Thanks Kayla!
What do you think of the whole idea of a series of e-lessons that rely on my software code? Is the basic idea workable as a joint venture with an internet marketer who might have a list he/she might want to give the lessons to?
Much of what is in the lessons is available for free over the internet but what I am banking on is this...
1. If what others have generally said about me is true...I am an excellent writer and can explain complicated things in readily understood ways.
2. Most people interested in making a living online have neither the inclination or the time to uncover the information for themselves. Traversing the entire internet to uncover the same information I present in codensed but very useful form. Few people want to even get WordPress installed and set up. While WordPress may be relatively easy for those of us who are web savy...for many...it is altogether too overwhelming with installation, plug-in, security holes, updates, and the like, it's just too much.
3. No one and I mean no one has the source code that I have created and that I used on my own web site to easily create my own site. It is absolutely unique to me. I can work into it whatever I want as a PHP programmer and it is just a matter of me figuring out what people want with respect to something that will allow them to create simple web sites quickly. I have reworked things several times to make things just as simple as they can be made for those that might use my code. I guess what I am saying is that if it's possible to create it in PHP...I can do it.
The code is not that extensive mind you but it doesn't have to be. Most of the internals are hidden inside PHP object classes.
Here's the main code from the index.php file that is the backbone and workhorse for my Simple Websites Made Easy system.
Code:
$linkMenu = array(
"Home" => "/",
"About Me" => "about-me",
"Contact Me" => "contact-me",
"My Skills" => "my-skills",
"My Rates" => "my-rates",
"Introductory Special" => "introductory-special",
"Design Considerations" => "design-considerations",
"Copyright Issues" => "copyright-issues",
"Paying for Services" => "paying-for-services",
"Why Not WordPress" => "why-not-wordpress",
"Free Lessons" => "lessons/"
);
$global = new globals();
$page = new webPage();
$currentDirectory = $global->baseDirectory;
$page->navigation($linkMenu);
$page->useStyle($global->style);
$page->useBackground($global->backgroundImage);
$page->useHeader($global->headerImage);
$page->useFooter($global->footerImage);
if(!empty($_GET['content']))
{
$fileName = $_GET['content'].".txt";
$fileLocation = $currentDirectory.$fileName;
if (file_exists($fileLocation))
$page->show($fileLocation);
else
$page->show($global->errorPage);
}
else
$page->show($global->defaultPage);
The above code is not commented (code in the lessons will be fully commented to death) and may seem like gooblygook to many but what you have to bear in mind is that the basic code seen above is what generates ALL web pages at my site (with some slight changes like to the menu items that appear in sub-directories but those too are easily changed by changing the items in the $linkArray).
Once someone understands the code above and just that above the rest is a matter of creating plain text files with a .txt ending in the sub-directory that the above code is found in and that's it. You also have to create a web site header and footer graphic (if desired). But once you have those items you can just plug them into the appropriate parts of the code and voila...my system spits out the web site.
Oh you have to change the file associations inside the file class as well but that is absolutely no big deal. Anyone can do that. Nothing complicated about much of this at all and I am still working on making it even easier.
Much, much simpler than using or keeping up with the likes of WordPress and much more secure not to mention that my system uses up a lot less server resources and even bandwidth.
So I think this idea is workable as a joint venture but I am still in the getting input stage.
Carlos
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