Visual Project - Progress Report

The development of my website has made significant progression. Although it doesn't appear to be very far along at present, most of my effort has been spent learning how to use the composer software. The content I am using for the site is gathered in an electronic portfolio, which can be accessed at:

http://bb.clemson.edu/webapps/bbcms/portfolio/viewPortfolio.jsp?pid=_15351_

If you log into Blackboard, you can view the shared portfolio under the "content collection" tab. Click on "received portfolios" and select "South Carolina Economic History" to view the files.

As for the site itself, I have been using a free program called SeaMonkey Composer to design the page. While it was fairly difficult to learn at first, I am now familiar the the process of using tables to layout various content areas. With this accomplished, I am able to make progress at a more rapid pace. The economics department is still using a remote server to store its content (http://clemsoneconomics.org/), therefore I am still waiting for a public folder on the Clemson network in which to store the files for my page. This should be taken care of soon; if not, the department should be able to link my page from its remote server. The work published thus far can be viewed at:

http://people.clemson.edu/~jcourtn/South_Carolina_Economic_History.html.

By the week's end, I would like to have the transportation and ports sections completed along with the welcome page. The narrative-style textual content, written by myself and coworkers, is included in the various files stored in my electronic portfolio. This will need editing and formatting, which can be done in the later stage of development. For now, my focus is to get everything posted to the site so it can be arranged in proper layout form.