Arruiapress Magazine
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Softwex launched the Arabic and English online
versions of Arruia newspaper. The newspaper is published in three
languages: Arabic, English and French. The web site was
restructured and developed based on today's latest web standards
and technologies.
Arruia Press Media Center needed a content management system to
streamline their publishing process and to enhance user experience.
The system should be able to provide advanced features such as
versioning, automated publishing based on predefined dates,
deleting, hiding and draft publishing of articles, notifications to
editors, newsletters and much more. In Addition to that the
application should support localization to different languages
within the same control panel.
The media center also required a solution to provide a
discussion forum application with the ability to list users'
discussions and replies in a hierarchical form of presentation and
the ability to provide ratings for each message similar to YouTube 's way of
handling comments on their video listing. The requirements also
included a membership process to handle user accounts and to
control user access to restricted areas.
Agile Approach
Softwex was challenged to complete the project in less than 3
months period. Usual times for such projects is well over 6 months.
We had to follow an agile process of development to meet these
tight deadlines.
Softwex created a communication pipeline to gather sound and
accurate requirements from AP Center. Through our Client Section we
were able 
to create a real time, open discussion
with the client to provide feedback on decisions made on every
stage of analysis, design or development. Top management and those
who work directly with Softwexteam were able to follow up the
progress of the project and to provide their comments and
advice.
The blog-like client section offered greater visibility and
transparency and created the trust needed for success.
Softwex started the project by analyzing the current legacy
application and business requirements, and provided AP center with
a complete proposal that addressed all points of interest to the
customer. The document was followed by design prototypes and
mockups that emphasized the business needs and envision for the
project. That was followed by an iterative set of mockups and
designs to reach a final consensus on the current set of
features.
Design Features
The new design implements latest technologies in web design and
architecture. Using 100% Cascading Style sheet layered design
enhances usability and makes it easier to maintain the user
interface architecture for any upcoming updates. The modular design
concept allows us to easily move sections around without affecting
production environment. The new design is compatible with W3C
standards and is validated for XHTML and CSS compliance with
international standards.
Service Oriented Architecture -> Empowering
Editors!
Built on a service oriented architecture , the solution
Softwex provided enabled the center's editorial team to connect to
the website using a myriad of Windows client applications such as
Windows Live Writer and MS Office Word 2007,
in addition to the online feature rich editor of the Content
Management System. Softwex provided a local client application to
upload mass media files to the website through web services
technology.
By leveraging editorial process to external , more feature rich
tools like MS Office Word 2007, editors find themselves empowered
to focus on the task at hand without worrying about dealing with
new tools. We allow them to continue using the same old tools they
have been using for years and get accustomed to.
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