Inspiration: We wanted to help the community by connecting those who want to do good and chose who need help. We also wanted to fix a problem, and from personal experience, we understand that it can be difficult to get community service hours through volunteering.
What it does: Our website represents our idea of connecting volunteers and those who need help. An organization can register, putting in who they need. Then, if a person registers and meets the qualifications, the opportunity will be shown to them. They can read more about the opportunity, visit the organizations website, and apply.
How we built it: We used HTML to make an aesthetically pleasing website. We used attributes to link the top of the page to other parts of it, to make it easier to navigate. We inserted images and links to other websites to allow the page to be user friendly. The registration part was hardest. We had to ask for input from the user. Then we had to store and compare this user.
Challenges we ran into: Storing and comparing the information was the hardest part. We had to use PHP to connect the html file to a SQL database. From there, we had to compare the data, and use it to formulate results. However, we were unable to use this as html is unable to store data itself but we had to use a separate database to put our information into. This database required subscription and we couldn't figure out a way to successfully connect the PHP file to the database.
Accomplishments that we're proud of: We are proud of the fact that with little coding experience we were able to work together and make a website that would actually work in the real world. Coming in, we didn't think that we would achieve much, and we are now proud that we made a functioning website.
What we learned: As well as learning the basics of html, css, and php, we learned the value of hard work. Throughout the day we worked hard and were able to make an actual website with little previous experience.
What's next for NP Volunteer: Next, we plan to study PHP and SQL in order to make the website totally operational. Then, we plan to actually make NP Volunteer real. We plan to work with the town council, high school, and local businesses to make our idea a reality.
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