CS2623: Server-Side Programming
SSP10: Managing State Information

Objective:

• Utilize Cookies
• Utilize Sessions
• Manipulate MySQL databases

Points

• Full Credit: 40 Points
• Late/Resubmit Credit: 36 Points

Situation

Creation of Banner Ads

In Discovery Project 2, five banner images(125px by 125px) must be created for products by varying vendors. You might want to include one of you zodiac images to make the ads more realistic. Use a graphics program of your choice or maybe http://bannerfans.com.

Assignment Modifications:

Placement of Includes

Following the text's directions, I had some issues with setting cookies because the headers had been sent. To correct this I used the following modifications. If your program works as described in the text, I would be "very" interested in seeing the code. If not, these are the modifications I made.

• index.php
  Use include code for the following files. They must be in the order listed. Also some existing code may need to be deleted to avoid duplication of the header
  • inc_site_counter.php
  • inc_header.php
  • inc_button_nav.php
• inc_site_counter.php
  • inc_connect.php
  • inc_banner_display.php
• inc_button_nav.php
  
  • no include files

Need a Visual Reference?
The following are videos (Flash Files) of past student sites. In most of the cases the entire web page is not included in the screen shot, just enough to let you see the functionality of each project assignment.
Disclaimer: If you see something that is contradictory to our class assignments, please ask. Do not assume that since it is on the video that it is 100% correct.

• Discovery Project 9-1: Visit Counter
  
• Discovery Project 9-2: Banner Ads
• Discover Project 9-3: Site Survey
• Discovery Project 9-4: Do not need to complete
• Discovery Project 9- 5: Do not need to complete

 

Specifications

• Discovery Project 9-1: See notes above
  Note that is is the number of visitors, not the number of page loads. So if the same visitor refreshes the page that does not increase the count. While the cookie remains the counter will not increment.
  
• Discovery Project 9-2: See notes above
• Discovery Project 9-3:
  • 1 - Since this will be displayed inside of index.php, the session_start() command must be the first item in index.php not in web_survey.php. This code must be included before any of the headers are sent.
  • 13 - Email will not be included.
    
• Discovery Project 9-4, 9-5:
  • These two assignments are not required. It appears that a page with placeholders for login and password are created with no accompanying code. In 9-5, it appears that a database is created but nothing is done with it. I have checked all the assignments through the end of the semester and I do not see where either of these are completed in future assignments. Therefore, I do not see the purpose of doing them at this time. If there is something I am missing, it should not take but a few minutes to create them in the future. For now, we will not do Project 9-4 or 9-5.

Recurring Specifications:

• XHTML must validate STRICT on all pages
• CSS must validate for CSS3 Standards
• Code must be easy to read and properly indented.
• Documentation must be appropriate and meaningful.
• Meta Tags including the following must be included on all pages. The content must be revised to information that is meaningful to the page.

  <meta name="author" content="Your Name" />
  <meta name="revised" content="12/18/2015" />
  <meta name="description" content="Description of web page" />
  <meta name="keywords" content="Add appropriate key words" />

• Tables may not be used for general layout and only when specifically indicated in an assignment.
• JavaScript may not be used in assignments unless specifically indicated. One exception is the date late modified at the bottom of the web page.

Assignment Submission

• Follow the Assignment Submission requirements outlined in http://apollo.occc.edu/chyde/CS2623/Handouts/CS2623_CodingStandards.htm.
• Upload the files/folder to your apollo1 account.
• View the web page/s in Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Internet Explorer.
• Revalidate and double check to make sure all items are visible from all computers.
• Note: The include files will not validate because they do not have complete DTD's and tags. However, index.php when it is displaying ANY and ALL of the dynamic content must validate.
  
• Submit the URL of your web page in the LMS.
• The URL's will be
  • http://apollo1.occc.edu/user#####/ChineseZodiac/index.php
• Submission links must open web page in a new window (not inside of MoodleRooms) and display the page (and not a directory)
• XHTML code must validate STRICT and CSS must also validate for CSS3 or earlier. The Web Developer Toolbar in Firefox will be used for grading.
• Assignments not meeting the previous requirements (opening in a new window and XHTML/CSS Validation) cannot be graded. If it is still within the late/resubmit period, they can be re-uploaded and resubmitted (10% penalty). If it is after the final deadline, the work can no longer be submitted.