Building your Website

In this unit, you will start building your website in either Notepad ++ or BlueGriffon. Before you start, complete the following homework assignment. Use diagrams and illustrations as needed:

    Discuss the table(s) and form(s) that you will include in your website, including their purpose.
    Discuss the internal and/or external links you will use in your website.
    Discuss the multimedia and interactivity element(s) you will use in your website, including their purpose.
    Upload the document for grading. This document needs to be a minimum of two pages in length. APA is not required for this document.

Begin working on this project; it is due in Unit VIII.

Using the documentation you completed throughout this course and the Toolwire labs as a guide, begin building your website in the HTML editor that you chose. The completed website will be due at the end of Unit VIII.

Your website must include the following elements:

    at least four web pages,
    HTML and/or CSS,
    a Home or Landing page.
    visual consistency (color and text),
    at least one image,
    at least one table,
    at least one form (interactive element),
    at least three valid internal and/or external links (no broken links or dead ends), and
    at least one multimedia element.

Your website must be mobile friendly.

As you add your text and position your optimized images in the HTML editor, complete the tasks below.

    Use responsive web design techniques to ensure your website will be effective on multiple devices and screen sizes.
    Apply the rules of good typography.
    Include alternative text descriptions for images and follow other WAI accessibility guidelines, please visit the following websites for more information:
        https://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/accessibility.php
        https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/
    Develop your home page and underlying pages according to your chosen website structure.
    Establish and apply a consistent page layout and color scheme for all pages at your website to achieve unity.
    Limit the color scheme to no more than three complementary colors.

Download from the web, purchase, link to, or create any multimedia you want to include on your web pages. Insert the elements into your pages following the guidelines for multimedia. Give proper credit where necessary. Develop any web-based forms you want to include on your web pages following the guidelines in the Toolwire labs for creating usable forms.