Status of Site Roll-Out

Latest information on site roll-out issues and results

A very brief summary of tasks done and remaining on the rollout of the new MMI site. (This page was last updated 31 July 2008 by John.)

Things broken

Review process: Not implemented.

Things getting fixed

Missing content/mis-classified content/link checks: Work ius ongoing.
Private (unpublished) content discovery: Work has started.
Smart folders: Views have been created to replicate the content of almost all smart folders.

Things Done

Web services: We believe these are working. Contact us if you believe otherwise.
(www.)mmisw.org: Our new web site, http://mmisw.org, is now accessible and presenting (most) web services.
Duplicate content: We believe that duplicated content has been taken care of; tell us if you see otherwise.
Email sending from site: Working now.
ContactUs page: Now correctly aliased to http://marinemetadata.org/contact (!)
Plone content: Now available at http://mmi.mbari.org/plone
Navigation by taxonomy: Described at http://marinemetadata.org/help/tech/navtaxonomy
Mailman access restored: http://mmi.mbari.org/mailman
Groups content: Most groups' content is presentable. We are now in continual improvement mode.

Enhanced taxonomy-based navigation: Implemented, see Navigation by Taxonomy help page.
Improved alias and redirect management: Implemented and in use (though not directly visible to most users).

Things Deferred

A number of features are 'this close' to going operational, but have been put off in light of the higher priorities above. These include:

Improved processes/documentation for creating and managing node URLs and the URL Path taxonomy (this is hard)
Forums (needs good email notification capabilities)
Projects/Issues (used internally to track site issues, but not sure when/if we want to use it for MMI projects)
Improved Book tools -- e.g., to search within the Guides, or within another book (collection of small tasks, status tbd)

Posted July 7th, 2008 by graybeal
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