All,
Now that we have the new server up-and-running, we can start work on the new web site. I have setup a beta test web site on the server for this work, available at:
http://beta.pwg.org/
The goals and requirements of the new site are (roughly in order of importance:
0. Adopt the new PWG logo and colors.
1. Allow PWG members to add and update pages to the web site without hand-editing HTML files and using FTP to upload those changes to the site directory.
- This probably means using some sort of Content Management System (CMS)
- Ideally we want a change history of pages in case errors are made and we need to roll back a change.
- We don't want this to just be a Wiki as we've been down that road before and the consensus is that they don't work well for our membership.
- New pages need to be moderated by the PWG Webmaster.
2. Allow PWG members and our marketing folks to post articles to the home page (i.e. a Blog) that are of general interest to the membership and industry we represent.
- New articles need to be moderated by the PWG Webmaster.
- The ability to post comments to articles would be nice (again, with moderation).
3. Provide survey pages for meetings and articles. Right now we use Survey Monkey.
- Meeting surveys ask for name, organization, and the days that will be attended (in person, call in, or not attending)
- Article surveys could be as simple as rating the article and providing plain text comments.
- We'd need both the "take the survey" page and a page showing a summary and details of all responses.
- Nice to have: arbitrary surveys with multiple choice questions, CSV export of responses, graphs, etc.
4. Provide a registration page for IPP Everywhere implementations. This will be used to support IPP Everywhere self-certification.
5. Provide integration with LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and other social web sites.
- "Tweet" (Twitter) or post (LinkedIn) new articles as they are published
- "Like" new articles or pages (Facebook)
The timeframe for items 0-3 to be rolled out should be by the October 22-24, 2013 F2F meeting in Cupertino, CA.
Thoughts?
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Michael Sweet