Project'Or RIA

From the start, Project'Or RIA has been designed to proposed a user friendly interface, easy to use, providing rapid access to information, always targeting to ease day to day use of the tool in a collaborative way:

• Rich Internet Application running as a light client, in a simple browser.
• Multi-browser compatible (validated on Internet Explorer 8, FireFox 3 and Chrome 5).
• User friendly interface.
  Using AJAX, page refresh is always limited to the target area, avoiding blank pages and flickering.
  General user interface is designed to conform to many usually used tools (such as webmail) : 
  - menu on left hand,
  - data on right hand, divided on top as list of items and at bottom as detail for selected item.
  Selecting an item in the list directly displays its detail.
• Possibility to access to history of changes is offered on every item.
• Notes management enables to attach comments to any item.
• File attachement is proposed for most important items.
• Many reports, some with graphical facility.

To be able to use it, the software must be easy to install, without any complex deployment phase:

• Project'Or RIA uses very well known technologies : PHP / MySQL / AJAX.
• Set up only requires the usual trilogy : Apache, MySQL, PHP. 
  Just use your favorite package : XAMPP, LAMP, WAMP, EasyPHP, ZEND Server ...
• Required versions: 
  - Apache : any version, V2 or above is recommended,
  - MySQL : any version, V5 or above is recommended,
  - PHP : 5.2 or above needed.
  
  For information, Project'Or RIA has first been developed with Easy PHP 2.0.0.0 
  [Apache V2.2.11, MySQL 5.1.30, PHP V5.2.8] 
  and is now developed under ZEND Server 4.0.5 Community Edition
  [Apache V2.2.12, MySQL 5.1.35, PHP V5.2.10]
• Automatic version management triggers Database structure updates at first run for any new version.
• Set-up screen at first run to define internal parameters (database access, default parameters,...).

To be able to adapt to any way of working, to any Project Management method, Project'Or RIA is highly customizable:

• Every user parameter, every list of values may be changed through a devoted screen.
• Default parameters are proposed, corresponding to most common needs.
• Language selection, proposed on locale value, editable by user (English, German and French for current version).

If all of this is not enought for you, you always can go farther with Project'Or RIA:

• As Project'Or RIA is proposed under open source GPL Licensing, you may adapt it to your needs.
• Project'Or RIA has been developed as a Framework, so it is very easy to add an element or add a data or change display for an element.
• You may request some help in the Forum.