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12:16, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Notepad (Created page with "'''Notepad''' is the simple text editor we used to make a start with our HTML programming == Notes == * If you are using a smartphone for your web development, start with a simple editor that works like Notepad * The Brackets editor if an option if you have a computer, but don't want to spend the data to get NetBeans running * The NetBeans IDE is the best place to be, if you want to get the most out of my web development cours...")
12:15, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Filename (Created page with "On the Internet, the best practice is to keep all filenales in lowercase only == Names on web pages == Keep web page names in lowercase == Names on images and style sheets == If you use mixed case filenames on images and style sheets, here are some examples * image.html * buttonStyleSheet.css * logoSmall.png == Marking == Well named files with correct use of case (up to 2) == Notes == * Do not use spaces in your filenames Tip : In the interests of [...")
12:14, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Comments (Created page with "Comments are important on HTML and CSS == HTML comments == <pre>  </pre> * [https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_comments.asp HTML comments] (up to 2 marks) WATCH THIS SPACE == CSS comments == This is a comment in CSS: * [https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_comments.asp CSS comments] (up to 2 marks) WATCH THIS SPACE == Notes == For an example off CSS commenting, see RearViewMirror.css. You are fre...")
12:14, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Collaboration (Created page with "There are three sections I want on the right hand side of your web pages * Support websites * Other students websites * Available websites For an example of this, Look at the code on [http://red.asterix.co.za/demo/float_2.html Red's demo website] Look for the division's rule, '''style = "float: right;"''' == Notes == * My [http://www.asterix.co.za/build/ /build] website is showing the way to do this * For first term, you collaboration sectio...")
12:13, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Windows'XP (Created page with "If your computer is reasonably new and has 8 GB of RAM, using a dual-core, dedicated Windows'XP-based virtual machine for your web development ....is the way I like to go Once you've figured out how virtual machines work, stepping up to something like [https://www.opensuse.org/ openSUSE] is a lot of fun! == Notes == * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows Windows] is nice for people with high [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Change_mana...")
12:13, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Red (Created page with "This subdomain has been taken by Cyber to launch students into the world of CSS == Build and Demo == Our target for the start of second term was to build web pages with a main page table Our target for the start of third term is to build web pages with floats * My [http://red.asterix.co.za/build/ /build] website uses a main page table * My [http://red.asterix.co.za/demo/ /demo] website has been upgraded to use floats == Notes...")
12:12, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Web application (Created page with "So far, I have introduced three web applications... * [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki] ...I gave you this! * [https://www.joomla.org/ Joomla!] ...then I showed you this! * [https://www.wordpress.org/ WordPress] ...and now, the next step! WATCH THIS SPACE == More possibilities == * [https://www.omeka.org/ Omeka] * [https://www.phpbb.com/ phpBB] * [https://www.piwigo.org/ Pikigo] == Note == * These applications run on PHP If student|eve...")
12:12, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page JavaScript (Created page with "Alongside HTML and CSS, '''JavaScript''' is one of the core technologies of the World Wide Web. JavaScript enables interactive web pages and is an essential part of web applications. The vast majority of websites use it for client-side page behavior, and all major web browsers have a dedicated JavaScript engine to execute it. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript Wikipedia] * [https://www.javascript.com/ JavaScript.com] ([https://www.javascript.com/learn/s...")
12:11, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Available websites (Created page with "An important aspect of becoming a web developer is being about to control a growing number of websites. I have additional domains and subdomains available. If you are interested, contact me on Skype == Available subdomains == * Blue * Cyan * Magenta * Yellow == Available domains == WATCH THIS SPACE == Marking == Holding more than one subdomain on your NetBeans (1) == Note...")
12:10, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Formatting (Created page with "Programming style, also known as code style, is a set of rules or guidelines used when writing the source code for a computer program. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_style Wikipedia]) == HTML formatting == Good formatting makes your HTML code easy to read and maintain WATCH THIS SPACE == CSS formatting == Good formatting makes your CSS code easy to read and maintain WATCH THIS SPACE == Marking == Correct formatting of HTML and ...")
