So, this is my first post for IS 696. Let's be honest, does anyone else feel completely overwhelmed yet? I sure hope my classes are not as difficult as they have felt they are going to be. Anyhow, everyone, good luck. AJAX seems really fun, and Web 2.0 sounds like it's the next generation.
I had question about blogging, and maybe someone besides Professor Gibson can answer? Probably not, but hey, it's worth a shot right?
Does 5 posts a week only include blog posts, or can they include comments too?
And, maybe I'm missing the track back stuff, cuz I don't get it...can somoene maybe explain it step by step again? I know he explained last night, but I'm sure you all noticed, I wasn't feeling too well...I can't remember much of what we did.
Thanks so much!
I would happen to agree with Aparna's response about the comments...UNLESS....
We're supposed to be using trackbacks to previous posts.....instead of making comments?
I guess the jury's still out on this! What do you think Professor Gibson?
Well, at any rate, I tried it in this post...wonder if it worked....
I think I understand this now...so the link back to the question I had that you responded to, is here.
My only question is, and I haven't read the wikipedia article yet, is what's the point of putting the trackback url on the postee page if you're really not using it...maybe I'm not getting it...but I guess as long as I can make it work, that's all that really matters, right? Okay, probably not.
The video that Kae found is pretty cool. All I need now is:
1. The program to control my appliances
2. Appliances that have that capability
3. A Wii
4. An internet connection at my house
And I'll be all set!
Has anyone read the Web 2.0 stuff? I'm about 1/3 of the way through it...I fell asleep...is that a sign of things to come? I sure hope not! It probably didn't help that I was trying to read it at 12:30 at night!
I finally got the trackback stuff down. So, has anyone looked into the China trip at all?
I realize this might not be the best way to do this, but I tried emailing everyone on my.emich.edu and the truth is, some of you haven't touched it since November. And since most of us check this at least once a day (if you're a good student, right Professor Gibson :) ), I figured this might be a good way to contact everyone in 696.
So, I'm appealing to you this way. Linda and I are currently a group of two, and we are seaching for a third and possibly fourth member. If you are still in need of a group, feel free to email me through http://my.emich.edu
Thanks so much!
Rosie Schwartz
Building on what we spoke about in class, I think it was interesting to note how Wikipedia has it's own editing process. Much of it is listed here.
I'll be honest, I've learned more on Wikipedia than another other source on the web in the last couple of years. Now, let me justify this by saying it's been my own personal research, it's never been anything "official". One quick example, I recently learned there is a VERY slight possibility that I'm related to Anne Boylen, one of King Herny VIII's many wives, and mother to Queen Elizabeth I. So, I went on to Wikipedia to learn about the Tudor dynasty, sadly, which I've never really learned before.
Looking at other sources about the same data, it is quite accurate. Anyhow, I realized I rambled, but it's still interesting!
Both Mike and Matthew mention their pros and cons of IE and Firefox, so I decided to add my two cents.
Over the last year or two, everyone I know is switching to Firefox...it's better because of XYZ. When people hear I'm NOT using it, they like freak out...oh, IE is horrible, Firefox is so much better, yada yada ya. Okay, yeah, so it's a decent program. I could use it, no problem. At the same time, I think I've become so complacent with IE that I find myself NOT switching. And, I've tried. My biggest thing I don't like is that the inital load up of it takes so long. I have enough stuff running in the background, I don't need the Mozilla startup there too.
And, I know IE pretty well, the commands, the options and what not. For some reason, I just can't get myself to switch over to Firefox. There are lots of things I don't like about IE, but I haven't really found anything to get angry about to the point where I won't use it. I just think I like IE better. I mean are Microsoft products really THAT bad? Sure, they're problematic, but nothings perfect!
I just have to say, I'm going nuts with widgets. I want to keep adding more and more and more and more and more and....well, you get the idea! Check out my site!!!!
Has anyone attempted to work out the first chapter out of the Ajax book, or is everyone just reading it? I find that doing it will make things much easier to understand. I think this is an amazing new tool in the IT industry and we really should take advantage of using it in this class. We really can learn a lot. Not only is Ajax and Web 2.0 on the cutting edge, I feel that it is greaet for the IS program. I never expected to be doing stuff like this, and although it's just the beginning, it really is amazing stuff.
BTW, you can download all the AJAX sample stuff from the book here.
What does everyone else think?
I just wanted to make a suggestion to those of us who are adding links in our entries.
If we are using an outside link, another words, not related to Learning Remix, I think it would be a good idea to have it open in a new window.
If you're unfamilar on how to do that, it's pretty simple. Once you enter the link, before the >name of website that public is to see portion, right after the " of the link, you type: "target=new" . This will force the browser to open the link in a new window.
Just a thought!
Rosie
I double checked the "error" from Jay's Post I also received that error
I'm replying to my own post. about Ajax.
