I forwarded this off the TOPP Design Team mailing list and onto the  
Livable Streets list.

—R

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> From: Philip Ashlock <phil@...>
> Date: April 21, 2008 2:28:00 PM EDT
> To: topp-design-discussion@...
> Cc: Operations Discussion <operations-discussion@...>
> Subject: Re: [TOPP Design discussion] Weekly Woonerf, the bi-weekly  
> edition
> Reply-To: topp-design-discussion@...
>
> 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
>>
>> --
>> Nick Grossman
>> The Open Planning Project -- topp.openplans.org
>> nickyg@...
>> (917) 825-6590
>>
>>
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