Business & Products Information Portal

Business & Products Information Portal


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Introduction

Abstract

1. Title of the project: Business & Products Information Portal

2. Domain: Advertising

3. Project Architecture : 3-Tire architecture

4. SDLC methodologies: Waterfall model

Abstract of the project: The Business & Products Information Portal provides

a complete, ready to run, fully customizable, Web site for listing and managing classified advertisements. Advertising portal for product promotion is a web based project users can interact with the web server with any browsers available like Internet Explorer and Mozilla Fire Fox. Backend Database is SQL server which can be connected with Frontend using middle layer ADO.NET API programming. Following are some of the features in various modules. This project will have Master pages and Theming concepts to make this project highly user friendly and dynamic website.

Project modules: Authentication Administrator Post an Ad Profile Management Searching

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Modules Overview Authentication Module is used for user authentication like login and log out. Based on the login credentials of the user permissions will be assigned to the user to access different pages.

Administrator Module is used for modify any ad in the Classifieds Site manage activated and deleted ads create, modify, and delete categories create and delete locations manage site settings

Post an Ad Module is used for post an Advertisement for a wanted item or an item for sale. Registered and unregistered users can browse all ads and respond to them. When you post an ad, you specify characteristics of the ad including the category the ad is in, the title of the ad, the description of the ad, a price, and a location. Additionally, you can include photos for an ad.

Profile Management Module can be used for every registered user can customize his profile and categorized advertisements into different categories and manage your active and inactive ads, your saved bookmarks, and your profile characteristics

Searching Module develops two levels of search. Simple search and Advanced Search. In Simple search we can search different types of Ads based on Categories and Advanced search we can search Ads with options Category, Search Term, Maximum Price, Location, Date, Show.

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Posting Ads

As a registered user of the Classifieds Site you can post for a wanted item or an item for sale. Registered and unregistered users can browse all ads and respond to them. When you post an ad, you specify characteristics of the ad including the category the ad is in, the title of the ad, the description of the ad, price, and location. Additionally, you can include photos for an advertise.

5. Keywords:

Generic Technology Keywords: Databases, User Interface,

Programming

Specific Technology Keywords: ASP.Net, C#.Net, MS SQL Server

Project Type Keywords: Analysis, Design, Implementation,

Testing

SDLC Keywords: Presentation, Business, Data Access Layers

6. Environment:

Servers:

Operating System Server: - Microsoft Windows

2000 or Higher

Data Base Server: Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005

Clients: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox

Tools: Microsoft Visual Studio .Net

User Interface: ASP.NET with AJAX

Code Behind: VB. NET

Project Description

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The Advertising portal for product promotion provides a complete, ready to run, fully customizable, Web site for listing and managing classified advertisements. Advertising portal for product promotion is a web based project users can interact with the web server with any browsers available like Internet Explorer and Mozilla Fire Fox. Backend Database is SQL server which can be connected with Frontend using middle layer ADO.NET API programming . Following are some of the features in various modules. This project will have Master pages and Theming concepts to make this project highly user friendly and dynamic website.

Existing System

Due to World Wide Web revolution now a days most percentage of the users are depending on internet to search any kind of information they require. This is from daily news to any other information like technology updates, health tips, doctor’s info search and appointment, products promotion etc… This shifted the business from traditional paper advertisement to online advertisements. There is no wonder to say that daily online advertisements business is touching millions of dollars. Many big software giants like Google, Yahoo are giving huge importance to online advertising. Most of the websites designed today are keeping some space aside for online advertising and this has taken an important step in every commercial websites we are using in recent days.

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Drawbacks of the existing system: Lot of time is wasted in looking out advertisements. Cannot view various newspapers, journals etc at a time. It is a very time consuming process. At a time advertiser cannot upload his advertisements.

Proposed System Advertising portal for product promotion is a website which provides you a quick reference of any type of advertisement you are looking for or a space to upload your Advertisements. The important facilities the website provides the users are.

Searching for Ads. Allow users to search and respond to ads.

Posting and Managing Ads. Allow registered users to post and manage ads.

Configuring Site. Allow administrators to manage site characteristics.

Visitor Privileges

Anyone (not logged in) May view and respond to ads.

Logged in May additionally post and manage ads and maintain a list of bookmarked ads.

Logged in as administrator

May additionally edit all ads and classified categories, locations, general site settings, and activations and deletions.

Admin Features Monitors the website. Can provide different access permissions for different

users. Profile Management

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All advertisements will be advertised only after the approval of Admin.

Admin has the complete authority on the website. User Features

User can search for any type of advertisements. Users can Login and extract all the benefits of the site. Registered user can upload any advertisements if he

wants. Registered user can meet his demands from the

advertisements.

Modules Authentication Administrator Post an Ad Profile Management Searching

Modules Overview Authentication Module is used for user authentication like login and log out. Based on the login credentials of the user permissions will be assigned to the user to access different pages.

