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Final Project Rubric Criteria Exceeds Standards Meets Standards Developing Points Project naming, organization, and submission Project named correctly, subdirectories are used to organize the files associated with the project, and project submitted per instructions. Project not named as requested, files not organized in subdirectories effectively, or project not submitted per instructions. 5 Site hierarchy All required pages are located correctly according to hierarchical structure given. Some required pages are not located correctly according to hierarchical structure given. 5 Color palette and fonts Color scheme and font styles represent the conservative company scenario, are consistently applied, and not under or over used Color scheme and/or font styles do not represent the conservative company scenario and/or include too much or too little variation 10 Graphics Graphics are included and are appropriately and consistently formatted, sized and implemented. Branding is present and consistent across the site. Graphics are included, but are inappropriately and/or inconsistently formatted, sized and implemented. Branding is not consistently across site. 10 Navigation functionality All navigational links work as expected. One or more navigational link is coded incorrectly. 10 Main page CSS used extensively to professionally style site. Advanced understanding of various types of selector rules and more advanced CSS properties. Includes content, functionality, navigational components, branding and footer information requested; internal documentation included; titled appropriately. Files validate per HTML5 and CSS standards. CSS used extensively to professionally style the site. A clear understanding of best practices in the formation of rules is demonstrated. Includes requested content, functionality, navigational components, branding and footer information requested; internal documentation included; titled appropriately. Files validate per HTML5 and CSS standards. CSS is used to style the site, but student does not demonstrate full understanding of rule selection/formation and relies on only the more basic CSS properties. Includes most content, functionality, navigational components, branding and footer information requested; internal documentation not always present; not titled appropriately. 10 About us page & subtopic pages 20 Services page 10 Contact page & subtopic page 15 Accessibility All pages provide full use of accessibility features to accommodate all users. All pages include some accessibility features to accommodate all users. Some pages include some accessibility features to accommodate all users. 5

TOTAL Total Score: //14/2015 Let’s Do Some Railing - The New York Times 1/4 The Opinion Pages | O P - E D C O L U M N I S T Let’s Do Some Railing MAY 28, 2015 Gail Collins Just before Congress slunk away for the three-day weekend — which it was, of course, planning to stretch into a week — senators from the Northeast held a press conference to denounce Republicans for underfunding Amtrak passenger rail service. “Amtrak has some infrastructure that is so old it was built and put into service when Jesse James and Butch Cassidy were still alive and robbing trains,” said Senator Charles Schumer of New York. “In Connecticut we have a bridge that was built when Grover Cleveland was president,” said Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut. Now you have to admit, this is pretty compelling. Especially if you merge them together and envision Butch Cassidy and Grover Cleveland robbing commuters on the Acela Express. The Northeast corridor from Boston to Washington is the centerpiece of the nation’s commuter rail system. It carries more people than the airlines, makes a profit, and takes an ungodly number of cars off extremely crowded highways. However, it needs $21 billion of work on its bridges, tunnels, tracks and equipment. We’ve all been thinking about it since the terrible derailment in Philadelphia earlier this month. In a moment of stupendously bad timing, House Republicans chose the day after the accident to cut more than $1 billion from the $2.45 billion the Obama administration had requested for Amtrak. Speaker John Boehner said any attempt to link the two things was “stupid.” As only he can. Let’s take a middle road, people, and assume that while the Philadelphia crash might not be directly related to any funding cut, it’s a good reminder that running packed trains through 19th-century tunnels and bridges is asking for trouble. Amtrak is a managerial mishmash, trapped under the thumb of Congress, and also responsible for long-distance service across the country, touching cities from Chicago to New Orleans to Grand Rapids to Salt Lake City on a series of routes that are never going to make money. Conservative groups that call for the privatization of Amtrak are basically envisioning a system where the Northeast Corridor is left to fend for itself while the money-losing routes fade into history. “Ideally, we would like to see all transportation spending and taxing devolve to the states,” said Michael Sargent of The Heritage Foundation. None of the Northeastern senators at the press conference complained about the cross-country money-losers. Perhaps that was out of deference to their colleague, Dick Durbin of Chicago. Perhaps they instinctively understood that no matter what the drain, Amtrak has a better chance of political survival running through 46 states. It’s a theory that works great for the Defense Department. Maybe the senators just had a national vision of what national rail service is supposed to be. “It’s worth reminding our colleagues the Northeast Corridor is the only part that makes money,” said Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut in a phone interview. “But that doesn’t mean I want to get rid of the rest of the system. If we only kept the portions of government that made money, there wouldn’t be any point to the State of Connecticut running a Department of Children and Families anymore.” What’s your off-the-cuff verdict, people? A) Save the railroad! B) Prioritize! Every train for itself! C) They can do anything they want if they’ll just get together and fix the pothole on my corner. Wow, I believe I see a majority for the pothole. Remind me to tell you about how members of Congress just passed the 33rd super-short-term highway bill because they haven’t been able to come up with any normal road repair funding since 2008. Transportation unites the country, but the crowded parts and the empty parts have different needs. Cities require mass transit, which is something that tends to irritate many rural conservatives. (It’s that vision of a whole bunch of strangers stuck together, stripped of even the illusion of control.) Remote towns and cities need connections to survive, even though the price tag seems way out of proportion to those of us who don’t live on, say, an Alaskan island. Amtrak’s operating budget is about the same as the Essential Air Service program, which subsidizes commercial air service to remote communities. Most of the flights are at least two-thirds empty. CBS News, in a report earlier this year, found one flight between Kansas City, Mo., and Great Bend, Kan., that generally carried only a single passenger. Everybody knows that the government can waste money. (If you have any doubts, I will refer you to a recent report by Pro Publica about a glorious new $25 million, 64,000-square-foot headquarters the military constructed for American troops in Afghanistan even though said troops were going home.) But making money-losing links between different parts of the theoretically United States doesn’t seem to be in that category. Fix Amtrak. Connect the country.” © 2015 The New York Times Company

CIS 130 Final Project Project Summary You have been contracted by Winter, Edwards, and Boyd LLC to develop a brochure web site.

