Milestone 1

Collaborators:
I found Alex Lessard to help lessen the load for this project. He will be helping me with the database structuring as well as some of the coding. When we get to the timeline creation, he will help with some of the dynamic structuring. Since this is such a big project, his help will certainly move the project along towards completion.

Securing Web Space and Domain Name:
I am in the process of creating an account on Sato. Right now, everything is still on Cordova. I went online to buy the domain name ourlegacy.com, but that was taken. These are the other ones I am considering (I will make a purchase this week):
ourlegacysite.com
officialourlegacy.com
theourlegacy.com

Planning:
I've created the storyboards for the entire site. This has helped me to visualize what I will need for design, navigation, database tables, and coding. Each page on the site is drawn out on a piece of paper. I was able to create the navigation and prepare the site outline for what I want. I am in the process of designing the first design layout, which will be revised in future releases.

Alex and I have also been working on the database structure, which is in its first draft now. Here is what we have for table structures so far:
users
User_id
First_name
Last_name
Password
Address1
Address2
City
State
Zip
Phone
birthdate

events
event_id
user_id (of creator)
name
date
place

media
media_id
user_id (who uploaded)
type (text, picture, video, or sound)

contributions_events
contributions_events_id
user_id
event_id

event_media
event_media_id
media_id
event_id

user_events
event_user_id
user_id

user_media
media_user_id
user_id

event_tags
event_tag_id
event_id

media_tags
media_tag_id
user_id

Design:
I have started on the design by beginning with my proposal template. I changed a few details and put the design in HTML. I like the simplicity of the site, but am planning to change the color scheme and the logo for my next design release.

Coding:
Since we are working out the database structure first, Alex and I are going to start coding next week. I have created HTML template pages for all of the different pages that we will need. I wrote the forms and put some basic text in so that when I go to populate it, I will know where everything needs to go. This first prototype is helpful for navigation purposes and to see what needs to be done.

Here is what I have done so far in design and coding: http://cordova.asap.um.maine.edu/~whitea/our_legacy/index.html

Promotion:
Promotion will start this week. I plan on spreading the word with my friends since they will be the first people to use and populate the sites. I will also be contacting my scrapbooking consultant so that I can reach an older and more diverse audience.

Testers
I will begin hunting for testers to test my first prototype, which will be released at my second milestone. The first group will probably be from this class, but for the third and final prototypes, I would like some outside input.