DoW text: Task and WP leaders will prepare syntheses reports of the project progress, its results and its implications. These synthesis reports will be written specifically for the policymaker and stakeholder audience. At the end of the project a final VECTORS synthesis report will be prepared and made widely available. Aims for synthesis website: • Easy to use and navigate • Intuitive • Accessible • Engaging • Interactive • Simple but effective • Use VECTORS Branding • Stand alone pages Aims of synthesis website D6.7 Online Synthesis of VECTORS for Stakeholders and Policy Makers
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DoW text: Task and WP leaders will prepare syntheses reports of the project progress, its results and its implications. These synthesis reports will be written specifically for the policymaker and stakeholder audience. At the end of the project a final VECTORS synthesis report will be prepared and made widely available.
Aims for synthesis website: • Easy to use and navigate• Intuitive• Accessible• Engaging
• Interactive• Simple but effective• Use VECTORS Branding• Stand alone pages
Aims of synthesis website
D6.7 Online Synthesis of VECTORS for Stakeholders and Policy Makers
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ArchitectureThe architecture of the website will be based on a 3 tier structure: the home page, landing pages and core pages.
Home Page
The Landing Pages will provide summary information about a particular sector or area of the project.
The Core pages are the heart of the website providing the detailed results of the project by activity / task / action. Key results will be listed along with an overview of the aim of the work within VECTORS and the significance of the results.
Landing Page
Core Page
Design and structure of synthesis website
The Home Page will provide the main search area of the website designed around the search tools.
VECTORS Website Synthesis meeting, London , 21st August 2014The Home Page
4 theme areas to search by
If the user clicks ‘More about VECTORS’ an information box slides down.
If the user clicks ‘Explore Map’ an interactive map
pops-up
Or a search feature is available to find research
results by using a key word(s)
The top bar is constant throughout the website.
It provides a brief description of what the site is /does
When the user hovers over one of the four themes the picture will blur to make the choice of articles more visible
With key articles / topics listed under
each theme (these are the landing pages)
The search by sea / region buttons will also bring up the
map
Log-in for extra features, such as save favourites.
Share the page through social media or email
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‘More about VECTORS’ provides background information on the project with links to the project website
The Home Page
All of the partner’s locations will be shown on the map with a pin. When the user clicks on a pin the box to the right of
the map will provide information about that institute
These will link to the relevant pages on the
project website where the information can be
accessed. We aim to create a searchable
publications database
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‘Explore Map’ displays research results by location.
The Home Page
Clicking on a pin will bring up information on that case
study and the relevant area will be highlighted on the
map
This text will be taken from the corresponding core page. It will
provide a link to access the page directly where the full activity information will be
available.
View full result information
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Overview information: • What studied?• Why studied?• Where?• How?• Links?
Bullet point list of specific areas covered / project
objectives for this area/issue
List of related specific research areas
(these are the core pages)
If you click on the objective the relevant core pages (i.e. the research that achieved
that objective) will be highlighted in the list of specific research areas
You can easily save pages to your
favourites (for quick future reference),
print pages in an easy to read format and/or share with colleagues
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Landing Page
Lead author information
This is an example landing page
VECTORS Website Synthesis meeting, London , 21st August 2014Core Page
Example Core Page: Scientific
results / outcomes
List of policies / acts / legislation that these
results can informSources of further
information: deliverables, papers
reports, websites etc.
Diagrams, graphics, images that support text
Save to favourites (for quick future reference), print
pages in an easy to read format and/or
share with colleagues
Quick links to related
pages
These will be live links where the paper / report is open access
Introduction to task: what has been studied and why. What is/are the pressure(s) and driver(s) concerned and what are the impacts studied?
Key findings
Key findings
Background information /
supporting text of each key finding will initially be hidden, to focus on the key findings and limit
the amount of text on the screen.
When the usuer clicks ‘delve deeper’
it will then be revealed
Title of research, lead author and institute plus contact
email address
References
Mobile site
Users accessing the website from a mobile device or tablet will see a condensed version of the site.
The 4 search areas will drop-down when clicked on to reveal the landing pages (sectors/topics) and ‘search by sea/region’ option.
We will aim for the condensed version of the site to have the same functionality as the full version.
Submitting your research results to the website
A web-based form has been created for researchers to easily submit their research results/ activities to the synthesis webite. This form can be accessed through the VECTORS project website
Each form submitted will be created into an individual website page. Within each page the results are displayed in a way that highlights and focuses on the key findings of the research so, before you start entering your results, please consider • How your research should be presented; as one set
of results on a single website page, or broken-down into two or more pages.
• How many key findings can be presented? These should be the key messages that we want to communicate backed up by supporting evidence.
Submitting your research results to the website
The form has been
designed to collect all of
the information required to
create a core page of the
website so it is imperative
that all fields are
completed.
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Key points for submitting your research• Please include all necessary references in the text and then provide the
appropriate citation to the paper in the box provided. When the data is transferred to the website the references will be shown as a number to minimise the amount of characters required.
• Avoid the use of acronyms and overly scientific terms that the reader is not likely to understand. Use terms / definitions that are familiar to the audience (i.e. used in directives / policies) so that they can instantly associate with the meaning.
• Focus on the message(s) that we want to communicate to our audience, such as the policy and management relevance of our results but make sure to be clear how it informs / is relevant?
• Keep text concise and succinct, don’t include any detail that is not specific to the message
