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INFM603 Project Presentation

Scholars Web-Net provides web space for ARHU graduate students to host websites and interact. Learn about the system implementation, LDAP module activation, forum creation, and theme customization. Discover limitations, lessons learned, and more.

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INFM603 Project Presentation

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  1. INFM603 Project Presentation Jenny Wu Prachi Chhokar

  2. Goals • The goals of Scholars Web-Net are to: • provide a space for the ARHU graduate students, studying under various departments and colleges at ARHU to host their individual websites • allow ARHU graduate students to easily interact with each other, share project related work, help fellow students on similar projects

  3. Goal #1 - web space • login using UMD ID • profile creation • website management(theme)

  4. Goal #2 - interaction • contact sharing • activity sharing & discovery • forum module

  5. Work division Jenny • user need analysis/ requirements gathering • setting up & managing hosting space • managing mySQL databases & backend configurations • system testing Prachi • system implementation • system testing • module implementation and tweaking • theme implementation

  6. Implementation details Ldap module • Activate ldap module from the modules page. • Download ldap integration module from the website. • Activate the ldap module. • Create a server with the connection parameters. PHP code changes: • Automating the profile creation after ldap login. • Fetch the user id and create unique URL for each website. • scholarregister.pages.inc - default value ->$site_owner->name. Forum module • Enable forum form the modules list. • Create a forum container.

  7. Implementation details Theme (Layout front page) • Added university wrapper to the theme. • Html code generated by the UMD website.Code put under themes folder. Put under sites/all/theme/openscholar/openscholar_base/page.tpl.php • Removed the default video that appears on the front page. (openscolar_front.blocks.inc) • Changing Css files. openschoalr_default.css,openschoalr_base.cc Changes to views • openscholar_site (view changed) to display the Name of the scholar. • Removed the feature flag from the view. • Removed the site logo from the front page. Blocks • Edited content_top block. • Edited content_bottom block.

  8. Limitations Server Issues • Php memory limit (128M memory requirement) • File permissions changed everytime uploaded in the server • php max_execution_time error Database Issues • Clearing cache tables (when reloading the drupal environment) Buggy drupal-openscholar website • The latest versions come with some bugs that can created login issues No access to apache logs,php.ini etc • Not able to restore session of admin while logged in. However, same version works perfectly well on localhost. Could not separate out the drupal themes with openscholar themes

  9. Lessons learned • Newer isn't always the better • openscholar beta 11 vs beta 14 • Don't believe everything people say • inaccurate server requirements • Time is a precious asset • Sometimes you just need a fresh start • reinstalling system multiple times

  10. Questions?

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