ISM3011 - E-Business System Fundamentals

Fifth Project Information

HTML Basic Guides

You are going to learn about the basics of creating and maintaining Internet web pages. This assignment must be completed using "native" HTML commands. There are about a zillion HTML guides available on the Internet. I have developed a "quick and dirty" guide to HTML that illustrates most of the basic HTML commands. This guide is only three pages long. A very comprehensive Beginner's Guide to HTML developed by NCSA at the University of Illinois can be found at this link. Click on the "Printable Version" link for the best format. This guide is about 26 pages long, so plan your printing time accordingly.

HTML Editor

Develop your web page using any text editor, such as NotePad or WordPad. There are many HTML editors available on the Internet. Go to any search engine such as Google or Yahoo and enter HTML Editor as the search argument. You can download a very good HTML editor that I like by following this link. It's FREE! Scroll down and look on the left side of the screen for the Download from CNET link. The install module is about 3 Meg, so it shouldn't take too long to download. Installation takes about a minute. For the price, it is GREAT!

Web Page Requirements

Your first web page will be relatively simple. Develop a page with the following contents:

  1. Headings - at least two sizes
  2. background color of your choice - go to Lightsphere to use the color picker, our use the "colors" option in the HTML Kit editor
  3. Numbered or Unnumbered list
  4. At least two images (Download some images from web pages you see during your surfing. Some free advice: don't download anything from Coca Cola or Disney. These companies are very, VERY, VERY protective of their copyrighted material.)
  5. Links to at least three other Internet web pages, such as UWF, mine, or anywhere else you want to go
  6. Bold and Italic text
  7. Use of the paragraph and break commands
  8. Place your name and e-mail address somewhere on the web page so I can see who developed the page

You may find this project easier if you develop your page as a business - perhaps the business that you wish to start upon graduation. This is optional - you can use any theme that you desire.

You will find the development much easier if you first develop the entire page on your local computer, then move it to the UWF student server.

This link has instructions for downloading software and moving your web page to the UWF server. I also have the Word document that you can download at this link.

This link takes you to illustrations on how to download the FTP software. The various screens that you will see are illustrated in sequence.

After you have successfully published your web page, send your URL to me via e-mail. I will look at it and send my evaluation via e-mail.

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