Hi Rex, Have a look at http://wordpress.org/ for Web 2.0 publishing and online editing with CSS, PHP etc something like http://www.justhost.com/ for hosting $2.95 per year http://www.elegantthemes.com/ for excellent WordPress themes $20 unlimited theme download. Our YR11 ITS students use themes as a starting point to build an 'authentic client' website, usually their parent, uncle or cousin.. using Dreamweaver and FileZilla (portable version) to configure site then mainly use the online WordPress dashboard to change CSS and PHP settings, CS4 for image editing. There are heaps of great plugins i.e. locking the live site to appear 'under construction' while the student and client go about online development. Students can easiliy activate plugins to run shopping carts, iPhone platform delivery (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/browse/popular/) for the site, moo tools, photo galleries etc
Our students are also running Google Analytics on their client site http://www.google.com.au/analytics/sign_up.html (add to the footer.php file), great to show global online traffic/business. 2010 was the first year we tried this approach and the students and teachers thoroughly enjoyed it. Cheers, Brendon This email (including attachments) is intended for the addressee(s) named above. No part of it should be reproduced, adapted or transmitted without the sender's consent. It is confidential, subject to copyright and may be subject to legal or other privilege. None of these rights, or any other rights, are waived if you have received this email in error or without permission. If you have received this email in error, please let the sender know by reply email, delete it from your system, destroy all copies and do not disclose, use or forward this email. Unless explicitly attributed, the opinions expressed in this message do not represent the official position or opinions of Brisbane Girls Grammar School and should not be relied upon. Whilst this email has been scanned by an up to date virus scanner and all care has been taken, recipients should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. Brisbane Girls Grammar School disclaims all liability for loss or damage caused by viruses transmitted by this email. ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Rex Boggs [[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 8:10 AM To: QSITE ICT Teachers Subject: [qsiteict] Publishing Students' Websites My Computer Science students are currently doing a unit on web page design. Can they publish their websites to the web, eg somewhere within The Learning Place? Can we restrict who is allowed to view it? Most websites will not contain any personal information, eg a website about a video game but some may contain personal information, eg My Family. Cheers Rex --- You are currently subscribed to qsiteict as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://lyris.edna.edu.au/u?id=705907.ac018c45abb574a9c89d7157b27e84c7&n=T&l=qsiteict&o=1723966 or send a blank email to leave-1723966-705907.ac018c45abb574a9c89d7157b27e8...@edna.edu.au --- You are currently subscribed to qsiteict as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://lyris.edna.edu.au/u?id=705742.d42ea647e85be3beb25392eea1a77f09&n=T&l=qsiteict&o=1723987 or send a blank email to leave-1723987-705742.d42ea647e85be3beb25392eea1a77...@edna.edu.au
