EVI Website Future and Present Enhancement

Posted by: Dr. Joseph Ozigis Akomodi, Ph.D.

Written by: Engr. Onipe Abraham Okomanyi

Hello Andayi,

I do believe you are all doing well.

At the time the President sent out the below message alerting you to the availability of the membership registration feature on the ebiravonyainternational.org site, I was still in the process of updating the site and fixing associated bugs. One of the obvious bugs was that the image upload was not working as required. I have fixed the bugs now and I have also refreshed the database, which means that the data for those of you that have already registered will be lost. The people affected are Joseph Akomodi, Onipe Suberu and Kabir Ismail. These individuals would have to re-register again. I do apologize for any inconveniences.

I implore you to try to register only once and as the site will only catch duplicate registrations if and only if you try to use the same login name but if you use a different login name there is no way the site will know that the registration is a duplicate. So, please register only once.

Here are the currently deployed features:
1. Ability to Register by clicking the Join Us link
2. Ability to login to members' area once suucessfully registered by clicking the Login link and entering your login information
3. Once logged in, the landing page provides you with the ability to
a. View the details of your profile
b. View the profiles of other registered members
c. Pay your annual dues to EVI account through Paypal
4. Also, you can also now make donation to EVI by clicking the Make Donation link

The following are features to come in the nearest future:
1. Ability to edit your profile information
2. Birthday alert on the landing page (the dashboard) for members celebrating their birthdays in the current month
3. Ability to send e-mails to selected members through t he site once logged in
4. Ability to upload publications and articles to the site - restricted to only the admin user
5. Ability to view such articles or publications that have been uploaded
6. Ability to reset your password
7. Ability to retrieve your login information if you forget it

Please let me know if you have any other suggested features you would like to see on the site. Due to my busy schedule, I am not able to turn around changes to site as fast as desired. This time, I had to use the Thanksgiving holiday and the weekend to work on the above available features.

Thanks!

Abraham O. Okomanyi
B.Eng, M.Eng, MISM, PMP
CEO ABEConsult International Incorporated
Atlanta, U.S.A.