1. Design Project 3: PattersonPark.com INFM 700, PROJECT # 3 – FALL 2013 (M.RAMAGEM, S.DELUCIA, S.KOLURO) UMD - COLLEGE OF INFORMATION STUDIES

2. Presentation Structure UMD - COLLEGE OF INFORMATION STUDIES Overview Technology Evaluation & Components Operational Components Informational Components Usability Components Engagement Components General Tweaks Challenges and Observations START FINISH

3. Overview UMD - COLLEGE OF INFORMATION STUDIES Evaluate Architecture Redesign New Tasks & Goals Added Functionality Project 2Project 3

4. Project Goals Improve accessibility of the site through mobile & language features Provide a scalable system and architecture Implement a robust CMS Implement customer and transaction management tools Improve reporting tools for strategic planning UMD - COLLEGE OF INFORMATION STUDIES

5. Technology Criteria and Evaluation Wordpress plugins & widgets 1.Ease of use (wysiwyg setup) 2.Frequency of plugin updates 3.User reviews 4.Demo sites 5.Preferably free UMD - COLLEGE OF INFORMATION STUDIES

6. Main Technology Components UMD - COLLEGE OF INFORMATION STUDIES OperationalInformationalUsabilityEngagement Weather QR Codes Facebook News Feed Language Mobile Instant Search Mailing List Donation Mgmt Volunteer Mgmt Post To Facebook Site Backup Page Organization User Management

7. Operational: Site Backup Related Goal: Scalable Website UMD - COLLEGE OF INFORMATION STUDIES http://wordpress.org/plugins/backupwordpress/

8. Operational: Site Organization UMD - COLLEGE OF INFORMATION STUDIES Related Goal: Scalable Website http://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-page-ordering/

9. Operational: User Management UMD - COLLEGE OF INFORMATION STUDIES Related Goal: Increase Content Updates Frequency http://wordpress.org/plugins/members/

10. Operational: Site Analytics UMD - COLLEGE OF INFORMATION STUDIES Related Goal: Strategic Reporting http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-statistics/screenshots/

11. Informational: Weather UMD - COLLEGE OF INFORMATION STUDIES Related Goal: User Focused Feature http://wordpress.org/plugins/awesome-weather/

12. Informational: QR Codes UMD - COLLEGE OF INFORMATION STUDIES Related Goal: User Engagement http://wordpress.org/plugins/qr-redirector/ http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp- admin-qr-code-generator/

13. Informational: Facebook Feed UMD - COLLEGE OF INFORMATION STUDIES Related Goal: Content Management & User Engagement http://wordpress.org/plugins/fbf-facebook-page-feed-widget/

14. Informational: Park Map UMD - COLLEGE OF INFORMATION STUDIES Related Goal: User Engagement http://wordpress.org/plugins/basic-google-maps-placemarks/installation/

15. UMD - COLLEGE OF INFORMATION STUDIES Usability: Language Related Goal: User Engagement & Accessibility http://wordpress.org/plugins/transposh-translation-filter-for-wordpress/

16. UMD - COLLEGE OF INFORMATION STUDIES Usability: Mobile Related Goal: User Engagement & Accessibility http://www.elegantthemes.com/plugins/

17. UMD - COLLEGE OF INFORMATION STUDIES Usability: Instant Search Related Goal: Scalable Website & Ease-of-Use http://wordpress.org/plugins/daves-wordpress-live-search/

18. Engagement: Mailing List UMD - COLLEGE OF INFORMATION STUDIES Related Goal: Customer Management & User Engagement http://wordpress.org/plugins/newsletter/

19. Engagement: Donation Management UMD - COLLEGE OF INFORMATION STUDIES Related Goal: Customer Management & User Engagement http://wordpress.org/plugins/seamless-donations/

20. Engagement: Facebook Posting UMD - COLLEGE OF INFORMATION STUDIES Related Goal: User Engagement http://wordpress.org/plugins/wordbooker/screenshots/

21. General Tweaks Custom CSS to control position of elements on pages URL structures Interactive Google maps UMD - COLLEGE OF INFORMATION STUDIES

22. Challenges & Observations Plugins can be challenging o Few offer EXACTLY what we are looking for More advanced mashups require API keys & tokens Some premium plugins look promising and probably worth further investigation (though, for this project we did not have a budget from Patterson park thus we refrained) Next phase: Testing to get real feedback o Do not have the scale to test now UMD - COLLEGE OF INFORMATION STUDIES

23. Summary A total of 20 active plugins used Tested over 60 plugins Segmented plugins into 4 main components (Slide 6) o Operational o Informational o Usability o Engagement Minor custom tweaks made to support overall goals, etc Evaluated each plugin using 5 main technology criteria o Ease of use (wysiwyg setup) o Frequency of plugin updates o User reviews o Demo sites o Preferably free UMD - COLLEGE OF INFORMATION STUDIES

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