1. Hannelore Hammerle NA2 F2F meeting, Manchester 8 May 2007
Websites
Hannelore Hammerle
NA2 F2F meeting, Manchester
8 May 2007
EGEE and gLite are registered trademarks

2. New on NA2 website Material order form back online EGEE in numbers
Style guide
NA2 face-to-face, Manchester, May 2007

3. Web Task Force
Goal: Include more technical information on public website
WTF
Initially NA2: what would be needed?
Hannelore, Christoph, Kwastas
Discussing with PEB: input from other activities
Main conclusions
Categories of visitors
Users
Resource providers
Developers
Public, funding agencies, press
Visitor’s experience
Preliminary general information
First users
Experienced developers, resource providers
Technical: CMS
NA2 face-to-face, Manchester, May 2007

4. WTF – Timeline PRACTICAL STEPS FOR EGEE-II IDEAS FOR EGEE-III
Web statistics
For all web sites starting ASAP and for at least 6 months
Public and central technical website are monitored by NA2
Activity websites should be monitored by the webmaster of the activity
Extending the WTF with people from NA4, NA3, SA1, JRA1
Skeleton for the extended public website to be presented at next All Activity Meeting (including effort required)
IDEAS FOR EGEE-III
Install a peer review process for site layout and content.
Install non-partisan review processes for Web sites, e.g. by academic institutions not financially related to EGEE-III
Integrate a library science/media science position into the staff job chart
NA2 face-to-face, Manchester, May 2007

5. Community area Currently ~450 people registered
Increase by doing registrations to Industry Days through the community area
Survey of members (~50 replies)
How they join
28% EGEE events
24% EGEE website
Main benefits
65% receiving latest news/announcements of EGEE/related projects
61% contacting other community members
Areas of Improvement:
68% said that they never contacted other community members since joining
Only 8% mention the on-line discussion forum as a benefit
NA2 face-to-face, Manchester, May 2007

6. Community area II Missing Information/Functionality Information
Functions
Which events EGEE is Present
Better navigation / search
Collaboration possibilities
Online dicussion forum more visible or advertised
Current EGEE organisation
A blog
EGEE and DEISA (HPC) relationships
Industrial companies connected to EGEE
List of potential implementation solutions to problems
On-site training for EGEE Community Members
Graphic display of EGEE Grid
Status of projects, milestones, schedule
Concise practical benefits
EGEE application communities
Failures of the grid computer
Workflow
Documentation
Interactive geographical display of EGEE grid
Case studies
Calendar displaying the different events planned
NA2 face-to-face, Manchester, May 2007

7. Local websites 2 possibilities Full translation of public website
For countries where people prefer to have information in their language
Highlighting local EGEE activities
With extensive cross-links to general information on the EGEE public website
NA2 face-to-face, Manchester, May 2007