How about 4:05pm to Quit today?

Then after that Mr. M. is available...

Mr. M.

Show DSLR light and barn doors..
Boom and Mic

CHEAP mic - skills lies far outside the cost of your software and equipment... something amateurs do NOT know.


DB GILLES quote from last year

Mr. M. OLD WordPress Site

Why does he use sites.google  NOW?

About the mid-term... and Open Source - of course :)

Do you see what "Open Source Software" has to offer you?

Imagine what you could have created in the 1 hour or so...
without Open Source

Company #1 - All closed software

Company #2  - WordPress experts - open source
clients get source code (it is ju

Which woudl you pick
Why

What is Mr. M. BIGGEST reason...

Tip of the DAY Review - 5 point check list...

Recall Mr. M. said "lazy" can be good..

Grey Scale Gorrilla
Founder of PHP...

Did anyone check out that 5 point check list
and this one?
http://webitect.net/freelancing/design/5-tools-for-the-lazy-web-designer/

Mr. M. Advise. Not enough - About Your Skills

Just know WP and a few templates and plugins are most likely NOT enough

See suggestions in Assignment

One year... student built a WP Template from Scratch... Impressive?  Sort of...
  never did get to work on IE...

But... could this same student, create a stunning site using a known template in 2 hours?
Don't know..

How would an employer view this.. not sure...

A "red" flag to an employer MIGHT BE..
   Lots of energy and enthusiams.... but no way are we going to pay him a weeks wages to create
     something we can get for FREE, or pay $40 for..
       We need this person, to be able to customize those things... and not work from scratch on home-made buggy solutions...

However, Mr. M. will give credit to the student, for the dozens and dozens of hours they spend learning how a template works..


If you love coding... what might be a BETTER idea for your skills
(Get involved with an existing template development with the author, who might be a world-class expert on Themes)



So... if you ONLY have 20 hours... are  you better to learn an existing bullet-proof theme..
   or build one yourself that works is buggy, untested and works well on only a few browsers..

 REFER TO UPDATE - See Assignment Requirements

MAX. Mark on this assignment is 91% UNLESS you embark on this Journey

High marks  reserved for "exceeding" the course requirements.
(should be reserved)

Intro #1 to Post and Get

A gentle/slow introduction to the topic

Remember... learning remains a slow process...


Mr. M. thinks a few things (technical) are vital to your skill set

How many know the difference between a POST and a GET?

Take a moment...

We will DO IN LAB, from scratch (Quick Mark) - either BEFORE or AFTER Christmas..


Just quickly explain the CONCEPT for today...


MEMORY TIP:
Get... you can GET all the info from the top URL

Post
Put you data in a envelop and mail it by Canada POST

Do you know about 404 pages....

Mr. M. was looking for this cool device
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/797643-REG/Griffin_Technology_NA16029_PowerMate_Assignable_USB_Multimedia.html






why to use them, how to build them
https://store.griffintechnology.com/powermate

Why would you use them

Tutorial
http://support.hostgator.com/articles/custom-error-pages
watch video

but- can WordPress do it more easily?





Does this look pro, for your site?


Not sure if all Themes have 404 pages


OK...

So, maybe you do need to know about programming PHP..

Can you figure out this example..

Could you customize it?

Do you know what a function is?

How many functions are there?

What kind of functions are they?

1. php built in
2. php custom
3. WordPress functions
4. mySQL functions

How simple is TOO simple

Give this some careful thought..

How simple is too simple, for a website, a game, a logo, a 3D animation, a commercial...
  all things MM....


What mark would you get for this if it were an assignment in Mr.M. MM 400 Business course?

Nice WORDPRESS THEME?

QUICK DEMO!

When would you use this?

Do you find creating forms too time consuming?





http://www.phpform.org/formbuilder/

Tip of the Day - WP Themes

Do you believe a theme can look like anything?
Remember the CONTENT (pages/posts) are separate from your theme

You know, the CONTENT is kept in the database...

Did You know, some plugins may also be in the database.

Check this out
http://luxury.dev7studios.com/

Mr. M. Daughter
- installed 14 themes, most of them manually
- is lost with any coding...

