For those who wants to get more than the regular course flow I would recommend to do some future work by:
1. Reading the whole chapter 2 with the end result of getting a picture like on p.42 AND using external CSS. If you want to go ahead and get advanced knowledge now - you can do it. Just follow the tasks(point by point) on pp. 38, 40, 44, and 46. Do not forget to create "images" subdirectory in the directory your html is in and place the image that I posted, with its proper name: blueberry_smoothie.jpg in it to make all the book code work. Post the final file with colors on the server and reply to your Hosting post with the link.
2. Read and play with examples of HTML in http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_intro.asp and CSS in http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp. The more you read there and experiment - the more professional your knowledge will be, and the easier the future parts of the course will feel.
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Friday, July 11, 2014
Reflection on W1P1
Looks like most of you found your way around Moodle and did the tasks properly. They will be graded within a couple of days.
Unfortunately some students already will have zero points but not completing even these simplest tasks. This brings them down the curve (while other students are going up) making the success a challenging task.
It is a short summer course and important to get organized immediately!
Read this forum often since I will be reflecting on the course work, providing advice on where to get extra help and announcing important events like coming quizzes, necessary technical preparation for further tasks, etc.
ALSO: who doesn't have the textbook yet - get it immediately. The next tasks will follow step-by-step exercises in the book and use the accompanying it CD files!
Unfortunately some students already will have zero points but not completing even these simplest tasks. This brings them down the curve (while other students are going up) making the success a challenging task.
It is a short summer course and important to get organized immediately!
Read this forum often since I will be reflecting on the course work, providing advice on where to get extra help and announcing important events like coming quizzes, necessary technical preparation for further tasks, etc.
ALSO: who doesn't have the textbook yet - get it immediately. The next tasks will follow step-by-step exercises in the book and use the accompanying it CD files!
Video Lecture: Intro to CSS
A gentle simple introduction to some important concepts of CSS working together with HTML can be found in this video
Video Lecture: Intro to HTML
Some of you already know and used a number of HTML tags while others are new to this. In the following video lecture I am showing how to use a simple text editor (Notepad for PC in this case) creating an HTML document and work with it in a WYSIWYG fashion making changes and immediately seeing how the page will look like. You can just follow the video and after the principle is clear experiment with your own content
Purpose of this blog
In this blog I will write reflections on your performance, on grading methods, explain possible task difficulties, provide additional help if needed, etc. Check this blog periodically - it is mandatory and to your benefit.
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Using Hosting Service
Free SmarterASP account
1. After confirming email in the 60 day free trial on SmarterASP - log into your new account with chosen name and password. When logged in – go to the Hosting Control Panel, 60 Days Free Trial. Click Try Now button.
2. After reviewing the textboxes and choosing PHP type – you will have something like this:
3. Confirm the summary presented by the site as following
Record the FTP information and click SUBMIT
4. After the account is created – walk through the Quick Introduction that will pop-up on your screen.
5. Click on Hosting Control Panel to see your temporary domain name. Go to Website Domain Manager following the on-screen hints. Your domain name should look like this:
Note that site1 is your root directory and for each week you should create a new subdirectory INSIDE this SITE1 with names like week1, week2, etc. Each subdirectory becomes your website
6. In the view of your folders find site1, click on it, and on the menu icons below your folders click new folder. Enter “week1” name for the tasks of week 1 and click CREATE. The resulting view should be like the following:
7. Click on week1, then on the icon with “+” sign and a pencil to create a test html file testing the url and the host setting correctness.
Enter in the file window something like:
<html>
Testing the link
</html>
…And give the file a name like: test1.html
The .html extension is very important here
8. Now try your new web site by copying the name of your site given to you before, adding to the url the name of the new directory (it is week1), and the name of the new html file to have something like the following:
As a result you should see a screen like the following:
This is the full path that you will specify in this course by adding to the main site address (like http://profven-001-site1.smarterasp.net) via backslash the names of all nested directories and the final file name that you want to be seen from the innermost subdirectory.
Each website is just a subdirectory in the root directory of your account (site1)
9. Upload to the week1 the HTML file that you were supposed to create and test on your local computer. Don’t forget that pictures require you to upload the actual picture files with links corresponding to the picture file name (and, possibly, the chain of subdirectories leading to it if you create special subdirectories within week1 like “pictures.” If it sounds not clear – then google on the web the material on managing files in directories, subdirectories, and web links, knowledge of which is the prerequisite for this course.
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