Technical Considerations · HTML5 must be used. All HTML pages must pass validation. · All styles must be in a(n) external style sheet(s). This includes one ‘master’ css file, but if you wish to have additional style sheets for different sections, you may; you would just link both in the

section of your HTML document. Your CSS file(s) must validate. · A logical directory structure for your project must be in place. Keep your files organized in appropriately labeled subdirectories. This means you should not have all pages and images in a single folder, but rather have them organized to keep the related items together. · All image file sizes must be appropriate for the Web. · Internal documentation is included in all files. · No GUI HTML editors may be used. · Remember it is bad coding practice to use tables to lay out your pages. Use positioning techniques to accomplish this. You must include the specific table requested, but the only other table you are allowed to include (which is optional) would be on the Submit an Inquiry page to position your form elements. Web Site Structure Use the following points to build the structure of your web site. Each item below should represent a page. Note you may have additional pages for supportive content for that specific topic if you so choose to. · Main Page · About Us · Managing Partners · Company History · Community Involvement · Services · Contact · Submit an Inquiry The main page should have a top navigation and should support the top-level topics which are: About Us, Services, and Contact. All pages should have the same layout and design to give some consistency. General layout may include top navigation, left navigation (to support relevant subpages), main content area, and bottom footer; however, I am giving you some leeway here if you want to use another layout. Be sure to demonstrate your use of positioning and that the layout meets the needs and mindset of this company. You can use the outline above as a good guide for the number of pages you’ll need to create. For each bullet item presented, it would be a good idea to have a page to support that topic. Your site should be approximately 8-11 web pages. Style and Design Guidelines · Use a professional, conservative color palate. Feel free to utilize one of the color selection tools found in the Resources area of our classroom. · Use professional fonts. Use an appropriate variety of font sizing, but keep the font selection to a minimum. · Ensure the site validates properly. · Each page should be appropriately titled and clearly identified so the user will know what page they are on. · Use graphics with appropriate taste. Scaling, size, format, and positioning should be appropriately handled. · Make sure to keep the top navigation consistent among all pages. Also incorporate a company logo or company name on all pages. The image or text should be clickable and allow the user to return to the home page . · Each page needs to include the relevant navigation items to allow the user to navigate to other major topics and/or related topics. There should be no dead-end pages where the user cannot navigate to another part of the site. · Use Lorem Ipsum text to represent “copy material” that would come from WEB. Consider this filler material that the customer needs to provide. You can use this tool to help you with that: Content Requirements Main Page · Should include a welcome message and some copy material provided by WEB. · One or two graphics may also be included About Us · This page will tell the user about the company history, how it was formed, how long it’s been in business, where the company has been located, and any other pertinent information. You can use your creativity on what you’d like to put in here. The copy material would be provided by WEB. Be sure to have section titles and separation for these content items. · This page will also have subtopics. Each subtopic item should be a separate link on the navigation area and would only be visible under the Our History related content. These subtopics will have their own page. The subtopics are: Managing Partners, Company History, and Community Involvement. Managing Partners This page will allow the user to learn more about the managing partners of the firm. This page should include a table with appropriate headers, rows, and cells to hold the following information for each partner. You can create your own data, but must include the minimum data shown below. You can add any additional info you feel appropriate (ie. professional headshots). · Name (must include a last name and first name) · Email address that the user can click on · Professional certifications Company History This page will allow the user to learn more about the history of the company. Provide some copy material in paragraph form. 3 to 4 paragraphs should be sufficient. Community Involvement This page will provide a few paragraphs about the company’s involvement in the community. You will also need to provide logos and links to charitable organizations that the company works with. These organizations include: · Habitat for Humanity · United Way · Salvation Army Services Provide a page identifying the services WEB provides. These services are Accounting and Bookkeeping, Investment Management, and Tax Filing. Each service should have 2-3 paragraphs of copy material. If you choose, you can create additional pages for each service. If you do, you’ll need to use the navigation approach for these pages. You will need to make sure these extra pages and the sub navigation items are only visible to the Services related pages. As an extra feature WEB LLC wanted to include customer testimonials on the page. These testimonials are no longer that 1 or 2 sentences and need to be related to the respective service. These testimonials should be placed near the related topic and should have some sort of visual separation (like a box around it). Testimonials should not be directly following the regular paragraph. Rather, the overall text of the page should flow around the testimonials. You will need to incorporate CSS box model approach to accomplish this. Testimonials should be cited by a fictions person. For example: “ WEB submitted my taxes on time and with great accuracy. ” - U. Cheatum. Contact This page will allow the user to get contact information about the company. You’ll need to include · Address information (including City, State, and Zip) · Phone and Fax numbers · Email (to a generic email box) This page will also have a subtopic called Submit an Inquiry. This subtopic item should be a separate link on the navigation area and would only be visible under the Contact page, and will take the user to a new page containing a form. On the linked page, create a form that is used to solicit information from any customer who wishes to be contacted by a company representative to discuss their services. This form must gather a minimum of the following: · Name · Address information (including City, State, and Zip) · Phone · Email (to a generic email box) · User preference for whether they wish to be contacted by phone or email. User should only be able to select one. · Which service they are inquiring about. Users should be able to select multiple services. · General text area for the user to enter further or more specific information regarding what they are inquiring about.