Have created a MySQL database on a local test server and learned how to fill it automatically from data received from an online form.
Next Up: Retrieve the data and use it to send a newsletter to a large number of recipients.
Roddy
Creation of Mailing List
Next up is the creation of the code that will automatically collect new user information in a secure database and generate from this a mailing list for the Grammar Captive newsletter.
Roddy
Successful Transmission
Grammar Captive is now able not only to create a multipart MIME message, but also to send it over a secure connection using the PHP/PEAR Mail_smtp object.
Roddy
MIME Messages
Multipart Messages are messages that contain tesx, HTML, embedded images, and attachments. They are the handsome messages that attract your eye and encourage you to read more.
Using the PHP’s Mail_mime class Grammar Captive is now able to produce multipart messages.
Roddy
Next-Up
Grammar Captive’s first newsletter and a PHP connection that will link user info directly to a secure MySQL database.
Roddy
Internet Security
The problem of security has been resolved more quickly than I thought.
LunarPages, the web host for the Grammar Captive website offers its users something called Shared SSL.
Already I have incorporated Shared SSL into those webpages that request personal information from users.
You can read about how Shared SSL works under the new subheading called Internet Security on the Grammar Captive homepage.
Roddy
The HKLNA Project
Added a link to the HKLNA Project on the Grammar Captive Blog page. Included is a brief explanation about the project and its relationship to Grammar Captive and the GC Host.
Roddy
GC Tutor Content Insert
Fixed the awkward wording and linkage that appears when you click on GC Tutor under Products in the Grammar Captive navigation bar.
Roddy
Newsletter Sign-Up
Have selected a name for the Grammar Captive newsletter and reformatted the sign-up page accordingly.
Look under the heading Info/Newsletter in the navigation panel of the homepage and sign up!
Roddy
Mobile Friendly
Changed the ColorBox window centering option (fixed) from true to false so that the contents of the box are more viewable on small screen mobile devices.
In the end the Grammar Captive website is designed for computer use. It is NOT a mobile application. This latter will come later.
Roddy