In part one we setup a Apache server and configured the localhost ready for you to use, we also set up the directory where you are going to save your local files. But so far in part one we only essentially setup the localhost, so all of the goodness of being able to view server side documents/scripts etc won’t work yet as you will need to install them, one of the most popular if not the popular server side code is PHP. It is used mostly to create dynamic webpages. Lets install PHP!

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A localhost is a developers best friend when it comes to testing out server side scripts etc. Much like a web-server, a localhost is a space which is offline but allows you to view/test server side code as if it was a real online server, but infact you will be creating a server which can only be accessed by you. There are many ways to create an localhost but there is one easy newbie friendly way to go about it, and that is by installing Apache web server on your computer. This method is very simple and easy to follow.

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This was a topic covered in episode 6 of the FS-Air podcast which I am part of (Episode will go out on Friday), and we all shared our views on the subject and the reason why we’re excited about it. Because the podcast has time a length limit which we generally stick to I didn’t include everything that im looking forward to in CSS3. (As we also covered other points so we generally spend the same time on each section) For anyone who is wondering what the hell CSS3 is, basically it is the new version of the CSS language.

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The FS Air podcasts website officially went live today along with the public release of our first podcast episide! After much hard work from Fire G the website is now live and you can view all the podcasts thats we’ve been recording since Episode 1. To visit the site click here the site design fits in with the whole FS-Air scheme. Fire G has put in all his knowledge of jQuery and XML to create a interactive website for all to access, listen and download our podcasts. A big pat on the back for Fire G!

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It was most defiantly a “blast from the past” moment today in my A level I.T class for the coursework Task 2 of 4 is to create a website for a company called DM Carpets (It’s all part of the specification, it’s not a real organisation) but task two is to create a website with specific pages and specific content but of course the layout is up to you, which is great as Website Development might as well be my middle name. Today was mainly about the theory of it all and I don’t want to sound big headed here but I knew it already, but I have been in the website development scene for a few years so it’s nothing new to me.

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