1. Senior Design II – Spring 2010 Edward Owoo
Official Web Site for Mfantsipim High School
Senior Design II – Spring 2010
Edward Owoo

2. Overview Introduction Problem Need Solution Product Description
User Profiles
Design Protocol
Site Map
Deliverables
Demonstration
Conclusion

3. Introduction School Background Problem
Est (The first Secondary School in Ghana)
Population (Boys Boarding School)
Produced Kofi Annan, Dr. K.A Busia, Mr. Arthur Wharton
Problem
No Official Web site

4. Problem Need Current increase in access to the Internet
No official Web site for the school
Long distance driving to most schools
Lack of communication between the school, parents, and teachers
No Official Medium for Alumni
A top priority on the Principal’s list

5. Figure 1-Joomla! Control Panel
Solution
Joomla!
Free Open-Source Content Management System Technology
Robust CMS
Track of every piece of content on the school Web site
Minimal technical skill or knowledge to manage after deploying the site
Figure 1-Joomla! Control Panel

6. Solution-Hardware Personal Laptop (IBM ThinkPad T40)
4G DataStickPro USB Drive

7. Solution-Software Joomla! (version 1.5.14) Windows XP (OS)
Open Source Content Management System (CMS)
Windows XP (OS)
Apache Web Server (Version )
Platform for hosting the Web site locally on my laptop and on the Web.
Oracle MySQL Server (client version a)
phpMyAdmin
Handle the administration of MySQL over the World Wide Web.
Adobe Photoshop CS3 and Fireworks

8. Project Description A Web site to: Learn more about the school
Communicate and share ideas
Collaborate to support the school

9. User Profiles
Figure 1-Use Case Diagram

10. Figure 2- Design Architecture
Design Protocol
Figure 2- Design Architecture

11. Site Map
Figure 3-Site map

12. Deliverables Web site for the school
Member account and profile creation
Facebook connect integration
Forum
PayPal
Picture gallery tour
LinkedIn Integration
Friend requests to site users

13. Demonstration

14. Conclusion
A school Web site is one of most efficient and cheapest technologies to promote. Building good Web site takes time and resources but if communication among students, parents, teachers, and school officials is done right, the benefits to the school community are enormous.
Opportunity to reach out and support Mfantsipim High School

15. Questions?