files should be in your root directory):
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./styles/stylesheet.css" />
If all of these steps have been completed correctly, your site should look a little nicer than it did before!
If you finish this project early, you may want to learn more about the file stylesheet.css that made your site look a little different. The tutorial located here may prove helpful in helping you to create a more interesting looking site. Otherwise, you may either help out other students or quietly work on another task if you are satisfied with your site.
If you really aren't sure how to create your own web site, take a look at this example to see how to make yours look.
Below is the rubric that will be used to rate your skills. This project will be worth a total of 30 points toward your final grade. Make sure you hit all of the important pieces. Good luck!
| Category | Excellent (13 to 15 pts) | Getting There (10 to 12 pts) | Developing (9 or less) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Site Accuracy | Saved web pages, stylesheet and images correctly and in correct locations. | Created all web pages/stylesheet. Most files saved in correct locations | Did not create all web pages. Site is not in working condition. Files not saved or saved in incorrect locations. |
| Page Accuracy | Every web page followed specifications correctly. | Most web pages followed specifications correctly | Web pages were inconsistent with specifications. |