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Homework 2 - COAP 3180 Fall 2 2007

COAP 3180 Course Page

Summary

Go on with the classroom activity, i.e.

• Configure a portal in a WAMP setting
• We strongly suggest to use the Joomla system

Homework tasks

1. Think about a web application done with a content management system
   • Examples: A portal for an association or an institution
2. Select an environment to work with, i.e. choose between:
   • WOS on a memory stick
   • A WAMP of your choice on your personal laptop. We suggest to download and install WampServer]
   • Installation with a web hosting service

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 the start page

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

Main links in this wiki

• WAMP
• web hosting service

Example Pageflake

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