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(View the site hosted HERE on Heroku)

Message Hunter

December 19th, 2018

Contributors

Paige Williams, Ben Kirby, Jared Reando, Ralph Perdomo

Description

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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
  1. From the terminal, go the project directory and start the Rails server with:
rails s

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

  2. Run the tests with:

rspec

Specs

View specs here.

Database Schema

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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:

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