Website Update

Last Wednesday we set up the hosting with Dreamhost and installed Joomla with Ashley's help (Thanks, Again!).  We had some trouble logging into the administrator backend, but I finally figured out what the problem was.  Right now, we've got the site running but with a message that it is under construction. 

I need to add more admins and start working with templates and content. Also, this week I would like to have a basic layout set so that we are ready to add content and start working with the extensions.  Betty requested a mapping feature similar Google maps module on the Holyoke Unites site. Also, Betty wants to have a slideshow on the front page. If anyone has any suggestions for best modules to use, your advice is appreciated. 

Hope all is well, 

Dave

Meeting with Betty

Our group met with Betty on Friday and were able to get a lot of valuable information. She said that she was very satisfied with our proposal and is excited to get started. We also received some encouraging news regarding our training of the employees at Enlace. She said that americorps is going to provide them with a tech who will be able to train and support them with microsoft access. This takes some of the burden off of us to teach them how to use the database that we design. Also we have a very good understanding of what she would like for the website. She was very specific about what it was she was looking for which will make it easier for the group to design. Also for the database she is going to be in touch us because she is meeting with some one who is going to provide us with exactly what she is looking for in the database. We are currently waiting to hear back from her and will provide an update as soon as we hear back.

Group Meeting

Our group met for the first time today after break. We discussed what we had learned over break, we each spent time learning joomla and Microsoft access. We feel that we have all gathered enough information on these two pieces of software to jump in and begin working immediately. We have split up our group into teams Ansari and myself will be working on the database using Microsoft Access. Dave and Katie will be working with joomla for the website. These groups of course are not permanent we will all be working on both projects and help out each other as much as possible.
We come up with a tentative schedule for now until the end of the semester with a week by week breakdown of what our two mini groups will be doing. For this first week we will filter through the current information we gathered from last semester and start planning how our information will be used in the database and the website. With our current schedule if everything goes according to plan we should have about two weeks at the end to troubleshoot. Also we have planned for a buffer week at the end for anything that may occur during the semester that may push our schedule back.