
About Quinterest - http://www.quinterest.org
Quinterest is a quiz bowl-oriented website dedicated to helping players everywhere sharpen their skills and increase their knowledge. The name derives from the combination of “quiz bowl” and “interest.”
This project was coded by me, Rohit Lalchandani. The database was constructed through a collaboration of my close friend, Joshua Duncan, and I.
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Currently, Quinterest is simply a very elegant, streamlined database search engine. However, with time, there is much more to come! Certain aspects were taken into consideration when the search engine was created that would inprove upon user experience.
For example:
-The search engine is designed to be clean and easy-on-the-eyes, allowing users to focus more overall and have a better experience, all thanks to Twitter Bootstrap.
-When viewing results, there is no pagination (unlimited results per page). This allows users to identify clues from individual questions more easily. In addition, when searching, the page does not refresh which saves your selected search parameters and reduces bandwidth usage.
-There is the ability to further specify search queries with the option to search by difficulty. This allow users to focus on questions related to their level of quiz bowl.
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Technical Stuff (Most of you can just skip this if you wish and just head to the website: http://www.quinterest.org)
-The site's front-end is constructed using a custom version of the Bootstrap framework. The Twitter Bootstrap framework keeps designing the website simple but also allows for a beautiful design.
-The site consists of HTML, CSS, Javascript, and PHP.
-The database is stored in MySQL which is very efficient as processing queries quickly and efficiently. The database is scalable and more and more questions are being added everyday. ('Bonus' search is coming soon!)
-The search parameters can be set to search by difficult: All, HS, MS, or College.
-Included on the main page is a link to a copy&paste/printer friendly version of the site which removes all the formatting and CSS, leaving a barebones quiz bowl database search.
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Contact
If you have any questions, comments, concerns, suggestions, or would like to report a question with an error, it is encouraged that you send an email to info@quinterest.org