Description
This assessment item relates to the course learning outcome numbers 1 and 2.
More specifically, the objective of this assignment is for students to:
• Develop a dynamic Internet application with a consistent look and feel for business using an
integrated suite of software tools.
Introduction
You are required to develop the Aussie Stamp Place website using ASP.NET 4.5.1 and C#. You must
develop the web pages according to the specifications given in this document. This means that you must
provide the functionality specified, produce the layout specified and use the data and images provided on the
course website. This document is a specification that you are required to implement.
Overview of website to be developed
Your website must:
• Use a master page and content pages throughout
• Define and use a consistent theme throughout
• Use a web.sitemap and related navigation controls
You are also required to:
• submit a brief Word document as discussed below.
You are required to develop the following pages:
Web Page Description
Default.aspx The home page.
Pages/Default.aspx Descriptor for top level menu item
Pages/animals.aspx Header and table of Australian native animal stamps, each stamp
has a name, price, number in stock, last update time and an image.
Pages/flowers.aspx Header and table of Australian native flower stamps, each stamp
has a name, price, number in stock, last update time and an image.
Pages/peace.aspx Header and table of Peace and Victory stamps, each stamp has a
name, price, number in stock, last update time and an image.
Pages/zoological.aspx Header and table of Australian zoological stamps, each stamp has a
name, price, number in stock, last update time and an image.
About/Default.aspx The default About page
About/About.aspx Brief information about the website.
About/ContactUs.aspx A contact us page with contact information.
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You must also create the Web.sitemap and Masterpage.master files, as well as make appropriate edits
to the web.config file.
These requirements are discussed in more detail below.
Provided materials – starter kit
To get you started, an assignment starter kit is available on the course Moodle web site. This starter kit
contains:
• The Images directory containing all the images required for the assignment
• The App_Themes directory containing resources and files required for themes
Website structure
The files in your website should be structured in the following way:
Web.sitemap
You must construct your web.sitemap to achieve the following menu hierarchy:
The menu items above must map to the following content pages:
Menu item Content page
Home ~/Default.aspx
Stamp Catalogs ~/Pages/Default.aspx
Stamp Catalogs -> Zoological Stamps ~/Pages/zoological.aspx
Stamp Catalogs -> Peace Stamps ~/Pages/peace.aspx
Stamp Catalogs -> Flower Stamps ~/Pages/flowers.aspx
Stamp Catalogs -> Animal Stamps ~/Pages/animals.aspx
About ~/About/Default.aspx
About -> Contact Us ~/About/ContactUs.aspx
About-> About Us ~/About/About.aspx
AussieStampPlace
Pages
zoological.aspx
peace.aspx
flowers.aspx
animals.aspx
default.aspx
MasterPage.Master
Web.config
Web.sitemap
Images
App_Themes
Home
Stamp Catalogs
About Animal Stamps
Flower Stamps
Zoological Stamps
Peace Stamps
Contact Us
About Us
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Master page
Your master page must achieve the following layout:
Header
The header must contain the logo. The actual logo displayed will depend on the theme. Your Colour
theme uses your own design of a logo or you can use the supplied logo.jpg. The Monochrome theme
uses logo.jpg and found with the supplied Stylesheet.css file in the starter kit.
Nav
The Nav should contain a SiteMapPath control. Note:
• The control must obtain its menu items from the Web.sitemap file; menu items should not be hard
coded into the SiteMapPath control.
• Your control should not show the top (Home) node.
Aside
The aside should:
• display a DropDownList for choosing the theme.
• use a TreeView to show a site menu. The Home menu should not appear twice.
The aside will also be used in assignment 2 for providing a login area.
Footer
The footer contains two divisions – the copyright and lastupdate divisions. The copyright
division should contain a copyright symbol, your name and the current year, along with the image copyright
statement. The lastupdate division should contain the date that the website was last updated. You may
hard code this date.
