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Case Study

Cl ient Over v iew

About C l ien t : C l i en t has p ro found expe r i ence and

expe r t i se i n t he d ig i t a l l andscape. C l i en t spends a

l o t o f t ime i n deve lop ing i n te l l ec tua l cap i t a l t ha t

pu t a t se r v i ce. Tha t he lps to des ign and imp lemen t

d ig i t a l and soc i a l med ia s t r a teg ies and work to

i nc rease RO I by o rde r s o f magn i t ude no t j u s t

pe rcen tages.

W i th t h i s f l e x i b i l i t y t hey can de l i ve r eve r y th i ng

f rom gene ra l consu l t i ng to comp le te p ro j ec t

managemen t . C l i en t de l i ve r s t u r nkey p ro j ec t s,

des ign ing and imp lemen t i ng a d ig i t a l s t r a tegy

gua ran teed to mee t cus tomer ’s spec i f i c needs.

C l i en t a l so p rov ides se r v i ces l i ke D ig i t a l S t r a tegy

Roadmap, D ig i t a l Assessmen t , Soc i a l Med ia , Sea rch

Eng ine Marke t i ng, Mob i l e Marke t i ng, and P ro j ec t

Managemen t Ou t sou rc i ng.

Requi rement Over v iew:C l i en t r equ i r ed soc i a l

ne two rk i ng webs i t e t ha t add up use r ’s KARMA

po in t s g i ven by h i s /he r f r i ends based on use r ’s

on l i ne soc i a l behav io r. A long w i t h t ha t c l i en t a l so

requ i r ed t he on l i ne commun ica t i on f unc t i ona l i t y

be tween two pe rsons o r i n g roup.

Fo l l ow ing we re ma jo r r equ i r emen ts o f c l i en t :

1 . Use r r eg i s t r a t i on and l og in au then t i ca t i on

2 . Manage use r s ’ pe r sona l p ro f i l e

3 . Send f r i end reques t t o use r s & Con f i rm the

reques t f r om o the r use r s

4 . G i ve good o r bad Ka rma po in t s

5 . Advanced sea rch by use r ’s pe r sona l and

Ka rma i n fo rma t i on

6. Bulletin board services and news group fea tu res

Fo l l ow ing we re ex t r a f ea tu res requ i r ed by c l i en t :

1 . Commun i t i e s and pe rsona l pages managed

by use r s

2 . Ca lenda rs and fo rums func t i ona l i t y

3. Communicat ion fac i l i ty a t large or wi th a g roup

4 . Au then t i ca ted use r ab le to i n v i t e Facebook

and Gma i l f r i ends on t he webs i t e

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Social Networking SiteFor

Brazil Based Client[ InfORmATIOn TeChnOLOgy - SOCIAL neTwORkIng S ITe – JOOmLA, mySQL]

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Benef i ts

1. Users f rom var ious geographica l locat ions are connected and communicated regard ing the i r good deeds v ia s ing le webs i t e.

2 . Va r i ous fo rums, commun i t i e s, and pe rsona l pages a re c rea ted to i nc rease number o f use r s to t he s i t e.

3 . Ka rma po in t s o f use r s w i l l i nc rease when i nv i t ed Facebook f r i ends reg i s t e r i n to Ka rma s i t e.

4 . Use r can sea rch f r i ends by t he i r Ka rma po in t s.

Proposed So lu t ion :

S i l ve r Touch as a deve lopmen t company has p roposed to deve lop t he webs i t e i n Joomla open sou rce p l a t f o rm. S i l ve r Touch

p roposed backend da tabase i n MySQL. Webs i t e has been deve loped i n s i ng le l anguage – Eng l i sh .

S i l ve r Touch has a l so p roposed to i n t eg ra te t he app l i ca t i on w i t h Facebook and Gma i l . I n t he p roposed so lu t i on reg i s t e red use r s

a l so ab le to v i ew o the r use r ’s Ka rma p ro f i l e. A long w i t h t ha t , webs i t e d i sp l ays f ea tu red use r s on t he home page managed by

adm in i s t r a to r.

