CO 3713 DIGITAL COMMUNICATION
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR WENDY ROUSSIN, MFA
wroussin@comm.msstate.edu

CLIENT SITE

WEB SITE – CLIENT SITE
DUE: CHECK CANVAS FOR DUE DATES
SERVER UPLOAD

For this assignment you will be creating a 4 page minimum website for a fictional client.

The name of your client Site will be "Last Name Communications" (You may also pick a unique name of it works better for your company). You should choose a company based on your particular area of emphasis within your major. For example, a Broadcasting or Journalism student would create a company dealing with some aspect of print or broadcast journalism or with providing media services, a Public Relations student would create a company dealing with public relations, etc.

This site will be created in a folder named 'clientSite' and placed in your ‘web_local' folder.

To get started you will create a PITCH.

After your PITCH is approved, you will need to complete the Client Site Plan document.

View the Multi-page Sites module and Videos to help you create and organize your pages.

Head Sections:
Descriptive Titles on each page
Meta Tags for Keywords & Descriptions
CSS (can create a separate linked main css for all pages)

• “body, td, th” for font family, size and color
• “body” for background color and margins (use at least 20 pixels for margins)
• “a:link, :visited, :hover, & :active” for link colors and decoration
• heading tags as needed
• classes and navigation tags as needed

Page Requirements
Use the planning document for the text on these pages.
Expand, supplement and augment as needed

General:

• All pages must have consistent navigation and color scheme
• There should be a link to at least 1 external site that opens into a new window or tab
• All images should have appropriate alt tags
• Use anchor links as needed to avoid excessive scrolling
• Links should both be text and image based
• Logo should link to Home page
• Email links should have subject lines (?subject=) and link to your MSU email address but visible text on page should appear to go to a fake address (similar to info@company.com)

Home Page (must be named index.html):

• Informative home page containing a logo for your firm & 2 other graphics
• A bullet list of services your firm offers (at least 3) with quick descriptions
• Contact Information including physical address, phone and email
• A disclaimer (in italics- create a CLASS in CSS named ". disclaimer") at the bottom of the home page indicating that this is a fictional firm and the site was created for CO 3713: Digital Communication.

Services Page

• Detail the 3 services your firm offers (from the bullet list on the Home Page). Each service should have at least 4-5 paragraphs of explanatory text.
• Add graphics as necessary to break up the long blocks of text

Biography Page:

• Give a detailed background for your character and company
• Add graphics as necessary

Survey Page:

• Have at least 10 questions for visitors to your site to answer
• Use at least 4 different styles of questions
• You will not get credit for this page if your form (survey) does not submit correctly
• Add graphics as necessary

Open Page(s) – EXTRA CREDIT

• Add graphics and information as necessary
• Add justification for page(s) as comment in the html

Update Welcome Page
Once your site is live, you must activate the link from your Welcome Page to your Client Site. This link can be set to open into a new window, if desired.
     (link: <p><a href="clientSite/">Client Site</a></p>)

WHAT'S DUE WHEN? CHECK CANVAS FOR DUE DATES

PITCH– CANVAS UPLOAD & CLASS PRESENTATION/DISCUSSION
POST your pitch to CANVAS by the posted due date for the site plan

CLIENT BIOGRAPHY & SITE PLAN - CANVAS UPLOAD
POST your plan to CANVAS by the posted due date for the site plan

INTERMEDIATE REVIEW: LIVE SITE CHECK - SERVER UPLOAD
I will start checking your Client Site on this date for final suggestions. Site should be functional with all navigation in place, all images in place, and most if not all copy (text) in place. You should only be making slight tweaks after this pre-critique.

FINAL LIVE SITE - SERVER UPLOAD
Make sure your Client site is LIVE, LINKED and UPDATED by this date with a working link from your Welcome page.