Introduction

For the final project, you may research a topic of your choice OR create a database driven site.

This is your chance to research a burning question or apply your database integration skills with a topic of your choice (subject to instructor approval).

Your site can be simple, but should be attractive and usable.  I expect you to include a project home page that clarifies the purpose of the site, clear navigation, and a footer on each page (your name and e-mail address, links to CIS dept. & 213 course site).  Your site should demonstrate Krug's usability principles and should include an external CSS and libraries.

What to Do

1. Choose a project topic.  Here are some ideas:
   

   Dynamic site	Research project
   blog-type application (build and display) poll/survey shopping cart home page builder with login jobs database for career center scholarships database news and events section of main page WebThang tutorials has instructions for some of these (and more) -- see the Dreamweaver MX section.  Browsing WebThang is OPTIONAL, but it's a great way to get ideas and a little guidance.	survey local web developers and find out what's needed to get a job research shopping carts choose a topic on Lynda.com research web hosting services propose your own idea

    

2. Post your topic idea to Blackboard discussion for approval if you select your own topic.
   

3. Figure out a plan for your project. Get out some paper and draw an outline or flow chart to help you figure out what pages and data you will need to make it work.  A research project needs to include your question, sources, and a conclusion. You should have least 4 of the following if you do a database integrated project.
   • list records
   • detail
   • add record
   • edit record
   • search
   
   
4. For Dynamic site: develop your database, make sure it is in the database folder (so permissions will allow ASP to write to the database), and upload your database.

   NOTES:  Your database field names should follow the conventions shown in your textbook (no spaces, begin with character, etc.). 

5. Create your pages, using libraries for common elements (footer) and CSS for presentation formatting.
   
   
6. Upload and test your pages.

Submitting work

• Add a link to this assignment from 213homework.htm.
• Upload your files to the cis2 server. Don't forget to TEST YOUR WORK on the server!
• Submit your URL to Blackboard. 

Grading - 100 points