StepUp Demo

Created 24 August 2014
Last reviewed 4 October 2014

This is the StepUp Demo
Designed by Tammy Orr, Ivan Mani, and Charlotte Fisher
Coded by Tammy Orr and Sri Vishnu Totakura.

Unimplemented Functionality

New Issues (4 October 2014)

• [Minor] If user is not signed in, clicking Browse Volunteers should redirect to Browse Volunteers after successful sign-in (instead of profile page).
• [Minor] 'Make a Proposal' for a vacancy when logged in as a non-volunteer (such as NGO) leads to an error page.
• (Lots of failing tests?)

Needed for Demo

• We own www.stepupvolunteers.com, but it is not configured properly to route to Heroku.
• 'Post Skill' menu item does nothing.
• Messaging system (proposals) (partially implemented)

Ivan/Charlotte/Tammy

• 'More info' static page has not been written yet.

Not needed for demo (?)

• Minor bug: Only occurs after infowindow has been clicked and closed once. Infowindow sticks open until 'X' is clicked when hovering. (Due to Google Maps API - no close() event for infowindow.)
• Corporate reporting/analytics system
• 'Sign in with LinkedIn' unimplemented
• Clicking a 'Top Vacancy' on Home page should probably lead to those vacancies
• The site looks awful on small screens/old browsers
• Corporate profiles
• Map labels do not group when many labels are in a small area (plugins to do this quickly are expensive)
• Terms and conditions have not been written
• Browse volunteers and browse vacancies - lists should look much better when graphics are added

Implemented

Design issues

• Most input fields are unrestricted string fields without constraints
• Many input fields should be dropdowns
  We do not have finalized option lists for them
  Bootstrap dropdown boxes look awful (perhaps not a worry for demo)

Known Sloppiness

• Some lazy 'style=' HTML tags remain in static_pages/home.html.erb
• There may be some "TODO"s in the code
• Some code which might be useful later is commented

Vishnu - Completed

• 'I have read these Terms and Conditions...' checkbox must be checked to register
• Browse volunteers and browse vacancies:
  Filter -> 'Apply' buttons work
  Vacancies can now be sorted by NGO
• Hovering on a map label now shows more info (& larger font)
• 'Post Vacancy' bug is fixed

Tammy - Completed

• Added missing placeholders
• Updated text for Make Proposal/Submit Proposal buttons
• Submit Proposal screen - fixed 'Message' textarea font
• User registration - fixed small Terms and Conditions checkbox
• Added text autofocus for Volunteer and NGO profile creation
• Ensured 'sign in' (two words) used consistently
• Fix use of pluralize() - when filters result in one record - '1 volunteers' or '1 vacancies' text
• Google Maps tooltips - Added support for both mouseover/mouseout and click events
  Note: see minor bug above under 'Not Needed for Demo'

Messaging System

Notes

• A number badge or different graphic should show a signed-in user's inbox status (empty vs. not empty).
• The messaging system is an internal part of StepUp.
• We expect to restrict/paywall the pieces of information sent.
  However, for the demo we may allow freeform text messages.

Volunteers can see two types of messages:

• My vacancy proposals (sent messages)
• NGO responses to my vacancy proposals (received messages)

NGOs can see two types of messages:

• My responses to volunteer proposals (sent messages)
• Volunteer proposals for vacancies (received messages)

User Access

Unregistered User

Unregistered users may:

• Browse vacancies
• Register
• Log in

The following actions will lead to the login/registration page:

• Attempting to browse volunteers
• Attempting to create a vacancy or post a skill
• Attempting to make a proposal for a vacancy

Generic Registered User (no volunteer, NGO, or corporate profile)

This user may:

• Do everything an Unregistered User can do
• Create own volunteer, NGO, or corporate profile
• Check messages
• Sign out

The same actions that prompt an unregistered user, will also prompt this user to create their volunteer, NGO, or corporate profile.

Signed-in volunteer

This user may:

• Do everything a generic registered user can do
• Make a vacancy proposal (not implemented)
• Edit own profile
• List own profile
• Unlist own profile

Signed-in NGO

This user may:

• Do everything a generic registered user can do
• Browse volunteers
• Edit own profile
• View own vacancies
• Post a vacancy
• Edit own vacancy
• Send a message to a volunteer (not implemented)

Signed-in Corporate

(Not needed for demo)