Checklist for Developing Your Own Web Site UCC Internet CIS 120 (MLG)

Your resume in proper format on site with your email. Link toit on the bottom of the home page using words such as "Created and Maintained By Your name Webmaster"

Put a site counter and a date-last-updated on the bottom of the home page.

Give your index page a META tags for Description. Budget about 250 characters - this is what most search engines use when they list your site

Spend time making your Keywords META tag comprehensive, think of as many synonyms as possible, use the thesaurus, include common misspellings. You have 1,000 characters. This is what gets matched when someone looks for something at a search engine. If you don't have the keywords, you won't be found.

Make sure that there are no "dead ends", and it is easy to navigate from one page to another.
Every page at least go home possibly to several other pages
Graphic links always also available via text links.

Create both internal and external hyperlinks, both text and graphical ad hover buttons

Include graphics:

	from FrontPage's clip art library
	from Microsoft clip art
	from Free clip art sites
	from Animated and non-animated
	that have a transparent background
	photos, jpgs and cartoons, gifs
	that are part of your site
	that are used as hyperlinks

Use a theme and FrontPage navigation bars

Include:

Tables

	Vary cell color
	With and without borders
	Merge Cells

Lists

	Unordered (bulleted) Lists
	Ordered (Numbered) Lists
	Collapsible Lists

Create a Guest Book or other form with form results going to your email and form fields properly named:

	text
	scrolling
	dropdown
	check boxes
	radio buttons.
	good instructions for completing form

Get interesting site add-ons such as Pass-it on or Automatic news or a guestbook from

Lyco's HTMLGrear

At the bottom of the home page, index.html, and, if you want every page, include date last updated and a link to your resume. Put an email hyperlink on your home page and on your resume.

Create a Map page using MapsOnUs, Mapblast or Mapquest

Include "controllable" sound (midi or WAV) using "embed".

Experiment with the various animation effects such as

	Marquees
	Dynamic HTML
	Hover buttons
	Page Transitions
	Enable hyperlink rollover effects

Put in a Page counter with words such as "xxx Visitors have visited this terrific site".
Use Front Page Hit counter or other free counters or free site counters.