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[[category:clients]]First stint: [[2007-09-04 guru.com project]]
The rest of this page consists of my original 2007 notes from the ResearchWikis project.
==2008-01-04==
==Pages==
''part of draft of email relating to estimate for Deki Wiki support''
* [[/log]]
 
* [[/2007-09-04 guru.com project]]: started before I was given a name for the project
I'm trying to home in on a quote/terms which everyone will be happy with for the ongoing maintenance/fixing/tweaking... I'm wondering if you can give me more to go on, e.g. are you expecting the amount of time commitment to be roughly the same (as what the current wiki site has been needing), a little more, significantly more? Any ballpark of the number of hours you'd expect I'd need to spend on this per week or month? Or, looking at it from your end, are you looking at this as basically "let's do the same thing as we had, but using this other software" -- so the changes won't be any more intensive from your end, and i
===Related===
 
* [[PayPal]] page for testing buttons and such
I'm thinking that we might need to start with a higher figure for the time span shortly after initial rebuilding of the site (in DekiWiki) and then ramp down as we get the kinks out of the system and go into more of a basic maintenance mode; please let me know if you have any thoughts on this.
 
''also hoping that Perlman will have some suggestions''
==2007-12-18==
* [http://www.wikinvest.com/ WikInvest]: they like the more subtle use of color (e.g. shading) and the "Web 2.0" look in general
** [http://www.wikinvest.com/stock/Google_(GOOG) Google]: they want the "top contributors" listing like this
** [http://www.wikinvest.com/user/Kevin example user page]: they like the "contributions" listing but not all the stats; also work history, education, etc. seems appropriate for user pages
** [http://www.wikinvest.com/special/Contributors Be a Contributor!]: this is more how they would like their equivalent page to look
==2007-11-20==
Contest script which John may want me to replicate (quoted "very rough ballpark estimate" of 10 hours, subject to revision when I have broken it down; he said "so 20 hours is probably a high figure?", to which I agreed):
* [http://contests.sitepoint.com/ Design Contests]
** use MediaWiki's user system for both contestants and offerer
** contestants' proposals are visible to all, unlike Guru.com
** proposals will generally be text explaining their qualifications, will sometimes have a different dollar figure
** offerer chooses winning contestant, pays them outside the system (check on this)
==2007-11-02==
* 17:13 - 17:25
** researching AdSense and Yahoo Answers extensions
==2007-11-12==
* 13:30 - 13:42
** phone call
* 13:42 - 14:09
** research
==2007-11-01==
* 06:16 - 07:00
** I forget what; see emails
==2007-10-25==
* 08:30 - 09:13 - answering email, trying to figure out what they want, trying to find passwords
** WikiSysop password still good
* 9:52 - 11:14 '''1:24'''
** logged in
** phone call, 10:00-10:30
** getting set up to make changes
* 13:22 - 15:21 '''1:59'''
** creating first few new indexes
** testing email feature
** asking questions in emails to John
* 17:50 - 18:05 '''0:15'''
 
(TOTAL: '''3:38''')
==Notes==
==Notes==
* Possibly useful extensions:
** [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Contribution_Scores Contribution Scores]: "polls the Wiki Database to locate contributors with the highest contribution volume"
* [http://www.researchbuy.com/marketwikis/index.php?title=User:WikiSysop/new_Main_Page&action=edit new Main Page] - to replace current page only after all the new topics have been populated with articles & ResearchBuy gives the go-ahead
* [http://www.researchbuy.com/marketwikis/index.php?title=User:WikiSysop/new_Main_Page&action=edit new Main Page] - to replace current page only after all the new topics have been populated with articles & ResearchBuy gives the go-ahead
* The extension I've used for images with external links is actually a ''modified'' version of the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:StringFunctions StringFunctions extension]; will document this off-the-clock when the time comes.
* The extension I've used for images with external links is actually a ''modified'' version of the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:StringFunctions StringFunctions extension]; will document this off-the-clock when the time comes.
* The shopping cart software on their old, static site seems to be [http://www.viart.com/ ViArt Shop]
==Images==
<gallery>
Image:ResearchWiki home.jpg | {{:Image:ResearchWiki home.jpg}}
Image:ResearchWiki Contributor.jpg | {{:Image:ResearchWiki Contributor.jpg}}
Image:ResearchWiki Profile.jpg | {{:Image:ResearchWiki Profile.jpg}}
</gallery>

Latest revision as of 15:22, 5 January 2020

The rest of this page consists of my original 2007 notes from the ResearchWikis project.

Pages

Related

  • PayPal page for testing buttons and such

Notes

  • Possibly useful extensions:
    • Contribution Scores: "polls the Wiki Database to locate contributors with the highest contribution volume"
  • new Main Page - to replace current page only after all the new topics have been populated with articles & ResearchBuy gives the go-ahead
  • The extension I've used for images with external links is actually a modified version of the StringFunctions extension; will document this off-the-clock when the time comes.
  • The shopping cart software on their old, static site seems to be ViArt Shop

Images

  • * what: graphical mockup of the desired look for ResearchWikis home page * original description: "Graphical mockup of new ResearchWikis Main Page"
    • what: graphical mockup of the desired look for ResearchWikis home page
    • original description: "Graphical mockup of new ResearchWikis Main Page"
  • Graphical mock-up of new "Contributor" page to go here

    Graphical mock-up of new "Contributor" page to go here

  • * what: graphical mockup of the desired look for ResearchWikis user pages * original description: "Graphical mockup of new ResearchWikis User Profile page"
    • what: graphical mockup of the desired look for ResearchWikis user pages
    • original description: "Graphical mockup of new ResearchWikis User Profile page"
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