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Final version now available! http://youtube.com/watch?v=... http://mediatedcultures.net Web 2.0 in just under 5 minutes. This is the 2nd draft, and I plan on doing one more final draft. Please...

Final version now available!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g
http://mediatedcultures.net

Web 2.0 in just under 5 minutes.


This is the 2nd draft, and I plan on doing one more final draft. Please leave comments on what could be changed or improved, or what needs to be excluded or included. Subscribe if you want to be notified when the revision is released.

UPDATE: I just added this video to Mojiti where you can actually write your comments into the video itself. It is an exciting experiment in "Video 2.0". Go check it out at http://mojiti.com/kan/2024/3313 and add your voice!

Transcripts are now available as well:
http://mediatedcultures.net/ksudigg/?...

A couple of people have noted that the statement, "XML was created to do just that" (separate form from content) is misleading because CSS enables the same effect with HTML. I tried to integrate CSS into the video, but it ruined the flow. Perhaps in the next draft.

My statement on XML is based on the following from xml.com: "In order to appreciate XML, it is important to understand why it was created. XML was created so that richly structured documents could be used over the web. The only viable alternatives, HTML and SGML, are not practical for this purpose. HTML, as we've already discussed, comes bound with a set of semantics and does not provide arbitrary structure."

Thank you all for the comments. With your help the next draft will be cleaned up and hopefully free of factual errors.

A higher quality version is available for download here: http://www.mediafire.com/?6duzg3zioyd Please note that this is the second draft and the final version will not be available until late February after I review all comments and revise the video. Please return for a new download link at that time.

The song is "There's Nothing Impossible" by Deus, available for free at http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/103/
Deus offers music under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 license, yet one more example of the interlinking of people sharing and collaborating this video is attempting to illustrate.

CC: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

Michael Wesch
Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology
Kansas State University

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PHP Object-Oriented Solutions

PHP Object-Oriented Solutions

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With the surge of popularity of PHP 5, and with PHP 6 just around the corner, Object-Oriented Programming is now an important consideration for PHP developers. This version-neutral book is a gentle introduction to Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) that wont overburden you with complex theory. It teaches you the essential basics of OOP that youll need to know before moving onto a more advanced level, and includes a series of pre-packaged scripts that you can incorporate into your existing sites with the minimum of effort. It shows how OOP can be used to create reusable and portable code by walking you through a series of simple projects. The projects feature the sorts of things developers run up against every day, and include a validator for filtering user input, a simple Date class that avoids the need to remember all the esoteric format codes in PHP, and an XML generator.

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Beginning Joomla From Novice to Professional - Apress

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This book for business people with a medium level of technical skill is a fast and easy-to-read primer on how to implement a cash-generating! website, taking the reader from the inception of an idea to a fully working cash-generating website built on Joomla!. Joomla! is an award-winning freely available open-source Content Management System (CMS) that helps you build websites and other powerful online applications. Joomla! is used all over the world to power everything from simple, personal homepages to complex corporate web applications and includes features such as page caching to improve performance, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, polls, searching, and internationalization. The emphasis of this book is on Using Joomla! for e-commerce;

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Most small businesses these days try to use the Internet to compete more effectively. The trick, however, is to accomplish that goal without spending too much of your precious money and time.
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PHP and MySQL Bible-Submitted by jokhio Salahuddin-07CS24

By Tim Converse , Joyce Park , Clark Morgan
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (11 May 2004)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0764557467
ISBN-13: 978-0764557460

Book Description

This comprehensive tutorial and reference covers all the basics of PHP 5, a popular open source Web scripting language, and MySQL 4.012, the most popular open source database engine Explores why users need PHP and MySQL, how to get started, how to add PHP to HTML, and how to connect HTML Web pages to MySQL Offers an extensive tutorial for developing applications with PHP and MySQL Includes coverage of how to install, administer, and design MySQL databases independently of PHP; exception and error handling; debugging techniques; PostgreSQL database system; and PEAR database functions The authors provide unique case studies of how and where to use PHP drawn from their own extensive Web experience.

