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Website Administration

Website Administration. Information Systems 337 Prof. Harry Plantinga. This Course. Website administration… Not graphic design Not heavy-duty Web programming HTML, CSS coverage, but not complete Designing, setting up, and running a web site Drupal content management system

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Website Administration

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  1. Website Administration Information Systems 337 Prof. Harry Plantinga

  2. This Course • Website administration… • Not graphic design • Not heavy-duty Web programming • HTML, CSS coverage, but not complete • Designing, setting up, and running a web site • Drupal content management system • Some JavaScript, PHP • Legal, social, and ethical issues • My Web projects: CCEL.org, Hymnary.org, PreachingandWorship.org

  3. Service Learning • Semester project: set up a website for a project of interest to you • Ideas: service, team, organization, club, nonprofit • Students will normally work in pairs • You may have a client • Meetings: requirements gathering, handoff • Contact via email, phone • Two options: • Drupal; more design, customer interaction, testing • LAMP; more programming • Students will put in about 15-30 hours on this project. It counts for 25% of the final grade.

  4. A Good Recommendation • Lots of demand for website creators • This class can be almost as valuable as an internship. Treat it like one! • Act professionally • Be responsive to phone calls, emails • Meet deadlines • Dress well • Do a good job • Get a good recommendation!

  5. LAMP • We'll be using Ubuntu Linux with Apache, Mysql, and PHP • The most common platform for web serving • Good to know a variety of environments • But it may take some getting used to for some…

  6. Need for Website Construction • We get many job offers for website designers • It can be a nice self-employment option too!

  7. Steps to Building a Web Site • Concept • Audience, use cases • Features • Resources/revenue • Domain name • Web hosting • Graphical theme • Content management system configuration • Custom development • User testing • Search engine optimization • Content creation • Traffic building • Maintenance

  8. Linux • We’ll use Linux for this course • First lab • Set up your Linux environment • Learn some Linux commands • Install SSH, Firebug • Write a first Web page

  9. Virtual Machines • Systems lab, SB 337 • Virtual machines • ssh • Eventually, Web hosting

  10. Ubuntu Linux • In Ubuntu Linux how would I… • Log in to my computer remotely? • List the files in my home directory? • Create a new directory? • Edit a file, e.g. create a Web page? • List the contents of a file? • Move, rename, or delete a file? • Make a file world readable? • Execute a command with root permissions? • Find the IP address of my machine? • Get help on a Linux command? • Install a software package? • Determine what processes are running?

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