PROGRAMMING NEEDS FOR FTRN as of 10/24/07 – DTS
Compiled from e-mails and lists
MAIN NAVIGATION BAR
- links don't light up but need to
HEADER
- Replace the current text with smaller font -- centered vertically -- which reads:
[all in lowercase]
ftrn.org is an information hub designed to grow the fair trade movement. together, we can create a market that values the people who make the food we eat and the goods we use.
NEWS AND VIEWS SECTIONS
- Removing CATEGORY ARCHIVES and OLDER POSTS
- Making the blue panel run on every page in the news areas or other solution
- Replacing [...] with more and link to the rest of the story
- Under NEWS AND VIEWS in the blue panel - add submenu bullets for the 6 categories
-No limit on how many stories (at least 10)
- comments do not have to be approved nor moderated per Anne
- after a comment is made, the text needs to be changed to “your e-mail is never published or shared..”
- comments approval notification goes to comments@__ even though it’s not going to be used right now
- instead of having a list of the different categories and the latest story for each one, they want to just have the latest listings. And then add the list of categories in the left nav bar
- Keep all of truncated stories in a given category on the same archive page. (No <newer posts> and <older post> options.)
- For the archive page, add the left nav bar for use in navigating among the different sections. Only maintain the page without the nav bar for each of the full story postings. That left nav bar would look something like this (the idea is that the subcategories are created for the six news sections) :
· News and Views
· FAIR TRADE HEADLINES
· FAIR TRADE TOWNS USA NEWS
· ETC
· ETC
· ETC
· Events/Calendar
· Submit Event
· Past Events
· Visit FT Producers
- For pages with full stories (i.e. without the menu feature), we need to add two links: 1) back to the main news page, e.g. <back to newsroom>; and 2) back to the category listing, e.g. <back to Fair Trade Headlines archive>
- Add language at the top of each archive page explaining what each of the sections are (see text provided for each section below).
Fair Trade Editorials and Debate
In this section, find opinion pieces and critical debate from various news sources around the world.
Tip: If a story moves you, use the comment feature for that story to write a response. Dialogue is a key to growing the movement!
Fair Trade Towns USA News
In this section, learn the latest news from Fair Trade Towns and Communities around the USA. This is the official news source for Fair Trade Towns USA [link to http://www.fairtradetownsusa.org/].
Tip: If a story moves you, use the comment feature for that story to write a response. Dialogue is a key to growing the movement!
New Fair Trade Products/Projects
Fair Trade is constantly growing and changing. Check this section for updates about new products and innovative projects to grow the market for Fair Trade.
Tip: If a story moves you, use the comment feature for that story to write a response. Dialogue is a key to growing the movement!
Fair Trade Making a Difference
In this section, find stories about folks around the world who’ve acted upon their belief that Fair Trade can change the world. (These stories are great tools for teaching about Fair Trade.)
Tip: If a story moves you, use the comment feature for that story to write a response. Dialogue is a key to growing the movement!
International Fair Trade News
This section features news about some of the key happenings in Fair Trade around the world.
Tip: If a story moves you, use the comment feature for that story to write a response. Dialogue is a key to growing the movement!
EVENTS
- "To Submit An Event...." shows up even after the event is submitted but needs to be on the initial page
- States need to be stripped down to actual states in alphabetical order and needs New Mexico (NM).
- new user registration needs to go to registration@__
- make times available to schedule an event go from 12am to 11:30pm
BUY FTRN PUBLICATIONS
When in the sub-menu pages (e.g. Conscious Consumer, Retailers Guide, etc. under the page parent Buy FTRN Publications), we would like to still see the other parent pages (e.g. Fair Trade Q&A, Recommended Reading, etc.) listed in the left navigation bar -- otherwise it is difficult to get back to previous parent pages.
GOOGLE ANALYTICS
- BlueHost does still work as before - fyi
- Use www.ipchicken.com to get IP addresses - fyi
- Weed out the following ip addresses in analytics
71.4.165.2
97.89.120.164
151.197.54.203