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'''About''' - Answers the who, what, when, where and why of the project with static information. This is technically simple with pages entitled: mission, history, team, sponsors, contact. Easy to change. | '''About''' - Answers the who, what, when, where and why of the project with static information. This is technically simple with pages entitled: mission, history, team, sponsors, contact. Easy to change. | ||
'''Blogs''' - General updates about the status of the GVCS as a whole as well as updates for each project (labeled via category) | '''Blogs''' - General updates about the status of the GVCS as a whole as well as updates for each project (labeled via category) | ||
Revision as of 20:49, 21 September 2010
These are wireframe for the basic Joomla site for the Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) project website GVCS. The most recent version is at the top of the version of the wireframes is at the top of the list under the architecture section.
Name
The name and URL for the website is still undecided.
Architecture
Wireframes
Version.92 File:FactoreFarmv1.2.pdf
Version .91 File:FactoreFarmv1.1.pdf
Top Level Pages
Welcome - Home page that delivers introductory messages to the visitor, top news stories and a variety of ways to connect to and support the project.
-Summary1- is an introduction message that takes the user to the 'Our Work' section of the site.
-FeatureWelcome- has large photos and headlines automatically pulled from 'featured' articles. This is a common Joomla plugin.
-News- is a combination of posts from the blogs and projects. This could be organized in a number of different ways.
-Support- is a module for subscribing, donating, fundraising and 'sponsoring' (if deemed appropriate) the project. This could be a BEEx widget or put together with hyperlinks.
-IntroVideo- is a video that summarizes the whole project. I think you've been working on a 2 minute summary, right?
-Social- are social feeds hosted on Identi.ca (a deployment of an open source version of Twitter called Status.net). People could reach us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc from this module.
-ProjectSummary- is a list of all the projects being undertaken.
Our Work - The vision and philosophy behind the project. This is static (doesn't change.)
-Banner1- is a 'banner ad' for the project created by a user. I think a project to come up with banner ads for the GVCS would be cool/popular. We could float it around some online design competitions.
-FeatureVision- is an info diagram (possibly a slideshow) that contextualizes all the tools being worked on.
-VisionEssay- is a static essay explaining the vision of the project with a table of contents. on the right hand side.
-BannerSolicit- is a button that brings people to the submission page for the banner competition.
-Support-
-Video1- Video focusing on the project's vision.
-Social-
-BEExSupport- is a BEEx widget that displays all the action people are performing to raise money for the organization. This widget will be released this week.
Projects - Dynamic information about the projects within the GVCS including status information about all and each project as well as links to go deeper.
-Milesontes- is a timeline for all the relevant milestones, focusing on the release of stable versions of the technology packages. We can use MIT's open source SIMILE timeline maker for it. (http://www.simile-widgets.org/timeline/)
-Fans/Fundraising/Hours- We can use SIMILE to chart milestones in other things like fans, fundraising, time spent, etc.
-ProjectHomeHeader- This was mislabeled but basically it's a progress bar for whatever fundraising event it currently taking place. BEEx powered.
-ProjectMatrix- is a grid of project information. It would list all the projects vertically and then different info about the project horizontally such as product icon, status, name, last blog post and request for money, time, etc. This could be created with a Joomla content construction kit.
Project Page - Every project has a unique page that displays the stable product (version completed) info as if it were a product you could buy in the store as well as links to the collaboration/communication features surrounding each project. These would be hosted elsewhere under the OpenEcology brand.
-ProjectHeader- Each project has it's own name/header image.
-ProjectSummary - is a tweetable description of the project.
-ProjectInfo- is the static product information as if it were something you could buy in the store. Clicking on these buttons will change the Content area of the page.
-BUILDNOW- is a complete downloadable package that gives the user all the info they need to build the product.
-OpenEcologyResources- are links to the project's presence in the broader OpenEcology (OE) collaborative platforms. I'll explain each button... (1) Buy would take the user to the OE store where they could purchase the whole product or parts. (2) Discuss would take them to the project's page in the OE forums where hopefully the community is answering questions/providing support. (3) Community would take them to the OE social network which could be build on JomSocial or Diaspora (if it ever comes out.) (4) Contact would be a contact page where people could reach out to a coreteam member if they want to get more deeply involved. (5) Support is about raising money/awareness for the specific project. I think I'll combine Contact and Support together and call it Get Involved. (6) Build is a link to the how-to build section in the OE wiki.
-ClusterFundraise- is a BEEx widget that shows the most recent fundraisers taking place for this specific project.
-ProjectBlog- is a feed from the project's blog.
About - Answers the who, what, when, where and why of the project with static information. This is technically simple with pages entitled: mission, history, team, sponsors, contact. Easy to change.
Blogs - General updates about the status of the GVCS as a whole as well as updates for each project (labeled via category)
Open Ecology Network - an ever present menu item in the header that links to Open Ecology Resources that other websites and initiatives share such as a the wiki, store, forums, community site and contact information. These resources are hosted on openecology.org and are all powered by third party applications.
Wiki - media wiki
Store - lots of open source options (http://blog.webdistortion.com/2008/05/03/9-kick-ass-open-source-e-commerce-platforms-reviewed/)
Forums - I like VanillaForums but there might be better options.
Community - JomSocial or Diaspora
Project Management - Maybe BetterMeans/TBD
Roles
The new website requires people to fulfill a number of roles when it comes to producing and organizing content.
Monthly Newsletter summarizes the GVCS's progress, highlights openecology community news from the wiki, open pario, etc, digest of blog entries created during the month and a monthly wrap up video by Marcin (5 minutes.)
Homepage video - introduces people to the project
Vision video - explains the vision of 'evolve to freedom'
Project video - it would be great if every project had a 1-3 minute video
Project News - we need people to writing project updates that include how-to information as part of the open development process
Social Media - social media needs to be posted