CPNT 201 Assignment 1 - Three Deployed GitHub Pages Templates

Details

In this assignment, you will deploy three distinct static website templates that could be customized for a fictitious business of your choice.

Scenario: You have landed a new client! They want to choose a template for their new website at the next meeting. You want to impress them with three websites that are:

• deployed (i.e. published) on GH Pages
• visually distinct with respect to UX/UI
• customized with the company name and logo
  • the name can be made up
  • the logo can be an icon from Font Awesome or similar source

Instructions

1. Search online for three distinct static website templates that could be customized for your selected client;
2. Deploy each template to GH Pages, naming each repo "cpnt201-a1-[template-name]";
3. Make at least three customizations to each template as separate commits.
   • At the end of this assignment, you should have made at least 12 commits; three for each of the three customizations, plus your initial commits (which are not counted for marks).

Criteria

1. Distinctiveness
   • Each template should offer a diverse choice for the client by:
     • being visually distinct from the other two templates;
     • representing, collectively, a wide variety of layout elements (cards, sliders, gallery, etc).
     • be from different template authors (but they can be from the same marketplace).
2. Functionality
   • Each template should be responsive, and
   • have the potential to be a multi-page site.
3. Deployment
   • Each template should be deployed using GitHub Pages (not with a GH theme) and be viewable on a mobile device.
4. Committed Customizations
   • Each template repository should have at least three commits (in addition to your initial commit) that customizes content on the home page. For example:
     • page titles and headings (commit 1),
     • page logo/icon (commit 2),
     • primary navigation (commit 3).
   • Each change should be captured in its own commit with a descriptive message.
   • Your initial commit should be the base template with no modifications.
   • The changes themselves will not be marked but cannot break the design.

Marking Rubric

This assignment will be marked out of 25 points.

GitHub Setup: 5 points

• Local email address set correctly in your config
• GitHub Profile updated with:
  • Profile photo
  • Bio
  • Location
  • Optional: website, Twitter, etc

Distinctiveness: 5 points

The three templates will collectively be scored on their visual distinctiveness according to the criteria listed above.

Each Template: 5 points (15 points total)

1. Functionality: 1 point
   • The template functionality successfully handles the criteria listed above.
2. Deployment: 1 point
   • The template is deployed according to the criteria listed above
3. Committed Changes: 3 points (1 point for each commit)
   • Three commits according to the criteria listed above.

Submitting Your Assignment

In order to receive a grade, you must:

1. Deploy each template to a separate GitHub Pages repository named "cpnt201-a1-[template-name]".
2. Zip your projects/repos and submit them to Brightspace.
3. Include links to each GitHub repo and GH Pages site as a comment with your Brightspace submission. You should have six links total. Points will be deducted for missing links.