Administrator Module is used for modify any ad in the Classifieds Site manage activated and deleted ads create, modify, and delete categories create and delete locations manage site settings

Post an Ad Module is used for post an Advertisement for a wanted item or an item for sale. Registered and

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unregistered users can browse all ads and respond to them. When you post an ad, you specify characteristics of the ad including the category the ad is in, the title of the ad, the description of the ad, a price, and a location. Additionally, you can include photos for an ad.

Profile Management Module can be used for every registered user can customize his profile and categorized advertisements into different categories and manage your active and inactive ads, your saved bookmarks, and your profile characteristics

Searching Module develops two levels of search. Simple

search and Advanced Search. In Simple search we can search different types of Ads based on Categories and Advanced search we can search Ads with options Category, Search Term, Maximum Price, Location, Date, Show.

Posting Ads

As a registered user of the Classifieds Site you can post for a wanted item or an item for sale. Registered and unregistered users can browse all ads and respond to them. When you post an ad, you specify characteristics of the ad including the category the ad is in, the title of the ad, the description of the ad, price, and location. Additionally, you can include photos for an ad.

To create an ad

1. Log in to the site as a registered user.

2. In the top navigation bar, click on the Post an Ad link.

3. Select the category in which you will place the ad.

4. Click on the Next button.

5. Enter the characteristics of the ad. For both For Sale and Wanted ad types, the required fields are Title, Description, Price, and Location.

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6. Click the Finish button when you are ready to submit the ad.

To upload a photo for an ad immediately after creating it

1. After you clicked the Finish button for an ad click the Upload Photos for your Ad now link.

2. In the Manage Photos section, click Browse to select the image to upload.

3. Click Upload.

4. Repeat steps 2 through 3 for any additional photos you wish to

upload.

To upload a photo for an existing ad

1. Log in to the site as a registered user.

2. In the top navigation bar, click My Ads & Profile.

3. In the My Current Ads section, click the Picture link of the ad you wish to upload pictures to.

4. Click the Manage Photos link in the Actions section of the page.

5. In the Manage Photos section, click Browse to select the image to upload.

6. Click Upload.

7. Repeat steps 5 through 6 for any additional photos you wish to upload.

Managing Your Ads and Profile

The Classified Corner site allows user to manage their active and inactive ads, their saved bookmarks, and their profile characteristics. Profile characteristics include first name, last name, email and password.

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To change your profile

1. Login to the site as a registered user.

2. In the top navigation bar click on the My Ads & Profile link.

3. Click on the My Profile link.

4. Your profile information consists of: a. First name, last name and email.

b. Password.

5. To change your first name, last name, or email a. Change the appropriate text box.

b. Click the Save button to commit the changes.

6. To change your password a. Enter your existing password, new password, and confirmation in the appropriate text boxes.

b. Click the Change Password button to change the password.

To remove bookmarks

1. Login to the site as a registered user.

2. In the top navigation bar click on the My Ads &

Profile link.

3. Click on the Saved Bookmarks link.

4. Click the the Remove link of a bookmarked ad you wish to remove from the bookmark list.

Site Administration

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The Classifieds Site includes an administration feature users in the administrators role can use to perform administrative tasks including:

modify any ad in the Classifieds Site

manage activated and deleted ads

create, modify, and delete categories

create and delete locations

manage site settings

The site settings are the business logic of the Classified Site. The settings are managed using the Web form Settings.aspx page and stored in the site-config.xml file in the App_Data folder. The site settings include:

Whether ads require validation before appearing on the site

Number of days an ad remains active

Whether users are allowed to edit their ads

How ads are treated when a user removes an ad

Maximum number of photos that can be associated with an ad

Whether to notify the administrative contact email when new ads are posted and at what frequency

Whether to store photos in a database or in a directory

Name of the site that is ad response and notification emails

Site contact email

SMTP host name

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To create a category

1. Log in to the site as an administrator.

2. In the top navigation bar, click the Site Administration link.

3. Click the Manage Categories link.

4. Select the category that will be the parent category of the new category. Click a category name in the Sub-Categories list box to drill down into that category.

5. Type in a name for the category in the Add Sub-Category text box.

6. Click the Add button to add the new category.

To manage site settings

1. Log in to the site as an Administrator.

2. In the top navigation bar, click the Site Administration link.

3. Click the Manage Settings link.

4. Change settings as needed.

5. Click the Update button. The site-config.xml file is updated as well as the copy of the settings stored as an application object.

3. SOFTWARE REQUIREMENT SPECIFICATION

Hardware Requirements:Processor : Pentium-IVRam : 256 MB MINIMUMHard Disk : 2 GB Minimum

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Processor speed : 2.6 GHz

Software Specifications:

Language : VB.Net.

Technologies : ASP.Net.

Web Authoring Tool : HTML.

Server : IIS.

IDE : Visual Studio .Net

Database : Sql Server.

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