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UHCL Capstone Project Team #10 Final Presentation 05/01/2012

Drupal based Scholarship Application. UHCL Capstone Project Team #10 Final Presentation 05/01/2012. Team Members. Team Members: Koushic Babu Thirukonda Surendran Neeraj Jadhav Krishna Sravanthi Tatta Instructor Dr.Kwok Bun Yue Mentor Mr.Dilhar De Silva.

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UHCL Capstone Project Team #10 Final Presentation 05/01/2012

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  1. UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012 Drupal based Scholarship Application UHCL Capstone Project Team #10 Final Presentation 05/01/2012

  2. UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012 Team Members • Team Members: KoushicBabuThirukondaSurendran Neeraj Jadhav Krishna SravanthiTatta • Instructor Dr.Kwok Bun Yue • Mentor Mr.Dilhar De Silva

  3. UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012 Koushic Babu Thirukonda Abstract Problems with Existing Systems Content Management System Search Apache Solr Apache Solr Integration Taxonomy Neeraj Jadhav Krishna Sravanthi Tatta Problems faced Lessons Learned Future Enhancements Conclusion

  4. UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012 Goal of the project • The overall goal is to create a content management based web application that will assist the college students to plan early and take control of their educational and financial future

  5. UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012 Problems with existing systems • Less search optimization to refine the scholarships • Lengthy registration process • Broken links to the scholarship website • No proper alert notification to the users • Irrelevant information Solution is MyFuPa

  6. UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012 Content Management System END USER PUBLISHER Database

  7. UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012 Comparison of CMS

  8. UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012 Drupal Flow

  9. UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012 Drupal Modules • Modules are add-ons for the Drupal CMS • The primary function of modules is to extend the core feature list of Drupal Important Modules Used • Content Construction Kit • Views • Apache Solr Search Integration • Taxonomy

  10. UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012 Content Construction Kit (CCK) Basic Node Properties Type Title Body Author Publish State Content Construction Kit Text Fields Text Area Checkboxes/Radio Buttons Links Date and Time Customized Content Types Scholarship Articles Financial Articles Shopping Articles

  11. UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012 …continued

  12. UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012 Views New View Created

  13. UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012 Views

  14. UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012 Search • Keyword Search • Faceted Search • Filter Search

  15. UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012 Apache Solr Search Integration • Provides keyword search • Also provides Faceted Search

  16. Taxonomy UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012 • Optional core module • Helps categorizing contents based on taxonomy terms • Used for filtering content that will enhance the search

  17. Vocabularies and terms UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012

  18. Drupal Cron Jobs UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012 Site maintenance tasks Modules Check for internal and external broken links using linkchecker module Site indexing by search module Check for Modules and Libraries updates

  19. UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012 Challenges Faced • Selecting Drupal version • Developing Website UI • Replacing default Drupal search with Apache Solr • Integration of Apache Solr search to Views • Align search filters to fit our theme

  20. UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012 Lessons Learnt • How CMS works • Creating a website using Drupal • Choosing right Drupal modules to fit the requirements • Interacting with the end clients • How software development process works in real world

  21. UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012 Future Enhancements • Adding video tutorials and advising for financial management • Displaying news and advertisements blocks for commercial purpose • Automate the content selection and upload process • Enhancing shopping functionality of the site

  22. UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012 References • Douglas R.2007.Apache Solr Search Integration [Internet].Drupal; 2007 [cited 2012 Mar 18]. Available from: http://drupal.org/project/apachesolr • Firepug.2002.Organizing content with taxonomy [Internet].Drupal; 2002 [cited 2012 Mar 22]. Available from: http://drupal.org/documentation/modules/taxonomy • Merlinofchaos.2005.Views [Internet].Drupal; 2005 [cited 2012 Mar 20]. Available from: http://drupal.org/project/views • Yched.2006.Content construction kit [Internet].Drupal; 2006 [cited 2012 Mar 11]. Available from: http://drupal.org/project/cck • Apache solr [Internet].The apache software foundation; c2011 [cited 2012 Apr 02]. Available from: http://lucene.apache.org/solr • Drupal [Internet]. Drupal; 2001 [cited 2012 Feb 18]. Available from: http://drupal.org/

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