UPDATE: TNMH Site Structure Home - static page will contain positioning statement and update (can we preview a sticky blog post on a static page?) TNMH Blog: Categories: - TNMH Updates - News about TNMH - Olympics & Social Media - Operational Updates - Events and Meetings About (pages) - Background - FAQ - Principles - Media contact Sponsors/Partners (pages) - Overview - Needs Resources (pages) - Laws & Regs - Brand Guide (Logos, Standards, licensing (CC) - Media-making tools - Links to Olympics - (is there a means to actually manage links (with full descriptions/categories) as a library of sorts?) Connect (pages) - Follow us (links to Twitter + Google apps + other outlets as needed) - Contact us (form with choice to contact operations/partnerships/communications) Sidebar Features: Search: ability search the site and all contents Links: to Twitter & Google Wiki ## DRAFT ~ DRAFT ~ DRAFT ~ DRAFT
True North Media House Website Plan & Notes
Team Ianiv @ianiv Andrea @pnts John Bollwitt @johnbollwitt Dave Olson @uncleweed Objective: Rapidly plan and deploy a grow-able CMS for TNMH and plan future iterations to serve disparate internal and external needs and interests Summary Needs: Audience: V1 - Immediate · Potential sponsors/partners wondering who we are, what this is and what chance we have of success · Organizers to collaborate and exchange planning info and organize content V2 - 3-6 months · Potential participants seeking info about how to register, what it is etc. · VANOC and IOC doing background checks and compliance recon V3 - 6-13 months · MSM and NPO wondering what the story is · Participants seeking practical info about how/where/when etc. · Worldwide audience seeking unique content Characteristics: * Ability to be open and collaborative without being a mess * Easy edibility as needed with verification of authorship (granular permissions) * Growable (can add other features and components as needed) * Semantic and accessible ... and translatable? * Clean, efficient design with cross browser and mobile capability Functional requirements: V1 CMS: a means to organize and manage documents in separate categories/departments - will be .html often with .pdfs uploaded, updated and exposed for permanent record categories: o laws and regulations o operational resources o letters and manifestos o logos, standards, licensing (CC) o media making tools
· Page: About / FAQ · Search: ability search the site and all contents · Links: means to actually manage links (with full descriptions/categories) as a library of sorts (page with meta data exposed) · Contact: means to contact organizers for various reasons (operations/partnerships/communications) (page) · Connect: means to connect via other channels (twitter/flickr/FB) (page? sidebar?) · Conversations: ability to share info and opinion about best practices and media conundrums (forums? comments? something else? sandbox) · Collaborative workspace: for internal organizing and ideation (documents developed in wiki and published to site) has pw but anyone can get one (wiki, google docs?) · Blog: blog about operational items with multiple but limited authors (not *as* critical off the bat but since its there ...) V2 * ability to register for participation, create profile, upload photo etc. * show twitter updates about operational issues * calendaring (integration with ical google whatever) * membership directory (who's using the facilities, where they publish, + photo, twitter/flickr/fb/delicious/ V3 * aggregate/point to all content created by participants * locations maps/placeblogging/searching
Reg & Hosting Domain name registered by Dave Olson (via Gandi) Hosting set-up at Zhonka.net |
whats the status of this? can the site be online this week?
underway. yes