Monday 6 September 2010

long time catch up

It's been a long time since I posted anything, but the system is now ready to be put into operation. The intention was to develop a prototype that can later be worked on and developed, and that is what I intend to do until someone takes over. there is now an application for adding data to an underlying database, there is error checking on the web form as it is input. There are new images, I've re-worded the procrastination option finally with a smooth "cooling off". the slider couldn't be implemented yet so radio buttons are there in place, and there's a Dundee logo at the top. there's also a thank you page that is shown as soon as the data is saved to a file.

There's also a basic description of what ILS spaces are, and I've re-worded much of the form.

When I install the application to more pc's I'm going to do many things. I'm going to hide the base files, add some password protection if possible and continue to improve the security on the Application.

Right now the way to view data is through the phpMyAdmin page, and if I had time I was going to write another small application for viewing the data, but again I believe phpmyadmin to be suitable for now. This week and probably the week after I'll be installing the data gathering tools to PC's, setting up fancy ways to get people looking at the feedback form, and tomorrow /today I have a demonstration with many of the people that have been involved in the project, to present my work.

my list of small worries about the form just now are:
Having the ILS logo at the top next to Dundee logo?
Auto-deleting files once added to database? problem if recording files fails.
info about where results will be posted on the thank you screen
not sure on order of questions
Other activity text too drastic?