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IDAT102: Assignment 1
13th November 2006
A bit late posting about this one, but we were given a new assignment for the IDAT102 module a couple week ago which is to design and build a website for people requiring basic information about traveling abroad. The assignment is intended to test our understanding and knowledge of html and basic JavaScript functionality and how they interact with each other.
The website is to include information on 5 different countries of our choice, 1 from each continent. Information such as climate, language and culture are to be included as well as relevant photos and graphics. Elsewhere on the site we are required to include basic JavaScript functionality for features such as feedback form validation, a client-side pop-up calculator and an interactive world map.
I made a start on my project last week when I started to crack on with the interface design for the website. As we are not being marked on the design of the site I decided I would keep the design clean and simple with an emphasis on the content and information included on the site. I’ve now got a live, working web page that has been coded in xhtml and css, which gives me a basic template to work from for the other sub pages, which will be similar and in most cases, the same as the homepage. I haven’t had a chance to thoroughly test everything on Windows Internet Explorer, but it’s all simple CSS styling that I have used so I’m not expecting any problems with it (makes a nice change). Over the next few days I’m going to start working on the content for the site, choosing my countries to include information on and then finally add the additional JavaScript trick bits. Once I have made enough progress I will probably post some links up on here for all to see shortly and hopefully to get some feedback on.
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