Webs i t e i s a l so i n teg ra ted w i t h bu l l e t i n boa rd , news g roup, fo rums, commun i t i e s, pe r sona l pages, and ca lenda r con t ro l s. S i l ve r

Touch p roposed Joomla ex tens ion fo r cha t t i ng f ea tu res on webs i t e w i t h some cus tom i za t i on .

Appl ica t ion Arch i tec ture & Pro jec t Descr ip t ion

App l ica t ion Arch i tec ture

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Pro jec t Descr ip t ion

The websi te is soc ia l network ing s i te that prov ides dashboard feature and chat t ing funct iona l i ty between more than two users and

based on user ’s on l ine soc ia l behav ior other users g ive good or bad karma. End users can a lso able to send inv i ta t ion to Facebook

and Gmai l f r iends and i f the inv i ted f r iends accept the reg is t ra t ion then user wi l l get reward Karma points.

Fo l lowing are major funct iona l i ty of the websi te:

1. User Registrat ion

a. Websi te users prov ide personal and account in format ion for reg is t ra t ion

b. Use emai l address as username and des i re password

c. Appl icat ion wi l l send an act ivat ion emai l to reg is tered user to conf i rm emai l ownersh ip

d. Once act ivated, the user wi l l get access the author ized features of the websi te

2. Prof i le management

a. Logged in user ab le to change h is/her contact deta i ls and prof i le p ic ture

b. User ab le to manage mul t ip le work ing p lace, school , veh ic le p la te number etc

c. Authent icated users ab le to send f r iend request to user and a lso conf i rm the f r iend request f rom other users

d. User ab le to h ide personal deta i ls f rom other users

3. Search & Comment functional i ty

a. Logged in user ab le to search other reg is tered users by name, locat ion, p lace of work, school , veh ic le p la te and other

prof i le deta i ls

b. Users ab le to search by Karma Score range and Level

c. Automat ic emai l not i f icat ion sent to reg is tered user whenever h is f r iends comment on h is prof i le

4.Communication Services

a. The Si te conta ins bu l le t in board serv ices, chat areas, news groups, forums, communi t ies

b. A long wi th that webs i te a lso implemented personal web pages, ca lendars, and/or other message or communicat ion

fac i l i t ies to communicate wi th the publ ic at large or wi th a group

5. karma point calculat ion and User Levels

a. Based on comments and the onl ine soc ia l behav ior of user, h is/her f r iends can g ive Karma points

i . Pos i t ive for good karma &

i i . Negat ive for bad karma

b. As the Karma ra ises pre-def ined standard, the user leve l wi l l increase

c. The users wi th the h ighest Karma points are d isp layed on the home page of the websi te

d. Fo l lowing are pre-def ined leve l s tandard:

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karma Po in ts Pre-def ined Leve l0-100 Leve l 0

101-200 Leve l 1

201-300 Leve l 2

301-400 Leve l 3

401-500 Leve l 4

501-600 Leve l 5

1. To develop soc ia l network ing s i te wi th new concept of KARMA points.

2. To mainta in the Karma points per reg is tered user and implement, leve l ing process for a l l users.

3. To prov ide chat t ing, bu l le t in board, news group, forums, communi t ies, personal pages, and ca lendar fac i l i t ies.

4. To implement advanced search by user ’s personal in format ion and Karma score & leve l .

5. To secure user ’s personal deta i ls f rom other users.

6. To implement va l idat ion for avo id ing dupl icate vot ing on same user.

The Pro ject was d iv ided in to var ious phases to achieve the best resu l ts in less t ime wi th opt imal ut i l i za t ion of ava i lab le features,

capabi l i t ies and new enhancements.

