project stuff

I have almost all of the software completed. I’m working on the reports for Ester now and so far I have the reports working to view online but not on excel. I still am not sure if I have gotten all of the bugs out of the software. I tried over the weekend to go and make for that all the fields only took the proper input that was expected but there is always the chance that I missed a few.Login Page

So Prof. Davies was able to solve the problem I was having, it was just something really simple that I just couldn’t see because I was looking at the code too much. That the answer I’m going with and not the fact I may be retarded. After that I was able to get the confirm appointment page working and now a consultant can enter a date and time for each requested appointment. For the consultants I have a page that list all their confirmed appointments and when the date matches the current date, a link appears allowing them to complete a feedback form for the session. I will have the same type of setup for the students. I believe this was the best way to keep someone from filling out the form before actually going through at consultation. After I finish coding the student side of this I should be about 90% done. All that will be left is to generate the stats for the reports Ester needs to create at the end of each semester and to clean up the code and to do some error checking. I know that some of the fields right now are meant to be integers only but will accept characters right now, so I need to fix those. I had planned on changing the overall look of the site but I actually like the simple look of it but I may add a few things to the design.  I’m going to show the work I have done so far to Ester and her staff on Wednesday, so they can get a look at what they might be working with in the fall.  I also am trying to set up an appointment with that Patrick dude about the BLCS stuff for Prof. Rotter, but we can’t seem to pick a time that works.

I feel like I still haven’t adjusted to the time change yet or something.  I have the Consultant feedback form up, however it is still in test mode.  I am still having a problem with actually confirming the appointment though.  The update to the database doesn’t seem to be working but I can’t figure out why.  I asked Davis if he could check out my code and I’m waiting to hear back from him.  Once I get that working I’ll be able to add a button to the list of confirmed appointments on the Consultant’s main page.  Once I get this portion working properly I’ll be able to add the students feedback form with easy I believe.  I think I will have the students feedback form only appear on the actually date of their session, this way they do not fill out the form prior to the session.  If they have any appointments with the speaking center, a list of their confirmed appoints will be displayed just to remind them.

I honestly have not touched any of my code since the Thursday before spring break. I did talk with the speaking center, before I left for Europe, about how the handle a session if the consultant can not make it. The girl said that they rarely cancel a session and usually are able to find another consultant to fill the spot. I think I’m going to have it to where all consultants will be able to switch staff members for appointments in the database but to do this they will need a special password to confirm the switch. The password I trying to have be random and come from Ester Yook, so that staff members will not be able to change appointments already confirmed at will. I’m currently working on the code for the speaking center part of the appointment confirmation, where they confirm the appointment and attach a consultant to each requested appointment. Once done the appointment will only appear in for the student that requested the appointment and for the consultant assigned to it.

Some photos from my trip to Slovakia, Austria and Hungary.

Bojnice Castle — Bojnice, Slovakia

Heroes’ Square — Budapest, Hungary

Pallas Athena Statue — Vienna, Austria

Our 1st hostel had a Cuban communist themed bar and the second one had a “hostel movie” themed bar.

Propaganda Club — Mlada Garda Bratislava, Slovakia

Possonium Bar — Possonium Hostel Bratislava, Slovakia

***Forgot to actually publish this when I wrote it.***

I have add the form for a student to request an appointment.  They need to provide course name, building course is in, speech length, prof. name, prof. email, and three choice for there preferred appointment time.  After submitting the form an email will automatically be sent to the speaking center with the included information.  From there the staff at the speaking center will handle actually checking for open slots in their schedule and confirm the appointment with the student.  When a consultant signs into the system, they will have an option to confirm appointments.  Here a list will be generated with all the students who have requested an appointment.  From there the consultant will be able to click on individual rows and confirm the appointment, which will include add the name of the consultant that will handle the session.  Once this is done the database will change a variable in the database to acknowledge the appointment has been confirmed and then appointment information will be available for both the student and consultant to fill out an feedback form on the session.  I’m currently working on confirming individual appointments and then will get the feedback forms up and running.

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I have the user login and registration forms working for the Speaking Center. Here is the link . I have the registration set up to automatically add the user as a student into the database. The software checks to make sure that all the forms for the registration are filled out. Next the software checks to make sure that user name (network ID) is not already in the system and finally if the ID is not in the system, the software checks to ensure that the passwords provided are the same. If all the forms are filled out correctly once the user clicks the submit button an email is sent to the user’s UMW account stating that they have been added to the system. Immediately after registering, the user is able to sign into the software. After login there is not really anything for the user to do at the moment. The design of the site is also still very basic, I’m not really sure what I want the overall look to be yet.

The charger on my laptop died this weekend leaving laptop nothing more than a paper weight and I have also been fighting the flu since Friday, so my progress has been halted a bit.   I’m currently writing this from my phone, so this post may be short.

I started change the PHP files for Marcel Rotter for the software Team SmackABaby designed for him.  I’m include a storage.php file in all the PHP code so that the IT people can hopefully edit the software easier.  I’ll add more detail once my charger arrives and after check the Fedex website, should be tomorrow around 10.

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I met with Esther Yook today to discuss the software for the Speaking Center. I showed her the current site for the software and discussed with her some of the changes that I felt should be made. Here is a link to the site: Speaking Center Software . If any of y’all could take a look at the current version and let me know if y’all see any problems or any suggestions you have would be appreciated. I also spoke with Yook concerning storing the database on their server rather than build it on rosemary and then transferring it over, just encase some errors arise in the transfer. There was also some doubt on whom is responsible for actually integrating the software on the actually website. Yook also informed me that Jerry Slezak is taking Jim Groom’s position and that she will email him concern building the database on the correct server and the other technical questions I had. Yook will be e-mailing me the list of employees and their availability so I can begin to set up the database for the software. While I am waiting I’ve been reading different sites on setting up some type of schedule / appointment model using Mysql, PHP and probably JavaScript. I would like the calendar to display by week and list the slots in the schedule still available for students. Yook mention that she is the the most tech savy person, so I’m trying to keep the overall user interface for the database as simple as possible while still preforming the needed functions.
On a side note I made a bet with my friend Ashely ( aka Dolly) on the Super Bowl. She was for sure the Patriots would win, but I chose the underdogs, the Giants, and in the last few minutes they pulled it off and won. So now I get to pick the prize, I’m only looking to slight humiliate her, nothing degrading or anything. So if anyone has any ideas let me know.

This chick got the lyrics from Journey tattooed on her ribs, so I can’t be too mean to her cause the tattoo is awesome.

Later

While I have a good idea of what exactly I want to change and add to the current software for the speaking center, I’m waiting until I meet up with Esther Yook before changing too much. I want to get her opinion on the current software and see what likes and dislikes about it. I also have a few questions I need to ask her so I have an idea about how to go about updating the software. I’m currently waiting for a response from her to set up a meeting this week. Other than that I’m stoked Novak Djokovic won the Australian Open.

Just a video of Djokovic impersonating some other players.