Class 1

Class #1 Assignments are due on May 17, 2008, at 8 AM.

Planning deliverables

  • Identify a project you wish to work on for the full term.
  • Work through Strategy, Scope, and Structure. Start to think about Skeleton and Surface.
  • Bring your site map (structure) to class for May 17.

Joomla-specific deliverables

  • Register your domain name at GoDaddy (or other domain name registrar)
  • Establish web hosting with eMarkHosting or host of your choice. (This course will ONLY support eMarkHosting.)
  • Install Joomla.
  • Install wireframe template.

Discussion deliverables

  • Complete the two discussion questions in Moodle.

Other items to complete

  • Make sure you've ordered your books.
  • Start reading the books you have available to you.
1 Planning: The Five Ss
2 Planning: Identify a Project
3 Joomla: Register a Domain Name
4 Joomla: Get Web Hosting
5 Installing Joomla on your server
6 Installing the Joomla wireframe template
 
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