Phase I : System requi rement Study document and re-est imat ion

Phase I I : Extens ion checking for compat ib i l i ty of chat t ing feature

Phase I I I : Preparat ion of Wiref rame of the ent i re s i te

Phase IV: Des ign ing

Phase V: Development & Des ign In tegrat ion

Phase VI: Test ing

Phase VI I : Deployment

Object ives

Pro jec t Approach / Ac t iv i t ies

Techno logy

Techno logy Spec i f ica t ionsTechno logy & framework Joomla 1 .7 .2

Da tabase my SQL 5 .0 Ser ver Da tabase

web Ser ver /host ing P la t fo rm Apache 2 .0

Languages PhP 5 .x

Opera t ing System windows XP

Deve lopment P la t fo rm

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Techno logy Spec i f ica t ionsTechno logy & framework Joomla 1 .7 .2

Da tabase my SQL 5 .0 Ser ver Da tabase

web Ser ver /host ing P la t fo rm Apache 2 .0

Languages PhP 5 .x

Opera t ing System Linux

Dep loyment P la t fo rm

1. Pro ject Man Hours: 482 Man Hours

2. Pro ject L i fe cyc le: 54 Bus iness days

Dura t ion

1. Implement ing leve l ing process based on Karma points.

2. In tegrat ing chat t ing extens ion wi th webs i te and customize i t as per c l ient ’s requi rement.

3. Implementing different social networking site features such as bulletin board, news group, forums, communities, personal pages, and ca lendar.

key Cha l lenges

1. Act ive par t ic ipat ion of users by g iv ing suggest ions / par t ic ipat ion in forum discuss ions to increase the i r Karma points.

2. Wi th the he lp of forum, users are ab le to post the i r quer ies and eas i ly f ind so lut ion.

3. A l lows employees to d iscuss ideas, post news, ask quest ions and share l inks.

4. Prov ides an opportun i ty to widen bus iness contacts.

5. Targets a wide audience by making a usefu l and ef fect ive communicat ion too l .

Resu l ts Ach ieved

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Th i s s t a temen t o f wo rk i s p rop r i e t a r y o f S i l ve rTouch Techno log ies L td . and con ta i ns t r ade sec re t s and con f i den t i a l i n fo rma t i on wh ich i s so l e l y t he p rope r t y o f S i l ve rTouch Techno log ies L td . Th i s s t a temen t o f wo rk i s i n t ended fo r i n t e r na l use on l y. The re fo re, i t sha l l no t be used , rep roduced , cop ied , d i sc losed and t r ansm i t t ed , i n who le o r i n pa r t , w i t hou t t he exp ress consen t o f S i l ve rTouch Techno log ies L td .

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About S i l verTouch

S i l ve rTouch , a company es tab l i shed i n 1992 i s w ide l y accep ted fo r i t s I T so l u t i ons w i t h a huge cus tomer base i n more t han

20 coun t r i e s ac ross t he wo r l d .

S i l ve rTouch i s ac t i ve l y engaged i n En te rp r i se so f twa re deve lopmen t , en te rp r i se con ten t managemen t , documen t managemen t

and IT consu l t i ng se r v i ces such as Bus iness p rocess op t im i za t i on , p rocess consu l t i ng, imp lemen ta t i on and cus tom i za t i on o f

ERP. S i l ve rTouch l eads b r i l l i an t l y i n new techn i ca l deve lopmen ts such as : Mob i l e App l i ca t i on deve lopmen t se r v i ces on iPhone,

iPad , B l ackbe r r y, And ro id , J2ME and W indows mob i l e p l a t f o rms. Even now, S i l ve rTouch he lps i t s g loba l c l i en t s fo r ma jo r

deve lopmen ts, dep loymen ts and managemen ts o f t he i r mob i l i t y so l u t i ons and en te rp r i se app l i ca t i on deve lopmen t p rog rams.

S i l ve rTouch has a l l i ance w i t h seve ra l i ndus t r y l eade rs such as M ic roso f t , App le, C i sco, IBM, O rac le, SAP, Java , De l l , VM wa re,

Syman tec, Son i c Wa l l wh i ch p rov ides a compe t i t i ve edge ove r o the r i ndus t r y pee rs and t a rge t s to unde rs t and and ca te r t o a l l

t ypes o f r equ i r emen ts t ha t conce r n ou r c l i en t s, t he reby, l ead ing to se r ve t hem p rec i se l y t o t he i r sa t i s f ac t i on .

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