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PHP & MySQL Everyday Apps for Dummies-Submitted by jokhio Salahuddin-07CS24

By Janet Valade
456 pages
Publisher: For Dummies (July 8, 2005)
ISBN-10: 0764575872
ISBN-13: 978-0764575877

Product Description

PHP and MySQL Everyday Apps For Dummies is a one-stop reference providing all you need to build dynamic, real-world, ready-to-use apps with the popular PHP (a scripting language) and MySQL (a database system) software. The book is a hands-on, go-to-guide that

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* Contains all the code needed to create seven applications:
o User authentication with HTTP
o User login
o On-line catalog
o Shopping cart
o Content management system
o Web forum
o Building and managing a mailing list (on the CD-ROM)

* Automates the programming process and walks you through building the application from start to finish

* Explains how to write secure code

* Features complete code—not just snippets, but neatly assembled packages with “instant” real-world functionality

* Shows how to build the applications in two forms -- procedural and object-oriented programming -- providing programmers who want to switch to the object-oriented method of coding (which is new in PHP 5!) with the essential know-how

* Includes a companion CD-ROM that contains every line of code in the applications from the book plus a bonus chapter that shows how to build a mailing list

Information on each application includes a discussion of issues, structure of the database, code listings, and an explanation of the code. You can use these applications as is, modify them for use on your Web site, or build your own application using techniques described. If you want real-world Web apps you can use right away, this is the book for you.

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Microsoft ASP.NET 3.5: Step by Step-Submitted 07CS24

By George Shepherd
PUBLISHER : Microsoft Press
ISBN : 0735624267
PAGES : 560 pages

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Get the hands-on, step-by-step guide to learning the latest enhancements in ASP.NET code name Orcas. ASP.NET continues to be an important application platform that delivers a simplified, high-performance, and powerful Web development experience. Building on your familiarity with the Microsoft .NET Framework and Microsoft Visual C#®, you can teach yourself the essentials of working with ASP.NET in the Microsoft Visual Studio® environment one step at a time. With STEP BY STEP, you work at your own pace through hands-on, learn-by-doing exercises. Whether you re a beginning programmer or new to this version of the technology, you ll understand the core capabilities and fundamental techniques for ASP.NET and begin building practical Web applications and Web services. Includes a companion CD with code samples, data sets, and a fully searchable eBook.

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• Delivers a solid understanding of how to use Visual Studio Orcas with ASP.NET to create Web applications and Web services
• Includes a companion CD with code samples, data sets, and a fully searchable eBook.

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Web 2.0 Architectures: What entrepreneurs and information architects need to know-06SW12

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Web 2.0 is more pervasive than ever, with business analysts and technologists struggling to comprehend the opportunity it represents. But what exactly is Web 2.0 — a marketing term or technical reality? This fascinating book finally puts substance behind the phenomenon by identifying the core patterns of Web 2.0, and by introducing an abstract model and reference architecture to help you take advantage of them. In Web 2.0 Architectures, authors Duane Nickull, Dion Hinchcliffe, and James Governor — who have 40 years of combined experience with technical specifications and industry trends — examine what makes successful Web 2.0 services such as Google AdSense, Flickr, BitTorrent, MySpace, Facebook, and Wikipedia tick. The result is a base of knowledge that developers, business people, futurists, and entrepreneurs can understand and use as a source of ideas and inspiration. This book reveals:

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In true Web 2.0 fashion, Nickull, Hinchcliffe, and Governor will present the reference architecture and patterns on their companion website so that people in the industry can augment it and continue the discussion.

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Sams Teach yourself CSS in 10 minutes

Sams Teach yourself CSS in 10 minutes

• ISBN: 0672327457,
• Author: Russ Weakley,
• Publisher: Sams,
• Pages: 256,
• Publication Date: 2005-11-17

well-respected member of the CSS community and is known for his ability to make complicated concepts easy-to-understand for even inexperienced CSS users. With this book, you will cover the essentials for standards compliant techniques that aresupported by the most common browsers. Once you master the basics, Weakley will also take you inside positioning, troubleshooting CSS, and handling common CSS bugs. Sams Teach Yourself CSS in 10 Minutes is the ultimate quick learningtool and handy desk reference guide to CSS.

