tanny411/groupstudy

A social networking Web App aiming to make group interaction easier and more organized. Features include posting, commenting, files upload and file/folder organizing system along with a group shared whiteboard API for group sharing experiences, all within one or more groups as organized by the members of a group.

Project GroupStudy

A Web App to ease collaboration among groups of people, especially useful for students looking for a medium other than typical social media platforms to keep connected. Easy interaction, file sharing and chat features make the app a all-in-one for keeping up-to-date with group members.

Features include:

• Users create an account, and can create groups.
• Users are part of one or more groups. Each group has a landing page where they can interact.
• Group members with a groups admin password can invite other registered members.
• They can post, comment on posts, engage in chat.
• Groups have a fie storage system to store files organized in folders.
• Set tag to uploaded. Search files by tag or filename or filetype.
• See notifications both inside and outside of group.
• A shared white-board app is accessible to each group.

This app was built with a PHP backend and pure HTML, CSS, JS based front-end.

Demo

• Register
• Features
• Get group notifications
• Get invited to groups

Run Project

Server

• Install XAMPP.
• Open and run Apache and MySQL by sudo /opt/lampp/manager-linux-x64.run. Start Apache and MySQL.
• In xampp/htdocs/ clone this repository.

Database

• Open localhost/phpmyadmin in browser and create a database called groupstudy.
• Go to Import, click choose file and select the setting files/groupstudy.sql file. Click Go. The database should be set up. Some dummy data fills the database, if you want you can clear all the tables.
• [optional] In user table, facebook, linkedin, github columns need to be set to have default as NULL.
• Run SET @@global.sql_mode= '';

Set file path

• If you are not running from linux, in GroupStudy/generatecaptcha.php change the path towards the end of the file to the proper location of the GroupStudy folder.
• Similarly in two places in register.php, on place in deletepost.php, addpost.php, and profile_setting.php.

Send mail

Application will work fine without these settings, just emails wont be sent.

• Windows
• Linux
• Have to turn on access to less secure apps ON in gmail. Turn it off later if you want.

Run

• Run localhost/GroupStudy/main_page.php from browser and Enjoy!

Project Files

• MAIN PAGE

  • main_page.php (connect.inc.php, core.inc.php)
  • mainjs.js

• LOGIN

  • login.php
  • login_form.php
  • login.css (backL.jpg)

• REGISTER

  • register.php
  • register_form.php
  • register.css (generatecaptcha.php, font.ttf, backR.jpg)
  • registered.html
  • registered.css

• LOGGED IN

  • loggedin.php
  • loggedin_form.php
  • loggedin.css
  • loggedin.js
  • search_img.png
  • grouplist.php

• GROUP

  • setsession.php
  • grouppage.php
  • grouppage.html
  • grouppage.css
  • grouppage.js

• GROUP FEATURES

  • addpost.php
  • addfolder.php
  • searchfiles.php
  • deletepost.php
  • addcomment.php
  • deletecomment.php
  • deletefolder.php
  • https://www.twiddla.com/API/Reference.aspx
  • {board.php,board.html=> not in use, were trialed with}

• USER SETTINGS

  • logout.php
  • deletenotif.php
  • profil_setting.php
  • profile_setting_form.php
  • profile_setting.css
  • profile.php
  • profile_form.php
  • profile.css

• CHAT FEATURE

  • insert_chat.php
  • chat_log.php
  • offline.php
  • toggleoffline.php
  • namelist.php //to update showing online or offline

• GROUP SETTINGS

  • group_setting.php
  • group_setting.html
  • group_setting.css
  • remove_user.php
  • timeout.html
  • timeout.js

• INVITE TO GROUP

  • invite.php
  • invite.html
  • invite.css
  • invite.js
  • send_invite.php
  • userlist.php//list of users not in group
  • deleteinvite.php
  • add_to_grp.php

groupstudy's Issues

Delete Group

admin must be able to delete group, or if you support democracy, poll for group deletion, and the group will be deleted!

'Removed' users' posts/comments

Someone should be able to delete these; these shouldn't lay around forever.

All users leave?

what if all users leave the group? It will remain an empty group with lost of 'removed users' posts no one can access!

TimeOut page

time out page, to pass the time. time out from studies!

Invite page name duplication

same name if already selected as tag, appears again in the drop-down list and can be re-selected, problems:
1.same name appears multiple times
2.same thing re-written in database multiple times
n,b use set somewhere to fix it

Admin Setting

Make the group creator an admin, and selected people : can ban or approve members (also delete group)
So far group settings are restricted to people who know password, also to leave group, one needs the group password (kindof absurd). should be able to delete 'remove users' posts/comments

Email invite

One click link for users to enter group from which they are invited (on group creation only)
otherwise prompted for login/register and then redirect to group.

Notification jump to new comment

on jump to new comment(when clicked on notification), the comment box of that particular box should remain open, to view the comment.

Email verification

Email verification link to be sent (on account creation)