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  Web Page Objectives:  
 

  1. Fully interactive game located on a website.

  2. Website homepage with Introduction and links to administrative web pages for player signup, player pages, administration forum, etc.

  3. Players register and choose nationality, starting location, and career. 

  4. Password-protected game web pages.

  5. Town/port web page features interactive picture of available port facilities and buildings with links to docks, shipwright, warehouses, market, black market, taverns, inns, naval base, fort, watchtowers, prison, town or city hall, governor's mansion, church, townhouses, plantations, beaches, ships, town bulletin board, etc.

  6. Town/port facility web pages have a picture of the facility and interactive sections to buy and sell, repair, upgrade, recruit, find missions, learn the latest news and rumors, pick up orders, report to superiors, receive promotions and awards, interact with non-player characters (NPC's) and other players, plan voyages/missions, etc., etc.  Each page displays a map of the port in a corner of the screen with links to the various facilities and buildings for easy navigation.

  7. Ship webpage shows a picture of the captain's ship or ships and provides interactive sections to manage all the tasks necessary for the operation and maintenance of the ship and crew management.

  8. Ship captains can land at beaches scattered throughout the Caribbean to do emergency repairs, careen their ships, bury or search for treasure, and forage for provisions.

  9. Ship webpage shows a picture of

 
     
  The Port link in the upper left navigation bar  leads to some example web pages which show something of how the ports will be organized and the kinds of facilities available.  The pictures used are from Sea Dogs for the most part, and some are not very appropriate due to rather fast assembly.   These web pages are for demonstration only to spark discussion and creativity. 

The picture on the main port page is not very good, but adequate enough to show the hot links on the picture that lead to other pages.  These hot links work with Internet Explorer, but not with Netscape or other browsers.  There is a navigation bar at the bottom of the screen and at the bottom of a few other pages when needed for those that can not find the hot links.

  
     

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