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Case Study

Cl ient Over v iew

About C l ien t : Th i s p ro j ec t came th rough ou r US

Based So f twa re Consu l t an t . C l i en t i s a p rope r t y

dea le r and dea l i ng w i t h d i f f e ren t t ypes o f

p rope r t i e s. C l i en t o f f e r s buy i ng, se l l i ng and ren t i ng

o f p rope r t i e s to t he i r cus tomers.

Requi rement Over v iew & Cha l lenges Ahead:

C l i en t wan ted des ign ing and deve lopmen t o f a new

& more robus t web based po r t a l us i ng OsCommerce

– LAMP based Open Sou rce ecommerce so lu t i on .

The websi te was developed in dua l language – French

& Eng l i sh .

Proposed So lu t ion : The p roposed so lu t i on i s

based on readymade package OsCommerce. Us i ng

t he p roposed so lu t i on , end c l i en t i s ab le to manage

l ands, use r s o f t he sys tems (buye r s and t r ade rs )

and a t t r i bu tes o f t he l ands. The en t i r e s i t e i s

managed by adm in i s t r a to r w i t h s i ng le adm in i s t r a t i on

pane l o f t he OsCommerce. Mu l t i l i ngua l Suppo r t

i s a l so p rov ided fo r F rench & Eng l i sh l anguages.

PayPa l paymen t ga teway i s imp lemen ted w i t h i n t he

webs i t e fo r on l i ne paymen t p rocess i ng. V i sa Ca rd

paymen ts can be done th rough PayPa l i t se l f. No

Sh ipp ing me thod i s r equ i r ed . Cus tomers w i l l be

ab le to v i ew p roduc t s ( l and ) on l i ne and book i t

on l i ne.

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Benef i ts

Pro jec t descr ip t ion

- Suppe r adm in w i l l ab l e to manage en t i r e webs i t e con ten t s and use r s p r i v i l eges f rom the backend .

- V i s i t o r s can have t he f l e x i b i l i t y t o v i ew the en t i r e webs i t e pages and func t i ona l i t i e s.

- D i f f e ren t use r s such as P rope r t y Buye rs and P rope r t y Trade rs w i l l have t he op t i on to Reg i s te r /Log in a t t he webs i t e and

access t he webs i t e acco rd ing to t he i r a l l oca ted r i gh t s.

- P rope r t y Buye rs w i l l have t he op t i on to t he webs i t e to v i ew the p rope r t y r e l a t ed de ta i l s and con tac t de ta i l s o f t he

t r ade r s f rom the webs i t e.

- P rope r t y Trade rs w i l l have t he op t i on to up load d i f f e ren t p rope r t i e s re l a t ed de ta i l s t o t he webs i t e f rom the i r

au then t i ca ted accoun t and a l so ab le to v i ew p rev ious up loaded p rope r t y r e l a t ed i n fo rma t i on .

- W i th sea rch resu l t , use r w i l l a l so be ab le to v i ew number o f use r who has booked the l and .

The ma in ob jec t i ve was to deve lop p rope r t y t r ad i ng po r t a l w i t h t he a im to assoc i a te v i s i t o r s, p rope r t y buye r s and

p rope r t y t r ade rs a t t he same p l ace. The webs i t e can be deve loped w i t h i n two d i f f e ren t l anguage p l a t f o rms as F rench &

Eng l i sh . Each use r o f t he webs i t e has t he p r i v i l eges to access t he f ea tu res and func t i ona l i t i e s as pe r t he i r ro l es.

I n t h i s app l i ca t i on webs i t e adm in wou ld be ab le to manage l ands, use r s o f t he sys tem (Buye rs and Trade rs ) and

a t t r i bu tes o f t he l ands. The en t i r e s i t e w i l l be mange by adm in i s t r a to r w i t h s i ng le adm in i s t r a t i on pane l o f t he

OsCommerce. Cus tomers w i l l be ab le to v i ew p roduc t s (Lands ) on l i ne and book i t on l i ne by do ing on l i ne t r ansac t i on

t h rough Ogone paymen t Ga teway, PayPa l paymen t ga teway and Bank Trans fe r.

Webs i t e w i l l have fo l l ow ing t ypes o f use r s.

1. S i te V is i to r : Th i s w i l l be s i t e v i s i t o r who w i l l be ab le to v i ew a l l pub l i c pages pub l i shed and managed by s i t e adm in .

To v i ew l and de ta i l and book o r c rea te l and , t hey w i l l need to ge t r eg i s t e red .

2. Land Buyers : Land buye r w i l l f i r s t need to reg i s t e r. A f t e r r eg i s t r a t i on and l og in t hey w i l l be ab le to make on l i ne

book ing o f l and , manage the i r news le t t e r s subsc r i p t i on and p ro f i l e i nc l ud ing change password . Land buye r w i l l a l so be

ab le to make exc lus i ve book w i t h on l i ne paymen t p rocess i ng.

