Case Studies

CT Society of Genealogists (www.csginc.org)

With more than 4,000 members worldwide, the Connecticut Society of Genealogists (CSG) is among the largest societies devoted exclusively to U.S. genealogy. As part of a major website redesign effort, CSG wanted to create a dynamic web-based historical database that could be maintained and updated by its 4,000+ members. In addition, to reduce future IT costs, CSG wanted this database to be flexible enough to address future data enhancements - i.e.: new data elements, data categories, etc - without the need for major IT development expenditures. Website security was another major area of concern for CSG. Given the historical signficance and value of the data, CSG required several levels of security based on varying user types.

To meet this challenge, KnowledgePhase created a secure robust database design and custom web application engine that provided the desired flexibility for future data enhancements. CSG members now have the ability to add historical items to the database via the CSG website. Newly added items are added to an approval queue which CSG administrators can review online before making the items a permanent record in the database. This approval queue exists in a secure area of the website that is only available to CSG board members and system administrators. In conclusion, this database provides CSG with the ability to capture data in a scalable delegated manner and has positioned them to become one of the largest historical repositories available on the web.

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8towns.com (www.8towns.com)

8towns.com is a local business directory portal focused on providing quick access to businesses in the following Connecticut towns: Bridgeport, Easton, Fairfiled, Trumbull, Milford, Monroe, Shelton, and Stratford. 8towns required a dynamic database structure to support relationships between organizations and business categories and sub-categories. In addition, a straightforward yet comprehensive user registration process was implemented to encourage users to register and add organizations to the database.

KnowledgePhase developed a solid database foundation that allows users to create a user account and add as many organizations to the database as they see fit. More importantly, as the data volume has grown with the addition of thousands of organizations, a powerful search tool was created that allows a user to quickly locate organizations in a particular town. In addition, a comprehensive and secure administration area was built to provide 8towns administrators with the ability to manage users, organizations, etc.

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Tashua Knolls Golf Course (www.tashuaknolls.com)

Tashua Knolls is a 27-hole golf course stretching 6,540 yards from the championship tees.  Built in 1976 by golf architect Al Zikorus, the course is situated on picturesque farmland originally inhabited by the Tamtashua Indians and later the Mallet family of Trumbull. Given that portions of Tashua Knolls website change on a frequent basis, the ability to change this content without additional programming was required.

To achieve this, KnowledgePhase custom content solutions were implemented providing the Tashua Website Administrator the ability to change web page content and manage events through a secure back-end interface.

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Peruvian Classics (www.peruvianclassics.org)

Peruvian Classics is a non-profit organization created to assist Sripture Union of Peru in its ministry of helping children in need. In order to tais funds and support native artisans, Peruvian Classics imports quality Peruvian crafts and applies a suggested donation amount to each product.

KnowledgePhase developed a "donation portal" that allows web visitors to review and order these hand made Peruvian products based on the suggested donation amount. In addition, a complete inventory tracking and shipping back-end was developed to manage the entire donation-to-order process.