Projects:SiteRedesign/ProjectTimeline - Revision history

Vinh Nguyen at 23:26, 21 May 2007

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Vinh Nguyen at 23:22, 21 May 2007

2007-05-21T23:22:27Z

Vinh Nguyen at 23:20, 21 May 2007

2007-05-21T23:20:52Z

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''This is a working schedule for various phases of the AboutUs site redesign.''

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;Logo Design
: '''Description:''' To create a logo for AboutUs that reflects the company's foundations and goals.
: '''Proposed Deadline:''' 06/01/2007
: '''Status:''' Finalizing series of early ideas; will post them soon on AboutUs.
: '''Other Info:''' With an identity like this one, in which the main goals and foundations are rather loose, it might be best to reach a compromise between all those involved in the final decision. Some themes to think about--that reflect upon AboutUs--are emergence, community, the WikiWay, organic organization or organic information, and connections.

;Site Skin and Minor Theming
: '''Description:''' This phase only involves incorporating the new logo into the current layout with some small color adjustments. This is not a full site redesign, simply an adjustment of colors. The full site-redesign will come next.
: '''Proposed Deadline:''' 06/08/2007
: '''Status:''' Waiting for chosen logo before decisions
: '''Other Info:'''

;Site Redesign and Usability
: '''Description:''' The largest phase of the project, this will involve major usability and layout changes affecting the "skin," the navigation, the front page, and all article/edit pages. This may be broken down into further steps.
: '''Concept Deadline:''' 06/15/2007
: '''Publication Deadline:''' 07/02/2007
: '''Status:''' Mostly taking notes on needed changes to navigation and usability. Notes can be seen and added to [[Projects:SiteRedesign#Tasks of SiteRedesign|here]].
: '''Other Info:''' Two weeks from the Concept Deadline may be pushing it as far as deployment goes. We may need more time for testing, debugging and browser issues.

;Templates Work
: '''Description:''' Reworking the Templates currently used and creating newer, standard templates for use across the site.
: '''Proposed Deadline:''' After the Site Redesign
: '''Status:''' Notes and ideas can be seen and edited [[Projects:SiteRedesign#TemplateOverhaul|here]].
: '''Other Info:''' Creating a more complete set of Templates--in conjunction with per-page CSS (''user created style sheets'')--should allow for easier and better looking manipulation of page information. The idea being if User A was using Template X and saw User B with the same template dressed for, say, Halloween, User A could load User B's Template X Halloween Style Sheet (e.g. CSS:UserB-Halloween) and their Template X would now have orange and black colors.
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 : '''Proposed Deadline:''' 06/08/2007
 : '''Status:''' Waiting for chosen logo before decisions
-: '''Other Info:'''
+: '''Other Info:''' <span style="color:#FF602B">This may not be a good idea in that we would have then have two changes to the site in a period of two months. It may be better to simply replace the old with the new logo and wait save Skin changes for the next phase.</span>
 ;Site Redesign and Usability

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 : '''Description:''' Reworking the Templates currently used and creating newer, standard templates for use across the site.
 : '''Proposed Deadline:''' After the Site Redesign
-: '''Status:''' Notes and ideas can be seen and edited [[Projects:SiteRedesign#TemplateOverhaul|here]].
+: '''Status:''' Notes and ideas can be seen and edited [[Projects:SiteRedesign#Template Overhaul|here]].
 : '''Other Info:''' Creating a more complete set of Templates--in conjunction with per-page CSS (''user created style sheets'')--should allow for easier and better looking manipulation of page information. The idea being if User A was using Template X and saw User B with the same template dressed for, say, Halloween, User A could load User B's Template X Halloween Style Sheet (e.g. CSS:UserB-Halloween) and their Template X would now have orange and black colors.
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