3. Land Traders : Land t r ade r w i l l f i r s t need to reg i s t e r. A f t e r r eg i s t r a t i on and l og in t hey w i l l be ab le to en te r t he i r l ands

i n fo rma t i on w i t h pa rame te r s de f i ned by s i t e adm in , manage the i r news le t t e r s subsc r i p t i on and p ro f i l e i nc l ud ing change

password . Land t r ade rs w i l l a l so be ab le to v i ew l i s t o f use r s who has book the i r l ands. They w i l l a l so be ab le to book

l ands o f o the r l and t r ade r.

4. S i te Admin is t ra tor : Th i s t ype o f use r w i l l ONLY be one use r. Th i s adm in use r w i l l have f u l l access to a l l f ea tu res and

func t i ona l i t i e s o f t he webs i t e. Th i s use r w i l l be ab le to manage en t i r e webs i t e w i t h a l l d i f f e ren t modu les men t i oned i n

t h i s scope o f documen t .

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The Pro ject was d iv ided in to 3 d i f ferent phases:

1. Phase 1: At the in i t ia l t ime of the pro ject we have done ana lys is on the Prototype for the System Flow & Database Des ign.

2. Phase 2: In the second stage of the pro ject deve lopment, we star ted work to create a web based appl icat ion inc lud ing a l l

master Modules and r ich User In ter face.

3. Phase 3: In the f ina l s tage of the development, we have done Setup of test ing env i ronment (same as the product ion

env i ronment) us ing dummy data.

The Pro ject Object ives were:

1. Need to create of up to 4 important user ro les such as:

1.1. Super admin

1.2. Land Buyers

1.3. Land Traders

1.4. S i te V is i tors

2. Appl icat ion access ib le funct iona l i t ies:

2.1. Allow property buyers to view property related information in detai ls (Property Image, Property description, property price etc)

2.2. A l low proper ty t raders to open the i r account, up load proper ty re la ted deta i ls in each speci f ic f ie ld

2.3. A l low v is i tors to v iew ent i re webs i te pages

2.4. A l low super admin to manage appl icat ion features and funct iona l i t ies

3. Fo l lowing requi rements would be necessary to implement in new development:

3.1. Need to import proper ty re la ted data by the s i te admin through the backend

3.2. Need to prov ide access to proper ty t raders to create the i r personal prof i le account to upload proper ty re la ted in format ion

3.3. Need to implement user management to the new websi te development

3.4. Need to implement ecommerce funct iona l i ty to the web por ta l for land buyers and t raders

4. Di f ferent test ing would be necessary to do before to run the appl icat ion on c l ient ser ver:

4.1. User Acceptance Test ing fo l lowed by deployment on c l ient ’s ser ver

Pro jec t Approach - One More Step Ahead Towards Success

Object ives

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Techno logy

Techno logy Spec i f ica t ionsTechno logy & Framework PHP 4x / 5x , OS Commerce

da tabase MySQL

Web Ser ver /Host ing P la t fo rm Apache 2x

Languages PHP

Opera t ing System Linux

Techno logy Spec i f ica t ionsTechno logy & Framework PHP 4x / 5x , OS Commerce

da tabase MySQL

Web Ser ver /Host ing P la t fo rm Apache 2x

Languages PHP

Opera t ing System Linux

deve lopment P la t fo rm

deployment P la t fo rm

1. Pro ject Man Hours: 943 Man Hours

2. Pro ject L i fe Cyc le: 118 Man Days

The pro ject deve lopment phase has completed wi th in the expected t ime l ine by Si lver Touch Technologies. The Si lver Touch

has a l located dedicated developers to the c l ient company for the fu l f i l lment of th is pro ject wi th in the actua l deadl ine and a lso

completed Phases wise development us ing Agi le Development Methodology.

However, before to compi le ent i re pro ject deployment to the c l ient ser ver, S i lver Touch has tested funct iona l i t ies of the pro ject

successfu l ly and del ivers i t to the c l ient ser ver f ina l ly. Current ly the appl icat ion is running successfu l ly to the c l ient s ide.

1. A l l the d i f ferent users can have the log in credent ia l to the websi te.

2. Mul t i l ingua l suppor t – French and Engl ish.

3. Rich user in ter face for the websi te access.

4. Admin is t ra tor can have the fu l l contro l to manage the contents on the websi te.

5. S ing le user can act as both Buyer and Trader. Trader when a land is created for others to buy and Buyer unt i l they book other

user ’s land.

dura t ion

Resu l ts Ach ieved

Accompl ishment

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 .

Fo r more i n fo rma t i on , p l ease v i s i t www.s i l ve r touch .com o r ema i l i n fo@s i l ve r touch .com

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