Mahela Jayawardena Web Solution Case Study

Synopsys

Mahela is a hero in the local and international cricket circle. As a world reputed sportsman and a high profile celebrity Mahela was needed a web site representing up todate accurate information of his life story his views, career, future plans to enlighten his ardent followers, dedicated fans and others and to communicate with them . Cryptodyne was assigned the responsibility of bringing up solution which meets such demanding requirements by Mr Charlie Austin of Crick info who sponsored the Mahela Jayawardena web solution. The main objective of the solution is to enhance the image of Mahela the Sri Lankan Cricket captain amongst the global wide cricket followers and Mahela’s fans to obtained personalized information about him. It is not easy task as there are number of competitive web sites of other international cricketers in the web and some kind of uniqueness is needed to make it more appealing. Accurate and uptodate information is needed to present to the internet users. To communicate with the users dynamic components were needed. Although cryptodyne had some experiences with other personnel web sites for local Artists & Professionals Mehela’s requirements were far more demanding and challenging. Images and video clips were used to provide graphical information with special attributes. Collecting the necessary information in text , images and video formats was not an easy task several changes were requested from time to time to make the web pages and content more attractive and we had to oblige them although the tendency was to over run the allocated time. We had to deploy most of our design resources for the project. Another associated issue with these type of personalized web site is time that should allocated for research work. Significant amount of time has to be allocated for research work prior to designing web layouts and use of web services.

Solution

Requirement collection was done initially . Site map was agreed upon. There are dynamic components and static components and these were identified. Content management also was no easy task it was handles objectively and appreciate the support given by our client in this regard. In content collection process we had to specifically request the required content formats to avoid file conversion issues and duplicate typing work. After collecting the content designing the layouts to present the content was done by our design team. In order to produce high quality images in the web solution two exclusive photo shootouts were carried out. This was done to bring best of the images of Mahela for his web site rather than using the older once of which quality is not assured. Since the main focus of the solution is to enhance the personnel image in order to give celebrity appearance the presentation of information takes of primary importance.
Other than the home page Mahela , Cricket , FanZone , Media Center , Partners , Charities , Media Center are the main sections of Mahela’s web solution. Tour Diary and statics provides the dynamic components where the page will get updated regularly. Mahela section provides his life biography , Cricket profile , life style , time lines , Awards , statistics to give the full details of his life as a cricketer. In the tour diary Mahela provides his views about the latest tour games and the page is spared for it. FanZone provides the wall papers , Memorobllia Auction , Ringtones to down load to the users of the web site. Forum is also available in the Fanzone. In the cricket section Mahela provides cricket basics , Skills and tips to impart his invaluable cricket knowledge and experience to the users. Promotion section provides the information in relation to sponsorships that Mahela Jayawardena as agreed upon. Charities section provides information about all the Charity project he is involved with. Mahela ‘s statistics is used to get updated regularly with the matches he plays and we had to update it in his web site through the Cricinfo web site through a web service.
Flash 8.0 with Action Script 2.0 were used with web services in .Net platform in designing the technical solution. High quality images were used to load with flash to load add the richness when image loading.

Key Features of the Solution

Mahela’s web solution has a unique rich features in presentation aspects that most of the other cricketers personnel web sites do not have .Since it is focused to enhance the image of a cricketer in the eyes of international cricket followers text , images and videos were used effectively to achieve that objective.

Enhanced images were used in the Mahela’s web solution which includes of two exclusive photo shootouts done for Mahela. Images are used to enhanced the attraction of it. With many number of images in the site to present the profile and career in an eye caching manner.

Uptodated cricket statistics are available of Mahela Jayawardena which is extracted from Cricinfo web site using a web services. Those who are interested can obtained all the relevant information for his international career and first class career.

Dynamic sections are available to communicate with Mahela Jayawardena in which he answers questions presented by his fans and other cricket followers.

SOLUTION BENEFITS

The Web solution given for Mahela has enhanced his reputation as a high profiled cricketer to a popular celebrity status which was the primary requirement of the solution. High quality images presented are unique to the site and Mahela fans can get them as images or as wall papers from it. Further Mahela Fans can obtained his family information, achievements, performances as a cricketer at junior level and all other interesting information about Mahela from one information source which can not be obtained from any other sources. This definitely has given his fans all around the world the opportunity to obtain uptodate information about him and to communicate with him easily. Vedio clips of his great innings are available under video highlights so those who are interested can see them from the web solution it self. Particularly for his fans who missed out those innings it could be a rare opportunity. This has resulted successfully for him in building his fan base in big numbers. Mahela’s own views , opinions about tours are available in tour diary. Further he has the opportunity to sell his memorabilia’s from the web site. Overall Mahela now has a central point of communication where he can provide all the information and answers the questions raised by his ardent fans and other interested parties.