Online Tarot Application

[Dashifen]

With the announcement of mystic wicks site hosting that I received in my email today, I was wondering if anyone else would find this valuable. I've been meaning to write a database driven web application to store and retreive information about tarot readings. At least initially, it would allow me to enter readings that I perform into the database so that the persion for whom I'm reading could retreive it later from the web at any time and not have to worry about storing a personal message or anything like that. Plus, it would help with follow ups for me because then I wouldn't have to store a million and one word documents and could index a reading based on the user name of the person for whom I read.

Was also thinking, though, that it could be useful for other members who wanted to use something other than personal messages. So mystic wicks members who want to provide readings for others could sign up and then people who want to request readings would do so through the application rather than by posting messages to the tarot board. Then, those of us who read could be notified by email or maybe by personal message that someone has requested a reading and we could respnd in kind. Lastly, if someone wants a specific reader to provide another reading they could find us and contact us through the application rather than through the boards again.

So, I'm thinking that it could:

Allow readings to be entered into a database for later retreival. Readings could be made public or private so that either everyone could see them or just a few specified people.
A list of readers could be maintained onsite so that people looking for a reading could see whose available to provide a reading.
Readings could be "sent" to other readers for a second opinion either with or without the original reader's interpretation.
If you've requested a reading, you could find the person(s) who read for you in the past and request a reading from them personally as a follow-up.
If you want to request a reading you could do so through the new application rather than by posting to the board.


If you all like the idea, then I'll PM mol and see if we can set it up as a mystic wicks hosted site and I'll get started on it in my spare time (ha!). Plus, if you have any other ideas, let me know.

And, if no one thinks this is worth it (which is fair) I'll just do it on my own website anyway!

Blessings,
~D~

[Aine of the Fae]

That sounds wonderful! I wish I could help with the programming, but my skills are sorely lacking in that department!

[Dashifen]

Bah, I've got 6 years of programming so that's no problem. If you have graphic design or other artistic type experience, we could use that. I'm lacking in that department :) I can design the site so it's not too ugly, but I've found that all of my sites always look exactly the same ;)

[Aine of the Fae]

My talent lies in reading the cards, writing and typing. I am not an artist in anyway. I've tried, the results are..... horrific... If you need someone for editing and typing though, I'm your woman! I've got grammatical skills that could make an English teacher jealous and I can type 74 words a minute according to the typing test I took yesterday.

[Dashifen]

agreed. me == grammar nazi. If I go ahead with this, feel free to correct my language, spelling, and grammar at all times ;)

[Rhianna813]

If this project gets the go ahead you may want check out some of the artists in the Banner Depot for help with the graphics. There seem to be some very talented folks there! Great idea by the way!!

Rhianna

[luna rising]

That sounds unbelievably complicated and totally cool.

[Dashifen]

not to brag, but compared to the stuff I do at work, this will be a relief ;) At least to start. Eventually, it'll probably grow beyond my control and become a multi-headed hyrda of programming doom, but that's just the way these things go :) I'll be working on it even if it becomes a tool only for me. I hope that once it's available others will concider using it, too, but if not it'll help me be more organized and what else could you want from a personal web site!!

[Dashifen]

good idea! for now as I focus on making it work, I'll probably do the design myself, but as things get off the ground -- especially if other people start using the system -- I could definately use an artist's touch on things.

[Aine of the Fae]

Just a thought Dashifen, but perhaps you could market it to professional readers as a way to keep track of client readings.

[Dashifen]

Perhaps, but those professionals may have a way to do that already. For now, I'll probably keep it simple and market it to myself and the other readers here. Once the kinks are ironed out and things look and work smoothly, it's certainly a possibility. Hell, Mol can probably work something out so that professionals using the site pay for the service, too, and a little extra $$ is never a bad thing ;)