ETEC 692: Work on Website
Okay, I’ve got to call it a day as my eyes are hurting.
Date: June 4, 2009 from 12 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Hours: 10
Activities:
- Worked on logo, and reworked changing font based on client request
- Set up database on server
- Uploaded Joomla and ran configuration
- Created sections and categories based on client’s needs
- Created dummy articles and made menus
- Added Facebook module and removed all modules not needed by client (preinstalled as sample data–more work to do this)
- Created extra super administrator user for client
- Configured all settings, I think, to interact with server and client’s use
- Called server technicians to increase PHP upload size
- Installed custom php.ini file on server to increase size of maximum upload via the backend of Joomla
- Installed reCaptcha extension for contact page
It's looking good
- Uploaded Virtuemart, the online shopping cart, to take orders–didn’t work and how to manually install by placing file in a tmp directory
- Configured Virtuemart with sample lesson plan, added categories, menu links, and installed modules and plugins
- Tested Virtuemart with Paypal–no go as the order still must manually be confirmed
- Tried manual confirmation and ability to download order was a success–email was sent with download instructions. Yes!
- Figured out Paypal must be upgraded to $30 a month Pro account to have IPN server-to-server communications; basically, have to pay if you don’t want to manually set each order to confirmed and want it done automatically like it should be for a downloadable product
- Tested download with a $0 price tag–success. Download was available immediately
- Spoke with client about pay issue with PayPal and possibility of using GoogleCheckout–undecided still
Shopping Cart and Instant Download Nirvana