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The first education module released with a new flash application system called “Educator” (link below). It was part of a three case series to explore issues around travel medicine requirements for patients.

I created the XML file that works on the back-end and tested everything is appearing properly on the flash side while doing some basic image processing on the supplied photos.

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You can find the complete exercise here: http://thinkgp.com.au/education?t=23397
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This online education was created to run with the Educator application.

A form setup with PHP and connected with a MySQL database for storing the data.

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It has an Auto-population feature for any email linking to the form. Used the basic website design for the visual appearance.

Created the HTML for this email campaign from a given graphic design. Tested across stand-alone and online email clients for proper display.

The most difficult part was to have that clipart on the side extend outside the sidebar while having the sidebar extensible on height and make all that appear properly on every email client.

Hamper King wanted to brighten up their customers Christmas by giving away Torch Radios for free. They wanted an email campaign to promote their offer and an online form for users to refer four people to be eligible for the gift.

The form was pretty standard and the data was saved in a MySQL database. An administration page was also developed for the client to view the referral data from the users.

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The idea behind the “Educator” project was to create one flash file that could parse any XML file (within predefined parameters) and with this data it could create a variety of flash education modules, without doing the actual flash development every time.

Almost all features can be controlled with attributes inside the XML file; from simple things like the URL of the background to more complex stuff like the type and functionality of the questions. And of course all the content is supplied in text format within the XML file, and the “Educator” from there on loads up any images, builds data tables and more, all in real-time.

Each “Educator” exercise can contain a series of pages, which is called a case, or even many series of pages each on a separate case, called a module. The pages themselves can contain simple text, images, rollovers and many types of questions, all in different combinations.

The “Educator” flash file was created on a modular basis, so each element would control it’s own functions and the core would only deal with generic functions. This way it is easy to introduce new elements with new functions or disable any of the existing elements without limiting the application from functioning.

Projects created with the Educator can be found on later dated entries in this portfolio.