28/04

Created a video yesterday. It is in the about section of the website. The idea behind the video is to give users a taster of what is to come on the site.

25/04/2017

Today I will tweak the rest of project. Then tomorrow I will carry out testing and then for the rest of the week I will finish final report. On Tuesday I will put it on a server and get bound copies and then the demo is the 4th or 5th of May.

24/4/2017

I made some more progress. I finally got the profile picture working. It looks really good. Also tweaked a lot of other elements.
Updated database to include new content.
General cleaning up.

More progress

I hooked my project up to a new database that I created. It's called 'travel' and I have an 'article' table instead of 'notice'. I also created an animated 'down' arrow for the index page. I also tidied up some bits and pieces in the project.

Progress

I worked solidly on FYP today. I made some good progress but have a way to go still. I have a checklist of functionality that I would like to achieve. I managed to make a responsive sitemap and navigation bar. Along with tidying up some surface items. I added the rating widget and like button also.

Tutorial

I had another tutorial today. I feel like I'm back on track now. I need to delete some stray fields from my database and project. This was causing issues. Also have fixed header issue I was having. Next week I will concentrate fully on my FYP.

Struggling

I am trying to manipulate the CodeIgniter PHP project and when I try to it throws out the whole project. I think I am going to need to peel it all back and look at the easiest way of doing things.

Rating widget

I had another tutorial to discuss my project yesterday. I wanted to chat to Sharon about various features on my site and the best way to go about implementing these before I star. Sharon agreed that the Rating Widget I found for the star rating was the best option. I am happy to go with this also. I couldn't think of any other questions to ask her so I think I just need to get on with finishing the project now. She said it looked good, which I was really happy about.

Better understanding

I have gained a better understanding of CodeIgniter through doing the news website projetct for the Advanced Web Programming subject. I will apply all of this new knowledge to my travel website in the coming days. I had a chat with Sharon about the star ratings and we have come up with a plan as to the best way to go about this. I am researching star ratings through PHP and social media plugins today.