Devlog #02

Hello everyone(˶ᵔᗜᵔ˶)ﾉﾞ，

I hope everyone is doing well.

Welcome to the second devlog of ScholarAtlas.

In today’s devlog, I will be sharing some of the updates that have been made in the website recently.

Okay… allow me to explain. (๑˃ᴗ˂)

The Website Is Finally Working!

Thus far, I’ve only been designing the structure/UI of ScholarAtlas.

But now that’s changing – things are finally coming together! (≧▽≦)

I’m currently creating the scholarship browsing functionality which includes scholarship cards, search and filters.

Scholarship Database

I designed the very first data file of Scholarships for ScholarAtlas.

For now, the following example scholarships were added: Chevening, MEXT, DAAD, and Erasmus Mundus.

Each scholarship has the following data fields:

Country, Degree Level, Funding Type, Deadline, Field of Study and Provider.

Clearly, there’s still a lot of work to be done in terms of the database.

But the primary task now is to create a functional system rather than filling up the database with loads of information.

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Scholarship Search & Filters

Also, I implemented search and filtering functionality on the scholarships page.

Now, you can filter scholarships by:

Name

Country

Degree

Funding

Filters can also be combined to narrow the search rather than having to scroll the entire huge list.

Actually, that could be considered one of the most essential parts of ScholarAtlas.

The whole idea is to allow people to easily locate those scholarships which match their needs without having to look for hundreds of random web sites.

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Separate Scholarship Page

There is one thing that occurred to me when working on the site - all the content was actually placed on the main page.

Navigation buttons were there, however, when clicked, led to the top of the page. (╥﹏╥)

Well, the reason turned out to be very simple.

All the links were utilizing href=”#” attribute.

Thus, I implemented new navigation system and routes.

Now ScholarAtlas consists of:

Home

Scholarships

Universities

Resources

Scholarships page is already functioning while the other pages will be created soon.

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Navigation Update

I’ve also updated the navigation links to use Next.js routing.

What this means is that when you click a link now, you’re actually going to another route and not just moving around on the home page.

It’s a small update, but it gives the entire site a very “application-y” feeling.

(And yes, I may have spent way too long figuring out why my clicks were doing nothing… (￣▽￣))

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Upcoming Features

There is definitely a lot more to be done yet.

There is a lot more scholarships in the database needed to be added, and the Universities and Resources sections have not been developed yet either.

However, I am working towards making the scholarship search smart and able to match your eligibility criteria in terms of your academic profile, degree/major, country, etc.

But for now, I will work on creating the foundations for the site.

Little by little, ScholarAtlas is shaping into an actual scholarship platform rather than just some UI elements.

Thank you all for reading!

Have a nice day =)