Homework 1 - A Simple Web Page

For this assignment you will be creating your first simple web page. Name your file hw01.html and use Notepad to open, create, edit, and save it. Your web page must be uploaded to your neo account in order for me (and the world) to see it and for it to be graded.

• Your web page should have the same structure as seen on slide 5 of the Chapter 2 PowerPoint slides. In fact, you can copy and paste that to your file and then edit the parts for the window title and body content to match the specifications that follow. Pay attention to what you are pasting. You will notice that the DOCTYPE is like that on page 15 of the text (for Transitional XHTML 1.0 syntax). This structure will be the model for all your web pages done for this class.
  
  
• The web page should have a window title (up in the title bar) that reads hw01-USERNAME (except substitute your own Graceland username for USERNAME).
  
  
• At the top of the web page there should be a major heading (the largest size) that has your name.
  
  
• Beneath the major heading is a minor heading (second largest size) that reads About Me
  
  
• Beneath this heading is a paragraph that gives a brief background about yourself and why you came to Graceland. This must be at least 50 words. Be aware that this information will be on the web for the entire world to see. Therefore, you may want to limit what you say that is personal. It is up to you. We will return to this web page for a later assignment in which you will turn some of the words into links, some of which have to be words that occur multiple times. Therefore, try to repeat some key words or phrases several times throughout (such as Graceland, your home town, your major, your hobby or sport, etc).
  
  
• Beneath this is another paragraph should talk about why you took this class, what you hope to get out of it, and what sort of experiences you have already had with computers, PDA, and the Internet. Try to be specific about the types of computers and software you have had experience with (Mac, PC, wireless, etc). This paragraph should be at least 200 words.
  
  
• Beneath this is another HTML paragraph which contains the following three lines (single spaced):
  Graceland University
  1 University Place
  Lamoni, Iowa 50140
  
  

I want you to verify that your web page is correct and fix things that are incorrect. The DOCTYPE line is important for the verification step. We can go over the verification process in class. The website you will go to is at http://validator.w3.org/