Journal for November 30, 2005

Compiled by Kimberly Barnaby

* Today we will be demonstrations and presentations of each individual student regarding their ecommerce projects.

 - phase 1 (20 pts): Why you chose the company you selected; significance of it.

    a)  for domain names & host (5pts)

    b) e-commerce significance/why you chose your company (5pts)

    c) Is it doable/feasible? Is there a company similar to what you already have? (5pts)

    d) Is it marketable? Can you make money out of it? Is there any company that's making money from it? (5pts)

* This phase is very simple since you already have a domain name and web host.

* Mehmet will demo his today; he received 20 pts.

 a)  domain names & host: http://grocery.webhop.biz/ ; another would be like jcb.

b) e-commerce significance/why you chose your company: he previously worked in this market; also he believes there is potential on this market and it is very profitable.

c) Is it doable/feasible? Is there a company similar to what you already have? Yes it is doable because he did it; yes there are companies similar to this.

  d) Is it marketable? Can you make money out of it? Is there any company that's making money from it? Yes; similar companies such as netgrocer.com or freshdirect.com also make money doing the same thing

* What is CSS & frames?    

CSS stands for Cascade Style Sheet and was created after HTML; rather than repeating codes for size, you define it instead for the style, class, etc.

For example, <p class="item title">

Declare a file with extension .css and link it

This is an example of a CSS :

CSS Help Site : http://www.w3.org/Style/Examples/011/firstcss

*Kim will demo her project also.

 a)  for domain names & host: the domain is meaningful and the web host is still geocities.

b) e-commerce significance/why you chose your company: to help teach kids to program and to promote programming.

c) Is it doable/feasible? Is there a company similar to what you already have? Yes

  d) Is it marketable? Can you make money out of it? Is there any company that's making money from it? Yes, can make money from it and there are other companies making money from it.

- phase 2 (20 pts): The 7 C's analysis of your project and the consistencies, if it's current, complete, community, content, context, compelling, customizing.

    1) content (4pts)                        5) context (4pts)

    2) compelling (4pts)                  6)  community (4pts)

    3) complete (4pts)                     7)  customizing (4pts)

    4) current (4pts)

*Mehmet was also evaluated on phase 2 and received 18 out of 20 points.

    - phase 3 (20 pts): Incorporating the 10 commandments of HTML (from the book - 3 tags learned, 3 you didn't know) (page 694-695 from book 2)

    a) each of the 10 commandments are worth 1pt (10pts total)

    b) 5 new commands you learned (10pts)

    - phase 4 (20 pts): incorporating the java script, such as functions, class & object, loops, if statement, variables (page 696 from book 2 and  Q1 page 757 - shows you the interface)

    a) running program itself (5pts)

    b) incorporating the book subjects, i.e., if statement, etc  (5pts)

    c) good purpose for using the vb/javascripts chosen (10pts)

    - phase 5 (20pts): incorporating the user interface and the search program, such as a mini search engine or validation (page 699-700 book 2); you may want to use an array as explained in p. 696)

    a) to make the interface (10pts)

    b) making it work (10pts)

    - phase 6 (20 pts): build a CGI and a database (book 2 page 699-710, 711-715 is java database)

    a) making the CGI interface (10pts)

    b) making it work with the database or program file (10pts)

    c) learn about the UNIX(LINUX) command also

*Next class we will examine how to do frames.