Using VFP as Your Content Management System for an Information-Rich Website - Tuesday, November 13th, 2012 at 19h00
Dan Baker is a market research analyst in the telecom market who lives in the Poconos and has used his VFP skills to develop what he calls a “information rich” website for his business. The website is an on-line magazine, Black Swan Telecom Journal
http://bswan.org. Here’s a short list of the topics Dan plans on discussing in his first talk on the subject.
1. Why website development is a VFP business opportunity of its own, regardless of whether VFP web applications are used or not.
2. What is an “information-rich” website actually? Why is the VFP desktop with FTP uploads an excellent choice for managing a website of this type.
3. The kind of websites where a VFP solution does not make sense as a business opportunity.
4. Why a VFP developer should not be intimidated by rich websites or by competition from Dreamweaver and traditional web designers.
5. How to create a professional site by “standing on the shoulders of giants”, borrowing great design concepts all over the web.
6. Why VFP is often a better choice than web-based content frameworks.
7. How I organize images, CSS, articles, “include” files and other content in folders for easy management.
8. How you can retrieve server-side files and webpage components without using any on-line database.
9. How an information rich website’s pages are organized.
10. Naming conventions in organizing your webpage.
11. Bringing out the artist inside. A quick discussion on the value of images and how to manage them.
12. Helpful training websites and places to find great stuff to enhance your knowledge and make life easier as a website developer.