Manoa Marketplace

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Introduction

This application will provide UH Manoa students a campus-based Craiglist for buying and selling items. The application requires a UH system login to provide security for transactions.

Overview

Due to the constant supply of surplus university related items at the end of each semester, it is thus proposed a student market trading board. Students can post their unneeded or excess items and their desired price on the exchange. Interested students can contact the seller via UH email.

• Students must login to the trading board using their UH login.
• No usernames/aliases
• All transactions must take place on campus for security reasons.
• Items must fit into predetermined “dorm-related/approved” categories.
• Students can be banned for violations of the terms of use.
• Supports image links for posting items.
• All communication is via UH email.

Mockup Page Ideas

• Landing Page
• Home Page
• List Item Page
• Search Results Page
• User Results/Information Page
• Admin Page
• Listing Details Page

Use Case Ideas

• User puts up “looking to sell” posting
• User takes down their posting
• User searches for item, results are displayed
• User communicates transaction request
• Admin logs in and edits page

Beyond The Basics

• Rating system for buyers and sellers
• Price comparisons (post v bookstore v amazon)
• Alternative notification systems (e.g. SMS)

GitHub Organization

         manoa-marketplace

User Guide

• Login into app with UH email.
        
• You will be directed to the home page.
        
• Click "Post Listing" to create a listing. Fields with "*" are required or the post will not appear.
        
• After submiting your post, it should appear on the Browse page.
        
• Clicking update on your post will allow you to edit or delete it.
        

Developer Guide

• First, install Meteor(https://www.meteor.com/install).
• Second, download a copy of Manoa Marketplace(https://github.com/manoa-marketplace/version-1.0), or clone it using git.
• Third, cd into the app/ directory and install libraries with "$ meteor npm install".
• Fourth, run the system with "$ meteor npm run start".
• The application will appear at http://localhost:3000. If you have an account on the UH test CAS server, you can login.

Community Feedback

• Reception of the application was well-recieved.
• Basic functions that were wanted were implemeneted (post, edit, delete).
• In-app communication, rating system, and SMS alert system were suggestions made.