Omaha Code School Wiki Project Plan

Goal:

A wiki that holds various information on Omaha Code School: all the students, teachers, mentors, inside jokes (2048, copters, etc.).

Things it should do:

CRUD articles (create, read, update, delete)
CRUD users (create, read, update, delete), with both admins (Andy, Cara, and Matt) and regular users (anyone who wants to sign up and contribute)
Have databases of articles and users
Cross link between articles
Have pictures

Needed models:

Article

Description: The latest version of the article. Has many Updates.

Columns:

ID
Title
created_at
updated_at
Update

Description: The Updates are all the versions of the Article, if we need to roll back. By default, the displayed article on the page will point to the content of the Update with the newest "created_at" stamp. Belongs to Article.

Columns:

ID
article_id
- foreign
user_id
- foreign, references the last editor
content
created_at
- We use this to sort Updates. The newest is what is displayed.
updated_at
User

Description: The admins and editors for the wiki. Only users can edit. Admins have more powers than regular users. User has many Updates.

Columns:

ID
created_at
updated_at
fname
lname
email
username
password_digest
admin
- boolean if they are an admin or not

User details

Admin powers:

Roll back articles to earlier versions
- The older Update they select will be copied as the latest Update, and therefore the version that will be displayed.
Lock articles from being edited
Ban users
Delete articles
Regular user powers:
Create
Edit

Views

Layout

Article nav bar
- On top
- Search bar
- Article editing buttons
- View history
- Sign in/up
Website nav bar
- On the left
- Categories
Footer
- Credits (links to OCS, us, etc.)
  Home page
Featured article
Create/Edit Articles
Form
Use RedCarpet gem
View Article
Article
Delete Articles
Confirmation before deleting
Create/Edit Users
Form
View User
Profile page
Delete User
Confirmation before deleting

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