PHP Tutor #1 – The Need and Some Structure!
My HTML apprentice, Marie, wants to learn php. She has a logical command of her thoughts, and a degree in accounting, from the University of Cebu. I figured she would take to the abstract thinking of...
View ArticlePHP Tutor#2 – Setup Your Workspace
The first tool you will need for learning PHP is a workspace. A place you can write and test your code. That is usually two work spaces, the first being a quality text editor and the second is a way...
View ArticlePHP Tutor #3 Operators and Assigning Variables
One of the very first things you are going to want to do is learn where are the php operators! Learn this well, Google PHP operators In the Google Results Page, look for the website: www.php.net And...
View ArticleUTF-8 Character Encodings in HTML and CSS via htaccess – Easy!
Years ago I fell in love with UTF-8. More recently I have developed a love for HTML5 and CSS3. I have found that as I am teaching these, my students have been confused about how to set Character...
View ArticleSecurity by Obscurity vs the Obscurity Security Layer
I have on my desk about a dozen website projects to develop. Amazingly, they have a few things in common such as: Dynamic user written. Database driven. Member and Admin Login. Security Concerns. Ever...
View ArticleCommon MySQL fields and their appropriate MySQL data type – Cheat Sheet
I am working on a new database class, and CRUD class, and login class that I plan to make the core of a number of new, dynamic, database driven websites. You see, all database driven websites have a...
View ArticleWebSite 101
Lesson 1 Today I am adding a tutorial category I will call “WebSite 101.” In WebSite 101 I will teach you how to build a WebSite, from the ground up. This is really a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) course...
View ArticleWebSite 102 – First Webpage
Now we are going to write our first HTML5 weboage! Your part is to copy and past this into your Geany text editor. Save the file someplace you will put your work, and call it index.html You can now...
View ArticleUsing GitHub, Google Code and a good Git GUI
Recently I was talking with fellow CodoDojo Sensei, Marie. She is having a problem with the Atahualpa Theme for WordPress. The author / team at Bytes For All have a different idea of what this theme...
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WebSite 103 – HTTP Headers
Sooner, rather than later, you will need to view your HTTP Headers. You can find information like if the site has a 301 or 302 redirect, a 400 or 500 error that does not show, or even if it uses a...
View ArticleBitesize Programming
With this post I am adding a whole new category to the website called “Bitesize!” The target for this is New Programmers. People who are so smart they have decided to learn computer programming and...
View ArticleBitesize HTML5 – The W3C Validator
Search Engine Optimization One of the goals of Search Engine Optimization, or SEO is to have your Original Content website rank high on the SERP (Search Engine Results Page). A Search Engine is where...
View ArticleBitesize HTML5 – Self-closing Elements
Building on what we learned in Bitesize Programming – Polyglot Markup and Bitesize HTML5 – The W3C Validator let’s take a look at our old friend, the break tag and other… Self-closing Elements All tags...
View ArticleBitesize HTML5 – Attributes and Tags
Attributes and Tags All tags and attributes must be written in lowercase (small letters). Additionally, attribute values should be lowercase when the purpose of the text therein is only to be...
View ArticleBitesize HTML5 – Attribute Quote Syntax
Attribute Quote Syntax According to the W3C specifications for XHTML, all attributes must have a value, and must use double- or single-quotes (source). The following are examples of proper and improper...
View ArticleBitesize HTML5 – Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah – File Transfer!
New Student I took on a new student this last week to tutor. He had built a small website for an imaginary Coffee Shop. He has no server so I told him to just email the files to me. When I received...
View ArticleBitesize HTML5 – Convert any hypertext to HTML5
If you have been following along so far, your files are in error free XHTML. Now we are going to convert that to HTML5. If you are not sure how we got to this point you should recap and study the...
View ArticleBitesize HTML5 – Building a Website Folder Format – Layout
In Bitesize HTML5 – Switch from HTML to PHP Coding we switched the file extension from .html to .php. Some of you may have tried to open and view the pages in you browser and it did not work. That is...
View ArticleBitesize PHP – First Steps in PHP!
The best first steps in PHP is just to jump in! Set PHP Variable You can set a temporary storage device, called a PHP Variable or “$var” for short. Something like: <?php $my_page_title = 'My First...
View ArticleBitesize .htaccess – Testing – Beginners Guide
Here we will test to see if your .htaccess file is turned on, and if it is working properly. This is easy for those new to .htaccess Before you begin trying to make your first .htaccess file, let’s...
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