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Message Hunter

December 19th, 2018

Contributors

Paige Williams, Ben Kirby, Jared Reando, Ralph Perdomo

Description

Message Hunter is a hot new geolocation social networking site that makes messaging fun again.

Users can log in, check in anywhere in the world, and leave location-specific messages for other users to find.

A personal dashboard will show you a

If you check in near the location of a message sent to you by another user, a special notification will appear, granting you access to view and save your special hidden message.

What fun!!!

Travel the world with Message Hunter, leaving a trail of hidden messages for friends to discover as they embark on their own journey of global self-discovery.

Happy hunting!

Setup and Installation

1. Clone the project from https://github.com/pseudoralph/messenger_hunt.git to a local directory
2. From the project directory, set up the database schema with:

rails db:setup

3. From the terminal, go the project directory and start the Rails server with:

rails s

4. In a web browser, go to the address localhost:3000

5. Run the tests with:

rspec

Specs

View specs here.

Database Schema

Further Development

Current Features

• Unique user authentication
• Ability to send a message to another user
• Ability to save a message at a specific location on a dynamic map
• Ability to 'check-in' at a specific location on a dynamic map
• Recipient of a message can read their message when within a certain distance of a message
• Link a message with map marker location

Extra Functionality

• Ability to review all previously sent messages in a dashboard list
• Add form validations and more descriptive alert messages
• Show pin locations of all found messages on map
• User specific friends list
• Ability to hide messages for multiple friends in one check in
• A user will get a notification if they are getting closer or farther away from a message with consecutive check-ins (i.e. 'hotter'/'colder')
• Reply back to messages to enable location-based conversation.
• Prevent concurrent sessions for a single user
• Mobile support

Support and Contact Details

If you have any issues or questions, please email us at:

• Jared: jaredreando@gmail.com
• Paige: paw145@humboldt.edu

Technologies used

1. Ruby 2.5.1
2. Rails 5
3. JavaScript
4. Google Maps API

Known Bugs

• No known bugs

Legal

Copyright (c) 2018 Paige Williams, Ben Kirby, Jared Reando, Ralph Perdomo