Difference between revisions of "Week One Exercises (MGDP2060)"

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Create a free web hosting account with x10hosting for your class exercises.

Browse the URL for your web hosting account using a web browser of your choice, to confirm that the URL exists.

Instructor's example:

Install WordPress on your web hosting account using the automated installer in cPanel.

By "local folders", we mean folders on your computer (or flash drive), where you store your work.

Create a set of folders and subfolders like this:

Replace YOUR-DOMAIN with the short form of your URL, similar to: mgdp.x10hosting.com

Browse your home page using a web browser of your choice.

Your URL will be similar to the classroom example:

Use the HTML validator to validate your markup:

Send an email to the instructor - karl.jones@hennepintech.edu - with the URL for your website.

Study the first three chapters of WordPress: The Missing Manual for next week.

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 Replace '''YOUR-DOMAIN''' with the short form of your [[URL]], similar to: '''mgdp.x10hosting.com'''
-== Create a simple home page named index.php ==
-Create a text document named '''index.php'''.
-Enter the [[HTML5]] for a simple home page.
-You do not need to imitate the above page; you are free to to create any design you like.  The important principles:
-* Identify your site
-* Use the [[Title (HTML element)|title element]] appropriately.
-* Validate the HTML.
-Note that this page, like all [[PHP]] pages, must be served by a web server.
-You cannot browse a [[PHP]] page using the '''file://''' protocol (for example, by dragging the icon for '''index.php''' onto the icon for a web browser).
 == View your work in a browser ==