Update

Plan of Action as at August 6, 2009
(also everything in brackets are the resources required for each)


Milestones:
11 September – Finish website / Final brief written up
18 September – Upload website, hand over to client with instructions on how to make changes as necessary


Week ending 7 August
- Arrange meeting with client for early next week
- Get website backwards compatible with IE7 and Firefox 2.0 (Computer / Internet / SSH-FTP client(winscp/putty))
- Finish Justification of changes

Week ending 14 August
- Fix problem with backwards compatibility with CSS on site
- Continue working on fixing work that needs doing in project.(computer / IDE / Internet)
- Meet with client, talk to her about progress of the site, when she can expect it to be finished by and the options available to her hosting wise.
- Start hosting research (Computer / Word processor / Internet)

Week ending 21 August
- Continue completing paperwork. (computer / Word Processor)
- Continue coding website (Computer / IDE / Internet)
- Continue hosting research (Computer / Word processor / Internet)
- Fix image size issue on site (Computer)

Week ending 28 August
- Continue / Finish website code (computer / IDE )
- Arrange meeting with client
- Make sure website documentation is up to date
- Write up changes (Word processor)

Week ending 4 September
- Continue / Finish website code (computer / IDE )
- Make finishing touches on site (Computer / IDE)
- Get feedback from client on site
- Make changes based on feedback
Week ending 11 September
- Finish Site
- Meet with client, show her options regarding hosting, give to her and let her decide what she wants
Week Ending 18 September
- Upload Site


Justification for changes

22/3/09
Changed dates on plan of action as more information had come to light and documents had taken longer then anticipated completing. For example, drawing up initial designs, I thought I would be finishing them off in the week ending 27 march, but because I hadn’t had time to start them the week before I had to start them in that week. Also I thought that I would have a meeting with my client in the week ending 27 march but that never happened so taking designs and survey to client was delayed a week. Which also pushed back most of the site a week. I also realised my site would take longer then I had previously thought to code so that is also why the final date is 3 weeks later in the second plan of action.

25/5/09
Significant Changes to dates have again happened as I have realised that the ones that were included in the plan of action on 22 March will not be achievable and have already passed for some of them. The 26 June is now the end date as I have realised that the coding will take longer then I anticipated. At this point I have still not got back my survey results which I had expected back earlier. As a result of this the dates for everything have had to be put back a while as the survey impacts the key factors, and what I decide to prioritise in my project.

29/7/09
Changed the border on the website from a solid white border to one that fades from a light grey to black. Reason for doing this is I had initially stated to the client I was going to make the border look similar to this, with rounded edges and such. Another reason for this is I feel it looks better and makes the site look more professional overall.

6/8/09
Changed dates again as they were unrealistic.
Completion date is now 11 September, with site being uploaded a week later on the 18th. This change has arisen from me taking longer then expected to do things, as holidays have come and other projects have impeded on the time I spend on this project. Also the school production in the first week of term meant that I didn’t have much time that week to work on it. Exams are coming up so I have included time for that, as I expect I wont be doing much work during this time.

Problem

I will continue to work on fixing up work i have missed.
This is just an update on the site as it is to date. I have found that the CSS i am using, although fully complient with web standards, is very current and will therefore not show up on older browsers such as IE7 and Firefox 2. The problem is the border i have implemented doesn't show and the page then just looks very bland and outdated. Also the font Calabri doesn't seem to show on a few computers, will need to think of a fallback one.
I am working to fix this and will hopefully have a solution within the week.

AS 3.2 - the one-off solution

It is cool to work towards the final solution as you are, but remember the division between AS3.1 and AS3.2 in the video. Once the brief and final concept are finsihed/evaluted etc, the stakeholders, keyfactors and brief change for AS3.2 and another Technology project worth another 8 credits at Level 3 gets underway.

You need to get your final concept evalutated etc. I've copied my 'comprehensive' feedback regarding AS3.1 etc into the comment below.

Gantt Chart

Progress

The website is nearly finished, all that is now required is a re work of the header and more images throughout the site as well as changing the ones on the front page.

The site is now available, and will be for the short term at
http://shephard.is-a-geek.net

Documentation wise i am finishing the gantt chart and am going to try put it all in a folder.

Alteration

I am now going to use lightbox instead of minishowcase for the gallery page on my webiste.
This is because, what i didn't find out in research was the lack of integration available with an existing site. Minishowcase doesn't easily allow you to put your own page and use their gallery script. You have to use their gallery page which is not what i am looking for.
Lightbox is the next best gallery so i will be using this instead.
Will post progress on how this goes

Key Milestones

These are the key milestones - past and future.
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Past Milestones:

Project Commencement - 23 February

First Meeting - 2 March

Initial POA / Brief finished - 10 March

Sketches Drawn up and shown to client - 18 March

Survey Handed out to customers - 22 March

General Research on Costume hire sites finished - 23 March

Website Code Started - 27 March

Website Version 0.1 finished - 22 April

Survey Collated - June 7

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Future Milestones:

Website Content all included in site, including galleries (without design being finished) - 22 June

Final Brief Done - 29 June

Hosting research finished - 24 July

Website Finished, final modifications Done - 31 July

Website Handed Over to client - 7 August