12:10, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Website (Created page with "There are a number of websites you should have on your subdomain {| class="wikitable" ! style="text-align: center;" | Website ! style="text-align: center;" | Usage |- | / | Your root website |- | /build | Your new candidate website |- | /demo | A website I might set |- | /library | Your non-HTML files |- | /original | Your old retired website |- | /top20 | Your top 20 websites |- | top...")
12:09, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Multimedia (Created page with "The only place you are allowed to put multimedia content on your web pages is in the content areas of your web pages == Marking == A maximum of 5 marks on... * A link to an audio or video file that is stored in your library (1) * A comment to your audio or video link (1) * A link with comment to YouTube (1) * The same link or links in the same position on each web page (1) * Content that relates to your subdomain (1) * C...")
12:01, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page PHP (Created page with "'''PHP''' code is usually processed on a web server by a PHP interpreter implemented as a module, a daemon or as a Common Gateway Interface (CGI) executable. On a web server, the result of the interpreted and executed PHP code – which may be any type of data, such as generated HTML or binary image data – would form the whole or part of a HTTP response. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP Wikipedia] * [https://www.php.net/ PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor] ([https://w...")
12:00, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Footer (Created page with "Place a centered table of '''3 or 4 rows''' by '''5 to 7 columns''' at the bottom of your web pages. For an example of this, Look at the coding of [http://red.asterix.co.za/demo/template.html Red's template] <pre> Look for the footer's styling : <div style = "clear: both;>" </pre> This clear fix tells your footer to stay below everything else on your web page == Marking == It's time to get your footers into place (up to 4) * Footer table (up to 3) * Botto...")
11:59, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page CSS (Created page with "'''Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)''' is a style sheet language used for describing the presentation of a document written in a markup language like HTML. CSS is a cornerstone technology of the World Wide Web, alongside HTML and JavaScript. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascading_Style_Sheets Wikipedia] == Lecture == Here is your Introduction to CSS lecture == Marking == Use of CSS (up to 3) * CSS rules on every web page (up to 2) * At least 3 st...")
11:59, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Lecture (Created page with "With data being so cheap, there is now less reason for you to miss lectures on Skype == Lectures == * 2020-03-29 : Introduction : Web development software * 2020-04-01 : Lecture 1 : Web development software requirements * 2020-04-08 : Lecture 2 : Discussoin on website structure and assisting students with their websites * 2020-04-15 : Lecture 3 : Introduction to Introduction to CSS|Ca...")
11:58, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page PHP plugin for NetBeans (Created page with "To work with our websites, the PHP plugin for NetBeans has to be plugged in... First click on "Tools" on the main menu... Then go down the sub-menu to click on "Plugins"... Select the, "Installed" tab.... WARNING : Be sure that "PHP" has a green tick next to it, or else you have a problem. If there is no green tick next to "PHP", then simply put a tick into the checkbox next to, "PHP" and tell NetBeans to, "Activate" this == Notes == * Netbeans will restart to co...")
11:57, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Brackets (Created page with "'''Brackets''' is a source code editor with a primary focus on web development. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brackets_(text_editor) Wikipedia]) Brackets is ''"A modern, [http://brackets.io/ open source text editor] that understands web design."'' == Download == "[https://github.com/adobe/brackets/releases Brackets 1.14.2 is here]! This release is targeted for Mac and Windows users only." The MSI is 77.1 MB == Notes == * If you have limited data, you can use [ht...")
11:57, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Top 20 (Created page with "'''/top20''' is one of the websites I want to see on your subdomain This is the website you have developed for the company, Top Websites == Images folder == This website is to have a /top20/images folder for the re-sized, optimised images that this website uses == Marking == A maximum of 4 on... * All links work (1) * All images present (1) * All links work (1) * Information on each website (1) * Top 20 website in /top20 (1) * Co...")
