Organization of Content

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Organization of Content

For your assignment, you must create a website that consists of three or more webpages. The content of your website must be either a resume or for educational use by students, teachers, or parents. Other topics are welcome, but should be first approved by the coordinator. It may help you to view some selected sample webpages from former students in the CIE program. These websites were used for completion of the Webpage Construction module. These samples are provided to help you get an idea of possible topics for your website content and its organization.. You may not copy any part of the websites in this list or any other website on the WWW. Doing so will constitute plagiarism. Use your imagination and creativity in creating your own website.

Furthermore, you may not use any website that you have already obtained credit for in another course. If you have created a website for another course, you must build on that site so the final version is significantly different. In this case, you should provide two URLs - the former site and the revised one.

The sample webpages can be viewed at the following link. Note: you will need a login and password to view these websites. The login and password are provided to you in the News conference on the WebBoard.

Go to Sample Student Webpages

Before you get started on creating your webpages, you should first work out the structure of your website on paper. A website has a hierarchy - a top page (or home page) that links to subpages, and those subpages may link to further webpages, etc. Think about how you wish to organize the content of your webpages and the level at which you want to place them in the website hierarchy. The top page usually offers a general introduction and a table of contents of the second level of webpages. These secondary webpages will contain important information with pages on lower levels being more specific on the given sub-topic. You may wish to review the next section on navigation before you begin as that may also have an impact on your design.

It is also important to recognize that your webpages will be viewed by people using a computer that is likely set up differently than your own. The platform (Mac/Windows), web browser (Internet Explorer/Netscape), and screen resolution setting are some factors that influence how your webpage is seen. To find out more about screen resolution, read the following short article on the topic by ZDNet:

Display Resolution and Your Webpage
http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2149249,00.html

You can test out how your webpage looks on different computers, email your URL to your friends for feedback, or use some programs like BrowserSizer, which will adjust your monitor to display some of these different settings.

BrowserSizer
http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10092-108-37298.html

Please continue onto the next section on Navigation.