mTECH 270

 OPTION BOX 

you can only make one selection with option box eg gender it will be either male or female.
follow the following code to learn how to use option box

1. Select optionbox from the toolbox and draw it.
2. Give your two option box box the same name.
3. The compiler will ask to create an array, just click on  yes i will explain on array later on this blog.
4. Double-click on the one of the option box.
5. Type in this code. option1.(index). Caption

Where option is the name of your option box; in id the location of the array.

BELOW IS THE INTERFACE:



BELOW IS THE CODE FOR THE STOPWATCH:

Dim elapsed As Variant
Dim startTime As Variant
Dim today As Variant


Private Sub cmdend_Click()
Timer1.Enabled = False
today = Now
txtend.Text = Format(today, "hh:mm:ss")
elapsed = today - startTime
txtelapse.Text = Format(elapsed, "hh:mm:ss")

End Sub

Private Sub cmdstart_Click()
startTime = Now
txtstart.Text = Format(startTime, "hh:mm:ss")
Timer1.Enabled = True
End Sub

Private Sub Exit_Click()
End
End Sub


Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
today = Now
txtstart.Text = Format(today, "h:mm:ss")
End Sub

Below is the interface of the design:


below are the code for this:


Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
Dim calendar As Variant
calendar = Now
lblday.Caption = Format(calendar, "dddd")
lblmonth.Caption = Format(calendar, "mmmm")
lblnumber.Caption = Format(calendar)
lblyear.Caption = Format(calendar, "yyyy")
lbltime.Caption = Format(calendar, "hh:mm:ss ampm")
End Sub

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WEBPAGE AND WEBSITE

WEBPAGE: a webpage is an html document.

WEBSITE: a website is a combination of webpage, linking them together using <a> tag (anchor).

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HTML AND CSS

Html has to do is structure of the page. for example, an incomplete building, the building is there but there is no any decoration on it.  
while css has to do with the styling of the page. for example the paint, putting china windows, POP, of a house. this is an simple example of css.

tag is the opening and closing angle bracket < >.
element is every i.e the tag and what is between it e.g <h1>my first web</p>\

TYPE OF TAG

1. container tag 
2. self closing tag

container tag are tag that have opening and closing tag e.g <p> and</p >.
self closing tag are tag that stand on their own e.g <meta/>

note: every tag that is open must be close.

Some basic html tags

1.  <h1> to <h6> headings
2. <p> paragrah
3. <br> break: used to break to another line
4. <b> bold
5. <u> under line
6. <i> italics
7. <em> emphasis: make text italics inline
8. <strong> bold: used to bold  character inline
9. <hr> horizontal: draw horizontal line
10. <a> anchor: used when you want link to page
11.  <sup> superscript
12. <sub> subscript
13. <abbr> abbreviation: used when you want abbreviate word
14. <ul> unorder list
15. <ol> ordered list
16. <li> list
17. <q> used for block quotation
18. <blockquote> used for inline quotation
19. <cite> indicate site
20. <dfn> used when new word is introduced
21. <address> used when you want to put your email address
22. <ins> underline selected word
23. <del> cancel unwanted text
24. <s> cancel text that are block
25. <dl> definition list
26. <dt> definition terms
27. <dd>

html: hyper markup language.
head: title is a child of head. there are some certain element element that only function on the head tag  e.g <script> tag,<meta> tag etc.
title: is the title of the page. the name that appear on your browser tag.
body: every other thing will be done within the body tag.

FOR CHECK BOX

you can select as many option as you want using check box. below is how to use check box:

1. select check box
2. draw as many as you want
3. double-click on the on the checkbox and type 

if check1.value=checked then
check1.caption="checked"
else
check1.value="unchecked"
end if

Where check is the name of your checkbox

FOR COMBO BOX
  

1. double on your form and type in the following code

• combo1.AddItem "Borno"
• combo1.AddItem "Bauchi"
• combo1.AddItem "Benue"
• combo1.AddItem "Benin"

combo1. is the name of the combo box, AddItem tell the compiler that you want to add Item on combo box; and the name in quote are the Items added to the combo box.

try it and see for your self.

Tips on how to install wordpress

firstly you need a local server such xamm, wamp and so on. install the local server on your system.
then download a wordpress folder, or if you already follow the following steps:

1. Copy the wordpress folder
2. Open my computer
3. Open local dick (c:)
4. Open xammp folder
5. In the xammp folder open htdoc
6. paste your wordpress folder and rename to your choice
7. open your xammp app
8. start only Apache and mysql
9.  open your browser and type local/your wordpress folder's name (e.g localhost/wordpress)
10. setup configuration will appear , click on let's go
11. change only database to any name of your choice
12. open a new tab and type localhost/phpmyadmin on the address bar
13. select database at the top
14. input the same database name you used on the setup configuration then click create
15. go back to your setup configuration tap and click submit
16. input your site title
17. your user name should be root (it is most)
18. set your password and submit
19. click install

congratulations you are done with Wordpress installation

1. open a gmail account
2. click on google apps and then click on more
3. select blog
4. on the left hand of the your screen select new blog
5. input your blog title in the space provided for title
6. input your blog addreess under the title

note: your blog address will come with blog spot (e.g blogspot.example). this know as sup level domain. there is top level domain but it is not free; to used top level domain you register with domain server for your blog to use (address.com, address.ng).