Lab 10: A Simple Personal Homepage

In this lab, you will create your own personal web page. [If you have one already see below] If you so desire, (a spiffed up version of) your page can be placed on the Wartburg web server for all the world to see. The requirements for this lab are quite simple. Create a somewhat biographical HTML document that could serve as your personal "homepage" on the WWW. You should incorporate the 10 links that you found in your previous lab. In addition to these links, your page should meet the following (somewhat arbitrary) requirements:

• Set the title of the page to something like "Peter Piper's homepage." This is done from the Format/Page colors and properties menu.
• At least one image. This may be remote or local as we discussed in class. It should be in good taste and not violate anyone's copyright,
• A non-default background. You can either set the color of the background, or attach an image as background.
• At least one use of a horizontal rule (line)
• You should use some distinctive text colors for emphasis in your page.
• Include at least one other "distinctive" element, perhaps a table or some font customization or a second page on a specific area of interest.

Your page does not have to be anything complicated or spectacular. A simple, readable page incorporating the stylistic elements listed above will get full credit. Do pay attention to the normal elements of good writing such as spelling and grammar. [Readability is an important criteria]

You can build this page entirely within Netscape Composer. Simply start up Netscape and select Communicator/Composer or open a blank page or start with the page you submitted for lab 8. This will start you with a blank page. When you include an image in your document, you may "leave" the image at the remote location so that I don't need to have the image file to view your web page. To do this, just make sure to type the entire URL (including the "http://") in the "Image Location" box, and then check the small box labeled "Leave image in the original location". If you forget to check the box, Composer will copy the image to your local disk and link to it there. Then when you turn in your assignment, I will not be able to see the image.

Use manhattan hand-in. The name of your file should be <initials>lab10.html (e.g. JMB_lab10.html). Have fun! remember to click the 'web page' box in manhattan and include any local image files or multiple pages. Verify that the page loads properly and that the links work.

If you already have a home page on a server in the 'real' web world and it meets the requirements above except perhaps the ten Lab 9 links. You may use this site to satisfy the assignment, Just create a short html document describing when and where you created the page/site and include a link to it.

If you were not the primary designer and implementer of the site it would be dishonest to submit it as your own work OF COURSE.