Exercise 2: Auroras of Jupiter

Due: 10/03

The purpose of this exercise is to work with Meta Data and continue to practice importing and formatting text in Dreamweaver.

Use the mockup, reference_auroras_of_jupiter.jpg, as a guide to help you identify different elements on the page.

In this exercise, you will:

  • Identify html tag structure
  • Work with Meta Tags
  • Copy and clean up text from a Word Document
  • Format Text using Dreamweaver
  • Insert a Horizontal Rule
  • Insert a Date Object
  • Use Spell Check
  • Create Links (To external websites and an email address)

Instructions:

  1. Clone the Auroras of Jupiter repository into the Student Exercises folder on your i:drive working folder
  2. Open reference_auroras_of_jupiter.jpg and identify the html elements needed to structure your page (Note the headings, paragraphs, bolded text and links)
  3. Open auroras_of_jupiter.html
  4. Enter the Meta Information (Title Tag, Keywords and Description) found in assets/jupiter_auroras_meta_links.doc
  5. Copy text from the document Jupiter_auroras_copy.doc from the assets folder and make sure to clean up any leftover word formatting
  6. Using the mockup as a guide, format the text using the properties panel
  7. Using the Insert Panel, insert a Horizontal Rule
  8. Create the Footer text as shown in the mockup, using Shift + Enter to add line breaks as we did in class.
  9. Using the Insert Panel, insert an email link in the footer
  10. Using the Insert Panel, insert a date object using the following format: ‘March 7, 1974’
  11. Check your spelling and make any adjustments needed
  12. Create Links as shown in the mockup, using the document assets/jupiter_auroras_meta_links.doc
  13. Create an internal link to the page using the header image. Link to the page, auroras_of_jupiter.html
  14. Save your changes.
  15. In GitHub, create a new branch called 'jupiter-dev'
  16. Upload your completed work to this branch
  17. Commit your changes (Don't forget a commit message)
  18. Create a Pull Request and merge your changes back to the master branch

Accept the Assignment