Accounting & Billing System for the WEB Centre GDP 19 Donna Crawford (dc899) Chris O’Neill (ckjon101) Amit Shah (ams401) David Newman (drn101) Supervisor Tim Chown 2 nd Supervisor Mike Poppleton Customer Simon Farrenden, ECS

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 2 Progress Presentation II Security and User Levels Features Implemented Evolution of the User Interface Summary of progress Remaining work Questions??

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 3 Security Cookie Based System Store login information locally MD5 Encrypted combination of user id and username Handling Passwords Obligatory HTML password fields Confirmation of new password when changed Password reminders sent require valid address

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 4 User Access Levels Five user-access levels implemented Clients…

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 5 User Access Levels

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 6 User Access Levels Five user-access levels implemented Clients Financial Staff Systems Staff Administrators…

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 7 User Access Levels

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 8 User Access Levels Five user-access levels implemented Clients Financial Staff Systems Staff Administrators Super-Administrator Web pages require access permissions Only links to pages the user can view are displayed URLs to restricted pages cannot be typed in manually

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 9 User Access Levels

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 10 Client & Staff Pages (I) Password fields, uses hidden fields Username, cannot be edited after submission One of company name or contact must be entered Account types: Commercial, ECS and Charity Additional Info on how to fill in form

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 11 Client & Staff Pages (II) Choose more basic Search, i.e. one entry box searches 3 fields Choose search criteria Lists number and type of records found Records found, click on Username to view

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 12 Client & Staff Pages (III) Staff-Client Map Maps staff to client they have worked for Based on timesheets submitted by staff in last 12 months Staff Log Logs modifications to the database By default only displays modifications in last 12 months Time scale to be made customisable. Links to view username details of editor and details of the recorded added/edited.

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 13 Services Pages (I) Add, Modify and View Services Offered by WEBCentre Added to by Super Administrator Edited by Administrator Viewable by all staff and clients Purchased by a Client (A Client Service) Added to and edited by Administrators Viewable by all Staff and the purchasing Client Navigated to via Client Accounts

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02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 15 Timesheet Pages Submit Timesheets By Staff Search, View and Amend Timesheets Used in Invoice Generation Used to Calculate Amount Staff are Owed.

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 16 Timesheet Pages Calendar Layout for Overview View hours for a set day, week or month…

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 17 Timesheet Pages

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 18 Timesheet Pages Calendar Layout for Overview View hours for a set day, week or month Submit Timesheets Submitted by staff, for approval Search Individual/All Timesheets Used in Invoice Generation Used to Calculate Staff Wages

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 19 Invoicing Pages Major customer requirements Itemised billing of all service charges for a client Covering letter Algorithm Features Generation and Summary Search Payments Accounts Department

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 20 Invoicing Pages

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 21 IP Allocation Most customers are allocated a dedicated IP address Some customers share an IP address using Virtual Hosting Detailed information on IP address usage needs to be maintained Existing IP usage tracking is important when requesting new addresses

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 22 IP Allocation – Address Listing

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 23 IP Allocation – Add Addresses

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 24 IP Allocation – DNS Configuration This system maintains a list of what IP addresses are allocated to which customers Currently this information is stored in spreadsheets and the DNS server configuration files Ensure the integrity of this data by having our database generate the DNS configuration files.

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 25 IP Allocation – DNS Configuration

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 26 IP Allocation – DNS Configuration

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 27 Authoritative Nameservers All registered domains have a pair of authoritative nameservers These nameservers are the end of the DNS lookup ‘chain’ for that domain The authoritative nameservers for domains hosted by the WEB Centre must be the WEB Centre nameservers

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 28 Authoritative Nameservers

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 29 Authoritative Nameservers

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 30 Site Layout & User Interface I Width 800px Adaptable Style Sheet Cross Browser (Windows) Internal vs. right submenu Page Layout Policy Consistent Uncluttered Intuitive Colour scheme – laptop friendly

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 31 Site Layout & User Interface II

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 32 Progress Summary Gantt Chart (Start) Gantt Chart (Progress Meeting One) Gantt Chart (Now)

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 33 Project Progress Plan

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 34 Project Progress – To Week 4

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 35 Project Progress – To Week 8

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 36 Remaining Work Polishing pages Advanced Features Authoritative Nameserver Checking HONORS Integration PDF Invoice Generation Using FreePDF. Testing Final Report Write-up.

02/12/2004GDP19: Progress Presentation II 37 Questions ??