Activity 9

Writing your
first web page
from scratch
using Notepad
Aims:
  • This activity aims to bring toegther activity 1-8 and enable you to create free standing web pages.


    Now is the time to start writing web pages for yourself! You have learnt skills in how to manipulate text in html and now you can apply that knowledge.

    At the end of this activity you will:

  • be able to use a 'plain' text editor - Notepad and have produced a web page with
  • links to other documents
  • images
  • a variety of fonts and colors.
    The easiest way to produce a web page is to use a plain text editor - there is one provided with all PC's (which is rather handy!) although if you're working at home on a Mac you may have to find another way to do this. DO NOT use a word processing package (like Word) - it causes too much confusion. If you have discovered Word has a 'Save As HTML' feature and think this is a convient shortcut THINK AGAIN - the html Word produces is rubbish of the worst kind and is easily recognised as such and will be heavily penalised in the assessment (as well as probaly not working at all on any other machine!).

    WORDS OF WARNING

  • Save your file on the disk
  • PUT YOUR NAME ON THE DISK
  • Save your file on the disk
  • Check your file
  • Save your file on the disk
  • Make a copy on your hard disk

    Finding/using Notepad

    On the University Network you will find Notepad.....

    START/Programs/Notepad

    The program works in a similar way to most other windows applications:

    To open a document:

    Click FILE/OPEN

    To save a file:

    Click FILE/SAVE
    or
    Click FILE/SAVE AS

    Writing your page

    I would like you to provide me with some feedback on the module so far....you should create a page which includes the following questions and your answers:
    Name
    email address
    degree
    year
    Your initial expectations of the module
    Why you did the module
    Your impression of
    1. the printed materials
    2. the web site
    Your experience of the learning thus far
    How you are getting on with the group work
    Any other comments

    You should provide a 'mailto' link to your email address within your page and an image - this should be the one I have provided for you at http://www.gold.mdx.ac.uk/~malcol11/ssc2050move.gif and a link to the module website at http://www.london-students.com

    Once you have completed the page including changes of font style, font size and font color you should cut and paste the page into the box at the bottom of the page and send to me by clicking on the send now button. I will comment on your work and return it with comments as soon as possible.

    I expect this activity to be completed by the end of week 4. and comments will be sent to you as soon as I can do so after you have sent it - PLEASE do not send more than one copy of your work unless asked to...it simply jams up my server and makes more work for all of us in the long run.

    Final overview: what you have to do

    Create a page which covers the questions above
    Include in the page :
  • an image (url provided above)
  • a 'mailto' link to you
  • a link to the module homepage Send the page to me.

    Don't forget

    The start of the page should be in the following format (replace items in plain italics with your own comments):

    <html>
    <title>    your title for the page</title> <body bgcolor=the background color>

    This is where the text of your page goes

    The end of your page should be:

    </body></html>

    The 'send page to me' area

    Cut and paste from your notepad window into the following box and then click the button.

    Your name:
    Your email address
    Your page content
    (cut and paste)