11:56, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Data consumption (Created page with "Those who think Skype uses more data than other platforms are misguided. == One gogabyte for R 29.00 or less! == Data costs have come down to make it more affordable to reach me on Skype!- so that I might see what progress you are making. Here are some example of how our service providers are getting costs down... * [https://www.cellc.co.za/cellc/bundles-contract-detail/smartdata-daily-bundles#/sku5650050 Cell-C] * [https://www.vodacom.co.za/vodacom/shopping...")
11:56, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Navigation buttons (Created page with "Let's get [https://www.bestcssbuttongenerator.com/ some buttons] onto our websites. You'll just get the button- then you write my own text onto them == Look what buttons look like! == See [http://www.asterix.co.za/portfolio-buttons.html Asterix-101] for a first look at buttons on your website == Button size == Make the buttons about 120 pixels across. Give me a selection to choose from- I'll set the final dimensions for everyone to follow. I'll lea...")
11:55, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Hidden page (Created page with "This is one of the websites I want to see on your subdomain == Protect your code from theft == You website must have one hidden page or a hidden folder (to store hidden files) == A first step towards protecting your code == Introduce a folder named XXXXXX on your subdomain for a future version of your website!- and leave your existing website (on the root of your subdomain) at the level I am teaching. Then when you want me to look...")
11:55, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Java (Created page with "'''Java''' is a general-purpose programming language that is class-based, object-oriented, and designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(programming_language) Wikipedia]) == For advanced students only == I had intended to teach the class some Java programming, buy have cancelled this due to the low participation of some of our students for an extended period of time. Now I am only prepared to teach our [...")
11:54, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Center (Created page with "The center of your web pages is where I am allowing you your first bit of creative freedom {| class="wikitable" ! style="text-align: center;" | Web page ! style="text-align: center;" | Centre content |- | o Home | style="text-align: left;" | Introduce your website |- | o Portfolio | style="text-align: left;" | Something from your portfolio |- | o Brief | style="text-align: left;" | What are you doing to prepare, protect and present yo...")
11:53, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Navigation table (Created page with "A simple menu must be placed on the left hand side of your web page. For an example of this, Look at the code on [http://red.asterix.co.za/demo/float_3.html Red's demo website] Look for the division's rule, '''style = "float: left;"''' == Navigation options == There have to be six links on your website {| class="wikitable" ! ! style="text-align: center;" | Link |- | o Home | HTML 4 web page |- | o Portfolio | HTML 4 web page |- | o...")
11:53, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page RearViewMirror.css (Created page with "<pre> Peter Zulu 20C : RearViewMirror.css: a { color : lightblue } body { background-color : black } div { font-size : 12pt ; line-hight : 13pt ; color : yellow ; margin-left : 50 ; margin-right : 50 ; } div:first-letter { font-size : 260% ; font-style : italic ; color : red ; font-weight : bold ; float : left ; } h2 { font-size : 18 ; font-style : italic ; text-align : center...")
11:52, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Image (Created page with "For top marks, keep everything under 500 KB for now. I'll soften this 3rd-term, but for now I want lean-and-mean websites == Store images in the library == Move all your images into your /library website == Marking == * Maximum of 2 * Minumum of 1 {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | Error |- | style="text-align: center;" | Oversize | style="text-align: center;" | -1 |- | style="text-align: center;" | 500 kB | style="text-ali...")
11:52, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page FileZilla (Created page with "If you intend to use Brackets or Notepad to build your website, then you well need [https://filezilla-project.org/ FileZilla] for FTP == Download the correct installation file! == WARNING : Do NOT click on "Download FileZilla Client" The big green button [https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client you see here] downloads a, "sponsored" version of this program ....which is going to give you advertising from other companties! (We discussed t...")
11:51, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Build (Created page with "'''/build''' is one of the websites I want to see on your subdomain. Your build website must be on /build! I am setting links to everyone's /build website (on a private space of my own) From now on, I want to see you working on your /build website and only once you are happy with what you have on /build, will you port that down, to become (part of) your main website == Marking == I am not going to mark your /build websites, but I will award the following mar...")