Themes
The appearance of the website will be controlled by the use of themes. Two themes shall be supported. The
first is the Monochrome theme and consists of a copy of the Stylesheet.css style sheet supplied in
the starter kit and renamed Monochrome.css. The supplied logo, logo.jpg, is found in the starter kits
/Images folder. The second theme is a Colour theme you have to define yourself. You can re-use the
Header
Content
Footer
Aside
Nav
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logo.jpg file for the header image. You should modify the supplied stylesheet.css file. Start by
renaming it Colour.css and then modify it to achieve your new style.
Content pages
The appearance and required functionality of the content pages are described below.
Home page
The default home page should appear as follows to a user when viewed with the Monochrome theme:
Stamp Catalogs
The default Stamp Catalogs page must appear as follows. Note that for brevity, only the main content area is
shown.
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Stamp Catalogs – Zoological Stamps
The Zoological Stamps page must appear as follows. Note that for brevity, only the main content area is
shown.
Note that:
• A table layout is used.
• The Name, Price, # in stock and Last update fields must be as shown and the last cell
should contain the image of the stamp.
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Stamp Catalogs – Peace Stamps
The Peace Stamps page must appear as follows. Note that for brevity, only the main content area is shown.
As before a table layout is used with the Name, Price, # in stock and Last update fields and the last
cell should contain the image of the stamp.
Stamp Catalogs – Australian Flower Stamps
The Australian Flower Stamps page must appear as follows. Note that for brevity, only the main content
area is shown. As before a table layout is used with the Name, Price, # in stock and Last update
fields and the last cell should contain the image of the stamp.
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Stamp Catalogs – Australian Native Animals Stamps
The Australian Native Animals Stamps page must appear as follows. Note that for brevity, only the main
content area is shown. As before a table layout is used with the Name, Price, # in stock and Last
update fields and the last cell should contain the image of the stamp.
Themes
The appearance of the website will be controlled by the use of themes. Two themes shall be supported. The
first is the Colour theme and consists of the ColourStyle.css style sheet and the logo in the
logo.jpg file. The second theme is the Monochrome theme and is implemented using the logogrey.jpg
logo and the MonochromeStyle.css style sheet.
About
The default About page must appear as shown.
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The Contact us page must appear as shown.
The About us page must appear as shown.
Word document
You are to prepare a brief Word document. Your document should:
• Include an appropriate title page.
• List the features you successfully implemented, there is no need to describe them.
• List the features you were unable to successfully implement; you should describe the problem in a
few sentences and also briefly describe anything you attempted to get it to work. Your approach to
identifying and attempting to fix these bugs may gain you some partial credit for those features you
were unable to implement.
• A description of any additional functionality you believe would be useful to add to this Website.
Explain what the features are and how they would help to improve the Website.
• Discuss any moral or legal issues that may arise in running a business based on the idea behind this
web site.
• References (if any) listed using the Harvard Referencing Style.
Submission
You are required to submit your assignment electronically via the Moodle course website. You must
combine the following files together in a .ZIP or .RAR archive:
• The directory containing your ASP.NET website.
• Your Word document
The resulting archive file should be submitted on the course website. Please note that you should use your
student number as the name for the archive file you upload to the Moodle website.
Image copyrights
Important note to students: The images supplied on the course Website for this assignment are only to be
used in preparing the solution for this assignment. Use of these images for any other purpose is strictly
prohibited in accordance with the copyright laws.
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Assessment criteria
Assignment
Component Criteria Marks Total
Master page – general
– Layout and general themes as required
– Header contains logo
– Footer is correct
1.5
Master page –
Navigation
– Web.sitemap correct
– In Nav site map tool correctly used
– In aside drop down list used to select theme and the treeview works as
required
2
Stamp Catalog pages
– Default page correct
– The required fields are on all 4 catalog pages and are correct
– Images are present and work correctly on all pages
– Tables display correctly on all pages
5
About pages – The default about and the contact us and about us pages display and
have the correct information 0.5
Theme
– The theme drop down list is displayed
– Toggling the theme selection updates the display correctly on all
pages
– A colour style (theme) independently created
3
Word document
– Lists complete and incomplete stages and describes steps taken to
complete functionality (if applicable)
– Discussion of ethical or legal issues
– Suggestions for new functionality
3
Penalties
Total 15
Comments:
Lecturer’s Signature Date:
