XHTML Basics - Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML - page 60

Web Research
1. There are many HTML and XHTML tutorials on the Web. Use your favorite
search engine to discover them. Choose two that are helpful. For each, print out the
home page or other pertinent page and create a Web page that contains the answers
to the following questions:
a. What is the URL of the Web site?
b. Is the tutorial geared toward the beginner level, intermediate level, or both
levels?
c. Would you recommend this site to others? Why or why not?
d. List one or two concepts that you learned from this tutorial.
Open your file in Notepad and print the source code for the page. ( Hint : Select File,
Print.) Display your page in a browser and print the page. Hand in both printouts
to your instructor.
Focus on Web Design
1. You are learning the syntax of XHTML. However, coding alone does not make a
Web page—design is very important. Surf the Web and find two Web pages—one
that is appealing to you and one that is unappealing to you. Print each page. Create
a Web page that answers the following questions for each of your examples.
a. What is the URL of the Web site?
b. Is the page appealing or unappealing? List three reasons for your answer.
c. If the page is unappealing, what would you do to improve it?
Open your file in Notepad and print the source code for the page. Display your
page in a browser and print the page. Hand in both printouts to your instructor.
WEB SITE CASE STUDY
Each of the following case studies continues throughout most of the text. This chapter
introduces each Web site scenario, presents the site map or storyboard, and directs you
to create two pages for the site.
JavaJam Coffee House
Julio Perez is the owner of the JavaJam Coffee House, a gourmet coffee shop that serves
snacks, coffee, tea, and soft drinks. Local folk music performances and poetry readings
are held a few nights during the week. The customers of JavaJam are mainly college
students and young professionals. Julio would like a Web presence for his shop that will
display his services and provide a calendar for the performances. He would like a home
page, menu page, music performance schedule page, and job opportunities page.
A site map for the JavaJam Coffee House Web site is shown in Figure 2.26.
The site map describes the architecture of the Web site, a Home page with three main
content pages: Menu, Music, and Jobs.