toolbar integrated with directories pertaining to business

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Case Study

Toolbar for Local Business Directory


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Client required a web toolbar having a complete list of directories pertaining to Business, Shops,

Locations, Verticals, Industry, Restaurants, Hotels etc. The toolbar will act as a complete Online

Location Guide on web.

Client acquires a famous local search engine website. Further, he expects the similar feature of

the website to be replicated with its Web Toolbar. The purpose is to let each user who has

installed the toolbar to easily navigate to any information or location through a single click.

This toolbar is specifically designed for the users who want their search refined within minimal

clicks. It displays the result quickly and helps users to navigate with pre-defined search options

provided in the toolbar. Functional features of this toolbar are as follows:

Home Website Logo: Clicking on the logo the user will be redirected to client’s official website.

City: User can refine the search by city. Select from the list of nearby state available and the

toolbar will display it in the grid.

What? : Text Box allows an automatic generated record to refine the user’s search.

Where? : Depending on the City and the Selection, user gets a list of locations found in that

predefined locations/areas etc.

Restaurants: Button has been given. On clicking the button, the page will be redirected to

the list of recommended restaurants applied in the client’s Database Server.

Movies: Redirects to the list of popular Movies, Reviews, Theatres etc. records.

Events: Displays the lists of events running and their venue information and nearby

destination.

Google Search: This toolbar enrolls with major search engines. A shortcut text bar has been

provided in the toolbar which allows users to search by entering the keywords in the toolbar

under Google Text Box itself without visiting Google externally.

Facebook and Twitter Integration: Two different icons are provided at the end of the

toolbar. On clicking these icons, users can add client’s information to Facebook and Twitter

according to the entered account login details.

Themes Change: User can change the background color scheme with the help of Toolbar

Settings.

Client Requirement

Project Challenges

Team faced the following challenges:

A complete installer which is being embedded with a huge range of client’s database

had to be integrated properly.

Theme Function had to work on the basis of the Toolbar Settings feature and was

completely dynamic.


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Technologies Used

Manpower

Operating System &

Server Management

Windows OS, Multi-Server Architecture with Staging & Production

Environment through Version Controlling releases, Server

Optimization, Security & SSL Implementation, Scheduler for Back-ups,

Alert Monitoring System Integration, Server Performance Tuning at

regular intervals, Software Firewall Configuration & Maintenance

Development Tools &

Environments

C, C++, VC++, MFC, ATL COM, COM+, DCOM, ActiveX, BHO, Visual

Studio, JavaScript, RDF, CSS, XUL, InstallShield, Dreamweaver, XUL

Debugger, XPI Creator, Java, NSIS tools etc.

Database MSSQL Database Server, DB Clustering, DB Optimization, Master

Slave Replication, Query Optimization, Scheduler for Backups

Project Leader

1

Developers

2

Designers

1

Quality Assurance Testers

1

Biggest challenge for us was to create sync between the Toolbar and the client’s

website because each record and entry is inter-related with each other and information

is being displayed dynamically.

Auto-Suggestion of data filtering on a single click and the selection relative to data

should get displayed in the required order to provide pre-defined choices for the user

to select the required information.


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Planning

The first step towards planning involved graphical representation of the toolbar. The design

was made appealing and easy to navigate by any user.

A couple of images required by the client had to fit within the area of the toolbar.

Next step was to research on auto-suggestion features for all the fields provided in the

toolbar.

Later Installer Steps were designed and defined as very simple and easy to use.

The toolbar was made compatible with Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox Browsers. It

was made compatible with all browser and Window’s versions.

toolbar integrated with directories pertaining to business

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