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Homework 1 - COAP 3180 Fall 2 2007

COAP 3180 Course Page

Summary

Finish the classroom activity, i.e.

• Create a public pagecast with Pageflakes
• Build a little dabase with Zoho creator
• Integrate this db within Pageflakes

Note: If you prefer to remain anonymous, do not leave Name, Firstname, professional email etc. or anything that can identify you on the public page.

Tasks

• Think about a little database (list) of things that you would like to put on the web. Then make a list of properties that describe such a "thing".
• Implement a Zoho creator database
• Add some data
• Make this Zoho application public (users can see data)
• Create a public pageflakes page and import the Zoho creator widget
• Add an explantation using some Pageflake widget
• Add some related news feeds to the Pageflakes page, i.e. the Pagecast should include the Zoho database plus some useful extra information.

Dates

• This homework is due at start of the week 2 Monday lesson
• The instructor will ask the URL of your public Pageflakes URL
• Each homework counts 10% in your global evaluation. The six best homeworks will be taken into account.

Evaluation

• Task completion (are all elements present)
• Quality of Zoho database (but don't make it too big)
• Quality of Pageflakes pagecast

Tips

Make sure where you are

• Pageflakes with your login
• Zoho: Switch to Zoho Creator

Help

• Both Zoho and Pageflakes have built-in help
• Zoho also provides videos, e.g. http://creator.zoho.com/collateral/gettingstarted/index.html

Make zoho widget public

To export the widget from Zoho:

• Click on Edit this application
• Share the application to the public

Share a Zoho application with the public

Get the widget code for embeding in some other place

• Click on Access this application
• Select Input View
• Menu More Actions->Embed in your Website
• Copy/Paste the code to a "Anything Flake" (see below)

Here is a screendump:

Get a Zoho application's widget code for copy/paste

Configure Pageflakes

• Firstly (if this isn't already the case) create a new page in Pageflakes or alternatively decide that you default home page will do.
• Make this page public:
  • Click on the big button (top right)
  • Then click in the left menu on Make Pagecase
  • Make the page public ("publish Page to the world")
• If you wish:
  • you can invite other people (e.g. classmates) and give them editing rights.
  • You can change the theme and the layout (same menu to the left).

Here is a screendump of the publication dialog:

Pageflakes publish page dialog

Import a Zoho Creator application (database) into PageFlakes

• Create an Anything Flake
  • Hit the big round button on top right
  • Select the Anything Flake from the "Pagecasting & More" column
  • Edit and paste the code from Zoho

Links

Main links

http://www.zoho.com/

http://creator.zoho.com/ (Direct access to creator)

http://student.pageflakes.com/ (variant for students)

http://www.pageflakes.com/

Example Pageflake

• http://www.pageflakes.com/daniel.schneider/ (not really used)