Transcript FIRST Website Power Point - Huntington County 4

Websites for FIRST
Robotics Teams
Chris Elston - Team 1501
Getting Back to the Basics
•Form a team
•Browse other team
websites
•Develop a purpose and
goals
•Review FIRST
documentation
What FIRST Says
– Content (25 points)
– Does the website clearly tell the team story and
articulate their mission?
– Does the website include recognition of sponsors
and volunteers?
– How well does the site explain FIRST and
promote its vision?
– Does the website include helpful resources for
other FIRST teams?
– Does the website contain interesting non-text
content such as music, sound, animation, or
video?
What FIRST Says
– Structure and Navigation (25 points)
– Is it easy to navigate through the site?
– Does it have HTML links that provide easy access
to external content?
– Is important information easily accessible?
– Is there a prominent link to the FIRST website?
– Do links open new, separate browser windows?
What FIRST Says
– Visual Design (25 points)
– Does the website communicate a visual
experience reflective of the team identity?
– Is the site engaging and does it encourage
exploration?
– Does the site use color and iconography in a
consistent way?
– Does the website homepage use the official
FIRST logo?
– Does the website include photos of the team
participants, volunteers, and sponsors?
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Functionality and Interactivity (25 points)
Does the site work well?
Does the homepage load quickly?
Do the links work throughout the site?
Does it take into consideration those with diverse
user requirements including file sizes, file formats,
special access needs, (i.e., alt tags for images),
and download speeds?
– Are there effective opportunities for a visitor to
interact with the website?
Budget
• Present a budget to your
team
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Domain name registration
This is paid once a year. Generally cost
$10.00 for the whole year.
Hosting Account
This can be paid monthly, six month or a
year at a time. Budget about $15.00 per
month for this service or about $180 for
the whole year. Of course some of the
hosting can be as low as $5.00 per month.
Extra software
I would budget about another $100 in
start up software that we may or may not
use.
Take Action!
•Brainstorm several
domains
•Register your domain
•Decide on a host
– http://www.hostrocket.com = cost $5.00 a
month
http://www.ipower.com = cost about
$10.00 a month
•Linux or Windows based
Site Design
•Define a Site Map
Software Tools
• Open Source Free Software
– NVU (WYSIWYG site editor)
– Trellian Webpage (WYSIWYG page
editor)
– Notepad ++ (hard coder editor)
– Gimp for Windows (Graphics)
– FileZilla (FTP Client)
– Putty (Linux people, Telnet, SSH)
– Audacity (Sound editor)
Software Tools
•Commercial Software
– Dreamweaver (WYSIWYG site
editor)
– Adobe Photoshop (Graphics)
– Sony Vegas (Video editing)
Software Tools
•Advanced
– PHP
– MySQL
– www.hotscripts.com
Questions?
If you have a thumb drive,
come see me and I can copy
all my notes and open source
software I spoke of in my
presentation. 36 MB required
RAFFLE
TIME!