User Guide
Begin by opening the Hagglehaul website. You will be taken to a login page.
If you already have an account, please enter your credentials, press the "Submit" button, and proceed to the section of this guide appropriate to your account role. If you do not, please click on the "Register" button. You will be taken to a registration page.
On this page, you may enter a valid email address and a valid password (longer than 2 characters, but shorter than 90). You must also use the radio buttons beneath the password textbox to select your account's role, either a Rider or a Driver. In general, Riders post Trips for Drivers to place bids on, and select a Driver's bid. This determines which Driver will be carrying the Rider on a given Trip. Please keep this in mind when deciding in what role to use Hagglehaul.
When you are finished, click the "Submit" button. You will be taken to the "My Trips" page of your respective role. Then proceed to the section of this guide appropriate to your account role.
On the My Trips page, there is a blue "+Add Trip" button to the right of the "Confirmed Trips" header.
Clicking this button will open a pop-up menu, asking for the Trip's details.
Type the desired addresses and select the correct suggestions from the options shown below each textbox to enter the origin and destination, and select the desired date and time using the calendar and list of times shown when you click on the "Select Date and Time" textbox. You must also select the number of passengers by clicking on the desired option from the dropdown menu opened when you click on the box containing "Select passengers". When all information has been filled in, press the "Submit" button to create a new Trip.
Returning to the My Trips page, you may observe three headers. When you have added a new Trip, you will see a card containing its details displayed under the "Trips in Bidding" header.
This means that Drivers are able to place bids on your Trip. Bids will be displayed below a Trip's information on its card, containing a Driver's name, current rating, number of ratings, and the amount they have bid. You will also receive an email notifying you of bids your Trip gets. The amount a Driver has bid will be displayed in a blue button, and by clicking this button before the Trip's start time has passed, you will select this Driver's bid. Selecting a Driver's bid confirms the Trip, assigning this Driver to it, emailing that Driver, and moving the Trip to "Confirmed Trips". You may click the orange "Cancel Trip" button on a Trip's card to cancel it at any time.
Once a Trip has been confirmed, it will be displayed below the "Confirmed Trips" header.
This card will now display Driver's information and the selected bid's amount instead of the Trip's pickup and destination addresses, and an "Options" dropdown menu has replaced the orange "Cancel Trip" button. The "Options" dropdown allows you to select "Cancel Trip" which will cancel the Trip as before, and "Show More" which will open a pop-up containing the Trip's pickup and destination addresses was well as the selected Driver's information. This includes their email, phone number, and vehicle specifications.
After a Trip's start time has passed, it will remain below "Confirmed Trips" for 24 hours. While it is there, "Rate Driver:" and a set of 5 stars will appear below the Trip's card.
Clicking on one of these starts will open a "Rate Trip" popup, where depending on the number of stars including and to the left of the one you clicked, you will be asked to confirm the numerical rating you want to give to the Driver.
Once more than 24 hours after the start time passes, the Trip will be moved below "Archived Trips".
When more than 24 hours after a confirmed Trip's start time passes, it will be displayed below the "Archived Trips" header. Its displayed information is the same as a confirmed Trip, but it does not have a "Cancel Trip" button or "Options" dropdown, as both are now unnecessary.
A Trip's card will always contain a small preview image of a map, with the Trip's route shown as a line. Clicking on this image opens a Route Preview popup, where the Trip's route can be viewed in detail.
When selecting a Driver's bid or canceling a Trip, a confirmation popup will always be shown, asking you to confirm your decision by clicking the orange "Yes" button before the action is completed.
At the top of any page, you will see a navigation bar, which contains links to both the My Trips page and the Profile page. It also has a button, that, when clicked, allows you to sign out.
Clicking on the "Profile" link will bring you to the Profile page, which contains links to several other user profile related pages
Of these links, only "Settings" is necessary or developed. Clicking on "Settings" will bring you to the Settings page.
The Rider's Settings page contains 4 textboxes.
The textbox labelled "Name" is where you may type your name such that Drivers can identify you, and will be associated with your Trips. The textbox labelled "Phone Number" is where you may type your name such that Drivers can contact you, and will be given to a Driver when you select their bid on one of your Trips. The textbox labelled "New Password" is where you may type a new password should you decide to change your current password, but to do so your new password will have to be valid (longer than 2 characters, but shorter than 90). You will also have to enter your current password in the textbox labelled "Confirm Old Password" to submit a password change. When you have entered the information you wish to change, clicking the orange "Submit Changes" button will attempt to save what you have written. If there is an issue, it will notify you, and no changes to your profile will be made. For example, if you entered an invalid new password, this message would be displayed:
On the My Trips page, there is a blue "Search Trips" button to the right of the "Confirmed Trips" header
Clicking this button will bring you to the Search for Trips page, which contains a list of all Trips currently available to bid on. Each Trip is shown in a card, which displays the Trip's information and a list of all bids currently on that Trip. A bid includes its Driver's name, rating, number of ratings, and the amount they have bid.
