Website for Cavite State University-Silang Campus

INTRODUCTION1.1 Background of the StudyA theme refers to a printed exit consisting of folded unstapled sheets and containing news, feature articles, advertisements, and correspondence. It occupies an important place in our life. It plays an important role in shaping the destiny of a country. Every morning a newspaper brings up news from every corner of the world. A penny-pinching newspaper is a sign of good civilization and progress of a country. It satisfies the demands of the literates, it covers a wide range of subjects like sports, advertisement, education, trade etc. the government activity makes important announcements only through a newspaper. It plays a very important role in a democratic country.It is a true mirror of the public aspect. The importance of newspapers johnt be neglected in the social uplift of the country. Hence, newspapers still enjoy an integral part in the society (Prajwal N., 2010). The Sumilang base of Publications, the publisher of The Sumilang Ch ronicles and separate scholastic news all in allowters, is the official publication of Cavite State University Silang Campus. The organization is built under country Act No. 7079 or the Campus Journalism Act of 1991. According to Section 2 of R.A. 7079, It is the declared insurance policy of the State to uphold and protect the freedom of the press even at the campus level and to promote the intermitment and growth of campus journalism as a means ofstrengthening ethical values, encouraging critical and germinal thinking, and developing moral character and personal discipline of the Filipino youth.In furtherance of this policy, the State shall undertake dissimilar programs and projects aimed at improving the journalistic skills of students concerned and promoting responsible and free journalism. It is the responsibility of the organization to provide the members of the pedantic community with all the current news and updates happening around the campus which includes universi ty and academic news, phylogenesis news, community news, features, sports news, literary, opinion and photo essays. However, release of newsletter inside the university is not frequent unlike other schools, resulting to lack of teaching on the latest happenings inside the university.To address this problem, the proponents have come up with a proposed study to develop a website for The Sumilang theme of Publications, in which the current news and events of the university can be read and irritateed anytime and anywhere by the students, faculty members, and administrators of the university.1.2 Statement of the ProblemAccording to some interviews conducted to the members of the The Sumilang conference of Publications, they are experiencing difficulties with their operations. With the traditional process in communicating with other members, they are affected in terms of reaching out to its members, frankincense resulting in miscommunication. The manual arrangement of checking and p assing of news articles are also affecting the operations of the organization.Some articles are not following the congruous process in proofreading, thus resulting to multiple unseen errors. As observed by the proponents, developing a website for The Sumilang Group of Publications of Cavite State University Silang Campus allow greatly benefit the organization. With this, the students, faculty members and administrators, allow now have access to information on the latest news and updates inside the university online. The organization will also have the baron to import and manage their data and articles with the help of the website.1.3 ObjectivesThe general purpose of this study is to create a website for The Sumilang Group of Publications of Cavite State University Silang Campus. Also, this study has the following specific objectives a. To design a website that will highlight the official publication of the university b. To disseminate the latest news and events inside the uni versity in real time c. To develop the system as think, andd. To test and implement the system.1.4 Significance of the StudyThe project design, Website for the Sumilang Group of Publications in Cavite State University Silang Campus, was developed in companionship to address the need of the organization in managing updates about the latest news and events happening inside the university. Also, this was intended for the rapid processing of articles to elevate their services.This study is also intended to benefit the writers of the Sumilang Group of Publications because it will let them post their articles in a more secure and convenient manner. Also, the students and instructors of Cavite State University Silang Campus will benefit with this website because they can now coordinate and contribute in ensuring that all information found are correct and well-updated.Multitasking will also be more efficient with the help of this project design. The members will now be adapted to save time in submitting their articles, while other staffs and members can now handle other tasks, thus making their operations more efficient. Also, the university can save resources, time, and energy in producing accurate reports that in return, will eliminate time hindrances and data inconsistencies.As for the students and instructors that will serve as the readers, this system can assure that all data found on the website are timely and accurate Giving the impression that the Sumilang Group of Publications is a credible organization that will result in more confidence for the members ofthe organization in put for them to continue serving the academic community. Scope and LimitationThis project design is only limited in the development of a website for The Sumilang Group of Publications of Cavite State University Silang Campus with the following features Add, edit, and feature news articles, display news and announcements, and highlight the Sumilang Group of Publications as the offi cial publication of Silang Campus. In order to develop the project design, the researchers used a iodine unit of computer with the following specifications Intel Atom processor N270 (1.60 GHz, 533 MHz FSB, 512 KB L2 cache) processor, 2GB memory and 500GB hard record book storage. For the software, the researchers used Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (32-bit) operating system, PHP for the scripting language, and MySQL for the database.In order to properly address the problem of the organization and to affirm software that will meet certain standards, the researchers used the Rapid Application Development (RAD). RAD is a software development process used to speed the overall development time of a system. The objective of RAD is first to decrease development time, which will decrease expense, by involving end-users in every build of the software development life cycle. There are four human bodys in RAD as shown in Figure 1. The first degree is requirements planning.Requirement plann ing is the process of identifying the solution to the current problem. The user design phase is the phase when the end-user gives thoughts on how the system should be designed. This would be a non-technical design. It is a local design of the system. The nigh phase is the construction phase, which is the actual building of the system. The final phase is the installation of the system, which is called the cutover phase. Included in this phase is the testing and training of the users.