This group is now archived Please see http://groups.drupal.org/drupal-association or http://groups.drupal.org/drupalorg-improvements
Leisa Reichelt, Drupal.org Re-design user researcher, two presentations on DIY user research and UXD versus Usability
http://www.slideshare.net/leisa/uxd-wtf
strategies for good user experience
1. just do it - get out and do some research - find your end users, watch them, talk to them
2. record and share your findings and outcomes (reduce cost, increase value)
3. consider developing (and maintaining) personas to represent your users
4. don’t just research at the beginning. or the end.
tips for interviewing
1. good rapport = good research. Spend time making them think you care what they say
2. only their experience and opinion counts. Primary evidence only.
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Trimmed Idea: Associate every content in the site (forums, comments, pages, books) to a version of Drupal.
I've started working with Drupal 6 a few months ago to build a city portal. As you can imagine, the project requires a lot of tools (modules) and involves a lot of doubts about Drupal capabilities or flexibility. Even after a good reading of Drupal Handbook, a lot of questions have popped up about the possibility or not to do something we need, without making our own version of Drupal and avoiding build whole modules without needing.
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Drupal color swatches for Adobe Creative Suite software
If you find yourself needing the official Drupal logo colors for your favorite Adobe design software then download free color swatch sets. Color swatches for Adobe Fireworks/Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, and even InDesign are available for download for free.
Download the Drupal color swatch sets for Adobe software at XTND.US.
Fireworks (and Dreamweaver)
Photoshop (and InDesign)
Drupal.org download traffic, and navigation analysis
To see some recommendations on how Drupal.org downloads compares to other open source projects downloading and how it can improve you should read Downloading Drupal.
Read moreDrupal.org authenticated search keywords, and google searches
If you are interested in suggesting how to improve Drupal.org information architecture, look at the most popular searches to see what users are looking for.
This page now shows what authenticated users are searching for: http://drupal.org/authenticated-search-queries
Google Analytics is now sending a weekly report to the webmasters list of the most popular terms searched for using Google.
Read moreDrupal.org web analytics and key performance indicators web conference: 6PM Pacific Time
Web conference: http://acquia.acrobat.com/keyperformanceindicator/
For Participants: Access Code - 450345#
Dial - (712) 432-1600
International Dial-in Numbers:
Austria - 0820 4000 1552
Belgium - 070 35 9974
France - 0826 100 256
Germany - 01805 00 76 09
Ireland - 0818 270 021
Italy - 848 390 156
Netherlands - 0870 001 920
Spain - 902 886025
Switzerland - 0848 560 179
UK - 0870 35 204 74
This call will be recorded, I apologize for the late or night call for European members, but this was the time when Mike was available.
Read moreGoogle search block offered when Drupal.org search module is throttled
When the search load gets too high, Drupal.org now offers Google search as a substitute.
http://drupal.org/node/273483#comment-899413
Offering higher quality search and publicizing search queries are important inputs into the Drupal.org redesign.
Read moreDrupal.org redesign business objectives
Drupal.org Redesign Business Objectives
These objectives were developed by Michael Meyers and Laura Scott of the Drupal association.
OVERVIEW:
Read moreInterested in bidding on Drupal.org redesign project?
In preparation for the anticipated release of the redesign RFP, I am soliciting the names and contacts for firms or individuals who are interested in receiving a copy of the RFP and all official communications about the project.
The scope of the project includes:
- research
- information architecture
- design and branding
(The full draft RFP can be found here: http://groups.drupal.org/node/11336)
Firms or individuals who can show successful experience in one or more of these areas on projects of similar size are encouraged to participate in the bid process.
Read moreStudy: .gov web sites should focus on RSS, XML—not redesigns
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080603-study-gov-websites-should-...
Should the re-design focus on exporting data and allowing the community to mix and mash-up Drupal community data?
Kieran
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Project taxonomy revamp proposal
Every week it seems like there's a new issue in the webmasters/issue queue about new taxonomy terms for projects, this is a sure sign that the existing categories don't fit current needs. An obvious issue is that some of the categories are huuuge, which means in some cases you're just as well off browsing the full modules list. Who wants to look through 414 'utility' modules? What does 'content display' even mean.
Read moreRequest for Proposal (final)
This is the final Drupal.org Redesign RFP.
Contract award schedule:
- June 25: RFP released
- July 7: Vendors express intent to bid, submit questions for clarification
- July 14: DA issues responses to questions
- July 25: Vendor responses due
- August 4: Notification to finalists (2-3 will be selected)
- August 4-8: Interviews with finalists
- August 12: Vendor selected
- Week of August 18: Project kickoff meeting
Project deliverables:
Phase I – Research:
- competitive analysis of other project site structures
- refinement/finalization of personae and tasks
Groups.drupal.org local meet-up goals interview
I conducted two brief interviews to understand what the goals of local event organizers were.
[13:19] yoroy> ok, inital goals:
[13:20] yoroy> - get a first idea of how many and what kind of people/shops are using/working with drupal
[13:20] yoroy> make them aware of each other's existence
[13:21] yoroy> since it was the first one
[13:21] yoroy> we tried to be as 'open' as possible, something for everyone
[13:22] amazon> and business goals?
[13:22] yoroy> though 'Translation' was the central topic for the hands-on part of the day
[13:22] amazon> ok, great
A social strategy for Drupal.org
Reposting: http://association.drupal.org/blog/kieran/how-to-successful-social-strat...
Two weeks ago I attended a joint Web 2.0 (conference) and Web2Open (unconference) two part session on building a social strategy for your business. Web 2.0 and social software luminaries Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff presented a session " how to have a successful social strategy" based on their extensive research and book "Groundswell".
Pragmatist
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Userpoints/karma/slashdot style reviews
Today two concepts were raised on IRC: Slashdot style reviews -- but also, Amazon.com also have a "was this review helpful to you" feature. Also we could have "karma" (userpoints) that you can earn by handbook pages, comments here and there, patches, commits... you can spend it on badges and reviews. Very quickly it'd become quite visible who has Level 32 in Module Maintainership :D
Read moreHow to make it possible to contribute to the Drupal project with small tasks in a few minutes?
Please indicate how to make small tasks to contribute to the Drupal project.
Read moreRedesign implementation step one: Test Views 2 Beta 1 so we can use it with the project module
If you want to help with the hands on implementation of the Drupal.org redesign you can help right now by testing Views 2 Beta 1 for Drupal 6.
http://www.angrydonuts.com/views-and-help
Read moreservices.drupal.org and themes.drupal.org
Disclaimer: It's just brainstorming. I'm not strongly supporting these ideas for now.
1) services.drupal.org
A place for Drupal commercial services. It would be:
- Yellow pages for Drupal shops and freelancers
- An extension of Paid Services forum section
2) themes.drupal.org
What about resurrecting Drupal Theme Garden? Users normally like it and its helpful to show that Drupal is not that ugly.
José San Martin
Chuva Inc. | Southern Drupal
my.drupal.org
Thought it'd be a good idea to start a discussion specificially on how this might work.
This is a very rough outline from my first post on this subject Drupal.org the redesign - high level.
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