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@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@
 ^joe-notes-0211\.rtf$
 ^COMPLIANCE\.yaml$
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+^TESTING\.md$
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diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: shinywqg
 Title: Water Quality Guideline Shiny App
-Version: 0.1.0
+Version: 0.1.0.9000
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Sebastian", "Dalgarno", , "seb@poissonconsulting.ca", "aut", comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-3658-4517")),
     person("Pearson", "Ayla", , "ayla@poissonconsulting.ca", c("aut", "cre"), comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-7388-1222")),
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ URL: https://github.com/bcgov/shinywqg
 BugReports: https://github.com/bcgov/shinywqg/issues
 Encoding: UTF-8
 LazyData: true
-RoxygenNote: 7.3.1
+RoxygenNote: 7.3.2
 RdMacros: lifecycle
 Language: en-US
-VignetteBuilder: knitr
 Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE)
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@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<!-- NEWS.md is maintained by https://fledge.cynkra.com, contributors should not edit this file -->
+
+# shinywqg 0.1.0.9000 (2024-11-26)
+
+- Package maintenance.  
diff --git a/TESTING.md b/TESTING.md
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+# Steps for manual testing of the app
+
+ This document is to guide developers on how to manually test the app.
+ Steps should be followed in order and be done in a single session from start to finish. 
+
+1. Open app: https://bcgov-env.shinyapps.io/bc_wqg/
+2. Click on User Guide tab
+	a. Confirm formatting looks valid
+3. Click on About tab
+	a. Confirm formatting looks valid
+	b. Check URLs are not broken 
+4. Confirm footer links are valid
+5. Click on WQG tab
+	a. Click on download button
+	b. Select 1,1-Dicholoroethylene
+		i. Select Drinking water
+			1) Confirm results appears and are formatted correctly  
+			2) Check links are active and correct 
+		ii. Tick water off and on
+			1) Results should disappear if nothing ticked and then re-appear when ticked again
+	c. Select Copper by typing copper 
+		i. Select Aquatic Life - Marine, Aquatic Life - Freshwater and Wildlife
+		ii. Confirm reports appear and are formatted correctly
+			1) Check links are active and correct
+		iii. Change Hardness value to 130
+			1) No change
+		iv. Change pH to 8
+			1) Should cause a guideline to change
+		v. Change Dissolved Organic Carbon to 2
+			1) Should cause guidelines changes
+		vi. Change Significant Figures to 2
+			1) Should drop decimal points (ie only whole numbers left)
+		vii. Change significant figures to 5
+			1) Should increase values to multiple decimal points 
+		viii. Tick off water media
+			1) Parameter options should disappear 
+	d. Select pH
+		i. Add all values
+		ii. Select a pH value of 1
+      1) Results should appear
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