Ramblings of a web mercenary.
Hi Guys, I have set up a reddit for our class, plus former alumni. This will allow you to discuss and share information with people who have taken the program. I implore you to take part and share links as well as vote on all the posted materials. In order to be allowed into the community, please create a login at reddit.com (if you don’t enter your email, you won’t be able to reset your password). Send me your username, and I will allow you into the community.
The community link is here:
A common CMS modification needed for the Composite 2 Assignment, is the ability to pass URL variables into a specific page on the frontend. This is usually difficult, since the URL rewriting catches all addresses and sends them to the appropriate content and template.
There is a clean solution to get around this, and here is an example:
To make this work, replace the getURL function with the one in this file, and add the urlSuffix() function to your functions.inc.php file as well. You can then configure the function to use specific trigger words that will allow URL variables through. You can also use the urlSuffix function to retrieve ids and other information out of the page URL, in your templates.
In order to begin your Composite 1 assignment, please download and install the CMS from class:
Important: Do not close the browser tab until you see “Done.”, otherwise you will have to begin again. If your file is small, it may happen immediately.
For those of you who need the outline, here it is in PDF format:
We have covered just about enough PHP for me to hand out the new assignment. You can find the outline below, please email me with any questions you may have.
Download the Bookmarking Application Assignment Outline
We are yet to cover a few more topics regarding creating a login system. At the moment, it may be wise to focus on the design, and creating the posting and displaying functionality.
The assignment is due on November 25, 2011 at 9:00 AM.
I have added an example of a CSS popup on the tables page of the CSS Techniques site we did in class. You can download it from Bash, and test it out. The code to create this sort of effect is at the bottom of the main style sheet, and the markup for it is in the tables.html file.
Today we will finish up the overall “framework” of the CSS example site we started last class. At the same time, we will be spending some more time in XHTML, specifically on the appropriate uses of Tables on a web page. There will be an in-class exercise to help you practice the markup and styling associated with tables. Finally, the first assignment will be handed out and discussed.
Files from class can be found on bash, so please use FileZilla to fetch them if necessary.