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| README.txt | 2012-01-28 | 4.3 kB | |
| 120128_2200_village_v0-2.zip | 2012-01-28 | 270.6 kB | |
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RikWorks Village --------------------- A database to help volunteer organisations organise their volunteers Description --------------------- Note: this project is still in the early stages of development and should not be used in a productive or live environment! The Village database is intended to help people involved in the management and coordination of volunteering activities, allowing them to record details of their volunteers, the volunteering opportunities that are available or forthcoming, and also details of event organisers and other contacts. The aim of the project is to make the web-based database as simple to use as possible - volunteer group organisers are busy people and they don't have the time to waste on technology. To that end, the plan is to develop front-end themes which match various operational scenarios, allowing volunteer organisations to pick the scenario that most closely resembles their own setup and quickly adapt the front end to meet their particular operational needs. The ability to localise the front-end themes for languages other than English is also an important design goal. Latest release --------------------- v0.2 (alpha) - 28 Jan 2012 Requirements --------------------- I'm developing the project on a local installation of XAMPP, thus need Apache webserver, PHP5 and MySql4 Installation --------------------- (This needs to change) 1. Download and unpack the zip file (currently 120128_2200_village_v0-2.zip) to a place where it can be accessed by a web browser 2. Create a MySql database called 'volunteering' and a user 'rik' (with password 'rik') - grant 'rik' all permissions on the database 3. Locate the sql file in the village folder and import it into the database. 4. Point a web browser towards the village homepage - on a local system this might be something like http://localhost/village/index.php If all goes well, a webpage should display - click on the login link on the left of the screen to log in. Using the database --------------------- DO NOT USE this version in a productive environment! Your data will be at risk. The database is currently loaded with nonce data for testing and development purposes. Login can be achieved using the following user and password combinations: User Password Security level ....................................................... admin admin Website administrator man man Volunteer user fuschia fuschia Website user (logged in) Next steps --------------------- IMMEDIATE priorities ... Need to adapt the system to the Hackney Hosts needs - both in layout and in style Use the Hackney Hosts stuff to develop the first usable theme for SourceForge Development priorities ... stuff necessary before the system can be considered for limited testing distribution via Sourceforge Need to develop forms for setting website preferences, and editing the websitepreferences table Something needs to be done about how best to grant users+ access to the datauser table Need to look at the SELF stuff - going to go with a separate suite of volunteer, organiser and event pages dedicated to SELF At this point, consider releasing as restricted alpha version via Sourceforge - assuming the project garners any interest Need to work on how to simplify installation of the system: into a new database; into an existing database (using table prefixes) Editing forms for changing the localisation tags Simplifying the localisation process Develop more scenarios for new themes Public beta release via Sourceforge History --------------------- I'm developing this project to help me in my work as a volunteer coordinator for the ongoing Hackney Hosts volunteering programme. As one of 4 volunteer coordinators (each of us working in the Hackney offices one day a week), we needed a single recording and actions system to help us identify volunteering opportunities for our fellow volunteers (without relying on scraps of paper and spreadsheets that insist on opening as 'read only' documents). Licencing --------------------- GNU seems good enough to me - I'll never make money out of this project so I might as well develop it for fellow volunteers and volunteer coordinators across London and beyond. Contact --------------------- Rik Roots rik@rikweb.org.uk rik.roots@gmail.com