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Cl ient Over v iew
About C l ien t : The Ash ram se r ves as a sou rce
o f i n sp i r a t i on and gu idance, and s t ands as a
monumen t to Gandh i j i ’ s l i f e m i ss ion and a t es t imony
to o the r s who have fough t a s im i l a r s t r ugg le. I t
became home to t he i deo logy t ha t se t I nd i a f r ee. I t
a i ded coun t l ess o the r na t i ons and peop le i n t he i r
own ba t t l e s aga ins t opp ress i ve fo rces.
The Ash ram i s p resen t l y i n vo l ved i n a number
o f ac t i v i t i e s t ha t se r ves to bo th p rese r ve t he
h i s to r y o f Gandh i and the f r eedom s t rugg le and
a l so to p romote and educa te peop le i n t he g rea t
ph i l osoph ies, va l ues and teach ings o f Gandh i .
The Ash ram Trus t f unds ac t i v i t i e s t ha t i nc l ude
educa t i on fo r t he v i s i t o r, t he commun i t y and rou t i ne
ma in tenance o f t he museum and i t s su r round ing
g rounds.
Proposed So lu t ion : S i l ve r Touch p roposed deve lop ing
t he web po r t a l us i ng D rupa l open sou rce p l a t f o rm
as D rupa l p rov ides soph i s t i ca ted , f l e x i b l e and robus t
webs i t e deve lopmen t . S i l ve r Touch p roposed PHP as
f ron tend and MySQL as backend .
D rupa l sca l es e f f o r t l e ss l y and i s s t ab le even when
se r v i ng t housands o f use r s s imu l t aneous l y. D rupa l i s
des igned to be h igh l y cus tom i zab le i n t e rms o f f ea tu res,
f unc t i ona l i t y, l a you t and des ign .
By cons ide r i ng t he advan tages o f D rupa l , S i l ve r
Touch has p roposed deve lop ing cus tom modu les
fo r a l l f unc t i ona l i t i e s such as pho to ga l l e r y, v i deo,
ch rono logy, sea rch ing, and f am i l y t r ee. Use r
Managemen t and Ro le Managemen t come as an
i n teg ra l p rocess o f t he app l i ca t i on . S i l ve r Touch a l so
proposed fo l lowing 3rd par ty products / appl icat ion …
1. jP l aye r ex tens ion fo r aud io ga l l e r y
2 . Book Reade r ex tens ion fo r d i sp l ay i ng books and
vo lumes re la ted to Gandhi j i ’s l i fe on the web po r t a l
3 . Goog le Map i n teg ra t i on t ha t d i sp l ays t he p l aces
v i s i t ed by Gandh i j i a round wor ld
4 . Goog le Ana l y t i c s i n t eg ra tes fo r d i sp l ay i ng repo r t s
on backend .
Requi rement Over v iew:
C l i en t wan ted to deve lop a web po r t a l i n t he memor y
o f Maha tma Gandh i and to p resen t h i s He r i t age on
web. C l i en t had a p l an to have vas t i n fo rma t i on o f
t he l i f e and t imes o f Gandh i j i on t he po r t a l . The
i n fo rma t i on i nc l udes books w r i t t en by Gandh i j i , aud io
and v ideo f i l e s, ga l l e r y o f pho tog raphs & ca r toons.