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Building Websites with Joomla-An step by step tutorial-Submitted by 06SW12

Building Websites with Joomla-An step by step tutorial-Submitted by 06SW12

• Paperback: 340 pages
• Publisher: Packt Publishing (January 3, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1904811949

Product Description
This book is a fast paced tutorial to creating a website using Joomla!. If you’ve never used Joomla!, or even any web content management system before, then this book will walk you through each step in a friendly and accessible way. From installation, to initial set up and content entry and then on to customization for your own look and feel, this book will get you to a stable and working Joomla! based web site fast. You don’t have to be an experienced web developer or designer to get a great looking site with a full set of functions using this book and Joomla! This book will guide through every step.

Joomla! is a fully featured web content management system and was created in Summer 2005 as a fork from the hugely popular Mambo CMS with many of the original Mambo developers moving their efforts to Joomla! While still in its first release, it is supported by an active and well organized open source development team and community. Joomla! is both easy to use at the entry level for creating basic websites, whilst having the power and flexibility to support complex web applications. Joomla! implements the core requirements of a full-featured CMS. It has a powerful and extensible templating system with the ability to upload and manage many different data types. User access control, content approval, rich administrative control, and content display scheduling are all built-in. New features and extensions are constantly added to the core system, with many more being available and supported by the community.

The book begins by introducing Joomla! and concepts behind content management. Then the installation of Joomla!, and its supporting software [Apache/MySQL/PHP] is covered clearly and simply. Once you have the installation up and running, we then take a tour of Joomla! as it appears out of the box, to familiarize ourselves with how it works and what is what. As you take the tour, your own ideas for what you need in your new website begin to crystallize around what you can see Joomla! is capable of. We then build our web application, using only the features of Joomla! we really need. Once we have a base version of our site up, we then learn how to change its appearance and feature set to suit our particular requirements, including bringing it into line with an established corporate identity. At the end of the book we show how you can add your own extensions to Joomla!.

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About the Author
Hagen Graf was born in July 1964. Born and raised in Lower Saxony, Germany, his first contact with a computer was in the late seventies with a Radioshack TRS 80. As a salesperson, he organized his customers' data by programming suitable applications. This gave him a big advantage over other salesmen. With the intention of honing his skills, he joined evening courses in programming and became a programmer. Nowadays he works in his wife's consulting company as a trainer, consultant, and programmer (http://www.cocoate.com). Hagen Graf has published other books in German, about the Apache web server, about security problems in Windows XP, about Mambo, and about Drupal. Since 2001, he has been engaged in a nonprofit e-learning community called "machm-it.org e.V.", as well as in several national and international projects. All the projects are related to content management, community building, and harnessing the power of social software like wikis and weblogs. He chose Joomla! CMS because of its simplicity and easy-to-use administration. You can access and comment on his blog (http://www.bloghouse.org/en/hagen).

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Sams Teach you Self XML in 21 Days-Submitted by 06SW12

Sams Teach you Self XML in 21 Days-Submitted by 06SW12

• Paperback: 580 pages
• Publisher: Sams (April 13, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1575213966

Product Description
Sams Teach Yourself XML is an easy-to-use tutorial that breaks down the task of learning XML into 21 focused lessons. Readers learn through clear explanations of concepts, structured step-by-step tasks, and abundant code samples. This book covers all aspects of using XML to publish a wide range of content on the Web.

From the Publisher
Teach Yourself XML in a Week is organized in the familiar day-by-day format. Each lesson provides a basic overview of the topics being taught, then shows lots of examples illustrating that topic, and follows up with a summary and exercises for further exploration. It will go over in detail what the XML specification is and how it relates to HTML and SGML, and will describe the basics of writing XML code, and creating XML-aware applications.

