Drupal based Scholarship Application
UHCL Capstone Project Team #10
Final Presentation
05/01/2012
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Team Members
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Team Members:
Koushic Babu Thirukonda Surendran
Neeraj Jadhav
Krishna Sravanthi Tatta
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Instructor
Dr.Kwok Bun Yue
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Mentor
Mr.Dilhar De Silva
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Koushic Babu Thirukonda
Abstract
Problems with Existing Systems
Content Management System
Neeraj Jadhav
Search
Apache Solr
Apache Solr Integration
Taxonomy
Krishna Sravanthi Tatta
Problems faced
Lessons Learned
Future Enhancements
Conclusion
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Goal of the project
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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
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Problems with existing
systems
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Less search optimization to refine the
scholarships
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Lengthy registration process
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Broken links to the scholarship website
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No proper alert notification to the users
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Irrelevant information
Solution is MyFuPa
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Content Management
System
END USER
PUBLISHER
Database
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Comparison of CMS
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Drupal Flow
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Drupal Modules
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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
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Content Construction Kit
Views
Apache Solr Search Integration
Taxonomy
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Content Construction Kit
(CCK)
Basic Node
Properties
Content Construction
Kit
Customized Content
Types
Type
Text Fields
Scholarship Articles
Title
Text Area
Financial Articles
Body
Checkboxes/Radio
Buttons
Shopping Articles
Author
Links
Publish State
Date and Time
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Views
New View Created
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Views
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Search
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Keyword Search
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Faceted Search
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Filter Search
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Apache Solr Search
Integration
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Provides keyword
search
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Also provides Faceted
Search
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Taxonomy
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Optional core module
Helps categorizing
contents based on
taxonomy terms
Used for filtering
content that will
enhance the search
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Vocabularies and terms
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Drupal Cron Jobs
Site maintenance
tasks
Modules
Site indexing by
search module
Check for internal
and external
broken links using
linkchecker
module
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Check for Modules
and Libraries
updates
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Challenges Faced
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Selecting Drupal version
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Developing Website UI
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Replacing default Drupal search with Apache
Solr
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Integration of Apache Solr search to Views
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Align search filters to fit our theme
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Lessons Learnt
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How CMS works
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Creating a website using Drupal
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Choosing right Drupal modules to fit the
requirements
Interacting with the end clients
How software development process works in
real world
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Future Enhancements
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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
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References
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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/
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