I have changed my include files to conform to Bill’s naming convention. So I have added “inc_” to the beginning of them all and have updated the file description spreadsheet.
Going forward with my other already built pages will have to make sure that the include file names are changed.
Time: .5 hr
One of the big upcoming issues I see is dynamic page titles in the rest of my pages. I had originally kept the doctype and page title out of the header include, but since I will want all of my pages to use the same header include I will have to find a way to dynamically change the title.
<?php
//dynamic copyright
$current = date(‘Y’); //set variable to current year
$copyText = “Copyright © [company name] 2009″; //set text as variable
//check to see if beginning year and current year are the same
if($current == 2009)
{
echo $copyText;
}else{
echo $copyText.” – “.$current;
}
?>
just replace [company name] with the company name (no brackets) and you’re set.
Looked up the PHP function to return the year and wrote a simple dynamic copyright script.
I set the current year as a variable then compared it to 2009, the starting year. If the same only 2009 is displayed otherwise it will show the year range.
Simple and easy.
Time: 30 mins
Setting up the site for the final on my server. Transferred just the index.php file to the new folder along with the includes, images and css. Will add the rest of the site as the PHP/MySQL is implemented.
I will also have to go in and retroactively document some of the work I’ve already done as well as getting an html template file from the page source.
Time:45 mins
Alright! I’ve decided my project and OK’ed it with Bill. I’m going to take the click-through site for the Rosewood Guitar that I built this summer and add the database functionality it needs for the online store. This is a great thing because then I can present it to them as a basically fully designed and built package.
Success, the ITC280 work log / blog is now live. I’m really starting to like WordPress more and more; I’m now considering using it for the design of my new portfolio site.
The free WordPress sites are a wonderful resource for an assignment like this: no development time, up in seconds, and even slightly customizable…Yay WordPress!
(side note…it’s kind funny that the WordPress spellchecker doesn’t recognize “WordPress” :=)
