This week we have encountered a few problems. The largest problem we've encountered was that whenever we have an error on the server, it will not tell us what the error is, or what line the error has been detected. This has really slowed down the developmental progress, but we have been doing the best we can to write accurate code that will work.

Over the course of the last week, we had to deal with a vast array of problems. For starters, no error messages could be displayed on the new server that the client requested we design on, other than a generic error 500. In addition, due to weird Purdue security settings, we were not able to access the database on campus, and were forced to deal with it off campus. After getting frustrated with this and not hearing anything back from the client or service provider about the possibilities of fixing any of this, we moved the site back to its original location on David Auble's server.

Last weekend, I was busy making some more mockup designs. I made modifications to the original mockup one design that Tyler created (Google doc’s title “mockup design 2”). Most of the modifications that I made to this design were arrangement and layout changes. I also used the same color schemes that I had used on the first mockup on this modified mockup. I also created two more mockup designs (Google doc’s title “mockup design 3”). One of the mockup designs that I created was based off of a more traditional website layout. I created another mockup based off of the one that I created.

Week 12: I forgot to do one for week 12, but during this week I made thumbnails. I discussed possible website layouts with my team and then proceeded to lay my ideas down on paper. On Friday I decided that I would also design a layout for the website and make that into a color comp for consideration.

This week for the website project, our group completed everything within the deadline. On Monday in class, we worked on the design plan to create an entire document and not just a list of the six rhetorical elements. We worked on this the entire class and then for Wednesday we were to each print off and proofread the document. I printed the document off Tuesday and proofread and brought my ideas for revision into class Wednesday.

This week the group has primarily worked on the design plan.

Monday November 17:
This day started with taking each individuals design plan and placing it into one document. Over the weekend myself and the other group members edited our own design plans, so that we could place it into one document. We made each group member go over the complete document with a red pen and edit out all the errors we could find due for Wednesday. This is what I did on Tuesday was print out the complete document from Google docs and make any revisions that I could find.

Wednesday November 19:

This entire week has been dedicated to updating the design plan in order to meet the Wednesday deadline. My specific responsibility was the board members section. On Monday I spent most of the class period, and time that evening, working on making changes to my section of the design plan. Most of the changes made were cosmetic as no new information came out of the coding teams. After the plan was updated, I, along with the rest of the team, individually revised the entire document.

I know this is late and for that I apologize. I'll start with Monday November 10. On Monday myself and the other group members had what seemed like a brainstorming session for the design plan. We knew that our medium was set, but what we wanted to define were the audiences that would be visiting this website. What we came up with were four audiences the job seekers, the board, volunteers, and donors. My personal audience analysis was the job seeking audience.

I know this is late, but there is more credit in posting late than not at all. This week, the main part that I did was create the gantt chart for the website. I created the chart by laying out all the jobs, and trying to determine the amount of time that would be needed for each thing. On Monday, I help the organization and coordination team by creating a sheet that the groups fill out each week, By having the groups do this, we are able to determine how each group is doing each week. This allows us to decide if we need to adjust the gantt chart, or if they are right on pace.

I got sick this weekend, that's why this is late, but anyway, here's the progress we've made so far: we've set up the server in my apartment for testing purposes, but then we were informed to use the client's testing server. Once we got the FTP information, we set up the FTP, MSSQL database with tables and have started creating the framework for the backend. We have a secure login completed and have started the administrative portal, where depending on what type of account the user has, they will be able to do different things, such as upload files, post jobs or just view job postings.