Introduction
The objective of the project is to save any items to your wish list from anywhere on the web.
Almost every store on the web has a wish list these days. But it only work on their own site. But
in this project you can store all your favorite items on one site.
Description
Admin Features:
Admin can manage the members who have registered to this website.
He/She can change the status of the user by activate/inactivate them.
The admin can also manage the categories,items and the gift articles displayed
in the website.
The admin can also add/edit/delete the occasions and set the recipients for each occasions.
He/She can set the Frequently asked Questions and Answers (FAQ). He/She can add email templates
which are used to send mail to the friends about the user's wish list.
The admin can also edit the static html pages like Site map, Getting Started etc.
The admin can also set the site names and affiliate urls for each site. The users are allowed to
add items only from the site names added by the admin.
User Features
The members can register to this website and add items to their wish lists. Only
the active members can logged in to their panel. The user can edit their profiles.
They can add items to their wish lists. There are three lists
1.Public list
2.Private list
3.Friends list
The items added in the public list can be viewed by all the users. Only the registered users can
access the items added in the private list. The Friends List items can be viewed by all exactly
like public pages.
The users can add/edit/delete friends to 'My Friends' list. They can also search for the friend
and view the friends wish list. Then they can buy the items for their friends. When the users
buy any item, they can enter their details in the item form. SO that the friends can know who has
bought the item for them. When the users buy the item from any website, then its affiliate url
will be run as a background process. The affiliate url for the websites are set by the admin.
If the items are purchased already, then it will be displayed as 'Already purchased'. SO that two
users won't buy the same item. The users can click on the link and view who has purchased the
item. The users can also search the gift details based on the occasions , recipients and the
price range and view the gift items.
The users can add this website to their favorite folder by clicking on 'Add to Favorites' link.
This will add the Wishlist url to the favorites. So when the user come across any item in
different website , they don't need to come back to wish list website and add the item. They can
simply click on the wish list link from the favorites and the items will be automatically added
to their wish list.
The users are allowed to add items only from the authorized websites.
Apart from the complex php mysql web script a visual basic IE internet explorer toolbar was created to automate several functions. The advanced tool bar was scripted in vb6 and contains features such as add to wishlist, passing the exact url of the current page to the server using sockets etc.