11:50, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Virtual machine (Created page with "'''A virtual machine''' is an emulation of a computer system. Virtual machines are based on computer architectures and provide functionality of a physical computer. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_machine Wikipedia]) I use [https://www.virtualbox.org/ VirtualBox] for my visualization of [https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes operating systems]. (See [https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki VirtualBox wiki] for more) == VirtualBox vs Hyper-V == This is not the...")
11:49, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Skype (Created page with "Under the lockdown due to [https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ coronavirus], Skype was chosen as our initial classroom == Attendance == To make progress with your web development training, you need to [https://www.skype.com/en/ login to Skype] and whatever other platforms are chooen to add to your experience, such as * Your Google classroom for one of your other modules * Other platforms that might be developed for you =...")
11:48, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Float (Created page with "Using floats to set the structure of your web page HTML tables vs CSS floats == Upgrade your code! == To upgrade from a main page table, to using floats instead, is painless == An example! == * [http://red.asterix.co.za/build/ Red's /buld] website uses a main page table * [http://red.asterix.co.za/demo/ Red's /demo] website uses floats …tables are messy and floats are easy === Float left and right === First build your Home page....")
11:48, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page HTML (Created page with "'''HTML 4.01''' was published in late 1999, with further errata published through 2001. In 2004, development began on '''HTML5''' in the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG), which became a joint deliverable with the W3C in 2008, and completed and standardized on 28 October 2014. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML Wikipedia] * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML#HTML_4 HTML 4] for all but one of your website pages * [https:/...")
11:47, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Student (Created page with "This is a class of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_design graphic design] students who are here to study web development aspects of the Internet == Student alias == Each student has choose an alias to expose on the Internet * Dragon * Fox * Gorilla * Munki * Panda * Phoenix * Tiger * Wolf It is up to each student to decide if they want to put their names onto their websites === Note === * Using HTML, your goal for...")
11:47, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page All pages (Created page with "All '''but one''' of your web pages are to be written in HTML 4 == [https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_head.asp Head] == * Set [https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_title.asp title] to '''Sub-domain name''' dash '''page name''' * Set [https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_meta.asp meta tags] * Link your style sheet == [https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_body.asp Body] == * For first term, everything on your web pages had to be in a main page table|...")
11:46, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Getting started (Created page with " == wiki help == * [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents User Guide] * [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list] * [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ] * [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Combating_spam Learn how to combat spam on your wiki] == wiki work == === Sections and sub-sections === How to work with sub...")
11:45, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Free online storage (Created page with "== My online storage options == To give my Web Development students additional options, I already have the following cloud storage options ready for them... * [https://drive.google.com Google Drive] * [https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-za/ Microsoft OneDrive] * [https://www.dropbox.com Dropbox] For my students who want top marks, they must develop their own cloud storage, just like Grant is doing. Should my students not succeed at developing their o...")
11:44, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Library (Created page with "'''/library''' is one of the websites I want to see on your subdomain This is a folder for... * your images, large and small * your style sheets ...and anything else that isn't a webpage == Hiding your library == You are supposed to put an '''index.html''' file into this folder to protect the privacy of what you have here. To hide this folder form the Internet, you need an index.html web page here I usually just present a blank white...")
11:44, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Main page table (Created page with "You can use a table or floats to structure your web pages == Basic web page structure == {| class="wikitable" ! style="text-align: center;" | Position ! style="text-align: center;" | Content |- | style="text-align: center;" | Header | style="text-align: center;" | Logo |- | style="text-align: center;" | Left hand side | style="text-align: center;" | Navigation table |- | style="text-align: center;" | Center | style="text-ali...")
11:43, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page OOP (Created page with "'''Object-oriented programming (OOP)''' is a programming paradigm based on the concept of "objects", which can contain data, in the form of fields (often known as attributes or properties), and code, in the form of procedures (often known as methods). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-oriented_programming Wikipedia] == OOP languages == Object orientation is more to do with semantics .....though having good syntax certainly helps in any programming environment * [...")
