Andrew Berry Development - Protein, Cell, and Tissue Dynamics

Protein, Cell, and Tissue Dynamics

andrew — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:00:42 +0000

Project Features:

Laboratory equipment booking system allows students to reserve equipment for academic use
All pages and content are maintained by lab members, without the need for a webmaster to make content changes
Private forums allow students to collaborate easily
Lab Protocol documents were moved from Microsoft Word documents to online pages allowing easy search and printing
Video and image galleries supporting a wide variety of image and video formats

Project Information

Project Date:

August, 2007 - June, 2008

Project Website:

Protein & Cell Dynamics

Website active?:

As of the last update of this page, the website linked is an accurate representation of the work performed. Note that the display of the site may be changed, while the underlying architecture may be unchanged.

This web site was built for a biology laboratory group at the University of Guelph. Primary goals included the ability to update the site content easily, as well as the centralization of laboratory documentation. The implementation of an internal Protocols section allowed users to easily find protocols, as well as enabled sharing of common protocols between professors. Equipment booking functionality was written as a new feature, and is available as the Resource Conflict module for Drupal under the GPL.

Member Profile Pages

andrew — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:23:37 +0000

Every member of the lab is able to create their own custom profile page, complete with research descriptions and images.

Editing a Page

andrew — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:22:12 +0000

Lab members with the appropriate permissions can create and edit pages. This example shows the use of a rich text editor to automatically create HTML, as well as the ability to insert pages into the navigation system.

Equipment Bookings

andrew — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:20:13 +0000

Lab members can book equipment use through the website. Conflicts with previously scheduled bookings are displayed, and the user is required to choose a non-conflicting time. Conflict detection was a new feature which has been released to the public, available at the Resource Conflict project page.

Lab Equipment

andrew — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:17:01 +0000

Lab equipment is listed with both a photo and a description for quickly bringing new lab members up to speed.

Member Schedules

andrew — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:15:25 +0000

Lab members can post events to a shared calendar, which can then be viewed online or exported to a calendaring application or mobile device. Schedules can also be imported from any standards-compliant calendar server.

Publications Listing

andrew — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:12:56 +0000

Publications in journals can be uploaded as PDF's, complete with citations and information about the published journal.

Photo and Video Gallery

andrew — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:11:00 +0000

Photos and videos can be uploaded and categorized into albums for display. Once a photo is uploaded to the site, it can be inserted into any page through an image browser.

Professor-created Research Page

andrew — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:07:26 +0000

The content of this page was completely created and entered into the website by a member professor. No members of the website had any prior knowledge of HTML or web site publishing. Effective use of images helps to draw the reader in.

Welcome to Protien Dynamics

andrew — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:04:19 +0000

This simple and clear home page both provides links to the two main components of the website as well as a login field for members of the lab.