True Fans Platform Log

Mockup

Join Button - click, and the white instructionals box slides out below the header.

Sign Up - opens a popup window with a paypal form
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Make a Video - opens a popup window with YouTube's make a video page
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Send it to Us - opens a popup window with an email addressed to ''truefans@opensourceecology.org''

Videos - click on a video, and a popup window opens to a clipboard embed that allows for sharing through facebook, twitter, or email.
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3/4/2013

Hey Aaron,

More or less, you are correct. Peter is a mentor, and the developers working with him are college students studying computer programming in college. They are part of our apprenticeship program that takes college students through a 2 year learning process, as an apprentice, to learn how to document, debug, build, and develop, working on projects like this.

That said, we are using this project for our apprentices as a learning opportunity to create the requested pages. We are happy to provide written feedback/status updates before any development work begins to make sure everyone is on the right page. It is important we have this flow of communication, so we'll work to make sure you are in the loop.

We are growing our apprenticeship program. Currently our apprentices are only requested to meet onsite once a week (Wednesday) with our mentor, and use this time to ask questions, get more hands on time, etc. In addition, we are working to find other times when the students may come in, and work from our office while working on this, or other, related projects. When we meet on Wednesday, if you'd like, maybe we could do a quick conference call so you could meet the team?

Thanks and my apologies if we weren't clear about this earlier.

Regards,

JP

2/26/2013

Meeting with JP regarding functionality of the platform:

1. Users click join
2. Slider drops down below header with instructions (javascript).
3. True Fan signup button with popup window for signing up through PayPal
4. Link to site where videos can be made with computer camera
5. Instructions to send video link to truefans@opensourceecology.org
6. True Fans Manager adds video link and screenshot image link to database (javascript & python).
7. Using tags consistently is key to the database finding the right data to display on the true fans page
8. True Fans Manager adds video clip to OSE True Fans Clipboard
9. A grid of video screenshots is dynamically generated with the most current submissions on the top. When anyone clicks on one of the video screenshots, a popup window linked to the clipboard embed is displayed. Above the video are share buttons for email, facebook, and twitter.

Notes:

• Header needs social media buttons - click to share true fans page with your social media
• Needs clear instructions on what the platform is, is for, does
• We should show how the money is being used in graphs and financial reports
• Should we have a video from marcin that can popup explaining what the platform is?

Questions:

• Using clipboard and its social media buttons, how would someone link the shared content back to the true fans page, so that people know where to go to sign up? Should we have a link handy they can embed or instructions? How?