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May 02, 2013 01:12PM
I am finished!! I think I can make a couple more changes but, the last 2 changes has broken something that has worked. eye popping smiley

Where do we upload the zip file? Via myUnisa or somewhere else?
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Mac
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May 02, 2013 02:36PM
Ah.... don't rush. Rethink - it is not about the certificate, but about the skills learned. Improve, there is time left! Procedure as per the tut letter, but the facility will only open in a week or three.
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May 02, 2013 03:07PM
Thanks Mac!!


mac Wrote:
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> Ah.... don't rush. Rethink - it is not about the
> certificate, but about the skills learned.
> Improve, there is time left! Procedure as per the
> tut letter, but the facility will only open in a
> week or three.
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May 09, 2013 04:02PM
Send us poor lemons still working on it a screen shot
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May 09, 2013 04:40PM
Alex B is a genius! thumbs up

I'm sweating like a christmas goat here. I'm a little confused about "develop for an admin" and "student can register online"

God help me.

78026962 afojonny
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May 09, 2013 04:50PM
Well remember a student can't add or delete courses available, only admin can.
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May 09, 2013 05:09PM
This is what my one screen looks like. I just wish my HTML knowledge was a bit better.

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May 09, 2013 05:17PM
Wow! eye popping smiley

I said it! ALEX IS A GENIUS!

We're all on hot seat with this screen-shot!

I better get going with my project...moody smiley

78026962 afojonny
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May 09, 2013 05:31PM
Thanks!!! I just hope everything stays intact until it reaches Mac. The itch to change things is really hectic!!! hot smiley

afojonny Wrote:
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> Wow! eye popping smiley
>
> I said it! ALEX IS A GENIUS!
>
> We're all on hot seat with this screen-shot!
>
> I better get going with my project...moody smiley
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May 09, 2013 07:34PM
The bar is now set way too high. Thanks a lot!!!!

eye rolling smiley
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May 10, 2013 07:59AM
Alex - say you have 10 000 students, they all going to show in a drop down??? errrrrr that's quite a heavy list.

otherwise I love everything else. totally different from mine.
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May 10, 2013 12:10PM
I thought of that, but then you plop down another dropdown, say with the course and filter the students by course. The easier way is to go to the view registrations page and request a classlist, click on the student name and it will push the student id to the student management page.

Keen observation 77911997!! thumbs up


77911997 Wrote:
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> Alex - say you have 10 000 students, they all
> going to show in a drop down??? errrrrr that's
> quite a heavy list.
>
> otherwise I love everything else. totally
> different from mine.
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May 10, 2013 01:01PM
on your login page? what credentials did you use?

I thought of doing a login page but then I thought of poor Mac who has to guess the correct username and password... how did you cater for that?
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May 10, 2013 01:21PM
On my login page I have a username in an IF statement, this is hard coded there. The login credentials is in my config.php, so when the database connection is changed you will see the username and password.


77911997 Wrote:
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> on your login page? what credentials did you use?
>
>
> I thought of doing a login page but then I thought
> of poor Mac who has to guess the correct username
> and password... how did you cater for that?
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May 13, 2013 08:30AM
so you don't have a table in a database with usernames and passwords?
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May 13, 2013 08:45AM
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May 13, 2013 08:48AM
No. The database structure set out for this course does not give you a table for Username and passwords. Having a table for this would be highly recommended, as it is more secure than hard coding it into your page or app.


77911997 Wrote:
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> so you don't have a table in a database with
> usernames and passwords?
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May 20, 2013 09:59AM
ay I still don't get this thing - having a login page but not saving credentials to a table???

I know how to do a proper login form connecting to a database, I just don't get how you can do that with preloaded credentials.

and how do you make sure all your pages are protected and a user cannot bypass security by typing a URL to jump the login page?

is this worth pulling my hair for?

Mac - what do you say. if it carries extra marks I want that mark, even if its 1 mark smiling smiley
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May 20, 2013 10:16AM
Hi. Can we submit the project on the 24th at anytime, on Friday ?

I want to use the last day for some CSS touchup. I know we do not get any extra marks for it.

Student Number: 78042879 (Part Time Courses)
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May 20, 2013 10:25AM
LOL - lets hear what Mac says
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May 20, 2013 10:55AM
I thought due date was tomorrow 21 May.
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May 20, 2013 10:57AM
This is what I did:

Language: PHP
//Gets text entered from the HTML form and then check that it is //correctly entered. if(isset($_POST[';submit1';])){ $uName = $_POST[';uname';]; $uName = htmlspecialchars($uName); //Prevents HTML caracters $uName = trim($uName); //Prevent user from entering whitespaces in username $_SESSION[';uName';] = ucwords($uName); //Converts first letter to uppercase. $pWord = $_POST[';pword';]; $pWord = htmlspecialchars($pWord); $pWord = trim($pWord); $_SESSION[';pWord';] = ucwords($pWord);   //Login credentials for user authentication. Best to put this in //database and then retrieve it from there. if (($_SESSION[';uName';] == "Peter") AND ($_SESSION[';pWord';] == "Parker"))

The username and password is hardcode in the page. So if I want to use a different username and password I need to change the code above. In a live system you can define variables here with a SQL statement that get that username and password from the database.


