Andrew Berry Development - CSA Online

CSA Online: Community Building with User Generated Content

andrew — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:23:32 +0000

Project Features:

Event publishing with iCal for syncing to computers and mobile devices
Integrated job posting management system
Built-in integration with external news sources
Centralized, secure authentication against the University of Guelph Central Login System
Easy content management for CSA staff members

Project Information

Project Date:

May, 2006 - May, 2007

Project Website:

CSA Online

Website active?:

As of the last update of this page, the website linked is an accurate representation of the work performed. Note that the display of the site may be changed, while the underlying architecture may be unchanged.

CSA Online was managed under contract for a period of 1 year. The previous incarnation of the website was based on static HTML and server-side includes; this allowed the website coordinator (and the website coordinator only) to easily update the content on the website. Some changes, such as modifying the footer, or the structural layout of the site, would require significant changes, and likewise would incur a significant risk. It was determined that in order to efficiently manage the site and the constant updates to content that a Content Management System would be appropriate.

andrew — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:11:54 +0000

A Table Of Contents is automatically generated for select pages, freeing site editors of any manual editing. The code to create the table of contents was an original work licensed under the GPL. The project was adopted by a number of web sites and is available at it's Drupal.org project page.

Contact Form

andrew — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:08:23 +0000

A contact form is available for any individual to easily contact an employee of the CSA. A category selection automatically determines an appropriate destination for the message, such as an executive or a secretary.

Image View

andrew — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:05:32 +0000

Images can be viewed on their own, along with links to the original full-size version suitable for printing.

Image Browser

andrew — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:00:54 +0000

Images uploaded to the website are made available for future use through an image browser. Images can be found quickly by selecting an appropriate tag.

Integration with University of Guelph News

andrew — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:57:35 +0000

News from the University of Guelph is automatically published to the CSA Online site. This allows members of the university to comment on stories, or for members of the CSA executive to promote a story to the front page for official comment.

Rich Text Editor

andrew — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:54:57 +0000

A Rich Text Editor is provided to allow easy creation of content for those with little or no knowledge of HTML.

Creating an Event

andrew — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:53:29 +0000

Events can be created through an easy interface. Categories are provided to allow the event to be easily indexed in searches.

User-generated content on CSA Online

andrew — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:51:55 +0000

The Bike Centre page was managed by members of the Bike Centre, using their University Central ID.

CSA Event Calendar

andrew — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:17:31 +0000

The CSA website contained a prominent event calendar due to the importance of events to the organization.