| Project Case Study - Control Systems Association - CMS Portal |
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| The client was looking in development of this project to redesign a database driven dynamic updating of the existing site including migration of existing content on the site to the new site design and provision of adequate documentation to facilitate adoption of the new application within the organization. |
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| Project Description |
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| The overall purpose of the project was to redesign a database driven dynamic version of the existing site including migration of existing content on the site to the new site design and provision of adequate documentation to facilitate adoption of the new application within the organization. In summary, at a technical level, it was largely a comprehensive content management system with role based access rights and user forums. |
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| When a site visitor comes to site he can view ABOUT section of CLIENT site which reveals general information of this council. It also provides information about CLIENT officers and Directors, archive of CLIENT Minutes, Agenda, Attachments and Other documents. Then it explains about CLIENT Committees. It also explains about CLIENT constitution and By Laws. History of CLIENT was also present in one section. CLIENT policies and reimbursement form was also available to download. |
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| Awards section explains General Information about CLIENT awards and different awards winner from archive like Bellman, Control Practice, ECKMAN, RAGAZZINI, and SCHUCK. |
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| The CLIENT (hereafter referred as CLIENT) was the US National Member organization of the international federation of automatic control and an association of the control systems divisions of eight member societies namely AIAA, AIChE, AISE, ASCE, ASME, CLIENT, ISA, and SCS. |
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| Capability Analysis |
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| Application is divided in two parts. One was the front end site that was accessible to the members based on access rights and the second was the admin panel where the super user or a few select managers can control the content of the site as well as track the communication among members and between the members and the society. |
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| The front end site requires the following capabilities from the view point of a site visitor as per the RFP: |
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Cross browser compatibility was supported for a consistent look and feel of the site across browsers necessitating use of only basic HTML and JavaScript capabilities that are common to most popular browsers like IE or Netscape or MOZILLA or FIREFOX, so that users can comfortably see the site on windows, Macintosh or Linux clients. |
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Display Links on top bar and side navigation bar each leading to an index of contents, which can be clicked to view the details including text and graphics as per the context |
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Ability of members to register and login on the site to see a "My Account Page", where a specific member can send offline messages to other members or participate in discussions on open forums |
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All content could be indexed and classified as per the committee structure into which members are organized. Hence private and public committee forums and custom micro communities of members who wish to form a group (both public / private) was supported |
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Members can sign-up for a newsletter in one or more of the specified categories |
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All dynamic features of the site was supported with a wizard based help navigation |
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Each page of the site was allow a user to forward the HTML content by e-mail to a friend or to own e-mail ID provided at the time of registration |
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Home page of the site can have a featured section or an opinion poll or recent news or highlights that the site visitors was notice upon opening the site. |
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There was a my favorites menu for each members, where the members can add certain links of the site to a list and use this list to reach those links quickly |
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There was a suggestion box, where members can fill a form and give their ideas for improvement |
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There was an inquiry form where the casual site visitor can ask a question and specify an e-mail ID on which a reply can be sent, if required |
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| The following capabilities based on granted access privileges in the administration part of the site: |
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Ability to register and sign-up |
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Ability to delete any objectionable content in forums, if any such issue arises and in case there was a complaint |
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Ability view and respond to messages from members or groups or committees |
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Ability to define a newsletter by choosing a template and uploading text and images |
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Ability to define a workflow among editors to edit and finalize a newsletter |
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Ability to create multiple newsletters classified by category |
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Ability to define a survey and view survey results, which can then be published on the main site in the survey or opinion poll channel of the site |
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Ability to define the content of the header graphic or side graphic or logo or background image on the site and define a workflow among editors for editing and final approval of content changes |
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Ability to define new topics for general, and committee specific |
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Ability to allocate members to various committees with any member belonging to one or more committees |
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Ability to define the links and sub index in top bar and side navigation bar and provision of text and graphic content for each of the links and sub links using a content management tool |
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Editor rights can vary as per the privileges defined by the site administrator |
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| The site administrator has a master login for the administration area of the site and has the following capabilities: |
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Approve registration of members, committees and editors |
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Define access privileges for editors |
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Define workflow for editing and approval of content among editors related to site content or polls or newsletters |
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Define and edit featured articles, highlights or recent news that appear on the home page |
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All rights provided to editors |
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Ability to do a shadow login and view the site like any specific member or editor to validate access privileges |
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Administration of messages, inquiries or suggestions and ability to edit the profile or access password / access privileges of any member or editor |
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| Technology Architecture |
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| We intend to use basic centralized web architecture with a Linux Server running MYSQL 4 and Apache as web server with PHP 4 as server side scripts. If CLIENT technology preference was to use CGI scripts written in Perl, we are open to that possibility as well. Cross browser compatibility a key consideration in HTML and JavaScript compatibility to level 4 of HTML as per W3C guidelines. |
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Apache Web Server running on Linux
Web Technologies
PHP 4.0, HTML 4.0, Javascript
OpenSource Tools
FCKEditor, phpbb forums
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Web Based Client - Server Model |
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| Tangible Benefits |
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| All content has indexed and classified as per the committee structure into which members are organized. Hence private and public committee forums and custom micro communities of members who wish to form a group (both public / private) has supported |
| Enabled with a suggestion box, where members can fill a form and give their ideas for improvement. & an inquiry form where the casual site visitor can ask a question and specify an e-mail ID on which a reply can be sent, if required |
| Administration messages, inquiries or suggestions and have ability to edit the profile or access password / access privileges of any member or editor. |
| This application has featured with Cross browser compatibility that are common to most popular browsers like IE or Netscape or MOZILLA or FIREFOX, so that users can comfortably see the site on windows, Macintosh or Linux clients. |
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