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authoradmin <devnull@localhost>2006-10-21 21:44:22 +0200
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-rw-r--r--user_guide/overview/appflow.html2
-rw-r--r--user_guide/overview/at_a_glance.html24
-rw-r--r--user_guide/overview/features.html4
-rw-r--r--user_guide/overview/goals.html4
-rw-r--r--user_guide/overview/index.html2
-rw-r--r--user_guide/overview/mvc.html10
6 files changed, 23 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/user_guide/overview/appflow.html b/user_guide/overview/appflow.html
index a0ae1dee5..4b0d5d161 100644
--- a/user_guide/overview/appflow.html
+++ b/user_guide/overview/appflow.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
<script type="text/javascript" src="../nav/moo.fx.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = function() {
- myHeight = new fx.Height('nav', {duration: 400});
+ myHeight = new fx.Height('nav', {duration: 400});
myHeight.hide();
}
</script>
diff --git a/user_guide/overview/at_a_glance.html b/user_guide/overview/at_a_glance.html
index ad2a0e794..2ca15af62 100644
--- a/user_guide/overview/at_a_glance.html
+++ b/user_guide/overview/at_a_glance.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
<script type="text/javascript" src="../nav/moo.fx.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = function() {
- myHeight = new fx.Height('nav', {duration: 400});
+ myHeight = new fx.Height('nav', {duration: 400});
myHeight.hide();
}
</script>
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ What is Code Igniter?
<h2>Code Igniter is an Application Framework</h2>
-<p>Code Igniter is a toolkit for people who build web application using PHP. Its goal is to enable you to develop projects much faster than you could if you were writing code
+<p>Code Igniter is a toolkit for people who build web application using PHP. Its goal is to enable you to develop projects much faster than you could if you were writing code
from scratch, by providing a rich set of libraries for commonly needed tasks, as well as a simple interface and
-logical structure to access these libraries. Code Igniter lets you creatively focus on your project by
+logical structure to access these libraries. Code Igniter lets you creatively focus on your project by
minimizing the amount of code needed for a given task.</p>
<h2>Code Igniter is Free</h2>
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ For more information please read the <a href="../license.html">license agreement
<h2>Code Igniter Runs on PHP 4</h2>
-<p>Code Igniter is written to be compatible with PHP 4. Although we would have loved to take advantage of the better object handling
-in PHP 5 since it would have simplified some things we had to find creative solutions for (looking your way, multiple inheritance),
-at the time of this writing PHP 5 is not in widespread use, which means we would be alienating most of our
+<p>Code Igniter is written to be compatible with PHP 4. Although we would have loved to take advantage of the better object handling
+in PHP 5 since it would have simplified some things we had to find creative solutions for (looking your way, multiple inheritance),
+at the time of this writing PHP 5 is not in widespread use, which means we would be alienating most of our
potential audience. Major OS vendors like RedHat have yet to support PHP 5, and they are unlikely to do so until 2007, so
we felt that it did not serve the best interests of the PHP community to write Code Igniter in PHP 5.</p>
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ is very lean and quite fast.
This is particularly good for projects in which designers are working with your template files, as the code these file contain will be minimized. We describe MVC in more detail on its own page.</p>
<h2>Code Igniter Generates Clean URLs</h2>
-<p>The URLs generated by Code Igniter are clean and search-engine friendly. Rather than using the standard "query string"
+<p>The URLs generated by Code Igniter are clean and search-engine friendly. Rather than using the standard "query string"
approach to URLs that is synonymous with dynamic systems, Code Igniter uses a segment-based approach:</p>
<code>www.your-site.com/<var>news</var>/<dfn>article</dfn>/<samp>345</samp></code>
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ approach to URLs that is synonymous with dynamic systems, Code Igniter uses a se
<p>Note: By default the index.php file is included in the URL but it can be removed using a simple .htaccess file.</p>
<h2>Code Igniter Packs a Punch</h2>
-<p>Code Igniter comes with a very nice set of libraries that enable the most commonly needed web development tasks,
+<p>Code Igniter comes with a very nice set of libraries that enable the most commonly needed web development tasks,
like accessing a database, sending email, validating form data, maintaining sessions, manipulating images, working with XML-RPC data and more.</p>
<h2>Code Igniter is Extensible</h2>
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ like accessing a database, sending email, validating form data, maintaining sess
<h2>Code Igniter Does Not Require a Template Engine</h2>
<p>Although Code Igniter <em>does</em> come with a simple template parser that can be optionally used, it does not force you to use one.
