1. Ben Dahlin LCSC Technology Development Coordinator
Hosting Web Apps

2. How did I get into web apps?
New York Mills ISD #553
New Website
It must have a working search box
Joomla! came up doing a Google search
Joomla! is a web app

3. Three things needed to host Web Apps
PHP
Webserver
IIS – Windows Server
Apache – Open Source
Database
Mysql – Open Source

4. PHP Wikipedia defines it:
Hypertext Preprocessor (the name is a recursive acronym) is a widely used, general-purpose scripting language that was originally designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. For this purpose, PHP code is embedded into the HTML source document and interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which generates the web page document.
Php.ini is the file that hold the settings.

5. Web server Most common is IIS (microsoft) and Apache (open source)
Find
A web servers role is to host the app so that other computers can access it via http.

6. Database
MySql is preferred since its open source and works on many platforms
Wikipedia, Google, Facebook
MySql ships with no GUI
PHPmyadmin – web based
Mysql GUI tools (being replaced by MySql workbench)

7. Packages (Stacks) that include all three
Xampp – Apache, Mysql, php, perl
Wimp – Windows, IIS, Mysql, php
Wamp – Windows, Apache, Mysql, php
Lamp – Linux, Apache, Mysql, php
Mamp - Mac
Oamp - OpenBSD
Samp - Solaris

8. Can be installed separately
Apache/IIS, mysql, and php can be installed separately
Pros
Easy to update individual programs
Choose which flavor that works with your existing web apps (SIS)
Feels like you have more control
More secure
Cons
Can be difficult to get all three to work together
Takes longer to set up

9. What are some Web apps Moodle moodle.org Course MS
Joomla! Joomla.org Content MS
New York Mills
Fergus Falls
Drupal CMS –
PHPScheduleIt reservation / schedule
Credit goes to Jesse Thorstad -

10. What are some Web apps (cont.)
Wordpress mu -
PHPBB Forums -
Tiki Wiki –
Wiki –
Web Gallery Management -
Limesurvey -

11. What are some Web apps (cont.)
Newsletter manager -
Social Bookmarking -
Doc Management -
Micro Blogging –

12. What are some Web apps (cont.)
Youtube Clone –
Intranet in a box - openatrium.com
a blog, a wiki, a calendar, a to do list, a shoutbox, and a dashboard to manage it all