Sean Hoffman

The Project

Description

Create several plugins using PHP for use with Wordpress and/or other blogging platforms Wordpress MU, BuddyPress, etc. Create graphically appealing website templates using PHP and Javascript, Ajax.

Details

• All templates and plugins will be compatible with the latest version of Wordpress
  • Other compatible blogging systems may include the platforms listed below
• pHp plugins may include the following:

1. Shopping Cart
2. Photo Gallery
3. Member System
4. Dynamic News Rotator

Goals

These are the goals I hope to complete during the first quarter:

• Install PHP, MySql, Apache 2, and Wordpress on washlee.net server.
• Install PHP, MySql, Apache 2, and Wordpress locally on Ubuntu Jaunty
• Learn Basic and some Advanced Javascript
• Learn PHP
• Learn to communicate with MySQL using PHP
• Create several functional applications using Javascript and PHP
• Create a basic blog

Current Updates

• Due to some errors with Ubuntu I was unable to install LAMP on my local install of Ubuntu during the first quarter
• I was informed of another solution by Mr. Bui, XAMPP is similar to LAMP but it has PHP, MySQL, and Apache condensed into one program.

• XAMPP install was successful. I am now moving onto basic PHP tutorials. My first project will be creating a basic PHP Address Book

Resources

• How to install LAMP (Linux-Apache-MYSQL-PHP) - Ubuntu LAMP Installation Documentation
• How to install Wordpress - Wordpress Installation Documentation
• How to install XAMPP - Ubuntu XAMPP Installation Documentation
• Dropbox - Dropbox Application