-Template engines simply can not match the performance of native PHP, and the syntax that must be learned to use a template
+Template engines simply can not match the performance of native PHP, and the syntax that must be learned to use a template
engine is usually only marginally easier than learning the basics of PHP. Consider this block of PHP code:</p>
<code>&lt;ul><br />
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ engine is usually only marginally easier than learning the basics of PHP. Consi
<code>&lt;ul><br />
<br />
-{foreach from=$addressbook item="name"}<br />
+{foreach from=$addressbook item="name"}<br />
<br />
&lt;li>{$name}&lt;/li><br />
<br />
@@ -141,13 +141,13 @@ engine is usually only marginally easier than learning the basics of PHP. Consi
<br />
&lt;/ul></code>
-<p>Yes, the template engine example is a bit cleaner, but it comes at the price of performance, as the pseudo-code must be converted
+<p>Yes, the template engine example is a bit cleaner, but it comes at the price of performance, as the pseudo-code must be converted
back into PHP to run. Since one of our goals is <em>maximum performance</em>, we opted to not require the use of a template engine.</p>
<h2>Code Igniter is Thoroughly Documented</h2>
<p>Programmers love to code and hate to write documentation. We're no different, of course, but
-since documentation is <strong>as important</strong> as the code itself,
+since documentation is <strong>as important</strong> as the code itself,
we are committed to doing it. Our source code is extremely clean and well commented as well.</p>
diff --git a/user_guide/overview/features.html b/user_guide/overview/features.html
index 4e013f50d..0d4fdffc8 100644
--- a/user_guide/overview/features.html
+++ b/user_guide/overview/features.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
<script type="text/javascript" src="../nav/moo.fx.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = function() {
- myHeight = new fx.Height('nav', {duration: 400});
+ myHeight = new fx.Height('nav', {duration: 400});
myHeight.hide();
}
</script>
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Features
<p>Features in and of themselves are a very poor way to judge an application since they tell you nothing
about the user experience, or how intuitively or intelligently it is designed. Features
don't reveal anything about the quality of the code, or the performance, or the attention to detail, or security practices.
-The only way to really judge an app is to try it and get to know the code. <a href="../installation/">Installing</a>
+The only way to really judge an app is to try it and get to know the code. <a href="../installation/">Installing</a>
Code Igniter is child's play so we encourage you to do just that. In the mean time here's a list of Code Igniter's main features.</p>
<ul>
diff --git a/user_guide/overview/goals.html b/user_guide/overview/goals.html
index 97d0774ed..c5bf9bafc 100644
--- a/user_guide/overview/goals.html
+++ b/user_guide/overview/goals.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
<script type="text/javascript" src="../nav/moo.fx.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = function() {
- myHeight = new fx.Height('nav', {duration: 400});
+ myHeight = new fx.Height('nav', {duration: 400});
myHeight.hide();
}
</script>
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Goals
<p>Our goal for Code Igniter is <dfn>maximum performance, capability, and flexibility in the smallest, lightest possible package</dfn>.</p>
-<p>To meet this goal we are committed to benchmarking, re-factoring, and simplifying at every step of the development process,
+<p>To meet this goal we are committed to benchmarking, re-factoring, and simplifying at every step of the development process,
rejecting anything that doesn't further the stated objective.</p>
<p>From an technical and architectural standpoint, Code Igniter was created with the following objectives:</p>
diff --git a/user_guide/overview/index.html b/user_guide/overview/index.html
index 83a59f769..beaaa47b4 100644
--- a/user_guide/overview/index.html
+++ b/user_guide/overview/index.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
<script type="text/javascript" src="../nav/moo.fx.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = function() {
- myHeight = new fx.Height('nav', {duration: 400});
+ myHeight = new fx.Height('nav', {duration: 400});
myHeight.hide();
}
</script>
diff --git a/user_guide/overview/mvc.html b/user_guide/overview/mvc.html
index 0f5fbe89b..3d577e902 100644
--- a/user_guide/overview/mvc.html
+++ b/user_guide/overview/mvc.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
<script type="text/javascript" src="../nav/moo.fx.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = function() {
- myHeight = new fx.Height('nav', {duration: 400});
+ myHeight = new fx.Height('nav', {duration: 400});
myHeight.hide();
}
</script>
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ MVC
<h1>Model-View-Controller</h1>
-<p>Code Igniter is based on the Model-View-Controller development pattern.
+<p>Code Igniter is based on the Model-View-Controller development pattern.
MVC is a software approach that separates application logic from presentation. In practice, it permits your web pages to contain minimal scripting since the presentation is separate from the PHP scripting.</p>
<ul>
-<li>The <strong>Model</strong> represents your data structures. Typically your model classes will contains functions that help you
+<li>The <strong>Model</strong> represents your data structures. Typically your model classes will contains functions that help you
retrieve, insert, and update information in your your database.</li>
<li>The <strong>View</strong> is the information that is being presented to a user. A View will normally be a web page, but
in Code Igniter, a view can also be a page fragment like a header or footer. It can also be an RSS page, or any other type of "page".</li>
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ and any other resources needed to process the HTTP request and generate a web pa
</ul>
-<p>Code Igniter has a fairly loose approach to MVC since Models are not required.
+<p>Code Igniter has a fairly loose approach to MVC since Models are not required.
If you don't need the added separation, or find that maintaining models requires more complexity than you
-want, you can ignore them and build your application minimally using Controllers and Views. Code Igniter also
+want, you can ignore them and build your application minimally using Controllers and Views. Code Igniter also
enables you to incorporate your own existing scripts, or even develop core libraries for the system,
enabling you to work in a way that makes the most sense to you.</p>