I have deployed ushahidi in order to collect location of all the schools in Kathmandu. The deployment can be found at mapmyschool.net. I have taken a few days to explore the customization options in Ushahidi and i think i am familiar with almost all options. I would like to make some more changes to my deployment and am ready to dive into coding if necessary. I am familiar with Php, Javascript and SQl though only at the basic level. I am ready to learn more advanced concepts if necessary. Here is what i would love to change with my deployment.
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I would like to change all the text that says “Submit a Report” to “Map My School” including the button and the form.
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I don’t know if this is possible but i would like to allow users to switch between maps. For areas that have been already mapped i would like to allow them to use OSM maps. There are some areas that haven’t been mapped and a satellite imagery would be good for referencing. In such cases i would like to allow them to use bing satellite image.
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I am ok with the default form but i would like to change the label “Report Title” to “School Name” and make the contact info fields compulsory.
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Currently for the categories i have School, Colleges, Private and Government. Schools have sub categories pre primary, primary, secondary, higher secondary. What i would like to do if possible is have Private and Government as parent and have school and colleges as their child.
I would like to make these four changes immediately for the deployment i have made.In the longer term, i would love to understand how the whole ushahidi works and also contribute to the development of ushahidi. I would love to get some pointers regarding how i am to make the changes i mentioned and also regarding how to begin my journey learning ushahidi.
Regards and Thank you
