[Openfirst-cvscommit] www/htdocs/doc/tut/howto preface.php,1.4,1.5 technology.php,1.7,1.8

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	preface.php technology.php 
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Write a few more of those unwritten sections of the Contributor's HOWTO

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   <h3>Applies to: All</h3>

!  <p>...</p>

   <h2><span id="conventionsused">Conventions Used</span></h2>
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   <h3>Applies to: All</h3>

!  <p>... [Refer to the table of contents at the moment] ...</p>

   <h2><span id="conventionsused">Conventions Used</span></h2>

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   <h2><span id="webbrowser">The web browser</span></h2>
   <h3>Applies to: All</h3>
!  <p>...</p>

   <h2><span id="html">HTML</span></h2>
   <h3>Applies to: Administrator, Developer, Patch Writer, Webmaster, Documentation Writer</h3> 
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   <h2><span id="webbrowser">The web browser</span></h2>
   <h3>Applies to: All</h3>
!  <p>Since the openFIRST project is inherently web-based it is expected that contributors have at least a basic understanding of the usage of a web browser.  It is recommended especially for those working with code/html to make use of the <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/firefox/">Firefox</a> web browser.  There are a wide variety of plugins which are of use to website developers and general users (in Firefox, see <b>Tools</b> - <b>Extensions</b> - <b>Get More Extensions</b> for a catalogue of the available Firefox extensions).</p>

+ <h3>Applies to: Developer, Patch Writer, Webmaster, Documentation Writer</h3>
+ <p>Plugins that are of particular note for Firefox include these:</p>
+ 
+ <ul>
+  <li><b>Live HTTP Headers</b> - View HTTP headers of a page and while browsing.</li>
+  <li><b>netcrafttoolbar</b> - Blocks Phishing Sites (can also be used to look up in depth information about where a website is hosted, by whom, etc which may be of particular use for detecting obscure configuration problems  that are applicable to all users of a particular web host).</li>
+  <li><b>Checky</b> - Easy to use interface to many free and commercial online validation and analysis services.  Validate and analyse HTML, XHTML, CSS, RDF, RSS, XML, WAI, Section 508, P3P, hyperlinks, metadata and many more.  Adds a context and tools menu.</li>
+  <li><b>Fangs Screen Reader Emulator</b> - Renders a text version of a web page similar to screen reader output.</li>
+  <li><b>LinkChecker</b> - Checks the validity of links on any webpage.</li>
+  <li><b>View formatted source</b> - View formatted and rendered source code</li>
+  <li><b>View Rendered Source</b> - Displays Color Coded and Styled Rendered Source</li>
+  <li><b>Web Developer</b> - Adds a menu and a toolbar with various web developer tools.</li>
+ </ul>
+ 
   <h2><span id="html">HTML</span></h2>
   <h3>Applies to: Administrator, Developer, Patch Writer, Webmaster, Documentation Writer</h3> 
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   <h2><span id="php">PHP</span></h2>
   <h3>Applies to: Administrator, Developer, Patch Writer, Release Technician, Webmaster</h3>
!  <p>...</p>

   <h2><span id="asp">ASP</span></h2>
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   <h2><span id="php">PHP</span></h2>
   <h3>Applies to: Administrator, Developer, Patch Writer, Release Technician, Webmaster</h3>
!  <p><a href="http://www.php.net/">PHP</a> is the language used to write the vast majority of the code that openFIRST uses/distributes.  When writing/patching openFIRST software it may be assumed that the user is using at least PHP version 4.  PHP 3 is no longer officially supported by the openFIRST project.  Some of the openFIRST servers run PHP4 versions and others run PHP5; when writing code, you should test with both PHP4 and PHP5.</p>

   <h2><span id="asp">ASP</span></h2>
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   <h2><span id="database">MySQL/Database Software</span></h2>
   <h3>Applies to: Administrator, Developer, Webmaster</h3>
!  <p>...</p>
!  
   <h2><span id="cvs">CVS</span></h2>
   <h3>Applies to: Administrator, Developer, Documentation Writer, Release Technician, Webmaster</h3>
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   <h2><span id="database">MySQL/Database Software</span></h2>
   <h3>Applies to: Administrator, Developer, Webmaster</h3>
!  <p>When programming, use the openFIRST database wrappers rather than directly using any database-specific functions.</p>
! 
! <p>...</p> 
! 
   <h2><span id="cvs">CVS</span></h2>
   <h3>Applies to: Administrator, Developer, Documentation Writer, Release Technician, Webmaster</h3>