Waterfall

IT Canary Assessment

Please complete all of the below requirements. You have two hours to complete the assessment in class. You are welcome to use any resources you see fit excluding the HTML/CSS from the practice assessment.

File Management

  • In your web root, create a folder for this assessment called canary-assessment
    • Create a sub-folder named assets and 4 sub-folders of assets named images, style, scripts, resources.
  • Do not put this project in the root of your web site (Ex. http://ualr.edu/username or your Bluhost account) it should be placed in its own sub-folder called canary-assessment. (Ex. http://ualr.edu/username/canary-assessment) This will be the address you send me when you have completed the assessment.
  • Make sure that all files are in their proper directory before submitting this project.

HTML (Head)

  • Download the following html document and save it as index.html in the project root (right-click link – save as)
  • Open the file.
  • Add your name to the title of the page
  • Add the author meta tag to the head section.
  • Properly declare the language.

CSS

  • Download the following style sheet and name it screen.css. Make sure to place it in the appropriate directory (right-click link – save as)
  • Attach it to your document making sure to declare a media type of screen.

Fireworks

  • Download and place in the resources folder one of the following three images to use as a header 1 | 2 | 3
  • Crop to 960px X 140px
  • Add your name to the image. Make sure that it is readable and there is good contrast between the type color and the background color.
  • Optimize and export the image to the proper location in your site. Must be less than 40kb

HTML & CSS

  • Change the H1 text to your name
  • Add the image you created above to your header section using the image replacement technique we covered in class.
  • Make sure the banner image is click-able. It should already be linked to index.html
  • Add title attributes to each of the horizontal navigation links
  • Add an additional link with title attribute to the navigation section. This link should point to your favorite web site.
  • Add a class to the second paragraph of the content area named “alert”
  • Create a class in your style sheet named “alert” and set the color of the text to something other than black.
  • Create style rules for the h2, h3, and h4 in the content area. Change the colors to match the header image you selected.
  • Add an html comment on the last line of the document that says “Hey Thomas!”
  • Add the copyright symbol, the year, your name, and a functioning back to top link in the footer.
  • Align the quote citation to the right of the page and change the link color to match the color scheme.

Content

  • Answer the three questions in the content area.
  • Download and insert the following image into the content area of your page. Use a CSS class to float the image to the right, place a border around the image, and add margin around the image.

Validate

  • Validate your html

Upload and send me the URL (tswallace@ualr.edu). Make sure you do not overwrite your existing site!

Good Luck!