Following are the major requirements of the cl ien t :
1. Ga l l e r y o f pho tog raphs, v i deos, ca r toons, aud ios,
pos te r s and s t amps w i t h sea rch ing, pag ing and
f i l t e r i ng f unc t i ona l i t y
a. S i te v is i tors should be able to v iew pho tog raphs
i n f u l l sc reen and a l so ab le to p r i n t t he
pho tog raphs
Case Study®
Gandhi Heritage Portal
Cl ient : Sabarmat i Ashram Preser va t ion and
Memor ia l Trus tCl ient Vert ical : Govt . /PSU
Project Type: Her i tage Por ta l Technology Used: Drupa l , MySQL
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b. V ideos should be eas i ly p lay on the por ta l wi th a l l bas ic features such as s tar t / pause / s top, forward, backward, and
vo lume up / down
c. Por ta l should d isp lay wr i t ten document re la ted to Gandhi j i ’s speeches
2. Por ta l should d isp lay l is t of a l l the p laces v is i ted by Gandhi j i on the Google Map across the wor ld
3. Day-to-day & event wise chronology of Gandhi j i w i th f i l ter ing funct iona l i ty by date
4. Books and Volumes re la ted to Gandhi j i w i th search ing & f i l ter ing features
5. Web por ta l should be prov ide a l l journa ls wi th re la ted photographs that was publ ished or ed i ted by Gandhi j i or other inst i tu t ions
6. Web por ta l should inc lude in format ion re la ted to the fami ly t ree of Mahatma Gandhi
7. Regis t ra t ion for specia l users wi th log in funct iona l i ty
8. A l l the type of contents such as photographs, v ideos & books and specia l users should be manage by admin is t ra tor
Fol lowing were the general requirements of the cl ient:
1. Web por ta l should prov ide l is t of recent updates
2. Global search for web por ta l
3. Web Por ta l should be ava i lab le in mul t i language – Engl ish, Hind i & Gujarat i w i th mul t ip le content s ize opt ions
4. Two type of webs i te v iews: s tandard & contrast v iew
Simple and noble l i fe of Mahatma Gandhi is made available to the world through this website. The Website exhibits the fol lowing
bene f i t s :
1. S i te v is i tors can eas i ly get the in format ion & knowledge f rom por ta l about Mahatma Gandhi ’s l i fe, hard-work & h is contr ibut ion
towards the Ind ian nat ion
2. Photographs re la ted to Gandhi j i ’s fami ly, h is associa tes and var ious movements & act iv i t ies are ava i lab le and v is i tors a lso can
eas i ly pr in t those photos v ia por ta l
3. Web por ta l prov ides a l is t of a l l p laces on Google map that Gandhi j i v is i ted across the Ind ia and outs ide Ind ia
4. e-Copy of journa ls wr i t ten and publ ished by Gandhi j i or other inst i tu t ions are ava i lab le on l ine
5. Wi th the he lp of Book reader, v is i tors can read the books onl ine and a lso pr in t the requi red pages f rom the por ta l
6. The por ta l is ava i lab le in three languages - Engl ish, Hind i & Gujarat i so that users f rom di f ferent geographica l locat ions can use
/ read the por ta l eas i ly
7. Por ta l prov ides the fac i l i ty of increas ing and decreas ing the font s ize of content
8. Screen reader access funct iona l i ty has been in tegrated to make the s i te potent ia l ly usefu l to people who are b l ind, v isua l ly
impai red, i l l i tera te or learn ing d isabled
9. Wi th the he lp of Drupal , the por ta l exh ib i ts more stab i l i ty and fast response t ime
Benef i ts
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Pro jec t Workf low & Descr ip t ion
Pro jec t Workf low
The web portal is developed to present Gandhij i ’s memories, day-to-day chronology, tr ibutes, journals and books written by Gandhij i in
front of world. By considering the cl ient’s specif ic & unique requirements, the portal is developed using Drupal open source platform with
MySQL as backend.
• The portal contains global search functionality that helps to search any topic related to Gandhij i across the portal
• Site visitors are able to change the size and view of the portal
• The portal is available in three different languages - English, Hindi & Gujarati
• On home page of the website, site tour faci l i ty is available that shows complete video of how to use the portal
The Portal contains fol lowing major modules:
1) Gallery: The gallery contains visual representations of Gandhij i ’s l i fe in various media.
a. Photo Gallery:
• It contains selection of photographic images of Gandhij i ’s visited places, photographs of his family, his associates and various
movements & activit ies
• Search and Print functionality is made available on Photo Gallery to enable the users to search and print the photographs
Pro jec t Descr ip t ion
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b. Video Gallery:
• It contains f i lms made on Gandhij i ’s l i fe
• Video player contains al l video features such as start / pause / stop, forward, backward, and volume up / down
• Portal supports MP4 & WEBM video fi le formats
c. Audio Gallery:
• It contains Gandhij i ’s prayers and speeches recorded at the time of the India’s freedom movement
• It is played on the portal by audio player functionality that contains start / pause / stop, forward, backward, and volume up / down features
• The document related to audio f i le is also available on the portal
• It supports MP3 & WAV audio f i le formats
d. Other Media:
• It contains cartoon, stamp and poster gallery
• Site visitors able to search and print the photographs from the web portal
• Poster gallery contains sl ide show functionality for auto-playing al l the poster photographs
2) Journals:
• It contains ful l texts of al l the journals that Gandhij i owned, edited or published
• It also includes the journals published by institutions and movements which look for interrogating Gandhij i ’s ideas and practices
• The portal gives faci l i ty to site visitors by searching and fi l tering the journal according to published date
3) Chronology:
• This section displays Gandhij i ’s day-to-day and event wise chronology
• Day-to-day chronology section contains search and date wise fi l tering functionality
• Mahatma Gandhi’s day-to-day chronology is displayed in images with on-click enlarging functionality
4) Gandhi Heritage Sites (GHS):
• It contains a l ist of al l places that Gandhij i visited across the Indian subcontinent to carry his message of Truth and Non-violence
• The website displays those places on Google map with proper history related to those places
5) The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi (CWMG): It contains volume documents on the l i fe work of Gandhij i in two modes:
• The Archival Mode provides scanned images of the original volumes as published
• The Enhanced Mode provides black and white images of the same for ease of reading
6) Family Tree:
• It displays the entire family of Gandhij i in tree structure
• Site visitors are able to f ind any family member and get their information
• Administrator wil l manage all the family member’s detai ls with their photographs from back end
7) Special Users:
• The portal contains registration for special users such as researchers / Gandhij i ’s fol lowers
• These users can access the portal using their own User name and Password
• Portal Administrator wil l approve their logins after the identity proof is submitted by them
• These users wil l be able to view content uploaded only by him / her on the portal
The portal displays recent updates submitted by administrator. Administrator manages al l types of content such as photographs, videos,
books, volumes and al l users from back end. Administrator is also able to analysis various types of reports such as Volume wise missing
books by language, Geography wise survey reports.
