Context

http://vivoweb.org is the public-facing, Drupal-based, Duraspace hosted, web site for the VIVO project.  It is currently (as of 10 Jun 2015 ) being remodeled and moved from Cornell hosting to Duraspace hosting.

The site serves as the primary URL for those new to VIVO.  Other sites – GitHub for development and the wiki for community participation – provide platforms optimized for other activities.  These sites will be reachable from the new site.  The new site will be focused on adoption of VIVO – the value proposition and the tag line "Connect, Share, Discover."  

Objectives

1. Focus on adopters and the "Why VIVO?" message (marketing).
   1. Content on the site must be accurate and up to date.
   2. Content must be consistent – focused on the main themes and designed to generate desire to investigate VIVO further and to potentially adopt VIVO as an enterprise solution for representing scholarship and sharing open data regarding scholarship.
   3. Much of the content will be organized into streams – events, blog – for easy reposting and consumption in other formats – social media, email.
   4. As a result of the focus on "Why VIVO"  the total amount of content will be significantly reduced.  This will  lower the effort required for maintenance, strengthen the site through consistency and timeliness, and reduce the burden on the project to maintain the site.
2. Create a modern look.  More like Twitter Bootstrap (see http://getbootstrap.com/2.3.2/).  Visitors should be left with the impression that VIVO is active and modern.  The look must reflect these ideas.
3. Create a responsive/mobile-first site.  VIVO must be perceived as current.

Deliverables

• A new vivoweb.org providing a simple, modern message and appearance
• Maintenance procedures for keeping content up to date
• Recommendation for evaluation of the web site and on-going modification of design and content as needed

DRAFT Schedule

The work will be coordinated through the Duraspace "webpod" team.  VIVO community members will write content and assist with graphics and video as needed.

Members

Mike Conlon

Carol Minton Morris

Sue Gleason

Meeting Times

Webpod meets Thursday mornings at 11 AM Eastern USA.

Communication Channels

• The wiki will contain progress information as will the weekly VIVO Updates emails

• The launch of the site will be a PR event engaging all VIVO communication channels

Agendas and Notes

• Agenda will be prepared 24 hours before each meeting

• Notes will be posted in the wiki within 24 hours following each meeting