DF2254 Fundamentals of Web Design

Final Project Requirements

• Consistent navigation. Navigation is visible and easily understood. Each main section is listed on each main page. There must be a minimum of three states: up, over, and down. No page within site is more than one or two clicks away; I can reach each page from any other page no more than one or two clicks.
• Clear branding of your logo and style. Every element carries your theme.
• A named anchor to a specified section of another page.
• Home page directed to your target audience, and answers 3 main questions within 5 seconds of opening: "Where am I?" "What does the site have to offer?" "Where can I go from here?".
• Title on every page. NO UNTITLED DOCUMENTS. Title must state what the page is about.
• Text on each page so search engines can find you. No misspelled words. In Dreamweaver, use Text > Check Spelling.
• Meta keywords and description on every main page. In Dreamweaver, Insert > HTML > Meta > Description (Keyword)
• A portfolio section. All graphics must be properly optimized for the web. No page should be more than 100kb total (including graphics.)
• Within the portfolio section, videos that have been properly optimized. If you want to show a longer video, first show a smaller version, with the option to see the full-length version second.
• An about us section (or about the artist). This introduces your company and should include the skills, services and resources you offer. Make me care.
• A hook section designed to attract an audience to your web site. This may contain material not directly to your web site, but may be used to gain attention. It should have an association to what you are serving in your site. Ideas are lists of favorite movie sites, an inventory of professional organizations, a game you designed that plays off of a movie/video theme, free buttons and backgrounds, etc.
• A relative link to open a new window that measures 320 pixels wide by 240 pixels height. This can be your movie.
• Alt and a Title tag on every significant graphic and anchor, especially any graphic navigation elements.
• An absolute link that will open a new browser window.
• <address></address> or <footer></footer> tag with site's absolute URL, date last revised, your email address, copyright with the ©, located on the bottom of all main web pages. Please make text smaller than the body text.
• Spry menu (or similar use of DHTML) navigation somewhere within site.
• A Conditions of Use page.
• Submission to a Search Engine.