Senior Design Project Webpage

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Senior Design Project Webpage

• Basic Information

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Create your webpage

• MS Word (not PowerPoint)
• Macromedia Dreamweaver
• MS Frontpage
• HTML editor

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Requirements

• Inform the Course Coordinator which team member
  will be serving as webmaster
• Email Deb Craig the login of the Teams webmaster
  (whoever is hosting the page) so she can add the
  link to the ME webpage.
• Get Client approval for posting pictures and any
  information that could be considered proprietary
  or sensitive

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Use the Right Structure

• As you create it, set it up the same way it needs
  to be on the server
• home page SDindex.html
• files location folder MESD
• In other words, name your project home page
  SDindex.html and store any files associated
  with it in a folder called MESD

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Website Contents

• Be Professional!!! - You are selling your
  expertise as consulting engineers to potential
  customers (employers)
• Link to sponsors website
• Project Description
• Project Goals
• Team member info
• Names, Picture of team, webmaster contact info
• Can include resumes or brief bios
• As you progress
• Status reports, testing results, construction
  updates, etc.

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Stylistic Tips

• Avoid annoying blinking and flashing things,
  frames, and garish colors
• Be conservative in your design - safe colors,
  like black and white or BU color scheme
• Legible font, other than Times
• Make it expandable so you can add more info later
• Pictures are good
• Videos can also be added (get advisor approval)

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Use the transfer software

• If you dont have SSH, you can download it from
  http//www.bradley.edu/software/
• http//www.bradley.edu/software/win9x/ssh.htm
• You can use the lab computers to create and
  transfer your webpage.

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For those who dont know how to use SSH
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Test it!
http//www.hilltop.bradley.edu/login/SDindex.htm
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Replace login with your login name
Very Important
Then let Deb Craig know the Team number and your
login name so she can link your page from the ME
website.
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Basic Webpage setup info http//helpdesk.bradley.e
du/howto/misc/webpage.pdf Senior Design Webpage
address http//www.hilltop.bradley.edu/login/S
Dindex.html SD webpage files
login/public_html/MESD Set permissions for MESD
folder the same as for public_html
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In other words, your public_html directory should
have a structure similar to
your login public_html SDindex.html MESD
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If you have any questions about setting this up,
please see your advisor or Deb Craig. Be
aware that the files associated with your Project
website will be copied off to the Departmental
Server at the end of your Project.
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ME 410/411 File Server

• Space has been set up on the Department file
  server for file storage associated with
  coursework for ME410/411 Senior Design Projects.
• Map a network drive by right-clicking on the My
  Computer icon on the desktop and choosing Map a
  network drive.
• Assign a drive letter such as P (for projects).

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ME 410/411 File Server

• Type in the route to the folder, in this case it
  will always be \\engine\teamXX with XX being your
  two digit team number with Teams 1-9 being 01-09.
• Make sure the Reconnect on logon is unchecked.
• Click Finish.
• To post your webpage files to the server for
  storage, follow the same procedure as above, only
  change the folder route to be \\engine\teamXXw.