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Design Project 3:PattersonPark.com

INFM 700, PROJECT # 3 – FALL 2013(M.RAMAGEM, S.DELUCIA, S.KOLURO)

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Overview

Project 2 Project 3

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Project Goals

• Improve accessibility of the site through mobile & language features

• Provide a scalable system and architecture

• Implement a robust CMS

• Implement customer and transaction management tools

• Improve reporting tools for strategic planning

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Technology Criteria and EvaluationWordpress plugins & widgets

1. Ease of use (wysiwyg setup)

2. Frequency of plugin updates

3. User reviews

4. Demo sites

5. Preferably free

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Main Technology Components

• Weather• QR Codes• Facebook News Feed

• Language• Mobile• Instant Search

• Mailing List• Donation Mgmt• Volunteer Mgmt• Post To Facebook

• Site Backup• Page Organization• User Management

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Operational: Site Backup Related Goal: Scalable Website

http://wordpress.org/plugins/backupwordpress/

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Operational: Site Organization Related Goal: Scalable Website

http://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-page-ordering/

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Operational: User Management Related Goal: Increase Content Updates Frequency

http://wordpress.org/plugins/members/

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Operational: Site Analytics Related Goal: Strategic Reporting

http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-statistics/screenshots/

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Informational: Weather Related Goal: User Focused Feature

http://wordpress.org/plugins/awesome-weather/

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Informational: QR Codes Related Goal: User Engagement

http://wordpress.org/plugins/qr-redirector/ http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-admin-qr-code-generator/

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Informational: Facebook Feed Related Goal: Content Management & User Engagement

http://wordpress.org/plugins/fbf-facebook-page-feed-widget/

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Informational: Park Map Related Goal: User Engagement

http://wordpress.org/plugins/basic-google-maps-placemarks/installation/

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Usability: Language Related Goal: User Engagement & Accessibility

http://wordpress.org/plugins/transposh-translation-filter-for-wordpress/

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Usability: Mobile Related Goal: User Engagement & Accessibility

http://www.elegantthemes.com/plugins/

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Usability: Instant Search Related Goal: Scalable Website & Ease-of-Use

http://wordpress.org/plugins/daves-wordpress-live-search/

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Engagement: Mailing List Related Goal: Customer Management & User Engagement

http://wordpress.org/plugins/newsletter/

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Engagement: Donation Management Related Goal: Customer Management & User Engagement

http://wordpress.org/plugins/seamless-donations/

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Engagement: Facebook Posting Related Goal: User Engagement

http://wordpress.org/plugins/wordbooker/screenshots/

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General Tweaks• Custom CSS to control position of elements on pages

• URL structures

• Interactive Google maps

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Challenges & Observations• Plugins can be challenging

o Few offer EXACTLY what we are looking for

• More advanced mashups require API keys & tokens

• Some premium plugins look promising and probably worth further investigation (though, for this project we did not have a budget from Patterson park thus we refrained)

• Next phase: Testing to get real feedback o Do not have the scale to test now

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SummaryA total of 20 active plugins used• Tested over 60 plugins• Segmented plugins into 4 main

components (Slide 6)o Operational

o Informational

o Usability

o Engagement

• Minor custom tweaks made to support overall goals, etc

• Evaluated each plugin using 5 main technology criteriao Ease of use (wysiwyg setup)

o Frequency of plugin updates

o User reviews

o Demo sites

o Preferably free

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