11:42, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Asterix (Created page with "== Initial code == When I took over [http://www.asterix.co.za/ Asterix.co.za], I wrote the following '''index.html'''... <pre> <!DOCTYPE html>  <html> <head> <title>Peter Zulu is back on the web!</title> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> </head> <body> <a href = "https://www.w3schools.com/"> <img s...")
11:42, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Basic web design (Created page with "To succeed in this web development course- and even achieve top grades!- what I'll put into the lectures is all you'll need, if you know how to study and work at a reasonable pace. As an additional resource to help you- as promised at the very start of your web development course!- this wiki links to your websites, that you are developing on the Internet. == Here is what you need to do == # Get in contact with me on...")
11:41, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Web development (Created page with "'''Web development''' is the work involved in developing a website for the Internet (World Wide Web) or an intranet (a private network). ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_development Wikipedia]) This wiki is to support lectures and is a place where we can collect the details of what we need to do to build websites on the Internet == What do we want here? == This is not where we have formal lectures, but it is an additional resource to give student...")
11:40, 25 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page NetBeans (Created page with "'''NetBeans''' allows applications to be developed from a set of modular software components called modules. NetBeans runs on Windows, macOS, Linux and Solaris. In addition to Java development, it has extensions for other languages like PHP, HTML and JavaScript. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetBeans Wikipedia]) We are using [https://netbeans.org/downloads/old/8.2/ NetBeans 8.2]. ([http://wiki.netbeans.org/Main_Page NetBeans wiki]) The core rea...")
12:15, 18 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Cyber (Created page with "With NetBeans, it took me just minutes to set my top 20 websites on all three of my domains! ...then a few hours to get some top websites and update this wiki NOTE : These websites are simply for demonstartion purposes! You can look at the code on some of these websites to learn. You can even use my code!- as long as you refence my code, just as we discussed in class {| class="wikitable" ! style="text-align: center;" | ! style="text-align: cent...")
12:13, 18 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page My first words (Created page with "'''WELCOME!''' This is your new way of working the web!- from the very comfort of your own home! ....just like I've been doing for years and years == NetBeans == The very first thing I want to know- to pick up on what I'd promised you last time!- is how are we going to get NetBeans running on your computer! === You are going to need two bits of software === * First, you need a respectable version of Oracle's Java Development Kit loaded onto your compute...")
12:12, 18 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page LibreOffice (Created page with "'''LibreOffice''' is a free and open-source office suite, a project of The Document Foundation. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreOffice Wikipedia]) I run a host of computers!- some real, some virtual, some have tonnes of memory, others a bit less. An important aspect of my work is that I am not simply working in an average office with computes on desks. No, I work inside the Internet and use things like cloud-based computers. In a nutshell,...")
12:10, 18 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Tags (Created page with "== Tags we have started to use == {| class="wikitable" ! ! style="text-align: center; font-size:20px;" | Tag ! style="text-align: center; font-size:20px;" | Comment |- | style="text-align: center;" | 1 | [https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_doctype.asp !DOCTYPE] | Ensure that your HTML is the correct version |- | style="text-align: center;" | 2 | [https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_comment.asp !--] | HTML comment |- | style="text-align: center;" | 3 | [https://www.w3scho...")
12:10, 18 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Archive (Created page with "'''Cloud storage''' is a model of computer data storage in which the digital data is stored in logical pools. The physical storage spans multiple servers. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_storage Wikipedia]) == Archive vs Cloud == The "cloud-storage" that I show you here is a start towards what cloud storage is, to help you gain some understanding === Archive === '''Archive-XXXXXX''' is the name of one of the cloud storage folders I want on your FTP account...")
12:09, 18 November 2023 Peter talk contribs created page Advanced web design (Created page with "Any student who attends just my Skype lectures on Wednesdays will have everything they need to succeed at this year's web development program. Whether you want an A+ for this course, or would simply be happy to pass, simply attend my lectures To succeed with this course, go to basic web design == Advanced web design == To those who want to do more- something, "extra" over the course of the year, that is just for th...")

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