Oceanus Magazine Functionality



Oceanus Magazine Functionality

(Last updated 02/10/05)

Overall

Three level site comprised of articles, index pages, and multimedia galleries.

Needed Functionality

Individual Articles



Admin Input Specifications

- All articles to use article builder

- Functionality needed for individual articles is:

• Images, related links, related files, sidebars (memos), add callout image, slideshows (multiple templates) (DONE)

• Video/animation/sound

• Select a Section

o Research News

o Features

o A Conversation With…

o Around WHOI

o Voyages

o In Their Own Words

o Students at Work

o Letters to Oceanus

o Bios

• Select a Topic (Ability to add new and edit existing topics)

o Climate/Circulation

▪ Second level topic

▪ Second level topic

▪ Second level topic

o Coastal

o Geology

o Natural Hazards

o Ocean Life

o Ocean Policy

o Ocean Resources

o Pollution

o Shipwrecks

o Technology

• Printed Issue

o Select from a dropdown menu

• PDF version of article (upload)

• Email this to a friend (DONE)

o Need to be able to track statistics

Template Specifications

- For Oceanus articles

o Article tools: Printer friendly version, change font size, e-mail to a friend

o Download pdf version where applicable

o Images with captions (running along right side)

o Related multimedia box (slideshows, video, flash, etc.)

o Related links box

o Related files

o Sidebar with image

o Last updated date

o Separate template for printable version

- For Oceanus bios

o Articles (article builder) with links from byline

▪ Won’t be linked from anywhere except hard coded links in bylines

▪ Only in old articles

o Separate template for printable version

Home



Admin Input

- For top story

o Ability to select a top story (search?, display top 10 most recently published articles? both?)

o Ability to add a top story image (width=250px)

▪ JOHN – we may want to add this to article builder, b/c I can imaging all stories may be highlighted at one point as top story on either homepage or section index page.

Template

- Top Story

o Display top story image, title, subhed, and callout of selected story

- Secondary callouts

o Grab top story from different sections and automatically post here

o Display callout image, title, callout and originally published on date

▪ Link to article from title

- Links to the section index pages

Section and Topic Indexes



Admin Input

- For top story

o Ability to select a top story (search?, display top 10 most recently published articles? both?)

Template (Entry page)

- Top Story

o Display top story image, title, subhed, and callout of selected story

- Secondary callouts

o Grab top story from different sections and automatically post here

o Display callout image, title, callout and originally published on date

▪ Link to article from title

- Links to archive of articles from appropriate section/topic

Template (Section Archive page)

- Automatically generated (article list)

o One page, separated by year and newest at top

- Headlines and callouts

o Link to article from headline

Template (Topic Archive page)

- Automatically generated (article list)

o One page separated by subtopics and by date within subtopics

- Headlines and callouts

o Link to article from headline

Archives: Sort by Date



Admin Input

- No admin input needed

Template

- Automatically generated as article list

- Headlines and callouts for current year

o Link to article from headline

- Links to previous years (in upper right)

o This will nav box will stay on any year clicked)

- Sort by originally published date

o Separate by month, newest on top

Archives: Sort by Printed Issue



Admin Input

- Ability to add a new printed issue. Fields include:

o Title

o Subhed

o Issue (separate fields for Volume, Number, & Year)

o Callout

o Thumbnail and frontpage callout images

- Ability to rank printed issues (possible slideshow builder admin)

Template (Entry Page)

- Brief description of printed issue with thumbnail, volume #, title, subhed, and callout

- Sort by rank

- Links to article lists sorted by issues

- External link to online store

Template (Individual Issue page)

- Display articles with correct Issue ID

- Articles will be organized by sections

o Sorted by published date within each section

o Headlines and callouts

▪ Link to article from headline

- External link to online store

Archives: Sort by Author



Admin Input

- No admin input needed

Template

- Static page calling header, nav and footer

Mutlimedia Gallery: Photos, Illustrations and Wallpaper



Admin Input

- A big giant slideshow builder interface? For loading reasons possibly be able to scroll through images (10 or all at a time)?

- Ability to select an existing image or upload a new one

Template (Entry Page)

- Top image (rank 1) displays actual size (width=550px) image instead of thumbnail (width=75)

- Display rank 1-12 thumbnails

o Clicking on thumbnails replaces top image with appropriate image

- Next | Previous navigation through slides

- Link to archive

- NOTE - Wallpaper will have hard coded links in the caption

Template (Archive)

- Rank 13 image displayed as top image

- Display 13-? thumbnails

o Clicking on thumbnails replaces top image with appropriate image

- Next | Previous navigation through slides

- NOTE - Wallpaper will have hard coded links in the caption

Mutlimedia Gallery: Multimedia (Video, Animation, Audio)



Multimedia (Video, Animation, Audio) - Admin Input Specifications

To be determined

Multimedia - Template 1 Specifications (Entry Page)

To be determined

Advanced Search

To be determined

Static Pages

- Sign up for email alerts

- Contact Us

- About Oceanus

- Archives : Sort by Author

- Subscribe

Left Nav Template Notes

- Display front page callout image for most recent printed issue

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