The objective of the Building Vitality Matrix is to create an online space where industry professionals and enthusiasts can collaborate and share their expertise with others.
Sponsor
SEQUIL Systems
Team Members
Adam Kuiken Tanner Mahofski Jarret Hoelzle Helen Budowsky
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Project Summary
Overview
The sponsor presented the team with the problem of difficulty sourcing accurate information in the architecture industry without the interference of advertisements. The team created a website in which users can make an account and share articles they have written and add to other pages. Those articles are stored in a secure database. An outline was created and tested to organize each informational page in a way that best conveys the information and facilitates discussion.
Objectives
-Create a visually appealing and organized website.
-Organize content in a way that is easy to read and also sparks further interest and discussion.
-Store content on a secure website.
-Have the user able to create an account, which they can log in and out of.
-Enable users to create their own pages and respond to others.
-Build the site without relying on pre-built components (i.e. Firebase)
Approach
-The front-end of the site was developed using the tools HTML, CSS, Webflow, and Bubble.io
-The back-end of the site was built using the Java programming language in order to best communicate with the front-end.
-The front and back-end were integrated using Java Spring Boot so the interface could communicate with the database.
-The content organization underwent internal trial-and-error testing to determine the best organization.
-The team made an outline based on a layout that users can reference when writing new pages. This outline and instructions were sent out with a survey to different stakeholders (students and industry professionals) to gauge their experience.
-Based on questions received from survey respondents, the instructions of the outline were changed to ensure that the objective of the content was clear.
Outcomes
-Users can create an account, post articles with an image and a tag, and add to other articles. The outline is posted to the page to be used by future users.
-The domain of the site was transferred to the sponsor’s control.