77911997 Wrote:
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> ay I still don't get this thing - having a login
> page but not saving credentials to a table???
>
> I know how to do a proper login form connecting to
> a database, I just don't get how you can do that
> with preloaded credentials.
>
> and how do you make sure all your pages are
> protected and a user cannot bypass security by
> typing a URL to jump the login page?
>
> is this worth pulling my hair for?
>
> Mac - what do you say. if it carries extra marks I
> want that mark, even if its 1 mark smiling smiley
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May 20, 2013 11:04AM
AngelaWoodend-77672860 Wrote:
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> I thought due date was tomorrow 21 May.

Ok I see. My calendar is telling me the 24th....

On the forum I see it is the 21st of May
22 March (Assignment 1) & 21 May (Portfolio). Remember assignment 1 is your forum participation, so make sure you participate regularly.

And the MyUnisa Website is saying the 24th....

Now I am lost... Arn't we suppose to go one the dates from MyUnisa ??

Student Number: 78042879 (Part Time Courses)
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May 20, 2013 11:11AM
Will be very grateful if its Friday rather than tomorrow.
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May 20, 2013 11:18AM
This is on the upload page for the assignment.

Due time is 21 May at 23h59:59

Page 8 of the tutorial letter states

"Note that we cannot extend the due date for the portfolio, nor extend your registration to the next semester. It is not within our power ro do so!"
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May 20, 2013 11:20AM


Student Number: 78042879 (Part Time Courses)
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May 20, 2013 11:23AM
lets vote - I vote for 2013-15-24 grinning smiley

just for fun... I could still add more functionalities the could get me closer to 80% smiling smiley
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May 20, 2013 12:11PM
Never uploaded onto Unisa site before.

Can someone send a link please?
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Mac
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May 20, 2013 12:52PM
No, we can't post the link here. It is in the tut letter page 15
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May 20, 2013 01:01PM
Thanks found it.
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May 20, 2013 01:31PM
Mac - whats the story with 2013-15-24 ?
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May 20, 2013 06:36PM
Check here - http://osprey.unisa.ac.za/phorum/read.php?750,178780

Date been extended to 24th

Glen
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May 20, 2013 11:27PM
Thank goodness! submission date has been postponed!smiling bouncing smiley

78026962 afojonny
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May 21, 2013 10:20AM
Sheww!!!spinning smiley sticking its tongue out


I worked towards the 21st, so now I am less stressed and can do final tweaks for the 24th.

I think all you guys who put in CSS files and graphics will get bonus marks. Well done.

I however stuck to PHP only and am really satisfied with the end result. Also my background to HTML, CSS, Javascript etc is limited.

I must say I really enjoyed this course. Thanks Mac. My learning curve was exponential.
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May 22, 2013 09:43AM
Bwhahaha

Exponential seems such a soft word.
Before I registered I phoned to ask if HTML was a "necessary" pre-requisit as I have NO experience. I was told that I should be able to cope - so I signed up.
I have really hit a learning wall with this as I have had to put some real time in that I really did not have to start off with.

I too feel that this course has been wonderful and it has opened my eyes to such wonderful capabilities for web design.

Glen
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May 22, 2013 11:41AM
This was a really nice course. I also had to step up on my HTML, cause it was severely limited to only using it with JAVA applets. I am already on my next project, writing a webapp that can be used at work. Now I am throwing in HTML5, CSS3 and PHP!! grinning smiley
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May 22, 2013 10:22PM
I did enjoy this course never mind late delivery of my software and stuff ..due to post office strick and lack of time management from my side for not fetching it ... for this course...

78009855
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May 22, 2013 11:31PM
I learned so much in this course, and also realised that there is so much more to learn! Really enjoyed it, thanks!
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Mac
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May 23, 2013 07:58AM
Glad you all enjoyed it, and thanks for participating and supporting one another here. Thst is what makes this course "lekker" smiling smiley
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May 23, 2013 07:48PM
WHOO HOOO ! I am finally finished!

Just going to do some final testing tomorrow then submit and then take a 2 day sleep and relax session.

This course was excellent! Especially the part where we needed to create a working program. It really pushes you to learn, research, experiment, test and overcome the fear of actually coding. Something I battled with for a long time where I just learned and learned, but never actually put everything to practise. I must say in this last 3 weeks I learned more than I learned in the last year. Going to make a point to try and code a project every month from now onwards.

Student Number: 78042879 (Part Time Courses)
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May 24, 2013 01:46PM
Can't believe I am finally finished - just have some browser testing and cleaning up.

Unfortunately I lost 3 weeks due to circumstance so I have not had time to put in a pagination - hope Mac will forgive me!

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May 25, 2013 12:02AM
It was a pleasure ride guys!

I submitted 8mins before dealine...lol.

Wish i had more time though, would've done more validation and styling.

I'd be working on more projects till i'm a guru in this field.

Thanks Mac for your support.

See y'all at the top!

78026962 afojonny
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May 27, 2013 10:14AM
WOW!! Shado I like!! Now mine looks so bland!! eye popping smiley
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