Re: Weekly Woonerf, the bi-weekly edition
from
philipashlock
on 2008-04-21 14:28
I've created a page on openplans to list the most current mockups for
woonerf:
http://www.openplans.org/projects/streets/woonerf-design
-Phil
Nick Grossman wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> Here's the latest on Woonerf, Livable Streets, and OpenPlans, all
> rolled into one convenient package.
>
> *Woonerf design update*
> Phil, with Carly's help, has been making great progress on the visual
> design. He's been working broadly across the various sites; here are
> (most of) the (pretty much) latest mockups:
> Streetsblog homepage: http://skitch.com/philipashlock/e6y2/ideation-7
> Streetsblog article: http://skitch.com/philipashlock/jrdu/storypage
> Streetfilms
> homepage: http://skitch.com/philipashlock/j2nn/streetfilms-frontpage
> Streetfilms video: http://skitch.com/philipashlock/j2ne/streetfilms
> Group summary
> page: http://skitch.com/philipashlock/j13s/group-summary-nav-althead
>
> Phil and Chris P will begin implementing the new design next week,
> after which we'll resume weekly updates of the staging sites so
> everyone can see the progress.
>
> *Schedule for woonerf deployment*
> I have been working on a deployment schedule for Woonerf; I know this
> is something people are understandably concerned about. Over the next
> few days, I'll be getting estimates from various folk for the
> remaining pieces of work, after which we'll put that together into a
> schedule. I had been hoping to have that schedule ready for the end
> of this week, but that wasn't possible, so expect an update on that by
> the middle of next week.
>
> *Deploying Woonerf code to OpenPlans.org*
> On Wednesday, Tim began testing http://stage.openplans.org. We are
> hoping to deploy the current set of changes to the live site next
> Wednesday, 4/23, pending results of the testing. Woohoo!
>
> *Streetswiki content coming in*
> The streetswiki content team has been adding pages to the content
> site. Take a look at http://streetswiki.livablestreets.com/streetswiki
> Starting this week, we will be addressing some of the issues they've
> raised (a few bugs, a few enhancements). See
> At this point, it's looking very likely that streetswiki will end up
> rolling out at the same time as the rest of Woonerf, since the few
> remaining tech issues are relatively minor
>
> *Wiki improvements*
> On Wednesday, Sonali began working on a round of improvements to the
> project wiki. Improvements to the wiki have been a long time coming,
> so this is really exciting. You can see the outline/plan that she's
> developing here:
> http://www.openplans.org/projects/streets/wiki-navigation
> Right now, it's mostly a study of where the wiki is at (user testing
> results, comparison to similar products, etc.). Next week, she'll be
> making the plan more concrete, and will start designing a set of
> short-term improvements that we'll implement immediately.
>
> *Geocoding*
> Paul is resuming work on adding geocoding to OpenPlans people and
> projects. Woohoo!
>
> *Meeting with T4America*
> On Tuesday, Aaron and I had another meeting with the folks from
> T4America about possible collaboration between us. If you haven't
> seen it yet, you should read Vanessa's blog post about it
> here: http://www.openplans.org/projects/topp-office/blog/2008/04/16/taking-the-renaissance-national/
> Thanks Vanessa!
> At this point, there's really nothing concrete to report; we're still
> getting to know each other, and are just very broadly discussing ways
> we might work together. But I will report more on that as things develop.
>
> Have a great weekend!
>
> Nick
>
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