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# Select an environment to work with, i.e. choose between: | # Select an environment to work with, i.e. choose between: | ||
#* WOS on a memory stick. Easiest to install. Runs from any directory, including a memory stick | #* WOS on a memory stick. Easiest to install. Runs from any directory, including a memory stick | ||
#* A [[WAMP]] of your choice on your personal laptop. We suggest to download and install [http://www.wampserver.com/ WampServer | #* A [[WAMP]] of your choice on your personal laptop. We suggest to download and install [http://www.wampserver.com/ WampServer]. You get some extra functionality compared to WOS, but it will not run on a memory stick | ||
#* Installation with a [[web hosting service]]. Best solution if you plan to profit from this course to start a web application that you actually might use. | #* Installation with a [[web hosting service]]. Best solution if you plan to profit from this course to start a web application that you actually might use. | ||
# Write down functionalities one'd like to have | # Write down functionalities one'd like to have | ||
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wos-joomla.zip - 17MB | wos-joomla.zip - 17MB | ||
* only includes the Joomla portal and the MySQL database server administration tool (phpmyadmin) | * only includes the Joomla portal and the MySQL database server administration tool (phpmyadmin) | ||
* Unzips in about 20 minutes | * Unzips in about 20 minutes depending on your model | ||
* Unzipped Size: about | * Unzipped Size: about 105MB on a memory stick and 77 MB on hard disk | ||
You also can "mix" your own if you wish to try. Go to: | You also can "mix" your own if you wish to try. Go to: | ||
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* Phpmyadmin | * Phpmyadmin | ||
You always can add additional packages | You always can add additional packages from the wos mixer web site | ||
'''IMPORTANT''': | '''IMPORTANT''': | ||
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Here is a recent screendump of the WOS mixer: | Here is a recent screendump of the WOS mixer: | ||
[[image:wos-mixer|frame|none|WOS Mixer - selection of WAMP configuration and the Joomla! Portalware]] | [[image:wos-mixer.png|frame|none|WOS Mixer - selection of WAMP configuration and the Joomla! Portalware]] | ||
=== Joomla === | === Joomla === | ||
See the [[Joomla]] page in this wiki for some more links | * See the [[Joomla]] page in this wiki for some more links | ||
* The big [http://help.joomla.org/images/User_manual/user_manual_v1%200%201_10%2021%2006.pdf PDF Manual] | |||
; Examples: | ; Examples: | ||
Revision as of 20:10, 4 November 2007
Homework 2 - COAP 3180 Fall 2 2007
Summary
Go on with the classroom activity, i.e.
- Configure a portal in a WAMP setting
- We strongly suggest to work with the Joomla portalware
Homework tasks
- Think about a web application done with a content management system
- Examples: A portal for an association or an institution
- Select an environment to work with, i.e. choose between:
- WOS on a memory stick. Easiest to install. Runs from any directory, including a memory stick
- A WAMP of your choice on your personal laptop. We suggest to download and install WampServer. You get some extra functionality compared to WOS, but it will not run on a memory stick
- Installation with a web hosting service. Best solution if you plan to profit from this course to start a web application that you actually might use.
- Write down functionalities one'd like to have
- Implement the ones that you can manage
- We will discuss the result during our next meeting and then discuss how add some more features to your portal
Dates
- This homework is due at start of the week 3 Monday lesson
- The instructor will ask you to present purpose and current state
- A further homework will then require from you to add extra information / modules
- Each homework counts 10% in your global evaluation. The six best homeworks will be taken into account.
Evaluation
- Task completion (all required elements are present)
- Quality of your configutation.
- Note. Before I will evaluate this homework, we will discuss your first attempt in the classroom on week three.
Tip: Quality is essentially related to the idea that your applications are useful to a given range of users.
Tips on how to do this are below.
Tips about the LAMP/WAMP environment
WOS
The instructor will provide you with 2 versions of a wos distribution.
Medium distribution
wos-dist.zip - 28 MB
- includes several web applications
- May take up to an hour to unzip on a memory stick
- Unzippe Size: about 182 MB (!) on a stick and 123 MB on a hard disk
Small distribution
wos-joomla.zip - 17MB
- only includes the Joomla portal and the MySQL database server administration tool (phpmyadmin)
- Unzips in about 20 minutes depending on your model
- Unzipped Size: about 105MB on a memory stick and 77 MB on hard disk
You also can "mix" your own if you wish to try. Go to: http://www.chsoftware.net/en/useware/wos/wos.htm?action=download
Make sur that you get:
- An Apache webserver
- A MySQL database server
- A PhP
- Joomla
- Phpmyadmin
You always can add additional packages from the wos mixer web site
IMPORTANT:
- Install a wos mix first on your harddisk. Installing it on a memory stick may create write errors. You then can copy to a memory stick (again this may take an hour or more, since memory sticks take a long time to copy a few thousands of little files).
- If you have installed an application package (TYPO3, Joomla, WordPress etc.), the administration login always will be "admin" with the password "password"!
Here is a recent screendump of the WOS mixer:
WOS Mixer - selection of WAMP configuration and the Joomla! Portalware
Joomla
- See the Joomla page in this wiki for some more links
- The big PDF Manual
- Examples
Links
- Main links in this wiki
- Example Pageflake
- http://www.pageflakes.com/daniel.schneider/ (not really used)