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1. To develop por ta l that covers a l l her i tage and memor ies of Mahatma Gandhi j i ’s l i fe and h is t r ibutes to the Ind ian Nat ion
2. To develop custom modules for ga l ler y, chronology, journa ls and vo lumes funct iona l i ty
3. To in tegrate Book Reader extens ion and customize i t as per c l ient ’s requi rement
4. To prov ide reg is t ra t ion funct iona l i ty for contr ibutor users managed by admin is t ra tor
5. To develop mul t i l ingua l (Engl ish, Hind i & Gujarat i ) web por ta l
6. To in tegrate Google map wi th the por ta l for GHS (Gandhi Her i tage Si tes) feature
The Pro ject was d iv ided in to var ious phases to achieve the best resu l ts in less t ime wi th opt imal ut i l i za t ion of ava i lab le features,
capabi l i t ies and new enhancements.
Phase I : System requi rement Study document and re-est imat ion
Phase I I : Extens ion checking for compat ib i l i ty (Book Reader Extens ion)
Phase I I I : Preparat ion of Wiref rames of the ent i re s i te
Phase IV: Des ign ing
Phase V: Development & Des ign In tegrat ion
Phase VI: Test ing
Phase VI I : Deployment and prov ide documentat ion
Object ives
Pro jec t Approaches / Ac t iv i t ies
Techno logy
Techno logy Spec i f ica t ions
Techno logy & Framework Drupa l 7 .0
Languages PHP 5 .3
Da tabase MySQL 5 Ser ver Da tabase
Web Ser ver /Host ing P la t fo rm Apache
Opera t ing System (Deve lopment ) Windows 7
Techno logy Spec i f ica t ions
Techno logy & Framework Drupa l 7 .0
Languages PHP 5 .3
Da tabase MySQL 5 Ser ver Da tabase
Web Ser ver /Host ing P la t fo rm Apache
Opera t ing System Linux
Deve lopment P la t fo rm
Deployment P la t fo rm
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1. Pro ject Man Hours: 4780 hours
2. Pro ject L i fe Cyc le: 2 years
Dura t ion
1. Lots of customizat ion in Drupal ’s defau l t funct iona l i ty as per c l ient ’s speci f ic & unique requi rement
2. Developing the customized jQuery for photo, v ideo & poster ga l ler ies
3. Customiz ing Drupal ’s core mul t i l ingua l capabi l i t ies for s ta t ic pages and make i t ava i lab le for dynamic modules too
4. Developing “Fami ly Tree” funct iona l i ty that d isp lays whole fami ly of Gandhi j i in t ree s t ructure wi th deta i led member in format ion
1. Regis t ra t ion funct iona l i ty for Mahatma’s fo l lowers
2. The Gandhi j i ’s fo l lowers can eas i ly f ind h is day-to-day chronology deta i ls on l ine
3. A l l contents such as photographs, v ideos, books, fami ly t ree and chronology are managed by admin is t ra tor
4. S i te v is i tors can eas i ly f ind recent updates on the por ta l
5. The ana lys is repor ts wi l l gu ide the admin is t ra tor for dec is ion making and prov ide the language wise miss ing books in format ion
6. V is i tors eas i ly search and f i l ter the journa ls and books re la ted to Gandhi j i ’s l i fe
7. Researches and content prov iders wi l l be able to reg is ter under the por ta l and those users are eas i ly managed by admin is t ra tor
8. The layout of the por ta l is eas i ly customizable in two formats : s tandard and contrast format
Key Cha l lenges
Resu l ts Ach ieved
Screenshots
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