A synopsis on “Online Services” to understand how to design a Website was submitted by Roshan Khushal Bhishnurkar (from Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering, Research and Technology, Chandrapur) to extrudesign.com.
Introduction
The “Online Services“ website has been developed to override the problems prevailing in the practising managing system. This website is supported to eliminate and in some cases reduced the hardships faced by this existing system.
This Online Services website is designed to fulfil the demands of all segments of customers.
This website also converts social needs into profitable opportunities so this website provides all the essentials to inculcate efficiency.
Abstract
Online Services Website is used to provide services to the people who are searching for work as well as who are searching for workers who will carry out their respective daily life works.
The data were collected from both primary and secondary sources. The primary data is collected from various peoples throughout the city and the secondary data were collected from various newspapers and various websites.
The main objective of the Online Services website is to create job opportunities for those who are seeking jobs/works.
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Objectives
- The main objective of the Online Services is to solve the problems which most of the people face in daily life by providing respective services to them.
- The purpose of the project is to build an application program to reduce the manual work for managing the services. It tracks all the details about Administrator, User and the Service providers.
- To increase the efficiency of managing the services and to fulfill the requirements of the Customers.
- This Website is to be conceived in its current form as dynamic-site requiring constant updates both from the customers and well as a website.
Functionalities provided by the Online Services Website is as follows:
- It tracks all the information of Customer Registration.
- Manages the information of Customer Registration.
- Shows the information and description of Service provider.
- To increase the efficiency of managing the customer, customer registration.
- It deals with the monitoring the information and appointments of Customer and Service Provider.
Hardware & Software Requirements
Hardware Requirements:
- Computer or Laptop Required
Configuration:
- Windows 10 Home
- 4.00 GB RAM
- 64 bit Operating System, x64 based processor
Software Requirements:
- Technology Implemented : Apache Server
- Language Used : PHP 5.62 (Developed in Core PHP)
- Database : My SQL
- User Interface Design : HTML, AJAX,JQUERY,JAVASCRIPT
- Web Browser : Mozilla, Google Chrome, IE8,OPERA
- Software : XAMPP Server
WordPress
(WordPress.org) is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) written in PHP paired with a MySQL, MariaDB, or SQLite database. Features include a plugin architecture and a template system, referred to within WordPress as Themes. WordPress was originally created as a blog-publishing system but has evolved to support other types of web content including more traditional mailing lists and forums, media galleries, membership sites, learning management systems (LMS) and online stores. WordPress is used by more than 60 million websites, including 33.6% of the top 10 million websites as of April 2019, WordPress is one of the most popular content management system solutions in use. WordPress has also been used for other application domains such as pervasive display systems (PDS).
WordPress was released on May 27, 2003, by its founders, American developer Matt Mullenweg and English developer Mike Little, as a fork of b2/cafelog. The software is released under the GPLv2 (or later) license.
To function, WordPress has to be installed on a web server, either part of an Internet hosting services like WordPress.com or a computer running the software package WordPress.org in order to serve as a network host in its own right. A local computer may be used for single-user testing and learning purposes.
Overview:
“WordPress is a factory that makes webpages” is a core analogy designed to clarify the functions of WordPress: it stores content and enables a user to create and publish webpages, requiring nothing beyond a domain and a hosting service.
WordPress has a web template system using a template processor. Its architecture is a front controller, routing all requests for non-static URIs to a single PHP file which parses the URI and identifies the target page. This allows support for more human-readable permalinks.
Themes
WordPress users may install and switch among different themes. Themes allow users to change the look and functionality of a WordPress website without altering the core code or site content. Every WordPress website requires at least one theme to be present and every theme should be designed using WordPress standards with structured PHP, valid HTML (HyperText Markup Language), and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Themes may be directly installed using the WordPress “Appearance” administration tool in the dashboard, or theme folders may be copied directly into the themes directory, for example via FTP. The PHP, HTML and CSS found in themes can be directly modified to alter theme behaviour, or a theme can be a “child” theme that inherits settings from another theme and selectively overrides features. WordPress themes are generally classified into two categories: free and premium. Many free themes are listed in the WordPress theme directory (also known as the repository), and premium themes are available for purchase from marketplaces and individual WordPress developers. WordPress users may also create and develop their own custom themes. The free theme Underscores created by the WordPress developers has become a popular basis for new themes.
Plugins
WordPress’s plugin architecture allows users to extend the features and functionality of a website or blog. As of January 2020, WordPress.org has 55,487 plugins available, each of which offers custom functions and features enabling users to tailor their sites to their specific needs. However, this does not include the premium plugins that are available (approximately 1,500+), which may not be listed in the WordPress.org repository. These customizations range from search engine optimization (SEO), to client portals used to display private information to logged-in users, to content management systems, to content displaying features, such as the addition of widgets and navigation bars. Not all available plugins are always abreast with the upgrades and as a result, they may not function properly or may not function at all. Most plugins are available through WordPress themselves, either via downloading them and installing the files manually via FTP or through the WordPress dashboard. However, many third parties offer plugins through their own websites, many of which are paid packages.
Web developers who wish to develop plugins need to learn WordPress’ hook system which consists of over 300 hooks divided into two categories: action hooks and filter hooks.
Mobile applications
Phone apps for WordPress exist for WebOS, Android, iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad), Windows Phone, and BlackBerry. These applications, designed by Automattic, have options such as adding new blog posts and pages, commenting, moderating comments, replying to comments in addition to the ability to view the stats.
Accessibility
The WordPress Accessibility Team has worked to improve the accessibility for core WordPress as well as support a clear identification of accessible themes. The WordPress Accessibility Team provides continuing educational support about web accessibility and inclusive design. The WordPress Accessibility Coding Standards state that “All new or updated code released in WordPress must conform with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 at level AA.”
Modules to be developed
There are three modules to be developed in Online Services Website:
- Admin module
- User module (Customer)
- Service Provider module
Admin module:
- Dashboard: In this section, admin can view the Customers, Service Providers, Appointments and New queries.
- Service Providers: In this section, admin can add Service providers specialization and mange service providers (Add/Update).
- Users: In this section, admin can view users detail (who take online appointment) and also have right to delete irrelevant user.
- Customers: In this section, admin can view customers details.
- Appointment History: In this section, admin can view appointment history.
- Contact us Queries: In this section, admin can view queries which are send by users.
- Service Providers Session Logs: In this section, admin can see login and logout time of Service provider.
- User Session Logs: In this section, admin can see login and logout time of user.
- Reports: In this section, admin can view reports of customers in particular periods.
- Customer Search: In this section, admin can search customer with the help of customer name and mobile number. Admin can also change his/her own password.
User module (customer):
- Dashboard: In this section, customers can view the his/her profile, Appointments and Book Appointment.
- Book Appointment: In this section, customer can book his/her appointment.
- Appointment History: In this section, Customer can see his/her own appointment history.
- Service History: In this section, Customer can see his/her own appointment history.
Users can update his/her profile, change the password and recover the password.
Service provider module:
- Dashboard: In this section, service provider can view his/her own profile and online appointments.
- Appointment History: In this section, Service provider can see customer’s appointment history.
- Customers: In this section, service provider can manage customers (Add/Update).
- Search: In this section, service provider can search customer with the help of customer name and mobile number.
The service provider can also update his profile, change the password and recover the password.
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Credit: This synopsis on “Online Services” to understand how to design a Website was carried out by Sameer r. Sheikh, Roshan k. Bhishnurkar, Yogesh n. Kuchankar and Ajinkya s. Pathak from Computer Science & Engineering Department of Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering, Research and Technology, Chandrapur.
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