What's Next

A "thanks for applying" microsite for the Registrar's Office

This microsite accompanies yearly mail-outs for prospective students that have applied to UOIT. The mailer directs prospectives to the microsite, where they are thanked for their application and given next steps.

Installation

git clone git@github.com:uoitwebteam/uoit-whatsnext.git
cd uoit-whatsnext && npm install & bower install

Development setup

To develop locally, use a webserver that supports PHP (like an *AMP server) to serve files from this project's dist directory and use:

npm run start

...to watch for file changes and rebuild to the distribution.

Making content edits

All pages:

• make edits in the app directory only (not dist)
• most "main" content is written directly inside index.php
• to write content for only one level (101 and 105) use PHP and the level query parameter:

  <?php if (isset($_GET['level']) && $_GET['level'] === '105') echo 'Shows on 105 only!'; ?>

Third (calendar) page:

• each level has two additional files to render this page:
  • inc/[level]cal.php
  • data/[level].json
• files inside inc folder are for rendering layout/HTML for this page and level
• files inside data are JSON definitions that differ in structure slightly; used to generate "add to calendar" buttons for each calendar item
• both files need to be updated when this section changes because their information changes tone in the context of a calendar event. Examples:
  • a link that says "Click here to register" will need to be changed to "Visit http://the.link to register"
  • a title that says "Deadline to submit completed applications to the Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC)" could be shortened to "OUAC application deadline"

Fifth (Twitter feed) page:

• feed is generated inside feed.php
• contains API keys, user ID to point feed towards, and markup for feed layout