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Cim Homepage created - Completed
	What is the .htaccess file?
		Something I used to accidenally screw up my
		CIM website. Controls features and access
		to an Apache website.
	What is a git?
		It's a distributed revision control and
		source code management system which I could
		care less about. 
	What is a cvs?
		"Concurrent Versions System"
		A Version control system.
        What is a webdav?
		Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning,
		wow! How many more acconyms can the web
		invent and how much more complicated can
		they make the internet? lol
	What is a ftp?
		FTP is file transfer protocol. A protocol
		used to transfer data from one computer
		to another on an internet/intranet network.

Analysis of previous Portfolios on Blackboard
	discussion board. - Completed.

	What is an XML Site Map?
		ANother abstaction layer file containing a
		list of pages on a website for use with a
		Google Webmaster account.
	What is xmlSite?
		A free XML site map generator with the offer
		of professional grade services advertised.
	What type of file is this?
		An XML (extensible markup language)
	What are Apache redirect?
		Can be used to take a user to a page by an
		indirect method, as in what they typed and 
		where they end up may not be the same place.
	What are Apache alias?
		URL redirection and mapping of the hosts
		file system.
	What is Apache .htaccess?
		It's a configuation file which allows you
		to do redirects and alias among many other
		tricks.
	Should you submit your sitemap through robots.txt?
		I don't know. I don't think so.
	Will bad robots obey robots.txt?
		NO! They will use it and abuse it.

	What are 2 basic categories for image viewers?
		Not sure I understand the question, there are
		surly more than 2 types, but to generalize
		I suppose thumbnail gallery and side scroller
		could be 2 basic types.
	What is a Web Service?
		The ability to communicate between machines
		and perform actions.
	Does flicker provide an API and web service?
		Is absolutely offers a web service which you
		can utilize to retrieve images and image
		data.
	What is XSD?
		XML Schema Definition, another crazy 
		accronym within an accronym.
	What is XML?
		eXtensible Markup Language
	What is XSL?
		eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation
		which is like a DTD and CSS combined.
		Accronyms are driving me crazy!
	What is XPATH?
		XML Path language. Used for finding info in
		an XML document?
	Contrast XHTML and XML.
		They are prety much the same thing except
		that XHTML has a DTD defining the specifics
		of how XHTML should be written.
	Define DTD.
		Document Type Definition. Pretty much a set
		of rules for how a document should be
		formatted and sytaxed.

	Compare/Contrast drupal and WordPress.
		Both are content management systems, or known
		by some as frameworks which you can construct
		complex websites with supposedly little
		work. While it is true that you can install
		these CMS systems and their associated
		community created themes into your web
		environment, they end up requiring a great
		deal of work in order to make your site
		unique and less cookie-cutter-like. You also
		end up relying on a 3rd party for your
		website and have to deal with thier bugs
		which can cause a great deal of problems if
		you don't know how to deal with them or
		have the technical knowledge to recover from.
		A whole cottage industry has sprung up to 
		support and feed off people wanting an easy
		solution to website creation.
	Briefly review site builders rankings.
	Comment on:
		IPage - Appears to be a hosting service which
		really loves to toot its own horn and claims
		to give a lot of stuff away for FREE!!!! They
		must really be hurting since they are
		offering a "sweet" deal for only $3.50 a
		month for a LIMITED TIME. A sign of a trashy
		service trying to scam users and cash-in on
		niavity. Not a company I will ever
		intentionally deal with.
		
		intuit E-Commerce - this company was ONCE a
		huge leader in the computer industry and is
		not someone I would do business with now. It
		is an overtly commercial business out to make
		a dollar by any means necessary. However if
		you are a mom & pop and want to start a
		non-professional looking e-commerce website
		for only $35 dollars a month, then this might
		be the way to go. No serious business would
		ever utilize this service. However, most
		mom & pops don't want to deal with the cost
		and hassle of creating a professional
		web pressence. They just want to get online
		and try to sell their product in order to
		compete with companies that have done it the
		right way.
	
	Comment on top useage areas: OK, I'm not sure what
		to comment about these. It's a page of
		collected data done monthly. Not very
		exciting stuff except that it shows how
		popular some systems are compared to others.
		Apache, 1.1 million sites are using this
		Google Analytics, 1 million sites use this
		jQuery, 1 million sites use this
		Word Press, 286 thousand sites use this.
		

Complete the template assignments in the Dreamweaver
	Textbook for Tripsmart and Blooms. - Completed when
	took the XHTML class.

Create and implement a favicon. - Completed
		I have my famous blue "T" favicon on my
		original class site and on the Portfolio.

Commented - Completed. My address is my class homepage
		minus the index.html using a .htaccess to
		redirect from the class page to my portfolio
		There is also a ling on my class page.

Not Completed. Was all in my head after having a
		discussion with Professor DeDonno on what I
		should do for my site, at which point he
		suggested I could do a gallery viewer. So
		I found jsp code to create gallery viewers
		which I ultimately used 2 on my portfolio.
		One I adapted for the animated page title
		with the sliding letters. The other I used
		in the traditional use as a viewer for
		screenshots of my previous work in all the
		classes I have taken over the past 2 years.

Completed - 100% hand coded, utilized jsp written by
		another, link found on the bottom of the page

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