Clicking the orange "+ Add Bid" button at the bottom left of a Trip's card will open a popup, where you can enter the amount that you wish to bid on this Trip by typing the amount in the popup's textbox. Pressing the orange "Add Bid" button will add your bid and email that Trip's Rider notifying them of such.
Clicking the "Advanced Search" dropdown below the "Search for Trips" header will open a menu you may use to filter and the displayed available trips by multiple criteria. These include sorting by lowest Trip route distance, lowest bid, earliest start time, filtering by a max Trip route distance, distance from your current location, etc.
To filter, click the checkbox to a criterion's left and enter your desired value, and to sort by something, select from the dropdowns to the right of "Sort By:" and "Then By:" (the latter of which you may use if there are two features you wish to sort by at once).
Once you have made your selections, click the orange "Search" button at the bottom of the menu to filter and sort the displayed Trips.
After making whatever bids you wish to make, you can return to the My Trips page by clicking the "My Trips" link in the nav bar at the top of the page, or by clicking the blue "Back to Trips" button at the bottom of the page.
Once you have made a bid on a Trip, it will be displayed under the "My bids" header on the My Trips page. Each Trip is shown in a card with the same information as in the Search for Trips page, but with your bid displayed and highlighted at the top of the bid list.
While you wait for a Trip's Rider to select a bid, you may click the "Options" dropdown below your bid on a Trip, which will allow you to select "Change Bid Amount" or "Withdraw Bid".
Clicking "Change Bid Amount" will open a popup, where you can enter the new amount you wish to bid in its textbox and confirm your decision by clicking the orange "Modify" button.
Clicking "Withdraw Bid" will open a confirmation popup. If you are sure that you wish to withdraw your bid and potentially give up winning this Trip. you can confirm your decision by clicking the orange "Yes" button.
Once your bid has been selected by a Trip's Rider, the Trip will be moved to below the "Confirmed Trips" header. Instead of the Trip's pickup and destination addresses, the name of the Trip's Rider, their rating, their number of ratings, and the final bid amount will be displayed on the Trip's card.
Clicking on the gray "Show More" button will open a popup containing various information, including the Rider's email, phone number, and the Trip's pickup and destination addresses.
Clicking on the long blue "Launch Trip" button will open a "Driver Actions" popup.
Clicking any of the gray "My Location to Pickup" buttons will open a navigation service that provides a route from your current location to the pickup address. The navigation service opened is indicated by the header above each button. Clicking any of the blue "Pickup to Destination" buttons does the same, except the route shown is instead from the pickup address to the destination address. Clicking the orange "Call Rider", "Text Rider", or "Email Rider" will open the necessary services to perform the action the button describes, using the Rider's given phone number and email address to do so.
After a Trip's start time has passed, it will remain below "Confirmed Trips" for 24 hours. While it is there, the "Launch Trip" button will be replaced with "Rate Rider:" and a set of 5 stars.
Clicking on one of these starts will open a "Rate Trip" popup, where depending on the number of stars including and to the left of the one you clicked, you will be asked to confirm the numerical rating you want to give to the Rider.
Once more than 24 hours after the start time passes, the Trip will be moved below "Archived Trips".
When a confirmed more than 24 hours after a confirmed Trip's start time passes, it will be displayed below the "Archived Trips" header. Its displayed information is the same as a confirmed Trip, but it does not have a "Show More" or "Launch Trip" button, as both are now unnecessary.
At the top of any page, you will see a navigation bar, which contains links to both the My Trips page and the Profile page. It also has a button, that, when clicked, allows you to sign out.
Clicking on the "Profile" link will bring you to the Profile page, which contains links to several other user profile related pages
Of these links, only "Settings" is necessary or developed. Clicking on "Settings" will bring you to the Settings page.
The Driver's Settings page contains 7 textboxes.
The textbox labelled "Name" is where you may type your name such that Riders can identify you, and will be associated with your bids. The textbox labelled "Phone Number" is where you may type your name such that Riders can contact you, and will be given to a Rider when they select your bid on one of their Trips. The textboxes labelled "Car Brand", "Car Color", and "License Plate Number" is where you may type the appropriate details about the vehicle you will be performing Trips with, which will be given to a Rider when they select your bid on one of their Trips. The textbox labelled "New Password" is where you may type a new password should you decide to change your current password, but to do so your new password will have to be valid (longer than 2 characters, but shorter than 90). You will also have to enter your current password in the textbox labelled "Confirm Old Password" to submit a password change. When you have entered the information you wish to change, clicking the orange "Submit Changes" button will attempt to save what you have written. If there is an issue, it will notify you, and no changes to your profile will be made. For example, if you entered an invalid new password, this message would be displayed:
From the nav bar at the top of any page, you may click the "Sign Out" link at any time. This will sign you out and return you to the login page.
