Review of initial IA information
Posted by mikelschwarz on Apr 01, 2008 @ 03:37PM UTCReplies
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Reply Re: Review of initial IA information
Mikel: thanks for the notes.
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#1 Yes, new member acceptance policies should be configurable by the site administrator.
#2 Useful functionality that we definitely want to try to support. I would suggest adding that to the Features List, so it can bubble up through all the processes we've got going, not just IA.
#3 "skip this step" can be a tradeoff in wizard interaction design. Essential steps for the functioning of the site should still be required. But there should be as few required steps as we can get away with, so the wizard still meets its requirement of getting the site up and running as quickly as possible.
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Great job! Some questions/comments:
#1
Basic Member - A site visitor who has completed the administration and profile process and been granted access by the site's adminstrators.
## 1 Notes
Does this statement infer that the site administrator has to approve/authorize all new members? Or does this mean that the site administrator will have the capability to define what the requirements are for people becoming members of the community? From an IA pov, I assume the latter, but I thought I'd ask.
#2
Scenarios - this concept is not really a scenario, however it is something we discussed and should likely be captured somewhere as it likely requires some backend plumbing to make it work. The concept revolves around keeping track of what the member views (aka, activity stream), make an attempt to figure out what they like, and then show them relevant content based on what the community determines they may like. Another component to this could be to allow the member to see this as recommended content, but add in a capability similar to what Pandora offers for music where you let them know that you like what they recommend or that you do not. Then the system continually "learns" by your input and the recommended content gets more precise.
If the same member is a participant in multiple communities, see if there are opportunities to leverage their view habits across communities to make their experience within each community richer.
#3
Setup Wizard - Offer a "skip this step" as well as "skip wizard". Ensure the Wizard offers context aware help throughout the process, so the person setting up the community can try to better understand what the step is for (or provide examples).