Proposal Guidelines

3-5 pages

2 versions: 1 paper for me, 1 HTML and placed in web under the name proposal/proposal.html

	* Abstract: summarizing in 2-3 sentences the 
	  character, audience and objectives of the site

	* Body: roughly 2-3 pages describing the site,
	  its visual style, its near-cousins in web-land,
	  its principle topics
	
	* Technical overview and timeline

	* Diagram(s) describing the site structure

This proposal is not meant to monopolize your time and effort, and I am open to spontaneous evolution of the ideas expressed in it; nevertheless, I think it's important to verbalize and visualize the work you will do before you do it, and so this proposal will serve that end.

It will also help to explain what you are doing BOTH to me and to others. Use a "voice" in your proposal that assumes general familiarity with the subject matter, but does not assume full knowledge of jargon like API, HTTPD, ActiveX, etc.

Diagrams may be hand drawn or produced in graphics programs (I would probably make a 1-bit GIF image using Photoshop). If hand made, just scan it in greyscale and save it as diagram.gif.

Make the following structure within your web folder to accommodate the proposal.html and diagram.gif files:

web
|
proposal
|
/\
/ \
proposal.html diagram.gif

Proposal is due Wed. after spring break. Proposals are subject to approval, and significant non-compliance with this proposal guideline will be mentioned in evaluations.