Misc.

It’s been a long time since I’ve posted to this blog. I need to figure out how to add my template to this site. I know I can change the CSS so I’ll play around with that later. For right now I need to focus on my Java class.

I promise I’ll make my next post more usefull than this one!

~Connie

11/11/07 Projects & Bio

CS111 My Bio: Welcome to my practice site! I’ll begin by telling you that I’m the mom of two sons, ages 16 & 13. We live on the west side of Michigan near South Haven. A dog named Bear, and a couple cats stay here with us. I’m pursuing a Bachelor of Web Development degree and will graduate in the Spring of 2009. I’m a nurse, but I want to change careers. Developing a strong programming foundation will help me do this. My hobbies are gardening, computer games like Myst, Riven, and first-person shooters, writing novels (nothing published), photography, and watching movies with popcorn and a drink in hand. I’ll add that my favorite band is the Red Hot Chili Peppers. My favorite song is David Bowie’s Rebel Rebel. I also like NIN, Nirvana, Bob Dylan, Smashing Pumpkins, and the Pixies. I look forward to meeting everyone!

CS332A Final Project We needed to design a Web page that utilizes XML. So I designed a Web page called, “Resources (designed with XML)”; you’ll find it in the left sidebar. I used XML to display a database. "Resources" is my root with a header and body. Date, sender, title, author and subject are in my header. Para and url are in the body. I used CSS to format but I think XSL is the preferred method. I also designed an external DTD. I’m not sure if the DTD can be viewed like CSS can, so I have it displayed below. I think I’d continue using XML if I were putting together an eBook or RSS.

My DTD (resources.dtd) for "resources.xml":

<!ELEMENT resources (header,body)>
<!ELEMENT header (date,sender,title,author,subject)>
<!ELEMENT body (para+,url)>
<!ELEMENT date (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT sender (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT title (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT subject (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT para (#PCDATA|b|i)*>
<!ELEMENT b (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT i (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT url (#PCDATA)>

WEB 221 Final Project The first of five interactive elements that I’ve decided to add for the class Project is a fictitious mailing list. Here’s where I got the code: SitePoint: Programming Perl 101
Sign up for my “fictitious” Mailing List Now! You’ll get an email confirmation.

The second script is a Date Last Modified script which is added to my main body.

For the third script I’ve decided to use a TextClock. You’ll find it in my footer.

Fourth, I’m using a random text cgi script; it’s placed in the right sidebar.

Lastly, here’s the script I worked on earlier (modified case assignment) Take this easy quiz!

Continue: I’ll continue to work on a Search past this class. The search results page displays but with no search results.

10/10/07 Baker Wk 3

WEB 221: The first of five interactive elements that I’ve decided to add for the class Project is a fictitious mailing list. Here’s where I got the code: SitePoint: Programming Perl 101
Sign up for my “fictitious” Mailing List Now!

[ Continued ]

CS 332a: The first advanced feature I added is that of a moving object. If you hover over “My moving logo!” you’ll notice it move. I’ve also stacked four of my images to the right so that they’ll move in 3-D.

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10/2/07 My CGI (WEB 221)

I’m posting a link to one of our assignments we did in WEB 221 in order to see if the host server that I use supports it. According to 1&1 they do support PERL. I hope it works so that I can keep practicing PERL/CGI after this class is done. I hope it’s okay to post this link; it’s from week 1 and all assignments should be turned in. Here’s the link for testing:

(Week 1 case removed after testing)
my cgi (Added 10/2) Yes, it works! Unfortunately I had to upgrade my package (more money spent), but I figure it’s an educational expense that’ll benefit my learning. Also I had to upload the cgi with SSH because I know how to change permissions with that but not with Dreamweaver. To get my cgi to work I had add the plus sign to my answers which were tags, otherwise they weren’t showing up.

9.11.2007 Web Site

I think I’m fairly happy with this Web site. I’ll confess, though, that I had to break down and use Jonathan Tan’s site, Grow Collective as my mentor site. I have trouble with the “art” side of Web development; my previous attempts at design looked very amateurish. Most links on this page don’t go anywhere yet. I won’t tell you all the hours I’ve put in just to get this far!

I’m using Word Press to keep my journal/blog organized. You’ll notice it has some family stuff on it, but I don’t care if you look around. Word Press lets you manage CSS and other things.