Group members: this is the place for your learning diary. Use this to post your zipped-up site at least once each unit, and your reflections as often as you wish (at least once per unit). Please write your reflections directly in the post, not as attached files. Where you do need to attach documents, such as for unit 1 designs, use PDF, PNG or JPG formats. You can attach files using the 'Embed content' link in the editor.
QUICK COURSE LINKS: Add blog post - Read latest group posts - FAQs: Course process : Site design : HTML : CSS : JavaScript : JQuery : AJAX : Misc
Finding some javascript code to use was as easy as going to www.javascriptfreecode.com and finding something that would work for the primary persona, which is a child requiring remedial or general educational services. Since a primary target sub-demographic is the First Nations, whose culture has a heavy visual focus on vivid colour, a natural choice was to use the code for changing background colour on the client home page (only the home page, not the activity page(s) so as not to be distracting. The use of onmouseover over text of the colour names adds to the educational aspect of the site as well. The code can be altered to change the language, as well. It was the perfect choice for this exercise.
The code itself is straightforward – all I needed to do was change some typos in the <br> tags (they were in there as <BR>, which caused problems), and I gave it proper indentation. I also deleted the link to www.javascriptfreecode.com at the bottom because it doesn’t fit with the scope of the site. Maybe this was too easy a script to choose, but it fits so perfectly with the overall scope, theme and aim of the site that it was by far the best choice for the site.
The link: http://student.athabascau.ca/~brentbe9/Unit%204/client_home.html
Here is the code, copied directly from the site:
<!-- this script got from www.javascriptfreecode.com coded by: Kerixa Inc. -->
<p>[<a href="/"
onmouseover="document.bgColor='green'">Green</a>]<br>
[<a href="/"
onmouseover="document.bgColor='greem'">Bright Green</a>]<br>
[<a href="/"
onmouseover="document.bgColor='seagreen'">Sea Green</a>]<br>
[<a href="/"
onmouseover="document.bgColor='red'">Red</a>]<BR>
[<a href="/"
onmouseover="document.bgColor='magenta'">Magenta</a>]<br>
[<a href="/"
onmouseover="document.bgColor='fusia'">Fusia</a>]<br>
[<a href="/"
onmouseover="document.bgColor='pink'">Pink</a>]<br>
[<a href="/"
onmouseover="document.bgColor='purple'">Purple</a>]<BR>
[<a href="/"
onmouseover="document.bgColor='navy'">Navy</a>]<br>
[<a href="/"
onmouseover="document.bgColor='blue'">Blue</a>]<br>
[<a href="/"
onmouseover="document.bgColor='royalblue'">Royal Blue</a>]<br>
[<a href="/"
onmouseover="document.bgColor='Skyblue'">Sky Blue</a>]<BR>
[<a href="/"
onmouseover="document.bgColor='yellow'">Yellow</a>]<br>
[<a href="/"
onmouseover="document.bgColor='brown'">Brown</a>]<br>
[<a href="/"
onmouseover="document.bgColor='almond'">Almond</a>]<br>
[<a href="/"
onmouseover="document.bgColor='white'">White</a>]<BR>
[<a href="/"
onmouseover="document.bgColor='black'">Black</a>]<br>
[<a href="/"
onmouseover="document.bgColor='coral'">Coral</a>]<br>
[<a href="/"
onmouseover="document.bgColor='olivedrab'">Olive Drab</a>]<br>
[<a href="/"
onmouseover="document.bgColor='orange'">Orange</a>]<br>
<hr color="#00FFFF"><a target='_blank' href='http://www.javascriptfreecode.com/' style='font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none'>JavaScript Codes</a>
The Landing is a social site for Athabasca University staff, students and invited guests. It is a space where they can share, communicate and connect with anyone or everyone.
Unless you are logged in, you will only be able to see the fraction of posts on the site that have been made public. Right now you are not logged in.
If you have an Athabasca University login ID, use your standard username and password to access this site.
We welcome comments on public posts from members of the public. Please note, however, that all comments made on public posts must be moderated by their owners before they become visible on the site. The owner of the post (and no one else) has to do that.
If you want the full range of features and you have a login ID, log in using the links at the top of the page or at https://landing.athabascau.ca/login (logins are secure and encrypted)
Posts made here are the responsibility of their owners and may not reflect the views of Athabasca University.
We block sites that track your web browsing without your permission. If a link is greyed out, click once to enable sharing, once more to share.
Comments