Design And Implementation Of Advertisement And Information Web Portal Using Php, Mysql And Apache Technologies Case Study: Softzone Group Nairobi, Kenya

ABSTRACT

The project involved design and implementation of an online information and

advertisements portal for SOFTZONE GROUP. This system is able to act as a catalogue

of information that captures the attention of people from all walks of life. The website

offers a gateway to other websites belonging to registered companies that wish to

advertise to the world their services and/or products in a more affordable way. The

website offers services like anonymous email services and e-newsletter services.

The critical approach to this project was based on the fact that success of such a website

depended on the ability to meet customer needs and continuously introduce new services

that compete effectively in the current growing market.

The main objective of this project was to design and implement an e-commerce site that

serves as the portal of information. Such information is offered through paid-for

advertisements and/or other tradeoffs agreed, while attracting site visitors through

innovative features such as emails and subscription for e-newsletter.

The execution of this project was limited to planning, analysis, design and

implementation of an ‘Online Advertisements and Information system’ hosted on a

website. Designs evolved from system requirements by interpreting the structural views

of the information. i.e., processes, logic and data models.

Through out the project, feedbacks where forwarded to the next level of activity and this

made each step more productive than the previous. I am pleased to have managed to meet

the deadline and present the project with full compliance to the original user specifications.