Field Status

UPDATE: I’ve posted a screen shot of the current alpha version here.

My newest project is Field Status. I started planning the project a few weeks ago and last week started coding. Field Status is a script for schools, clubs, and organizations that have fields that are open or closed due to weather or improvements. Basically it allows instant field communications between the club and its members. It offers a way for the club to change the status of a field to Open or Closed via a Web-Based Control Panel. You can also attach a short message to the status update. It has a built in mailing list that offers your club a chance to receive status changes via email or their cell phone. The club is also able to include the current status of each field on their website via one simple line of php. They also include the (un)subscribe email form on their site. The Control Panel allows you to view the email addresses in the database, add new ones or delete current ones.

The script came about when a client of mine, a soccer club in Lawton, Oklahoma wanted a better way to communicate their field status with its members. They have two soccer complexes and with thousands of kids in the club they have several teams with practices at different times and needed a way to communicate with the coaches and parents on when fields are open or closed without delays. The script is currently in an alpha release. I have a few copies running in different environments (php4, php5, mysql4, mysql 5, etc) and so far everything is good. I still have a to do list to finished the script but its coming.

I plan to make this my first hosted project. The script will be up for download on sourceforge during its beta phase and the first stable release. I plan to provide it as a hosted script that will allow you to register, create your club, add fields, and update status via the Field Status website. It will require no downloads and no installation as it will be hosted on its own server. All users will have to do is copy and paste a couple of lines of code (to show the current status of each field) and copy and paste a few lines for the subscribe form to their own site. All my projects and scripts in the paste have been opensource downloadable so it will be interesting for this project to be hosted. Currently I’m the only developer but I’m looking for somebody to join to help get the project moved from what I have to a hosted app. I still have several things on the to-do list before its ready to be used. Currently the installer, user system, user security (salted md5 passwords), change field status and emailing status to users is complete and working. I just gotta finish the settings, subscribe forms, and status include. Hopefully I’ll have the first beta up for download by the weekend. If anybody is interested in joining as a developer let me know. The script is written in php/sql. I’m hoping to have a demo up by then as well.

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