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

UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012 Team Members Team Members: Koushic Babu Thirukonda Surendran Neeraj Jadhav Krishna Sravanthi Tatta Instructor Dr.Kwok Bun Yue Mentor Mr.Dilhar De Silva UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012

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 UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012

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 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 UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012

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

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

UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012 Drupal Flow UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012

Drupal Modules Important Modules Used 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 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 UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012

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

UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012 Views UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012

UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012 Search Keyword Search Faceted Search Filter Search UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012

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

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

Vocabularies and terms UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012

UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012 Drupal Cron Jobs 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 UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012

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 UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012

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 UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012

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 UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012

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/ UHCL Capstone Team #10 Spring 2012