After listening to this weeks podcast I started to think about technology's best practices that I often use. I think that a technology integration best practice that I often use is programming (html, cgi, php, etc...). As technologies change the basic understanding of programing keeps constant. There have been many software programs that assist you in creating a website. From netscape composer and frontpage to dreamweaver and adobe software. Even though the programs change knowledge of programming allows you to manipulate them at your convenience and get the result you want. Knowledge of html coding allowed me to better understand CSS as it was necessary when setting up the site's different layers. Knowledge of cgi and php scripting has allowed me in the past to create feedback forms for the websites that I have maintained. Even if many different companies provide online services that create this types of forms for you, knowledge of scripting allows you to create your own customized forms to receive the information you want and interact better with your audience.
Weekly Activities
Listen to podcast and posted results
responded to other posts
Project 1
integrated RSS to my website
tested subscription capabilities
created tutorial for users
created first feeds
Project 2
Started compilation of data that will be part of my presentation
Selected the Ed-Media conference for submittion
Project 3
Brainstorming ideas for my proposal to better establish my objectives, budget, and expected results.
4 comments:
Hey Edgar, whcih site did you add RSS to?
HEy Edgar,
I have heard of Dreamweaver, but am not familiar with its components. Can you give me a brief disciption of it?
THanks
Edgar, why doesn't everyone use programming?
Hi,
I think that what most people do not use programming because it takes a lot of time, it is as difficult as learning a second language, plus testing is very time consuming, and most of the time hours of work can be wasted if what you scripted does not work. In my case I'm interested because I enjoy spending the time testing scripts and challenging myself to make something work without using commercial programs that would give me the same results.
Michele,
Dreamweaver by itself is just another web editor, but combined with the complete suite that includes flash, fireworks, cold fusion, etc... is a powerful and easy to use tool to create a website. Each program has its purpose and it is easy to integrate everything without knowing complex programming scripts. For example Dreamweaver allows you to integrate video created in Flash, and Cold Fusion allows you to create an active server website which gives more interactivity to the visitor.
Jon,
I added RSS to the program website that I currently work for, I'm making some updates that will be the basis for future projects, I have posted the link on my post along with some extras on how I created it.
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