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| VELOCITIZED |
| A Customizable Personal Website |
| Introduction |
| Our client wanted a solution that would provide users with a faster and more productive Internet browsing experience. Users were to be provided with options to aggregate their various everyday Internet tasks such as checking e-mails, reading the latest headlines, etc into a single web based interface. Based on these requirements Icreon developed the velocitized.net website as a customizable personal website that allows users to configure and collate information from multiple sources, across the web, and view it on a single website. |
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Customer Profile |
| Our client is a US based entrepreneur. |
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Business Requirements |
With the objective of enhancing a user’s Internet browsing experience our client required a solution that would enable them to provide users with a single consolidated platform to access and perform their everyday Internet tasks. The solution was required to be customizable for individual users as per their preferences. Provisions enabling a user to aggregate information and tools from a list of available resources and organize them into separate tabs were required. The application was also required to be accessible via mobile phones.
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A solution to aggregate and organize information |
The solution developed by Icreon on the .net framework, provides users with a customizable website that they can personalize for quick access to their everyday Internet activities.
Users are required to register with the website to create their personalized account. The website provides a tabbed interface that can be customized to include e-mail accounts (Hotmail, Yahoo and Google), top headlines from popular websites (such as Washington Post, Google Entertainment, ESP, Wall Street Journal etc) and various tools (such as a To-do list, Weather indicator, Wikipedia search etc). Each of these elements is displayed as a widget. Users can add/remove or customize each widget to their preference.
One of the major features of the application is the ability to flag elements to the ‘Mobile’ tab. Elements added to the mobile tab will be available to the user when he/she logs into the website from a mobile phone.
The various elements that can be added/customized by the user include the following:
E-mail Accounts
Users can configure to receive RSS feeds from a list of pre-defined websites. A maximum of 10 headlines (configurable by the user) can be displayed for every feed.
RSS Feeds
Users can configure to receive RSS feeds from a list of pre-defined websites. A maximum of 10 headlines (configurable by the user) can be displayed for every feed.
Tools
Various tools have been integrated with the website. These include:
- To-Do List: The to-do list tool enables users to create and manage their task list. They have options to prioritize the tasks and flag them as complete. They can also print the entire to-do list.
- Wikipedia Search: Allows users to directly search Wikipedia through the website. Users can the search phrase in the tool to perform a search on Wikipedia.
- Weather Channel: Google Gadgets has been integrated with the solution to power the Weather Channel tool. Users can customize it to view the weather forecast of their local city.
Users are provided with options to request the administrator for feeds/tools not available on the website.
A web based administration panel has been provided enabling the administrator to manage and monitor the website. The administrator can view a list of registered users, configure the RSS feeds, view the comments submitted by the user etc. |
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| Summary |
| Icreon has provided the client with a means to offer users a simple and interactive means to aggregate and customize their frequently visited websites into a single source. The solution is also accessible to users over the mobile phones. |
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"Icreon has been the right choice for developing our site. Apart from being technologically stable, the company's interpersonal interaction has given our site, primetravels.com, a third dimension. They are professional and punctual with their work and more than often take initiatives to improve our
site presence."
Arun Verma
MD
Prime Travels |
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