FirstAide-Web

Abstract

Sexual assault and rape are serious social and public health issues, being one of the major cause of concern. FirstAide-Web is a web based application developed to help the PCV(Peace Corps Volunteers), in case of sexual harassment. The app ensures safety by sending messages to fellow volunteers, helpline numbers etc. when in trouble. This application makes it a point that the victim can be sure of getting all the help he/she needs in case of a critical situation. The sexually assaulted volunteer can get information of Peace Corps policy and safety procedures and also contact Peace Corps for help.

Rules for Contributing

1. To fix a new issue and submit a PR, the first step is to report the issue and get it approved by repo owners.
2. Before submitting an issue, make sure it is not already reported by someone else. You can check here in both open and closed categories
3. Before picking and working on an issue, make sure it is not already assigned to another developer. The protocol followed is that the issue is assigned to the developer who reports it first.
4. To suggest features that you think will enhance the app, please email us.
5. When you submit a PR please ensure that commit messages are meaningful and reflect what the PR fixes.
6. When you submit a PR for an issue, ensure that there is description of what the PR fixes, a link to the issue that you are fixing and tag the repo owners for review.

Initial Setup and Installation

Download XAMPP from here XAMPP download. You will also need a text editor.

Go to your terminal and execute this command

$ git clone https://github.com/systers/FirstAide-web

Or download the ZIP file from above

Opening and Running

1. Launch XAMPP by opening XAMPP control panel
2. Start 'Apache' and 'MySQL'
3. Check if XAMPP has started using the url 'http://localhost:8080/' (Here 8080 is the port number, use the one which you have configured)
4. Now extract the ZIP file of the project FirstAide-web which you have downloaded and paste it in the C:\xampp\htdocs (the path where your xampp is present)
5. Open the file which you want to work with using a text editor.
6. Make the required changes and save the file
7. Now, view your changes using the url http://localhost:8080/directory_name/file_name.extension Example: 'http://localhost:8080/FirstAide-web/login.html'