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Project Name: World Idea Sharing
Client
The objective of the website as visualized by Client, in the first phase is to provide an online community that uses social bookmarking to aggregate the associations of words. The basic scope includes the abilities: User login, searching, and tagging.
Why STPL?
  • STPL has had extensive experience in developing applications for Social Networking websites.
  • STPL also has had experience in developing algorithms and analyzing trends and data being generated on an application like this.
  • Client found STPL’s experience particularly appropriate for the application he had visualized.
Project Overview


Various functionalities/modules of the Project are given below –

1. Modules:

Home Page
  • Login
  • Forgot Password (directs to forgot password page)
  • Registration (directs to registration page)
  • Search (directs to results page)
  • Display number of members and thoughts shared
  • Links to static pages like 'About Us', 'Blog' etc
  • Display user name, sign out link after logging in
Upon logging in the user will eventually be directed to their unique 'Conversation Board' page. This page will include the dashboard.

Results Page


This screenshot separates the results page into three areas. The area on the left is used for searching, the center for results and clarifying, and the right area for segmenting the results.

Share Thoughts page:

Features

  • Search
  • Similar Ideas (Ideas sharing same name)
    • Other Options
      1. Add an Idea (Opens a pop up window to add a new Idea)
      2. Send us a message (Opens a pop up window to send a message to one of the admin account)
  • Results in three columnar table format with a clickable button like look on each result
  • Scan results
  • Add a new thought (A new linked thought can be added)
  • Agree with multiple thoughts which can be selected from results and posted from right panel
  • Display user name, sign out link if logged in
  • Links to different pages of the site like Search, My Thoughts etc.
  • Links to static pages like 'About Us', 'Blog' etc
  • Whinim logo at the top left is linked to Index Page
  • Ajax feature (for searching, Referring to something else)
  • Sign out
Challenges
It has been very challenging building this site.

1. For certain ideas the number of recorded associations exceed the space of the Results
    area.
2. Popular links should be slightly favored and should suppress junk ideas in the Results
    area.
Solution
These are the solutions provided for above challenges.

1. An algorithm was generated to manage which associations are listed. Initially this was
    simply a randomized selection of links. Algorithm determines which results to display.
2. An algorithm was built to slightly favor popular links, and gradually suppress junk ideas
    are determined by links that are not endorsed by other users.
Technology Used
  • . NET FRAMEWORK 2.0
  • ASP.NET 2.0
  • C# 2.0
  • XHTML
  • CSS
  • IIS 6.0
  • Scripting Languages - JavaScript, VB Script
  • Database - SQL Server 2005
  • Web Services - Google API
  • Testing Tools - QTP 9.2, Dev Partner

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