Adding the management console
I said at the start of this project that we wouldn't need to write any HTML or CSS. That was a minor exaggeration; we'll have to build the management console page ourselves, but don't worry, we won't have to write much – most of what we'll display on the page will be created dynamically.
Prepare for Lift Off
Create a new HTML page based on our standard template file called console.html and save it in the simplex directory that we've been working in for this project. Next create a new script file called console.js and save it in the same folder. Lastly, create a new style sheet called console.css and save it in the css folder inside the simplex directory.
We should link to the new style sheet from the <head> of our new HTML page:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/console.css" />
We should also link to jQuery and our new script file at the bottom of the <body>:
<script src="../js/jquery-1.9.0.min.js"></script> <script src="console.js...