Did anyone else have an error when they were trying to get boards.html to work (from page 57)? I doubled checked my code, I think it's right...but maybe it's not. I've posted it here.
Let's not kill the blog with 50 responses....why don't you email through my emich account if you can help me figure it out! Thanks!
Aparently, if you put it up on the web it works....lol...
so you can disregard my previous post.
Thanks...sorry for my constant spam.
This is an answer to Praneeth's question about the sidebar being at the bottom of the screen.
What's happening is, one of your widgets is too wide for the side bar. If your widget code that you've entered into the template gives a spot for you to change the width of the widget, it's an easy fix. Otherwise, you have to go into one of the templates and change some of the code in them. I had the same problem and asked Professor Gibson; he told me that there's some css code that needs changing, though didn't go into any more detail then that. I, too, would like to add a widget that's a little wider, but I don't know where to check that code to fix it. So, right now, my game I have is waiting patiently to be played in my "inactive" widgets. :) Hope this helps! Rosie
I was just wondering if anyone has started looking into the first mini-project. I want to do some sort of map mashup, but I can't think of anything I want to map besides concert locations, and I think that's too detailed for this, because most of the concert locations don't have exact addresses.
I was just wondering if anyone had started and what they looked in to.
Per Professor Gibson, my idea about the tag cloud:
I've noticed that the tag cloud is getting extremely long. I propose that if a tag is not used, say, after 10 days, it drops off the cloud.
I also would like it if the Blogs List was able to be organized like the tag cloud, for Alpha, Recent, and Frequent.
What do you think?
While doing research for our project (yeah, I know we need a name), Linda, Nikhil and I noticed that EVDB is no longer called EVDB, but it is NOW called Eventful. I thought anyone else who might be doing a calendar might be interested in this.
Alright, everyone, I've worked on this way too long without help, and I'm about as frustrated as you can get.
Here's the deal. I am following the book, word for word...and I can't find my error...I need help!
I have worked through page 112. Here's where I'm stuck. I enter a phone number in, press the enter key, and the page automatically loads the placeOrder.php screen. I haven't a clue what I'm doing wrong. I thought it was supposed to just place a random address in the address area...
I've placed my files here. I've checked it in both IE and Firefox, and I've tried using Firebug. I am trying to put breakpoints in, and they aren't doing any good. SIGH!
Any suggestions?
I came across this very interesting story about a reporter who switched from his Mac laptop to a Windows Vista laptop. It's quite an interesting read, though a bit long. Much of what Vista does is already encompassed in many other features throughout the Mac, but what's the real story?
When I talked to my partner last night about getting a new hard drive to replace our old one that got fried with the power outage a couple of weeks ago, she replied with, "oh, yeah, then we can get Vista". I turned and laughed, explaining to her about a recent report I saw on the local news that said you shouldn't bother getting Vista unless you're getting a new computer because many programs aren't set up to support Vista just yet. Which, if you think about it, that makes sense. I mean why would you bother using an operating system where many programs don't work?
And, I guess if my partner went out and got Vista, would she know this fact? That's what I think bothers me about the new system. I mean, anyone can go buy it for $100 and try to install it....are the sellers going to tell them that many programs aren't yet compatible?
Fortunately, my partner has a computer geek for a girlfriend, but what about those people out there that don't have any geeky computer people around them?
This is in response to Chidambaram's Notepad post...
I use a program called Notepad ++ which is an open source program, and I have to say, since I've been introduced to it, I absolutely love it. It's great, because it will color code anything you have up based on which language you're using, which you can easily switch with a drop down menu. It also has batch opening and saving, and I've opened 20+ text documents at a time, changed them, saved them, and closed them in less than 5 minutes.....it's a great program.
Check out the link here.
I don't know if I am the only one, but when I create a Blog entry, I do not have the box for entering manually a trackback link (should be in the lower right corner of the "New Entry" mask. Do I have to change some settings to get this box?
Yeah, I think you need to go into settings, then select "switch to detailed settings" to the right, then under the "new entry defaults tab" select the box that says "Outbound Trackback URLs"..then save and rebuild...
Rosie
Oh...excuse me as I jump up and down because I told one of the Germans how to do something...seems like it's ALWAYS the other way around! :)
Per Linda's Blog:
I'm not sure what's wrong with this, but I with the file, I replaced the key with the one I obtained, put it up on my site, and everything works just fine...so I think we're okay. Of course, if it's google error, and it's just so you can understand (which is always helpful), then yeah, I think we should discuss this in class tonight, so we can all understand?
Rosie
In the "New Entry" page, Click on "Customize the display of this page" link just below Save and Preview buttons.
I think this works as well, but if you do as I suggested, I think this changes it permanently, vs. having to do it for each post....Might save some time?
Rosie