NOTES FROM WEBSITE WORK CALL 9/20/11 (Daniel, John, Sue, Tree)
General changes
Elements of Site:
- CSS, Design
- Navigation, Menus
User Stories:
(Different vectors through the sites: What are they coming for, how do they use it. We want to make sure that each of these people have a fun/easy time getting what they want)
- buy the cards
- learn more about a pattern
- propose a new pattern
Two layout/design variations:
- front page(s) with simpler navigation - see below
- the rest of the pages - with overall similar aesthetic look but potential for more involved navigation
- redesign of forms for:
-- Pattern (Potting Shed aka proposed patterns)
-- User/Person
-- category
-- tags
Graphic design - match card design (& iPhone interface)
Process of becoming an editor
Permissions (see below)
New front page(s)
(Double-clicking doesn't offer to edit)
HOMEPAGE
blurb about project - links to more
(abouts/bios, maybe combined with project blurb maybe separate, we are still deciding this)
maybe an image of a card, video of people using/showing cards
news (show one item, with link to more)
(join our learning community / get more involved - link to mailing list)
(ways into the patterns - see below)
Buttons/Links to:
- get a deck
- donating
- learn about/get phone app
- contact us
OTHER FRONT PAGES
- Deck page - blurb, buy/download
- News/blog - upcoming gatherings
- Donations
- iPhone App
- About the project's vision/purpose, pattern language, etc.
- About the project structure/history/process, how we came/come together to work
- Bios
- Get More Involved - how to become an editor
- Learning Community (mailing list, joining, ideally searchable archive?);
- Contact us - web form and email address(es)
- Project feedback page - show past feedback, web form to give more
- Ways into the patterns:
-- Pattern List / Catalogue - alpahabetical, by category
-- Method "mapping" -> patterns
- How to use them (activities from booklet and/or more)
Future:
Now, just mailing list? In future, maybe something like: http://doc.tiki.org/Forum+and+Mailing+List+Synchronization
Consolidate mtg notes
Permissions
Anyone can propose a pattern
Pattern card fields
NOTES FROM WORK SESSION ON BOWEN (AUG. 2011) RE WEBSITE CHANGES
Simple front page with:
- blurb about project (link to more), news, donating
- link to mailing list
- link to the cards, routes in, how to use (draw content from booklet), buy them / download PDF
- iPhone App
- getting more involved / becoming an editor
- Possibly also: image of a card, video of people using/showing cards, ?
To be determined:
- Graphic design - match cards, relation to iPhone interface?
- Process of becoming an editor
- pan-site navigation links - what/where (eg sidebar, header, ??)
- other permissions
- ?
Permissions
Anyone can propose a pattern
Card fields
Anyone (can't edit, but can add):
discussion
stories
Anyone signed in:
description
examples
secondary related patterns (& how)
tag
resources
other
Editor:
pattern name
heart
image (incl metadata)
primary(on deck) related patterns (& how)
category
stage
Administrator:
cards about project - exactly which?
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