VC 237 :: Week 08 1 of 2 17 November 2008
— Personal Web Site Final Project —
project::personal web site
Assignment ::
For the final project in this class, create a small personal Web site for yourself. The style, design,
coloration, and page content are all up to you. Don’t think of this as a portfolio site—this is
something much less formal than that. Have fun with the design and content, making it as plain
or complex as you would like.
An individual review of your interface design is due on or before Wednesday, November 26th
(Week 09), and the completed final project is due on Tuesday, December 9th (Finals Week).
Required Pages ::
Your site must consist of the following five pages.
• A Home page with a description of the site.
• A Biography page which must include a biography of yourself (which may be
fictional) and a photo of yourself. Some of the information from your résumé
could reside on this page, but don’t treat this page as a résumé.
• A Gallery page which includes a minimum of 9 images with captions. Use of a
thumbnail > full-size image layout is one option here.
• A Favorites page, which include at least five external links.
• A Contact page with an e-mail link to your e-mail (fake e-mail address and
contact info is OK).
Design Requirements ::
Your Web pages must meet the following design criteria:
• Target monitor resolution for the design is 1024x768 pixels (note this is different
than the actual design dimensions).
• Design should be created in Photoshop first, then sliced, optimized, and re-
assembled in Dreamweaver. (If you choose to use a different method—perhaps
doing all design in Dreamweaver—please let me know ahead of time)
• Every page must use a consistent design based upon a common template.
• Use non-default colors and styling for links (both normal and hover states).
• Use rollover images or text-based CSS rollovers for the navigational buttons.
• Each page must have a appropriate Page Title (the <title> tag).
• Text must be formatted using CSS, with standard Web typefaces, sizes specified
in pixels, and content structured using header and paragraph tags.
• All of the page content (text and images) must be inside a table or tables as
needed, or inside <div> tags when creating a CSS-based layout.
• All elements on the Web pages must display unity of design, colorization, and style.
• Each page must include at least one additional image, other than the header and
navigational buttons.
• An unordered list (<ul>) must be used on the Favorites page.
• At least one anchor link (links that jump vertically within a page) must be used in
the Web site. All long pages must include an anchor link.
