Assignment 2

Due: Friday, April 16

Objective: Work with basic HTML syntax, including basic styles, images and hyperlinks.

Create a single Web page about yourself and one of your favorite books (or movies), according to the following specifications.

1. The title of your page should be "xxxxx's IT 130 Assignment 2 Page", replacing "xxxxx" with your full name. Name the file for your page "index.html". On the page, provide your full name and some biographical information about yourself (your major at DePaul, your background, your interests, hobbies, etc. You can structure it as a resume, if you want. For example, you can have headings (e.g., using h2 tag) for various sections (e.g., "background", "interests", etc.), and under each such heading you can have a bulleted or numbered list. The format of this page is up to you. We have not discussed design yet but try to make the page aesthetically nice.
    
2. In addition to the above, you should include the following sections in the page:
   • a section with links to at least three of your favorite Web sites;
   • a sections with a list of classes you are taking at DePaul and links to their Web sites;
   • a section briefly describing your favorite book or movie (see below)
   • a section for your contact information, including a mailto link with your correct email address.
      
3. For your favorite book or movie, you should include a brief 1-2 paragraph description of the book, author, or the movie. Also, include an image relevant to the book or movie. You can use the Google search engine to find some information and images related to your favorite movie or book (type the title in the search box and click "Google Search"). For images, first click on the "Images" link in Google, and then do a similar search for images. The image should be left-aligned within the description paragraph.
    

4. You must use at least the following HTML features in your Web page:

   • Paragraphs and line breaks
   • Headings: h1, h2,...etc. (Use at least h1 and h2)
   • Lists: ordered or unordered (Use at least one bulleted and one numbered list)
   • Horizontal rules
   • Hyperlinks to external sites; and an email link to your email
   • Images

See: An Example IT 130  Page for Assignment 2.

Before uploading the page to the server (students.depaul.edu), test your page on your local computer to make sure everything works and looks as intended. On your student Web space (inside the  public_html folder), navigate to the it130 Folder (created in Assignment 1), and create a new subfolder called hw2. Using SSH upload the page and any associated files (such as images) to this folder on the server, set their permissions for the files and folders, and check them with your browser.  You should create your Web pages using a text editor such as Notepad, TextPad, or TextEdit, on your local computer before uploading it. Please do not use a WYSIWYG editor such as FrontPage, or Microsoft Word.

What to Submit

The link to your page should should look something line the following:

http://students.depaul.edu/~yourlogin/it130/hw2

Note that when the above link is invoked, it is automatically considered a request for the file "index.html", inside the hw2 folder. Any other files must be specified explicitly on the file path name.

Submit this URL  via Course Online (type the URL into the comment box) [NOTE: submissions by email will not be accepted].

Please see the syllabus for the policy on late assignments.