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GradGather surfaces a different home screen depending on the user’s role. Alumni are directed to the Alumni Dashboard at /landing, while students land on the Student Dashboard at /studash. Each dashboard presents a hero section and a four-card feature grid that links out to the platform’s core functionality. Navigation links in the top navbar differ between the two views to reflect the features most relevant to each role.

Alumni Dashboard

Route: GET /landing — showcases alumni networking, the alumni directory, job postings, and donation features. Navbar includes a direct link to /connect and /userprofile.

Student Dashboard

Route: GET /studash — welcomes the student by name using the {{naming}} variable and highlights student-to-alumni connection, the shared directory, job openings, and club fundraising.

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Alumni Dashboard (/landing)

The alumni dashboard renders landing.hbs. Its hero section displays a static welcome message — “Welcome, John!” — along with the tagline “Reconnect, grow, and contribute to the alumni community.” Below the hero, a feature-grid presents four cards that map to the platform’s main capabilities:
  • Alumni-to-Alumni Connection — Engage and connect with fellow alumni across industries and locations.
  • Alumni Directory & Filtering — Search for alumni using a comprehensive directory with filters for batch, course, and more.
  • Job Openings Posting — Share or explore job opportunities within the alumni network.
  • Donations for Clubs & Scholarships — Contribute to clubs, scholarships, or causes and help future students.
The alumni dashboard navbar contains the following links:
LabelPath
Events/Events
Forum#
Clubs/clubs
Connect/connect
Alumni Directory/directory
Profile/userprofile
The Forum nav link currently points to href="#" and is not yet implemented. It is a placeholder for a future discussion board feature.

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Student Dashboard (/studash)

The student dashboard renders studash.hbs. Unlike the alumni dashboard, the hero section uses the {{naming}} Handlebars variable so the welcome message is personalised at render time — for example, “Welcome Alice”. The tagline reads “Reconnect, grow, and contribute to the student community.” The four feature cards on the student dashboard reflect a student-centric perspective:
  • Student-to-Alumni Connection — Engage and connect with alumni across industries and locations.
  • Alumni/Student Directory & Filtering — Search the directory with filters for batch, course, and more.
  • Job Openings — Explore opportunities within the network to grow your career.
  • Donations for Clubs & Scholarship Fundraising — Contribute to clubs, scholarships, or causes that resonate with you.
The student dashboard navbar is a trimmed version of the alumni navbar — it omits the Connect link and points the profile link to /stuprofile instead:
LabelPath
Events/Events
Forum#
Clubs/clubs
Directory/directory
My Profile/stuprofile
<!-- tempelates/studash.hbs — hero section with Handlebars variable -->
<section class="hero">
  <div class="container">
    <h1>Welcome {{naming}}</h1>
    <p>Reconnect, grow, and contribute to the student community.</p>
  </div>
</section>

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User Profiles

GradGather provides two separate profile views, one for each role.

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Alumni Profile (/userprofile)

The alumni profile renders userprofile.hbs and displays the following static fields:
FieldExample Value
Full NameJohn Doe
College NameABC University
Batch2020–2024
CourseBachelor of Technology
SectionCSE-2
Emailjohn.doe@example.com
Alumni StatusActive
Graduation Year2024
Position in Alumni AssociationEvent Coordinator
Recent ActivityParticipated in the Annual Tech Conference 2024
The profile footer includes two action buttons: Edit Profile and Contact Alumni.

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Student Profile (/stuprofile)

The student profile renders stuprofile.hbs and declares three Handlebars variables intended to show the student’s name, email, and graduation year: 
<!-- tempelates/stuprofile.hbs — dynamic fields -->
<h1>Welcome, <span id="user-name">{{naming}}</span>!</h1>
...
<li><strong>Full Name:</strong> {{naming}}</li>
<li><strong>Email:</strong> {{emailing}}</li>
<li><strong>Graduation Year:</strong> {{passing}}</li>
Handlebars VariableIntended ValueDescription
{{naming}}Student’s display nameRendered in the welcome heading and Full Name field
{{emailing}}Student’s email addressRendered in the Email field
{{passing}}Expected graduation yearRendered in the Graduation Year field
The active GET /stuprofile route in src/index.js calls res.render("stuprofile") with no data object, so {{naming}}, {{emailing}}, and {{passing}} all render as empty strings at runtime. The registration handler that would have supplied these values (reading req.body.username, req.body.email, and req.body.passOutYear) is currently commented out in index.js. Until that handler is restored and wired up, the student profile page will display blank fields.
The remaining profile fields (College Name, Batch, Course, Section, Club, Recent Activity) are present in the template but not yet populated dynamically.

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