Unit
3 Assignment 2
Splash
Page
“An initial web
page used to capture the user's attention for a short time as a promotion or
lead-in to the site home page or to tell the user what kind of browser and
other software they need to view the site.” 1
To have the splash
page automatically move to the home page after a specified delay, include the
HTML tag in the splash page as in this example with a 5-second delay:
<
For Front Page,
click on <html>, which is between <normal> and <preview> and put
the above line under <head> and above all other
Remember to
change the initial index page to home.htm and name the splash page “index.htm”.
Requirements:
·
A background graphic. A VSU logo.
·
The words “Welcome to My (or your name’s)
Electronic Portfolio”, using WordArt, or similar.
·
Time: 10 sec duration. Your homepage should show right after that.
·
Shorten the time to 5 sec and after it checks out to be OK, switch
to 10 sec.
·
One to two sentences of sayings, more or less, 20 words.
·
Topic: you are free to choose. It should adhere to VSU
regulations.
·
Suggestions: your life philosophy, your encouragement, your gift,
your feeling, your…
·
If nothing else, use the space to express your appreciation to
family, friends, etc.
·
Extra: 10 sec of music.
·
Extra: randomize the sentence. That is, the saying will change
automatically, from visit to visit.
Using Table: Items in Nature
Select
an item in nature; find 4 non-copyrighted photos from the internet.
Suggestion:
clouds, birds, flowers, wind, fire, lightning, mountains…
Find
a “texture” photo from the internet to be used as background of Table 1.
Post
them on FrontPage and include a poetic sentence for each photo.
Give
a title for the webpage. The title must include the word of the item in nature that
you have selected.
Steps:
Format
background of the webpage in a solid color.
Insert
a one-cell table (Table 1).
Format
background of Table 1 by inserting the “texture” photo.
Center
Table 1, both top and bottom, left and right.
Insert
Table 2 into Table 1.
The
size of Table 2 should be 2 columns by 3 rows.
Format
background of Table 2 in a different solid color.
Merge
the 2 cells on the top row; enter the title of the webpage there.
Insert
a one-cell table into each of the remaining 4 cells of Table 2.
Insert
a photo into each of the one-cell table.
Make
the size of each photo to be 2 inches by 3 inches.
Under
each photo, write a short phrase.
Click
on each photo, click “Resample” on Picture Toolbar.
Save
and post to your site as U3A2