New Module Proposal - Schedule Builder [jSchedule]

[freshJet]

UPDATE as of 10th December 2015

For those looking for an update on this project, it has been very much abandoned for several months now. I have been busy with work, plus I have not been involved in the VA scene for about a year now. phpVMS development came to a standstill as well.

If there is enough demand for this then I might consider completing it.

I am considering developing a new module. The module would be used for admin staff only, and would not be accessible by pilots.

The concept is a schedule builder. Many VAs will assign any odd time and aircraft to their flights without a thought, however this module is intended for those who wish to build their schedules in a realistic way.

The module would allow the user to add flights onto a timeline by aircraft, so that flights would be organised in an illustrative manner. Each flight will be represented by a block, which shows only basic information such as departure/arrival airports and departure/arrival times, but the block will hold all relevant schedule data such as flight number, route, price, etc, Once the user is happy, they can then export the data to a .csv file which can then be imported to the phpVMS schedules.

This will be a fairly complex development, so, if it were to go ahead then I would have to consider whether or not this will be a free product or whether it will come with a fee. If a fee were to be used, it will likely cost no more than £20 (around $30 or 25€).

[joeri]

i sertenly like this iff it would be free thats verry great iff it would come at a fee then its like that and its still great

[magicflyer]

Something along these lines right?

http://gyazo.com/9ce85a48a3c45ee8cea3016bce17cf3f

If so, that would be pretty cool.

[Toyuko]

Sounds like a good idea!

[freshJet]

Something along these lines right?

http://gyazo.com/9ce...ea3016bce17cf3f

If so, that would be pretty cool.

Yes, exactly. But not as cluttered

I'm doing a basic rendition just now just to figure out how to piece it together.

[freshJet]

Here are some previews of some qucik renditions I did. I call it jSchedule.

For those interested, would you rather see this built into the Admin panel or as an external application (www.yoursite.com/jschedule) on your site?

[Shepred]

Here are some previews of some qucik renditions I did. I call it jSchedule.

For those interested, would you rather see this built into the Admin panel or as an external application (www.yoursite.com/jschedule) on your site?

Looks great! If not more, you certainly have your first customer right here!

[Jakubovsky]

+1 customer

[joeri]

i would go for internal and not outside the admin part

[freshJet]

So built into admin?

[joeri]

yes

[Toyuko]

I like!

[freshJet]

Development is in full swing. I cannot provide an estimated date as it is too early to say and there is too much else going on.

[joeri]

dammit Ian we need an release date . take you time we will see it when its done :-)

[freshJet]

Some more:

[joeri]

looks nice

iff you ever need a tester let me know

[MC1028]

Im the same as Joeri, give me a shout if you need a beta tester

[mitcheinfo]

I'm in. if you need a tester

[freshJet]

A month on and barely any progress I'm afraid, too much happening this month. Less hectic times are coming though, I'll do my best. Provided everything goes well, I might have it done by late July/early August.

[freshJet]

Quick update folks, development is in full swing and is coming along slowly but surely. Late July/early August may still be possible if I push on, however it's a relatively complex concept one down to the nitty gritty.

I'll keep you all updated

[freshJet]

Another update, making good progress, the end of the month seems like a reasonable date for at least the beta.

I mentioned at the beginning that I am yet to decide whether this will be free or not. Due of the complexity of the project, it seems that I may need to incorporate a plug in at some point which may mean I can only legally distribute it as free of charge, however this is subject to change.

[freshJet]

Progress is being made. Slowly. It's one of those projects you don't realise the complexity of until you try to code it.

Yesterday, I started to develop it using VB 2010 as well to see which is easiest. In the end, there might be a web and desktop based version.

[edmundk]

Just a quick little suggestion, i would add a button that checks all the weekdays for you without clicking each and everyone, or have them automatically selected and there would be a deselect all button. I know when i used to put my schedules in using phpVMS i would hate having to check those boxes.

[freshJet]

Just a quick little suggestion, i would add a button that checks all the weekdays for you without clicking each and everyone, or have them automatically selected and there would be a deselect all button. I know when i used to put my schedules in using phpVMS i would hate having to check those boxes.

They are all checked by default, as per the previews.

[longhorns19]

Just found this forum and I'm very interested. Any idea on timing and price? Or is it already out?

[freshJet]

Not released yet. Development came to a halt last month but it hasn't been abandoned. It will continue this month.

[ChrisTaylor]

VERRY INTERESTED IN THIS!!!! Random aircraft 100% yes, random time yes!!!!! How much? Is it out!? PM ME!

[freshJet]

VERRY INTERESTED IN THIS!!!! Random aircraft 100% yes, random time yes!!!!! How much? Is it out!? PM ME!

I think you have misunderstood. This is for those who want to build schedules like a real world airline by adding flights per aircraft.

[freshJet]

Developement has re-started and is coming along nicely.

The final product should see the tabs removed from view and controled by the dropdown menu exclusively.

[poole3003]

i am liking this very much my friend great idead very good is there any way to add the correct price in this for all routes as well like real world flight prices