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We just launched our latest project which we started in Dec 2007 and I'm asking for your feedback.  www.hawaiischoolguide.com  Please take a look if you can spare some time.  Thanks in advance.

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Evan Leong
Tue Sep 1, 2009 10:07 pm

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We just launched our latest project which we started in Dec 2007 and I'm asking for your feedback. www.hawaiischoolguide.com Please take a look if you can... 		evan leong
evanleong
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10:08 pm

I think of UH as a school, but it doesn't seem to be included....
J. David Beutel
david_beutel
Offline Send Email 		Sep 2, 2009
1:28 am

Only grade 12 and under so far. College later. ... -- Aloha, Evan Leong...
evan leong
evanleong
Offline Send Email 		Sep 2, 2009
2:06 am

Very interesting and useful! I gave it a quick look and will probably have more coherent comments later, probably regarding UI and additional functionality....
hdoug50
Offline Send Email 		Sep 2, 2009
3:09 am

Doug - Thanks for the feedback. There is a feature called 'my school list' where you can add schools to your list (like a shopping cart) and then compare them...
evan leong
evanleong
Offline Send Email 		Sep 2, 2009
5:37 am

Search finds "Hoala", but not the correct "Ho'ala". -- Scott Poarch http://GlobalHost.com Website Hosting Since 1998 On Sep 1, 2009, at 12:07 PM, evan leong...
Scott Poarch
mililaniscott
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3:17 am

I think one area of the site that needs improvement is the search feature. It currently almost needs an exact match. Also, some names have `okinas and some...
evan leong
evanleong
Offline Send Email 		Sep 2, 2009
5:34 am

... Ahh... but what character did you use for the `? Did you use an apostrophe? An okina is not an apostrophe. That's the big challenge with Hawaiian language...
Paul Lawler
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Offline Send Email 		Sep 2, 2009
9:28 am

A big challenge for any database too. Unless you had some kind of intermediary process that would strip out all diacriticals and would search on a...
hdoug50
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9:56 am

That's the issue that we're dealing with currently. The ` okina messes up the search results currently. We are working on a solution. ... -- Aloha, Evan...
evan leong
evanleong
Offline Send Email 		Sep 2, 2009
5:27 pm

We usually add a hidden field to the database that lists alternate spellings for search purposes. It adds production work but it serves the users, and then you...
Roxanne Darling
x0r0x0x
Offline Send Email 		Sep 2, 2009
9:11 pm

Whats the backend? PHP, ASP, Etc.?? ... -- ... E.Timmer ett808[at]gmail.com...
Eric Timmer
fukuokas13
Offline Send Email 		Sep 2, 2009
9:21 pm

congrats Evan, I know you and Kari put many hours into this project....
Ho'ala Greevy
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Offline Send Email 		Sep 2, 2009
11:59 pm

Thanks Ho'ala. ... -- Aloha, Evan Leong...
evan leong
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