BlissBox Boutique and Giftshoppe Online Digital Brochure Solano, Nueva Vizcaya

A Project Presented to the School of Computing Sciences and Information Technology for the Software Engineering

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the subject Software Engineering

By: Aragon, Bernadette L Ilagan, Jasmin Rose M. Sardan, Ma. Lovelle G.

Presented to: Mrs. Armilyn Hidalgo-Wais

March 2013

CHAPTER I

1.1 Introduction

Information Technology has revolutionized the life of human beings and has made the lives easier by the various kinds of applications. In the light of the rapid changes with the use of IT, there are many tools, technologies and systems have been produced and invented. In the modern world, time is short so if there are many processes taken place at same time within a place there task is a need for integration all of all the processes, and based creation of paperless environment also ensures efficient management. Nowadays, are the to businesses computer educational institutions shifting

system. The purpose to having a computer based system is it helps to increase the market share and it is very easy for customers to use. BlissBox Boutique is an e-brochure function where a company allows customers to view their products via their website. Electronic brochures fill the gap between websites and printed brochures, plus they can be so easily updated without having to do another print run. BlissBox Boutique is located at Stall #8 TDCC, Santos St. Brgy. Poblacion North Solano, Nueva Vizcaya. BlissBox Boutique is a small boutique that specializes in fashionable items such as clothing, shoes, accessories and gift stuff. The advantage for the Boutique owners is that they don't have to set up their own servers and then keep

maintaining them. All they have to do is sign up with the website change and display their just products. have to When make they the need to anything, they required

changes to their online. This saves them a lot of money in advertising, setting up and maintaining the web server.

1.2

Statement of the Problem

BlissBox Boutique & Giftshoppe is located at a well-known municipality of Solano. However, the boutique is not popular to the public because it was still new. The owner find it difficult to advertise their products because it is still fresh and new to the people except for the certified Solano residents. Due to this, the BlissBox Boutique & Giftshoppe decided to have a website developed for them, so that they will be able to advertise their products and be it well known to the public.

1.3

Specific Objectives

This

study

aims

to

provide

BlissBox

Boutique

&

Giftshoppe the easiest and most competent way to access and provide information; and to advertise their products to the public. BlissBox Boutique & Giftshoppe will provide a user profile, pages of information about the business, images and prices of their products, contacts, and comments for

suggestions/appreciation of BlissBox Boutique & Giftshoppe.

1.4

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The significance of the study will be useful in advertising BlissBox Boutique & Giftshoppe. This is to help them inform customers to enjoy and try the good service provided by the Boutique. To the Owner - This study will help the owner to find out if the online digital brochure lessens his time in administering BlissBox Boutique.

To the Shop This study will help the shop in finding if the use of online digital brochure will enhance its marketing strategies and their manual procedures.

To

the

Clients

This

study

will

help

the

clients

in

knowing if the use of online digital brochure will ease their burdens in finding for their needed products and to have a complete background of the companys services through this website.

To the future researchers - This study will help them to have an initial idea on what topic to choose and a guide if they have the same topic as this research and contribute knowledge on how to make an online digital brochure.

1.5

SCOPE AND DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY

Scope of the Study This study limits its focus on BlissBox Boutique & Giftshoppe Online Digital Brochure. The proposed Online Digital Brochure mainly focuses

its attention on advertising the products and information about the business. user management It will have the following features: log-in and registration, image with

products, an interactive comments and a user admission. The features will vary based on the role that is designated to a specific user of the website. Beyond the stated features will no longer be a concern of the researchers. The proposed Online Digital Brochure is incapable of Online is Reservation to the and online shopping and on customers of BlissBox Online requests and concerns. The proposed Online Digital Brochure limited & Administrator to have an Staff in Boutique Giftshoppe access the

Digital Brochure. Delimitation of the Study The researchers limited this study for BlissBox Boutique business only. The study will be conducted using a webapplication payment. DEFINITION OF TERMS Supplier - refers to the subject who performs the sale of the goods to which the present contract relates. Home page This page consist of product to choose form software but does not accommodate online

User friendliness - this refers to one of the indicators of software performance which focuses on the functionality of the system. It is a measure use to know if the software will be easy to use. Usability the system. This refers to one of the indicators of

software performance which focuses on the functionality of

Design - This refers to one of the indicators of software performance which focuses on the functionality of the system. It is measure use to know the process of problemsolving planning for a software solution.

Error-handling - This refers to one of the indicators of software which focuses on the functionality of the system. It refers to the anticipation, detection and resolution of programming, application and communication error. Products - This page shows different products of BlissBox Boutique. Astah diagram Community like Use Utilizing Diagram, UML or and a variety Diagram of and

diagramming methods, Astah gives you the power to create a Case Sequence these Astah will help you to guide your project. Google Map - It shows the map of BlissBox Boutique located. About Us Boutique. Photoscape - It is the software used by the researchers in enhancing images. This page shows the description of BlissBox

WordPress - is a free and open source blogging tool and a content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MYSQL. WAMP - are packages of independently-created programs installed on computers that use a Microsoft Windows operating system. Apache - is a web server software program notable for playing a key role in the initial growth of the World Wide Web. PHP Hypertext Preprocessor, an open source, server-side, HTML embedded scripting language used to create dynamic MySQL pronounced either "My S-Q-L" or "My Sequel," is an open source relational database management system. System administrator a person responsible for running

technically advanced information systems.