Here's my resumee from the view of the project manager ...



Resumee (by Christian Haudum, team manager)

Difficulties
There didn't really mediatechnological difficulties during the workout phase. The only thing
that came up with little problems was the usage of Firefox addons for the export of
Microformats.There are 2 common tools for Firefox to detect Microformats on a website:
Operator (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4106) and Tails Export
(https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2240). I didn't get managed to format the
markup so that the Microformats could be read and exported correctly by both of them. So I
decided to use the Syntax which was supported by Tails Export, because it can also be used by
a web based Microformats exporter at Technorati.
What did I learn within the semester project?
Because I already got in touch with Microformats before the project I knew some basics and
was able to understand the functionality of the markup system. The project now opened up a
deeper view into the standards behind it. In addition to it I could also softly improve my skills in
MySQL databases and Apache servers.
Group work
We were 4 people in the group:Pim Odekerken, Len Canoot, Markus Jalonen and me. In the
beginning we split up in to parts.On the one hand the programmers (Markus, Christian) and on
the other hand the designers (Pim, Len). The programmers' goal was to set up the database, to
write the scripts and to provide the framework of the website with that the designers could
create the graphical interface of the system.
As a additional part of communication we also set up a blog (https://microformatics.twoday.net/)
as well as a social bookmark page (http://del.icio.us/microformatics). This should give everyone
on the group an overview about what the others are currently working on. The idea was to share
the experiences and ideas that came up during the project.
But things didn't run well. After two unsuccessful approaches making a meeting (the first short
after Easter,the second two weeks later) – nobody attended the meeting – I decided not to
wait for the others' work but going on my own way.The blog and the social bookmarks weren't
use by the others, too. It was not the first time that I experienced such a behaviour in group
work at Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences. The problem is, that you as a project
manager don't have any possibilities to force someone to participate in the project if someone
doesn't want to. Not until the end I was told, that the reason, why I lost support from my team
members, was that the difference of the knowledge within the topic of our project was too big.
Unfortunately the insight came too late, and so the project suffered enormously only because
of a lack of communication. Summarising, in the end I did all the programming and the basis for
the designers which came up with a layout that fulfills just its really basic needs.

as pdf file: resumee (pdf, 32 KB)

the backend is now running on the freepic server. so it's possible to test the export function of hCalendar and hCard.

http://fhvcha1349.fh.funpic.de/vccal/admin/

i'll try to keep this up to date to the current programming progress.

hey guys, where's the design???

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The requirements from the programming are almost fulfilled - we're now already over time. But doesn't matter???
Where's the design? Haven't heard anything today, though we had arranged a meeting.

now an apache server and mysql (xampp) are running locally on d003-05. you can locally access the site via http://d003-05.dh.uclv.net/vccal/cal.php http://d003-05.dh.uclv.net/vccal/month.php
but of course, you first have to start the processes via terminal - the server isn't running the whole time - shut it down if you dont need it any more.

Here is my design, as asked, several weeks ago. :-)

Today I noticed that the calendar option at the Apache Server at www2.students.fh-vorarlberg.ac.at (PHP Version 4.3.3RC1) is disabled. But in order to generate a calendar tool we would need that. :( So I'll try to talk to Markus from the IS again to enable the PHP feature, otherwise we have to look for a free Webserver that provides sufficient options ...

I also did a little scripting in PHP on my local machine. My local MySQL database for testing which i broke down a few days ago is running again.

i've set up the database and already done some scripting for filling the tables. i've also added the thickbox-script that provides the input forms inside the page without reloading.

goto page

Hopefully this is the last version of our database structure:

CREATE TABLE events (
id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
title VARCHAR(50),
description TEXT,
startTime TIME,
startDate DATE,
endTime TIME,
endDate DATE,
linkage TINYTEXT,
institution SMALLINT UNSIGNED,
location TEXT,
category SMALLINT UNSIGNED,
prize DECIMAL(3,2),
active CHAR(1),
PRIMARY KEY(id));

CREATE TABLE institutions (
id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
name VARCHAR(50),
logo VARCHAR(50),
linkage TINYTEXT,
description TEXT,
telephone TINYTEXT,
cellphone TINYTEXT,
street TINYTEXT,
zip INT(10),
city VARCHAR(50),
email TINYTEXT,
PRIMARY KEY(id));

CREATE TABLE categories (
id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
name VARCHAR(50),
icon VARCHAR(50),
description TEXT,
PRIMARY KEY(id));

I at the moment asked Markus from the Information Service to install a GUI (phpMyAdmin) for the database administration. He sees no problem. :-)