Re-Designing a Company Website: Creating a Website Administration
Clancy, Tadhg (2009)
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-200911205775
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-200911205775
Tiivistelmä
The goal of the final year project was to redesign a website Liikkunen.fi for the company Liikkunen, so that the owner could maintain the site. The existing site was developed with VBScript, therefore for updates to precede one needed to have knowledge of VBScript.
The solution was a redesigned, PHP and MySQL based site with an administration area. The site was completely redesigned so that the layout would be clearer and consequently the user could navigate more easily. Problems were encountered with regular expressions for names and also for converting the site into Unicode; both problems were solved so a satisfactory level where the site operates without hindrance. The administration area allows the owner to add, modify and delete the site content without having to search or pay for a third party’s involvement. It also lists the company’s customers and all their details in manageable lists. The main problem found was comparing Scandinavian letters in queries such as ‘ä’ to ‘ä’. Only by converting the page format and the character encoding to UTF-8 was the desired outcome attained.
Encoding the site from scratch may have been made easier by using a prebuilt system such as a content management system (CMS). However the site posed a challenge and the owner is satisfied with it. One change that could have been made would be to include the course date for the registration. This would enable sorting through the course name and course date. Furthermore it would have made it easier for the owner as there would not have to be a new course made to accommodate the second or third dates for a course and its registration. The site could also be further developed so that the owner could create their own links and develop new pages for their site.
The solution was a redesigned, PHP and MySQL based site with an administration area. The site was completely redesigned so that the layout would be clearer and consequently the user could navigate more easily. Problems were encountered with regular expressions for names and also for converting the site into Unicode; both problems were solved so a satisfactory level where the site operates without hindrance. The administration area allows the owner to add, modify and delete the site content without having to search or pay for a third party’s involvement. It also lists the company’s customers and all their details in manageable lists. The main problem found was comparing Scandinavian letters in queries such as ‘ä’ to ‘ä’. Only by converting the page format and the character encoding to UTF-8 was the desired outcome attained.
Encoding the site from scratch may have been made easier by using a prebuilt system such as a content management system (CMS). However the site posed a challenge and the owner is satisfied with it. One change that could have been made would be to include the course date for the registration. This would enable sorting through the course name and course date. Furthermore it would have made it easier for the owner as there would not have to be a new course made to accommodate the second or third dates for a course and its registration. The site could also be further developed so that the owner could create their own links and develop new pages for their site.