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| − | This article lists topics for week one of [[Web Design and Development III (MGDP2060)]]. | + | This article lists topics for '''Week One''' of [[Web Design and Development III (MGDP2060)]]. |
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| − | == Topics ==
| + | Next: [[Week Two (MGDP2060)]] |
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| − | Review:
| + | == Introduction to MGDP2060 == |
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| − | * [[HTML]]
| + | Introductory topics: |
| − | * [[Cascading Style Sheets]]
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| − | * [[JavaScript]]
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| − | New topics:
| + | * [[Calendar (MGDP2060)]] |
| | + | * [[Course summary (MGDP2060)]] |
| | + | * [[Class structure (MGDP2060)]] |
| | + | * [[Requirements (MGDP2060)]] |
| | + | * [[Web hosting service (MGDP2060)]] |
| | + | * [[Resources (MGDP2060)]] |
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| − | * [[XAMPP]]
| + | Lecture topics: |
| − | * [[Getting started with XAMPP]]
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| − | * [[Bootstrap (framework)]]
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| − | * [[Getting started with Bootstrap]]
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| − | * [[PHP]]
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| − | * [[Getting started with PHP]]
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| − | == Week one exercises ==
| + | * [[WordPress]] |
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| − | === XAMPP === | + | == Exercises and reading == |
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| − | * Run XAMPP
| + | See [[Week One Exercises (MGDP2060)]]. |
| − | * Fix the Apache HTTP Server configuration
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| − | ** Revert to default setting
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| − | * Browse '''http://localhost'''
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| − | * Observe that there are no files in the web server root folder
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| − | === Boostrap ===
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| − | * Download the Bootstrap files
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| − | ** [[http://getbootstrap.com/getting-started/#download http://getbootstrap.com/getting-started/#download]]
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| − | ** Put the folder containing the Bootstrap files into your [[XAMPP htdocs|htdocs folder]]
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| − | ** This folder is also known as your ''web root folder'', or simply ''root folder''
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| − | == Home page ==
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| − | * In your root folder, create a new document named '''index.html'''
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| − | * See the [http://getbootstrap.com/getting-started/ Basic HTML template]
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| − | ** Edit the HTML to reference your local Bootstrap files
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| − | ** Enter your name, "Home page", and other text content of your choice
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| − | ** Be creative, your choice of font, colors, etc.
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| − | * Browse '''http://localhost'''
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| − | ** Confirm that your Bootstrap page displays correctly
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| − | == PHP ==
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| − | * Change the name of your home page file from '''index.html''' to '''index.php'''
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| − | * Refresh the browser, observe that the page looks the same
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| − | ** This demonstrates that a PHP page behaves exactly like a [[static web page]].
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| − | == PHP code island ==
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| − | Somewhere in the body section of '''index.php''', enter this code:
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| − | <pre>
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| − | <?php
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| − | ?>
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| − | </pre>
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| − | The above code is a PHP ''code island'', or ''code block'', made up of a start marker and an end marker.
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| − | This is a trivial example, with no actual PHP code inside the code island.
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| − | Browse http://localhost.
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| − | Use the browser's [[View Source]] feature, or the [[Inspect Element]].
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| − | Note that the PHP code island does not appear in the source code.
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| − | == Rules of PHP code ==
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| − | * Only PHP code (and whitespace) is permitted inside the markers
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| − | * The markers, and enclosed code, are separate from the HTML
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| − | * The server processes the markers, and any enclosed PHP code, before sending a response to the user
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| − | * The user will never see the code markers, nor the PHP code
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| − | * The PHP code may generate text which is sent to the user as part of the [[HTTP response stream]
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| − | == PHP echo statement ==
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| − | Use the PHP '''echo''' statement to generate output in the [[HTTP response stream]].
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| − | Change the code island to this:
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| − | <pre>
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| − | <?php
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| − | echo "<h1>Hello World</h1>"
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| − | ?>
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| − | </pre>
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| − | Browse http://localhost.
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| − | * Observe that the web page displays "Hello World", formatted with an H1 element
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| − | * Try changing the text inside the quotation marks, to display different text and different tags
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| − | == Hello World ==
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| − | This is an example of a [["Hello, World!" program]] -- the simplest of programs, generating some expected output, to prove that we can do that much.
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| − | In a real PHP program, there is no need to use the ''echo'' statement to display "Hello World".
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| − | If we want the web page to display "Hello World" for every user, every time the page is loaded, we could (and probably should) use HTML, and not the ''echo'' statement.
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| − | == Dynamic content ==
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| − | The proper use of echo is for displaying [[dynamic content]], which changes depending upon certain conditions.
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| − | Examples:
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| − | * Display the time (changes every time the user refreshes the page)
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| − | * Display results of user submitting web form
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| − | ** "Thank you for your order", etc.
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| − | * Display either:
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| − | ** A login form (if the user is not logged in), or
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| − | ** The user's name, menu of options, email inbox, etc. (if the user is logged in)
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| − | == Finishing up ==
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| − | * At the end of your session at the workstation, copy your working files (the '''htdocs''' folder) to your jump drive, or other external storage device
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| − | ** Workstation files are wiped overnight
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| − | ** Next week, copy files from your jump drive to the workstation, to continue your work
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| − | ** You may also copy the files to another computer with XAMPP installed, and work there
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| − | == Reading for next week ==
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| − | Read -- or at least skim -- the first three chapters of [[WordPress: The Missing Manual]] for next week.
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| − | You do not need to memorize anything, or have this information at the tip of your tongue, but you should have some familiarity with the subject matter.
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| − | == See also ==
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| − | * [[Web Design and Development III (MGDP2060)]]
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