This is a list of features and functionalities that site needs to provide tofullfill its mission. These are mathed against drupal modules to guide implementaiton. The list is commented on by Valeria Pesce and Adam Sanchez of the AgriDrupal development team at FAO who are assisting us with implementation.
Blog
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Content Inventory
This spreadsheet logs each URL on the site, its owner, ROT status, etc. THe focal points will add to this by doing inventories of their own subsites. On the basis of this master list we will be able to track content entries during migration, making sure the new URLs are assigned correclty and nothing gets lost in the process.
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Fresh look
I just switched on a new theme. Acquia Marine is the most popular free Acquia theme. It requires Skinr module and Fusion Core theme to be enabled. Once that is done it is amazingly flexible, I particularly like the round edges and the neat menu tabs.
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Data Modelling
Place:Ammar’s office
To move from interaction design to implementation we need to come up with a model of relevant data sources available in ICARDA and how these can support user tasks. This calls for doing a data modeling practice where we define relevant databases and data relationships in light of the activities we designed for.
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Content Model
The content model is a grpahic illustrating the flow of content. More high-level than a work-flow diagram, it illustrates the platforms and tools involved. We implmeneted this model for the facelift of the website, effectively moving content management off-site into two word press blogs. It was presented as an innovative way to manage website at the IAALD conference of information specialists in Montpellier, April 2010. The focus here is on integrating various social media tools and feeding all the various content back onto the home page, all the while enabling search across all the platform.