Team 8 Capstone Project: Online Musical Instrument Store Andrew Szewczyk Gabriel Chaney

Agenda Final Status Report –Gabe Front-end Back-end –Drew Project Highlights Project Lowlights Key Learning’s Next Steps –Demo

Front-End Template Page (HTML, CSS, & PHP) –Ascetics –Layout Degradation –Content –Good cross-browser functionality To-do –Handheld media

Front-End (cont’d) To-do (cont’d) –Contact Page –Lessons Page –Rental Page –E-commerce functionality

Back-End Forms for `instrument` & `customer` tables –Viewing, adding, and deleting Sweet image script for instruments! (thx to Drew!) To-do –Collectibles –Relationship tables

Back-End (cont’d) To-do (cont’d) –Make more secure

Server Design LAMP Progress –Linux Server built and configured –Apache hosting thesharpeye.dyndns.org –FTP server used for Site Updates –PHP scripts functional on server –MySQL installed and configured on Server Some web services violate ISP’s acceptable use policies. Customer will likely not have the know how to maintain a LAMP system.

Project Highlights Customer is happy with Website Site updates possible without training Huge learning curve overcome Technologies Learned –Implemented HTML/CSS/MySQL/PHP based site –Implemented Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, FTP Server Rounding out technical skills

Project Lowlights Lack of time/man-power Needed to use external web host for long term site Some problems solved by over-elegant solutions Server and Site security needs to be extended

Key Learning's Web hosting is cheap Complexity Security is paramount Desirable skills

Next Steps Gabe will finish the website this summer Drew is considering starting a side business hosting/designing websites Drew and Gabe are currently interviewing with Valley companies