This is where we talk about frameworks, like jQuery and WordPress
WordPress
A new day has dawned at Peacock Production Studios and we can now offer WordPress site options to our customers. It was a process to get WordPress working on the our Microsoft platform with but after several days of research, frustration and eventually success it is now fully operational in a production state. The element required to run WordPress include MySql PHP ISAPI Rewrite and of course WordPress. Since we were already running MySQL I utilized WebMatrix to install PHP 5 and WordPress 3.1. In order to take advantage of the permalinks in WordPress for search engine friendly page structures I had to install ISAPI Rewrite 3 to cover for Microsoft’s lack of mod_write capabilities. The ISAPI Rewrite installation gave me some fits, but I will cover that in a separate article. As a side benefit we now have PHP 5.2 running on the server, so we can offer that platform for any customers that require it for migration and support.
In order to have a project to focus on for the first website I created a version of the Peacock Production Studios website using WordPress. Then I setup this blog so that we can have a place to record our trials and triumphs. At this point it is up to the marketing staff to figure out how to use this new service to benefit our existing customers as well as our future ones.
jQuery
jQuery is the most popular JavaScript library used today. Released in 2006, it was designed to simplify the client-side scripting of HTML. jQuery delivers the ability to add motion effects and interactive features that don’t require a web page reloading. jQuery is used by developers, including PPS, to navigate HTML documents, handled events, perform animations and add Ajax interactions to Web pages. Using jQuery, developers can accomplish the same effects as JavaScript but with much less coding. Most popular websites are now utilizing jQuery including Google, Amazon and Microsoft. Some common applications that use jQuery are slideshows, zooming on images, dropdown menus and lightboxes.
