DSG DRS Project Toolkit Spec Meeting Minutes

DRS Project Toolkit Spec

• Draft in Google Docs (Edit powers limited to DSG Staff)

*July 1,2015

Eli has questions: Eli has disabled comments on attachment pages. Unless requested, we don't really want comments on anything Discussion of searching: solution to have the DRS search be the main search, and then have a "Related Content" search bar in the sidebar Eli has come up with a "Related Content" sidebar (the name can be easily changed later) On the Browse page, that's not there we're basically still overriding the WordPress search: the search Facets aren't in conversation with the related search make sure that "Related Content" is also updated when users make use of facets how to find Spongebob scrubbing references to Date Uploaded discussion of updating the "Sort By" update the content on facets in the spec to discuss the modeling of the DRS when it comes to displaying more than 5 facets (Jim) display the Date and Creator in the "Search" results don't display the Date and Creator in the "Browse" results

Discussion of branding: where to put "Northeastern University Library" and where to put "Digital Scholarship Group" documentation Branding section of the spec:

Image download options Remove Thumbnail images Zoom is pulling from the master file Zoom works on items; doesn't work on exhibits yet, but we could think about making it Shortcodes

Media Library Video playlist of videos (Shortcode) on the right-hand column; moveable

Future discussions? What we want to be configurable? Exhibits User Testing?

Other discussions Page-turner? Ingest stage:

June 19, 2015

Attendees: Amanda, Sarah, Eli, Jim

• We decided to meet weekly to discuss necessary revisions to the spec draft and to help answer questions and brainstorm the development of the DRS Project Toolkit pages for projects.
• We agreed that Minamaze was an ideal WordPress theme for the pilot phase.
• We discussed the desire / need users will have to be able to search both items and content elsewhere on a project site (exhibit pages, "About" pages, etc.). We are still discussing the best interface / solution to this issue: a search box that can search everything on the site? A search of DRS items and an "expanded" search that searches pages?
• We also discussed the need to do user testing on the search functionality, and whether it makes sense to do "A/B" testing of two kinds of searches.
• Item views: if not an item from the DRS, WP will create attachment page and item view will be that WP-native page. IF item from DRS, code will override WP route to attachment page and show dynamically retrieved DRS item.
• Option: make uploaded file PID editable so that even images uploaded by hand can automatically link to DRS.
• Who will do the work of creating Arader and Sadow websites? Also need to test the “make an exhibit” scenario.