A step-by-step tutorial to XML; eXtensible Markup Language; the slimmed-down, Web enabled version of SGML from which HTML was created

The XML standard is being advanced by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) as an alternative and complement to HTML

XML is neutral with respect to vendor, application, and platform, just like HTML --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Macromedia Flash 5 Bible-Submitted By Salahuddin Jokhio 07CS24

Macromedia Flash 5 Bible-Submitted By Salahuddin Jokhio 07CS24

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Enhanced and revised edition of the bestseller! 1000f what you need to know to learn and master the latest version of Macromedia Flash. Includes a CD-ROM packed with files from the book and valuable tryouts.

From the Back Cover
"The only book that covers the enormous breadth of Flash 5 without sacrificing depth." —Colin Moock, Web Evangelist, ICE

"The must-have book for all Flash developers!" —James Baker, Creative Director, the wddg

"The Flash 5 Bible is the book to have." —Todd Purgason, Creative Director, Juxt Interactive

If Flash 5 can do it, you can do it too...
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Inside, you'll find complete coverage of Flash 5

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High Performance MySQL-Submitted By 06SW12

High Performance MySQL-Submitted By 06SW12

• Paperback: 265 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 1 edition (April 8 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0596003064

Product Description
As users come to depend on MySQL, they find that they have to deal with issues of reliability, scalability, and performance--issues that are not well documented but are critical to a smoothly functioning site. This book is an insider's guide to these little understood topics.

Author Jeremy Zawodny has managed large numbers of MySQL servers for mission-critical work at Yahoo!, maintained years of contacts with the MySQL AB team, and presents regularly at conferences. Jeremy and Derek have spent months experimenting, interviewing major users of MySQL, talking to MySQL AB, benchmarking, and writing some of their own tools in order to produce the information in this book.

In "High Performance MySQL" you will learn about MySQL indexing and optimization in depth so you can make better use of these key features. You will learn practical replication, backup, and load-balancing strategies with information that goes beyond available tools to discuss their effects in real-life environments. And you'll learn the supporting techniques you need to carry out these tasks, including advanced configuration, benchmarking, and investigating logs.

Topics include:

A review of configuration and setup options

Storage engines and table types

Benchmarking

Indexes

Query Optimization

Application Design

Server Performance

Replication

Load-balancing

Backup and Recovery

Security

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The Complete Reference-JavaScript 2.0-Uploaded By Jokhio Salahuddin 07CS24

The Complete Reference-JavaScript 2.0-Uploaded By Jokhio Salahuddin 07CS24

• Paperback: 1079 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media (September 20, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072191279

Product Description
Develop powerful, full-featured Web pages with JavaScript using this comprehensive resource. Including thorough coverage of object models, XML, server-side JavaScript and embedded objects, plus details on special browser considerations, this guide is should be a useful reference no matter what your level of experience.

From the Back Cover
The most in-depth guide to JavaScript available

Create dynamic and flexible Web pages with JavaScript using this comprehensive resource. Whether you're a new or more experienced developer, you'll find quality coverage of every topic you're looking for--from fundamentals such as language syntax to advanced topics including interaction with browser plug-ins and the emerging W3C DOM standard. You'll learn to create cross-browser scripts for common tasks including form validation, visual effects, navigation systems and much more. In addition to the comprehensive tutorials that make up each chapter, the appendices contain helpful material that's quickly accessible--including object references, a browser compatibility chart, and other key JavaScript syntax charts. For a thorough and authoritative book on the latest version of JavaScript that's geared toward developers at every level--this is the ideal resource for you.

• Get an overview of JavaScript and Web programming
• Find out about core features and functionality--including variables, functions, and objects
• Acquire solid language fundamentals, including the effective use of JavaScript's object-oriented features
• Understand the differences between the standard Document Object Model (DOM) and Browser Object Models (BOM)
• Manipulate images and layout with JavaScript
• Add sophisticated navigation systems using DHTML
• Parse XML with JavaScript and control windows and frames
• Deal with browser incompatibilities and learn tips for debugging

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