Online Community Management

Project Report
On
Online Community Management

Submitted in the partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of degree of

Bachelors of Technology
in
Computer Science Engineering

Under the Guidance of Submitted by

[Link] Kaul Rachit Saini ( 10075 )
(Associate Professor) Rajat Gupta ( 10077 )
Sanjay Kumar ( 10101 )

Department of Computer Science Engineering

Dronacharya College of Engineering
Gurgaon – 123 506, Haryana (India)

APRIL,2011

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Dronacharya College of Engineering

Certificate
Certified that this project entitled “Online Community Management” submitted by
Rachit Saini(10075),Rajat Gupta (10077),Sanjay Kumar(10101), students of
Computer Science Engineering Department, Dronacharya College of Engineering,
Gurgaon in the partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of Bachelors of
Technology (Electronics & Communication Engineering) Degree of MDU, Rohtak,
is a record of students own study carried under my supervision & guidance.
This report has not been submitted to any other university or institution for the award
of any degree.

Dr. [Link] Mrs. Chitra Kaul

HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR

(Associate Professor)
Department of Computer Science Department of Computer Science

Dronacharya College Of Engineering,Gurgaon Dronacharya College Of Engineering,Gurgaon

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We confirm that the project Freight Record System being developed by [Link] Kumar, Anil,
Manish and Gaurav Verma all final year students of Dronacharya College of Engineering is
under the consideration of our company. The project must contain the facility to book the shipment
online and track the package location and following:

Check the services network

Access services
Feedback

If the project satisfies our requirements we would be interested in implementing the project at our
client institutes end. The price of the project is not yet finalized and is negotiable.

Pankaj Garg
(Project Manager )

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER NO. TITLE PAGE NO.

LIST OF FIGURES vi
LIST OF TABLES viii
ABSTRACT
ix

1. INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Online Community Management 2
1.2 Scope 3
2. REQUIREMENTS 4
2.1 Software Requirements 5
2.2 Hardware Requirements 5
3. PLATFORM 6
3.1 Development Platform 7
3.2 Target Platform 7
4. LITERATURE REVIEW 8
4.1 Introduction to Visual Studio 2008 9
4.2 Visual Studio Development Environment 10
5. DESIGN
16
5.1 Data Flow Diagram 17
5.2 Entity Relationship Diagram 22
5.3 Use Case Diagrams 23
5.4 Database Design 25
5.5 Data Dictionary 27
6. CODE SNIPPET
33

7. SCREEN SHOTS 51

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8. TEST CASES 60

9. INSTALLATION GUIDE 64
9.1 Installing the Visual Studio 2008 65
9.2 Running the project 67

10. CONCLUSION 69

11. REFERENCES 71

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LIST OF FIGURES

FIG NO. DESCRIPTION

PAGE NO.

4.1 Visual Studio Development Environment 10

4.2 Visual Studio Solution Explorer 14
5.1 Basic components of the system and their functions 17
5.2 Steps followed when a new user account is created 18
5.3 Steps followed to join a new community 19
5.4 Data uploading process followed by the user 20
5.5 Procedure followed by the administrator to upload data on the website 21
5.6 E.R. diagram of the entities used and the relationships between them 22
5.7 Student (actor)and the actions performed by the student 23
5.8 Administrator (actor)and the actions performed by the administrator 24
5.9 College ID 27
5.10 College Name 27
5.11 College Address 28
5.12 College Site 28
5.13 College Logo 28
5.14 Student ID 29
5.15 User ID 29
5.16 User Password 29
5.17 Name 30
5.18 Email 30
5.19 Date Of birth 30
5.20 Phone 31
5.21 Address 31
5.22 Gender 31
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5.23 Hint Question 32

5.24 Hint Answer 32

7.1 The home page of the website 52

7.2 The new user registration page 53
7.3 Page to retrieve password 53
7.4 List of colleges registered with the website 54
7.5 The student’s home page 54
7.6 Adding new colleges to student’s profile 55
7.7 List of available research papers for download 55
7.8 Companies placement papers available for download 56
7.9 Reading material available 56
7.10 Student’s Upload page 57
7.11 Administrator home page 57
7.12 Administrator’s Setting page 58
7.13 The list of students registered with the website 58
7.14 Addition of new colleges by the administrator 59
7.15 Administrator upload page 59
9.1 Installation Window 65
9.2 Information Gathering 66
9.3 Default Installation 66
9.4 Visual Studio Startup Window 67
9.5 Locating Project 67
9.6 Running the Project 68

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LIST OF TABLES

TABLE NO. TITLE PAGE

NO.

5.1 Login Table 25

5.2 College Table 25
5.3 Community Table 26
8.1 Basic description of the different test cases user for testing 61
8.2 Different test cases with their respective outcomes 62

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ABSTRACT

Internet has brought the whole world on our fingertips and gives you ease and comfort
to talk to anyone in this world .So , our effort is to use this connectivity for the
betterment of students .The Project is based on online community named
“xTraEdge” which provides a platform for college students to share a common
space. It allows students from different colleges to communicate download and share
resources like previous year question papers, reading material and knowledge on
various topics and technologies. They would also be able to share about the latest
happenings in their respective colleges about any fest taking place, can ask for
participants and volunteers from other colleges also. Every student having an account
on this particular site would be able to have access to all the resources which would be
available in its repository. Along with tis students can post their questions about the
material and support required by them in their studies and other activities.

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