My partner's name is Airiel, and her web site URL is http://www.geocities.com/freeeforever
1 - Ask your partner for answers that fill in the gaps and answer the questions. Write down your partner's answers.
a. Fill in the gaps.
The purpose of Airiel's web site is to give some interesting information about Birthstones.
b. Ask your partner: How are you communicating your purpose, that is, what are the specific sections that show different aspects of your theme or purpose? Working together, make a list and explain each one.
Airiel's web site has a specific section ('Birthstones' page) containing 12 links to each page which describe birthstones for each month. If you click on 'Birthstones' page, you'll see 12 links arranged in a diamond-shape(organized in a table). She used small birthstone's images as links and the name of 12 months are indicated right under the images.
These are 12 pages ->
| 1.January - Garnet | 2.February - Amethyst |
| 3.March - Aquamarine | 4.April - Diamond |
| 5.May - Emerald | 6.June - Pearl & Moonstone |
| 7.July - Ruby | 8.August - Peridot |
| 9.September - Sapphire | 10.October - Opal |
| 11.November - Topaz & Citirne | 12.December - Zircon & Turquoise |
Each of the page will contain some explanations -history, origin, lore, symbol, meanings of the birthstone and so on. Also, her web site will have some entertainments such as jokes related to the birthstones, image galleries, etc.
2 - On your Assignments page, write a summary of your discussion today. What did you learn from this analysis?
The structure of Airiel's web site seems reasonably coherent. In addition, she tried to give convenience to browse/surf around in her web site. For example, on the bottom of 12 pages, there are 5 menu including 'next month'. This button is a shortcut (link) leading to next month's page. And the links to " 'Birthstones' page" are highlighted in each pages so that viewers can box the compass whenever they want. I was able to learn the importance of an organized structure by having a conversation with Airiel. Moreover, I noticed that the content of my web site was very poor, so I felt the need to spend more time on developing my web site.