Website Purpose
The Purpose of this website is to establish a path of communication from the Commanding Staff
of the Inspector and Instructor Staff (Active Duty Marines) and the Reserve Command to the
Marines, Parents, Spouses and other family for the Marines of Detachment 2, Electronics
Communication Company (Det2, ELMACO).
Needs Analysis
The reason why I have chosen this for my final project is due to 11 years of service with Det2,
ELMACO. Proper Communication is a key necessity to the success of any organization; especially
an organization who sends so many Marines on deployment thousands of miles away from their
families. Many times families seek information and very rarely find someone will to share or find
a valid source. For proper implementation of this site, it will need at a minimum the following
assets:
 A Homepage
 A Page describing what the Marines of Det2, ELMACO do
o There are many misconceptions even from family as to what our Marines do.
Everyone assumes all Marines go out and shoot up things.
 A Page giving some general Marine Corps information
o Most people do not understand the basic concepts of what the Marine Corps does
and who we are… i.e. Why we’re not a part of the Army
 A Page giving the names of the Senior Command in case of emergency to family members
 A Forum where dependents and even Marines can go to and ask questions about what to
expect from:
o Pre-Deployment Training
o While on Deployment
o Post-Deployment
o Pay and Promotions
o Etc
 A Page with a link to a variety of resources designed to give information on the Marine
Corps in General and Resources for Deployed Marines and their families.
Goals
The goal of this project is to open up lines of communication and to give the Supporting cast of
the Det2, ELMACO Marines a better understanding of why to be proud of the missions their
sons, daughters, spouses, mothers and fathers are doing while serving their country.
Audience Characteristics
There are two members of the general audience who will visit this website:
 Marines
o The Marines are mostly interested in the information about Current Events
 When is Family Day?
 When is Drill this month?
 What is going on at Drill this month?
o They will also be interested in the Resources and Links
 Marines utilize a variety of online links for doing training and planning
especially prior to a deployment
 Family of Marines
o Family Members are typically unknowledgeable about what their Marines do
 This site will help to educate family members on what their Marines do
 Help spread word on current events to the family members
 Help the family members to gain a better understanding of:
 The Marine Corps as a whole
 Marine Corps Rank Structure
 And will aid in giving them a singular place to gather information while
their Marine is deployed in case of emergency
Primary Audience
The primary focus, or audience, is the family of a Marine. Not everyone knows what Marines
do, especially when we’re talking about a Marine who is in a non-combat related job field.
Better understanding of what the Marine does will put younger families at ease while their
Marine travels into harms way.
Secondary Audience
The secondary audience will be the Marine him/herself. The Marines will typically already have
the information contained within this website. However, keeping up with current events in the
unit will be a nice tool. As well as, younger Marines are sometime unknowledgeable about
various topics and sometimes feel overwhelmed and afraid to ask their superiors for
information. This will give them a place to seek the information and become successful as they
grow in the Marine Corps.
Competition
While there are websites for singular resources, there is no website which directly displays all of
the information contained within this website. This website is a compilation of all pertinent
information and resources for Marines and their families.
Wire Frame
A full size version of the Wire Frame can be viewed at:
http://www.cs.iupui.edu/~rcotterj/n241/wireframe.docx
Best Viewed Assumptions
This website was created for Mozilla Firefox version 3.6.17 where it is best viewed.
Site Map
Det 2, ELMACO Home Page
About Det 2
Mission
Statement
Functions
Senior
Commands
About
the
USMC
History and
tidbits
FAQ
Forum
Command Structure
Enlisted
Rank
Officer
Rank
I&I Staff
Command
Res
Command
A larger representation of the site map can be viewed at:
http://www.cs.iupui.edu/~rcotterj/n241/wireframe.docx
Useful Links
Pre/Curren
t/Post
Deploymen
t
General MC
Links
Test Plan
Pingdom.com – http://tools.pingdom.com
Project Checklist
Feature
External Stylesheet
Embedded Stylesheet
Header Comment
CSS Style Comment
Example of a table
Example of a <blockquote>
Example of an <ol> list
Example of an <ul> list
Example of a <di> list
Example of an image map
Example of a PNG or GIF image
Example of a JPG image
Example of a form
Example of a css-delivered roll over
Example of a style that overrides
another
Canned Javascript function
Additional
URL
http://cs.iupui.edu/~rcotterj/css/det2.css
http://cs.iupui.edu/~rcotterj/n241/det2/aboutdet2.html
http://cs.iupui.edu/~rcotterj/n241/det2/det2.html
http://cs.iupui.edu/~rcotterj/css/det2.css
http://cs.iupui.edu/~rcotterj/n241/det2/aboutdet2.html
http://cs.iupui.edu/~rcotterj/n241/det2/aboutUSMC.html
http://cs.iupui.edu/~rcotterj/n241/det2/aboutUSMC.html
http://cs.iupui.edu/~rcotterj/n241/det2/aboutUSMC.html
http://cs.iupui.edu/~rcotterj/n241/det2/aboutUSMC.html
http://cs.iupui.edu/~rcotterj/n241/det2/det2.html
http://cs.iupui.edu/~rcotterj/n241/det2/resources.html
http://cs.iupui.edu/~rcotterj/n241/det2/forum.html
http://cs.iupui.edu/~rcotterj/css/det2.css
http://cs.iupui.edu/~rcotterj/css/det2.css
http://cs.iupui.edu/~rcotterj/n241/det2/det2.html
Post-Project Analysis
All in all, I feel like the project was successful. There are things I would do differently with more
time.
I feel the forum section still needs a lot of work, especially in the realm of programming a script
to update the information onto the page as well as a way for Marines and their Families to
register for usernames on the site. Doing this would also allow for the implementation of
contact from the webmaster to families or Marines.
Future revisions will incorporate a less busy background image and do more research in the
area of finding more resources and incorporating a script to show a thumbnail of the resource
website upon mouse rollover of the link.
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