ÜberBots Website Proposal ÜberBots Website Team

Website Proposal - 7/1/2010 Goals 2011 FIRST Website Award Effective Communication Easy to update Easy to access That this will be the last website we need to make for a long time

ÜberBots Website Team Website Proposal - 7/1/2010 Focuses 1. Modular 2. Integrated 3. Compliant 4. Handicap Accessible 5. Transparent / Simple 6. Sexy

ÜberBots Website Team Website Proposal - 7/1/2010 Modular Current website, each page is individually coded, code scattered all over Individually coded › Programmer needed to make new pages Basically, current system doesn’t work If pages made from modules (building blocks), “it will be easier to fix bugs, keep compliance, keep uniformity, prevent errors, make editing easier, make coding simpler, and enhance the browsing experience.” - Matt Howard, ÜberBots Forums

ÜberBots Website Team Website Proposal - 7/1/2010 Integrated Integration in forums One set of credentials Simplify code, increase efficiency Force people to use forums Link calendar events Integration with different websites and technologies Help people stay connected with us Make videos faster by using YouTube servers YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, RSS, iCal

ÜberBots Website Team Website Proposal - 7/1/2010 Compliant W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) defines web standards FIRST Website Judges want compliance to standards = We need a compliant website Website needs to look same and function same in IE, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari RSS and iCal of website need to work

ÜberBots Website Team Website Proposal - 7/1/2010 Handicap Accessible Handicap Accessibility focus of Web 2.0, W3C, and FIRST Judges Blind, vision-impaired, deaf Specific things we must do Text size, captions in video, plain text vs images or Flash Requires time & effort

ÜberBots Website Team Website Proposal - 7/1/2010 Transparent/Simple Well organized site structure and hierarchy Site map - helps users and Google Breadcrumbs - Shows where page is relative to home “Home > Robots > Striker” Layout should be intuitive and simple Simple URLs “ Figure 1-1: Simple

ÜberBots Website Team Website Proposal - 7/1/2010 Russian Airline Ad

ÜberBots Website Team Website Proposal - 7/1/2010 Sexy Not literally (skimpy clothing, suggestive images) Website needs to be ascetically pleasing and attractive to user Help for website award and keep users drawn in Requires assistance of an “artist” (Matt & other) Achievable through use of skins

CMS & Maintenance Re: Management Team (That’s You)

ÜberBots Website Team Website Proposal - 7/1/2010 What is CMS? CMS - content management system means a way of editing content on website current system is very limited and hard to use

ÜberBots Website Team Website Proposal - 7/1/2010 Intro to OmniPage ™ System Way of obtaining modularity “building blocks” Will separate code & scripting from content Anyone (even Ameya) will be able to edit almost any part of the page Includes text, calendar, uploading images, Tweets, creating new pages, making users admins, sending out s, page titles

ÜberBots Website Team Website Proposal - 7/1/2010 How do we use it? If logged in as administrator, just click the edit button in the corner of window, everything becomes editable To rearrange parts of page (modules), drag and drop 95% of website will be editable by people with no coding experience

ÜberBots Website Team Website Proposal - 7/1/2010 Different Modules Website will have dozens of types of modules to create interactive, rich content Simple BBCode module that people are familiar with Calendar module, picture module, news feed module, html module, php module, etc.

Closings

ÜberBots Website Team Website Proposal - 7/1/2010 Other Things We Need to Win Documentation - a page or section about how the website was made Basic things - team number, link to FIRST website, sponsors, etc. Use of newer technologies (html5, twitter, etc.) Resources for other teams (labVIEW tutorials, other resources) Uniformity...

ÜberBots Website Team Website Proposal - 7/1/2010 Uniformity Current website lacks uniformity Need to create design for main site, forums, and wiki that’s consistent Will help people while they navigate between parts of website Makes overall design look better, builds “team identity”

ÜberBots Website Team Website Proposal - 7/1/2010 What Else We Need to Include in Website for Team Gain PayPal donations User file uploads “Propaganda” for enlisting new students SMS meeting updates

ÜberBots Website Team Website Proposal - 7/1/2010 Plans for “Construction Zone” New website will be built parallel to old website I.E. old website will be 100% functional until the Website Team receives approval for new site from Management New website will be hidden from public during build season.

ÜberBots Website Team Website Proposal - 7/1/2010 Expectations Little to no budget Completion by September 2010 Regional Website Award 2011

Lastly, we would like to thank Ameya for being a good sport.