MAT 125: Web Design 1: Fundamentals : EXERCISES

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Exercise 4:
Linking: Absolute, Relative and Internal


In this Exercise we will build a series of web pages which use links to jump to remote URL addresses (absolute links), to other local pages (relative links), to specific locations within a document (internal jump links) and to email addresses. We will link from text and images.

HTML Elements

  • <a> Linked text </a>
    • href="URL"
      • Absolute URL
      • Relative URL
      • mailto URL
      • "#marker"
    • ID="marker"
    • target="_blank"
  • <a href="page.html">
    <img src="image"> </a>
    • border="1" width in pixels

CSS: Links

  • <style> </style>
    • type="text/css"
  • selector {property: value;}
    • a:link { color: #xxxxxx; }
    • a:visited { color: #xxxxxx; }
    • a:hover { color: #xxxxxx; }
    • a:active { color: #xxxxxx; }

Exercise Requirements

  • This is a multiple page exercise!
  • Minimum of two (2) absolute links
  • Minimum of three (3) relative links (link all your pages together)
  • All relative links must also return to your 'Home' page
  • One email link
  • At least two examples of internal document references which jump to a location on the same page
  • At least two examples of internal document references which jump to a location on different pages
  • At least one 'hot' image
  • Color your links, active links, hover links, and visited links
  • Use a minimum of five other tags from previous lessons
  • Content - write your own or find information about a single subject on the web and break it into several pages.
  • Link all pages!

Images

  • Scan and manipulate your own
  • Download free images from the web
  • Or use the images from the lecture

Design Process & FInal Presentation

  • Create a project folder named "YourLastNameE4"
  • Create as many HTML documents as you need. Save your 'Home" page as "index.html".
  • Add links.
  • Save all HTML docs and images in your project folder.
  • Review your work in a browser before uploading to the server.
  • Upload your HTML documents to the school server and view them in a browser.

Evaluation

This exercise is worth 30 points.

  • Coding (6)
  • Functionality (6)
  • Meeting project requirements (6)
  • Your effort (9)
  • Meeting deadlines (3)

Due Date

Text Reference

  • Chapter 6: pg 95 - 111
  • Review Lecture in Course Content on Blackboard

Online Demos

Useful Links

List of HTML Color Names

Exercise Four Elements Defined

A page of tag/element descriptions for Exercise Four

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