Tennessee Ghost Hunters Cases and Investigation
With the overhaul of our web site, we determined it was necessary to manage and archive our investigations and evidence. We decided it would be nice to be able to manage members, track equipment owned and used, provide our clients with instant access to their case and to us, and catalog our articles and galleries. This desire led us to commission the development of a web-based application to tackle these and other issues.
The solution started a new venture for us. GhostHuntersWeb.com 
. This application, still under development, will revolutionize the way cases and investigations are managed. We plan to make this service available to other groups once the application has been completed and tested. If you are interested, you can visit the web site for information and images of the application in progress, or you can read further for more about the software.
WHAT IS GHOST HUNTERS WEB?
Ghost Hunters Web is a new online service created to manage and maintain a group dedicated to investigating the paranormal. Your web site can be added to an existing site using frames or a link and is customizable to brand it to match your current site. Also, if you do not have a web site, the service will provide you an online presence.
GHW's primary function is case and investigation management including:
- automating client interaction and gathering their activity log online,
- scheduling and confirming who is attending investigations,
- uploading of evidence and time and member-based investigation logs,
- limiting and disabling access to individual members based on the case settings,
- maintaining privacy by replacing the names of those who wish to remain private with a chosen replacement name,
- limiting access to case information and overview from the public with a single setting,
- logging the initial site visit with images and textual observations,
- allowing client access to information, ability to answer questionnaires and enter their activity log based on a generated password,
- track and maintain contact information for other family members, workers or witnesses who are on-site,
- a rating for group members to determine the general consensus if the site is haunted or not,
- an overview with the address, complaint and statistics for this case and its investigations,
- AJAX and Dynamic HTML used throughout to place the information in an easy-to-read format
Other functions of the GHW service include:
- creating polls which also can generate the script to copy and be placed anywhere on any web page or added to listings in your gallery.
- Member management with five different levels of access and individual accounts.
- Emails to and from the members and visitors of the site are completely anonymous and encrypted.
- CAPTCHA security check to ensure messages are not from internet spammers.
- An equipment list to enter your own list of your group's equipment and equipment in general.
- A member of the site can add the equipment in the list to their profile displaying they own and use it.
- Each piece of equipment has its own photo and link to the best price found or review. It also has your group's review of the equipment.
- Also, it tracks who in the group owns which piece of equipment.
We are in the process of adding the gallery section for the application which will allow your site to have a category-based list of entries with uploaded evidence files you have such as: EVP's, photographs, videos, links and other possibilities.
