So im starting to put a few bits and bobs onto my blogs now so I can share with others what progress ive made and try and get some feedback of peers so please feel free to comment on anything!!
Here is my power point prototype version 1!!
Im now starting to look into more detail what the users will need to update and trying to design a user friendly form for this
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Friday, 23 October 2009
CMS PROGRESS
Well my cms progress appears to be abit scattered at the moment as theres so much to do im trying to work out what bit to start first, where most of the time and effort is going to be needed and get some structure to my to do list!
This week ive mainly looked a bit at every different section rather than starting at each so I have a rough idea what I need to for each section.
The visual design im not too worried about so I havent looked much into this as I feel this is one of my strong points and wont take as much self learning or time!!
The UCD - I have started to put together a prototype, I've made it on powerpoint as its easy to make a button hyperlink to another slide and you can present the interactivity between the user and the site easily. I will put this online soon and provide the blog with a link. When making this prototype the first thing I realised was the CMS is going to run on the private side of the site however there is also a public side of the site that will also need to be designed and looked at in detail.. I have decided to leave this section until the end of project as my main scope and personal aim is to get the cms side of the site working as this is what I will be marked on and what will take the most time, so I will use image and text holders for the public page until everything else is complete and then if there is time left over or after the project I will work on this.
Technical side -
How do I get started.. what template to use??
I have decided to use the same template I have used in many php project because I am familiar with the layout and how to set about working around it.
Therefore I have used the same template I used last year in many projects and you can see this here. This is currently where I am playing around with code and trying to get the basics going such as search bar, list of companies once added to the database etc.
Generally -
In general I am happy with the progress although I feel it needs more structure such as a to do list.
step 1. this
step 2. this etc.
I will be working more on this tommorrow where I am going to look at the list of objectives where I want to be at the end of november and set up a monthly plan so I can get cracking!!
I am also going to be setting a time at the end of each week where I will be writing up on the report this way I shouldn't get too carried away with the designing!!
This week ive mainly looked a bit at every different section rather than starting at each so I have a rough idea what I need to for each section.
The visual design im not too worried about so I havent looked much into this as I feel this is one of my strong points and wont take as much self learning or time!!
The UCD - I have started to put together a prototype, I've made it on powerpoint as its easy to make a button hyperlink to another slide and you can present the interactivity between the user and the site easily. I will put this online soon and provide the blog with a link. When making this prototype the first thing I realised was the CMS is going to run on the private side of the site however there is also a public side of the site that will also need to be designed and looked at in detail.. I have decided to leave this section until the end of project as my main scope and personal aim is to get the cms side of the site working as this is what I will be marked on and what will take the most time, so I will use image and text holders for the public page until everything else is complete and then if there is time left over or after the project I will work on this.
Technical side -
How do I get started.. what template to use??
I have decided to use the same template I have used in many php project because I am familiar with the layout and how to set about working around it.
Therefore I have used the same template I used last year in many projects and you can see this here. This is currently where I am playing around with code and trying to get the basics going such as search bar, list of companies once added to the database etc.
Generally -
In general I am happy with the progress although I feel it needs more structure such as a to do list.
step 1. this
step 2. this etc.
I will be working more on this tommorrow where I am going to look at the list of objectives where I want to be at the end of november and set up a monthly plan so I can get cracking!!
I am also going to be setting a time at the end of each week where I will be writing up on the report this way I shouldn't get too carried away with the designing!!
Monday, 5 October 2009
first blog
Today I have started my blog for year 3 project which I have chosen to build a simple CMS for a building estate website. The CMS will be a big learning curve for me and I feel it will help develop my back end skills, such as PHP, MySql etc.
My cms will be for a building estate which has 20+ companies on them and I will use Dawkins Estate for my project as I have already been approached by one of the companies to try and create this idea. The site will allow the companies to communicate with each other on the website upload their business details and let everybody know what they can do for each other and improve networking on the estate. It will also give security/police the ability to post private messages to all companies on any recent crime or suspicious activities happening in the local area.
To do this I will need to have a user log in area and on here the companies admin can upload recent new etc, photo's if needed or message other companies.
My cms will be for a building estate which has 20+ companies on them and I will use Dawkins Estate for my project as I have already been approached by one of the companies to try and create this idea. The site will allow the companies to communicate with each other on the website upload their business details and let everybody know what they can do for each other and improve networking on the estate. It will also give security/police the ability to post private messages to all companies on any recent crime or suspicious activities happening in the local area.
To do this I will need to have a user log in area and on here the companies admin can upload recent new etc, photo's if needed or message other companies.
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