Moin’s Second impression
March 9, 2011 by moinahmed
I have been here for over three months now and conversely, time seems to have flown past so quick. I will now describe the work I have been doing and knowledge that I have gained from working in Proboscis.
My last impression was focusing more towards the research of Proboscis’s back end system and how the system is helping many organisations in UK and worldwide.
From the research, I have managed to understand that the Bookleteer system was used a lot internally and externally to create eBooks and Story Cubes to share experiences through this media. Having a system that generates a lot of traffic, it was important to make sure that the process of ordering prints or even to create eBooks/StoryCubes is easy for users.
Past and Present Work
There are some changes I have made since my last impression:
- Some tweaks in bookleteer blog CSS design to improve page layout.
- Adding a slideshow of images of some eBooks and StoryCubes to the bookleteer home page.
- Creating an online price estimator for bookleteer’s short run printing service allowing users to customise parameters (such as size, quantity and shipping destination) and receive an immediate estimate of the costs of printing ebooks or StoryCubes.
- Improving the navigation menu of the main proboscis website to allow as many drop down options as required.
- Testing the bookleteer API for bugs and reporting back to the chief developer.
- Working on design improvements to the user interface in bookleteer for creating eBooks.
Future work
I have recently started working towards redesigning and developing the front end system for bookleteer ordering systems. We should be able to incorporate this system with Paypal’s payment system to make the process a lot easier and faster for users. This should allow the invoicing to be made a lot easier than the current system.
We are also looking forward to re-designing the back cover of eBooks such that more spaces are available for users.
Knowledge and skills gained from working in Proboscis
So far I believe my knowledge of WordPress has increased dramatically as I can now work on the back end of WordPress where I believe I am confident enough to edit/add scripts to make the WordPress page more personal yet leave the CMS system unchanged.
My knowledge of CSS has also increased dramatically as I have now managed to understand the requirement for CSS in IE, which involves a lot of tweaking to make sure the pages display accurately.
Using these two solid skills, I have managed to design and create WordPress Portfolio of my own.
For further interest in the future, I want to create the admin side of the pricing estimator page, which will allow the admin to change the figures in database which will reflect towards the estimator and the final cost.
I look forward to working in Proboscis every day and enjoyed every moment of my time spent here.