She found this:





http://wordpressthemesbase.com/



Another Example

Pretty Pink:
This work is under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License, This means you may use it and make any changes you like, However, credit links must remain on footer for legal use, This Theme Was Tested and Work Fine On IE 6.0 & 7.0, Mozilla Firefox, Opera 9.02, Google Chrome and Safari Web Browers, this Theme Was Tested on The Latest Wordpress Version Also, Please Share This Article if You like it.

http://my.opera.com/templates4all/blog/

Lab

What about next week... Nov 15, Mr. M. not here,
Relax and Learn Week
---
This week,  lecture on Friday is Work/Discussion period and attendance will not be taken

Mr. M. will be in Lecture Room, then to Lab.

Work on your $2200 website




Take attendance...

Finish up a few points from LECTURE above..

FROM PLAN OF ATTACK
Quick Mark #3 - work on major
so..
Give em
4/5 if they can
1- do all tasks
2- make a start (at least start) major, in their Google Doc.
3- NOTE: $2.200 website... MUST have custom 404 page, with image you uplad, see assignment

How to get 5/5 -
Get that nice form working with Wavy Text PHP files...

Mr. M. has talked a lot about "frameworks" and Open Source..

Could there be a "framework" that would aid in creating a
CUSTOM WordPress theme?
https://www.google.com/search?q=framework+to+create+wordpress+themes

See Vanilla? - if you like Design better..

See chart at:
http://wpcandy.com/presents/wordpress-theme-framework-comparison


http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Frameworks


Do any marking


Hands, on maybe quick mark, see Plan of ATTACK

Do you know Post and Get?
- show Ryan's thing...


Download WP and BLogolife theme



DO THESE, IN REVERSE ORDER>>>

QUICK MARK Task #0 - START to write down rough notes in your Google Doc - Assignment $2200

• - like what your project might me
• - like what themes/plugins are you considering to use  (this could be a BIG job... just the deciding, not necessarily the implementation)
• - rough ideas for site
• - what you will put on your 404 page (error page)
  

QUICK MARK Task #1 - Customize a 404 page

Install the Blogo life theme..
add an
IMAGE and custom message to 404.php

TIP: Why not UPLOAD the image to Media in WordPress.

How will you try it out?

QM Task # 2 - SWF on WordPress...

Thanks Rickell

1- upload swf to root of website  (or try with Media)
2- Install Plugin
  wp-swfobject, 4.5 star rating
3- Use hash tags
   [swf][/swf]
Insert between hash tags
  movie.swf, height, width... see instructions


Why not try a plugin to allow this rather than
Place a swf on a WordPress (thanks Rickell)

another plugin

Maybe
mySQL exersize...

Consider your final project

Have you started google docs.

QM TASK #3 - Can you write and understand 6 SQL statements?

Task #3 - Do not do - CANCELED - Do this in MM 462


http://sqlzoo.net/

Just review some of the others..


Put in screenshots in your What I learned doc

In previous years, in MM 325, we wrote a lot more SQL..
but in a modern world, you just don't see them
WP uses SQL statements a lot... but are hidden from you and not obviously exposed in WP templates (themes)
so..
Let's just do a GENTLE INTRODUCTION TO THEM

Do JUST these six.

http://sqlzoo.net/0.htm

QM Task #4 Post and a GET

MEMORY TIP:
- Show a Google Search,
  Is it a POST or a GET?
 


Purpose of TASK:
This is a very BASIC thing to know... so let's do an example.


Further Reading
http://www.wereyouwondering.com/what-is-the-difference-between-get-and-post/


Thanks Ryan R. for idea

TUTORIAL
Purpose: To understand a POST and a GET and the difference

Steps:
1- create a folder under MAMP htdocs...
   called:
   wavy

2- create a BLANK file called
    wavypost.php
     wavyget.php
  and save it in the
  wavy folder
 
3- Get the "get" version, wavyget.php working first using code attached to this page at bottom




Things to understand:
- Global reserved variable
$PHP_SELF
- The NICE thing about PHP, all variables START with a $...
   whether they are your variables or PHP variables.

   <body>
  <p id="groovy"><?php echo $_GET["txtName"];?></p>
 
  <div id="form">
 
  <?php
  if ($_GET["n"] == null) echo "<form method=\"get\" action=\"$PHP_SELF \">Your name: <input type=\"text\" class=\"tb\" name=\"txtName\"><input type=\"submit\" value=\"Make it WAVY\">";
    ?>
   
  </div>
 
</body>

    

4- Get the POST version working




Conclusion

So..

- Which would you use, a POST sor a GET, they both work equally as well.

- Why did Ryan choose a GET?