Web 2.0 WizardBrad Gignac, B.G. and Arya Iranmanesh, A.I. and Steven Rugh, S.R. (2007) Web 2.0 Wizard. Project Report. Arya Iranmanesh, Blacksburg, VA, USA. Full text available as:
AbstractThe web today provides a slew of tools for the storage of sharable data, such as photos, slides, and blogs. It follows that there exists a need for a user to present information from such various “Web 2.0” sources on a single easily accessible webpage. The goal of this project is to allow the creation of such a page through a generally automated process. During design, the intended audience was considered to be university faculty who wish to ease information exchange with students. Future revisions will target a more general audience as the number of supported services grows. With such growth in mind, the design of the application has focused on a modular approach, with ease of expansion as a primary goal. Furthermore, though a website generator limits site flexibility by nature, the user interface was designed to maximize freedom of data placement and allow custom user html. The wizard appears to show great promise for the integration of various Web 2.0 services. Though the ease of information retrieval varies from site to site, early implementations indicate relative success in rapid data retrieval during dynamic page creation. Future implementations may perhaps incorporate caching functionality, not only to speed access to the page, but also to store data from more restrictive services such as Facebook. Once response from faculty is gauged, current plans involve the expansion of services and release to a more general audience. It is hoped that the wizard will allow the quick integration of the most common Web 2.0 services into a highly customizable site, thereby providing the user with an easily accessible outlet for various forms of media.
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