July 20 Web Team Report

Team: Web Design

Date: July 20

Tasks completed (and by whom):

1. Outlined project description requests for the relevant people to write up (George)


2. Did some of the last biographies (Rohan)


3. Learning Views to modify the look of the homepage (George)


4. Finished with newsletter template (George)


5. Drafted “How To Apply” webpage (George)

Tasks for the coming week

1. Add links on front page


2. Add in custom formatting for newsletter to work in email


3. Online app form


4. Get sponsor logos


5. Add in webpages for “About Us” and projects like “ESL Classes” “Women’s Issues” etc


6. RSS feed setup

Comments on availability of resources (Did you use any special resources in completing the tasks? Do you need any resources for your tasks next week?):

1. There’s only a couple of people who haven’t sent in their bios yet. We will call to remind y’all

July 13 Web team report

Team: Web Design Team
Date: July 13

Tasks completed (and by whom):
1. Made intro page for Bhutanese Refugee project (George)
2. Compiled list of links on refugee background (George)
3. Created skeleton email newsletter template (George)
4. Finished a majority of the intern bios (Rohan)
5. Found printer friendly module (Seif)
6. Drafted newsletter header image (Vikram)
7. Installed task scheduler - Poormanscron - for the site (George)

Tasks for the coming week
1. Finish pages for GIH project
2. Finish pages for BRE project
3. Finish intern application page
4. Make FAQs
5. Finalize newsletter header, photoshop buttons

Comments on availability of resources (Did you use any special resources in completing the tasks? Do you need any resources for your tasks next week?):
Will be getting in touch with the others on getting info written up for the Bhutanese Refugee webpages.

Sewa Houston Web Design Report 7/6

Team: Web Design

Date: July 6

Tasks completed (and by whom):

1. Got access to website and set up login for all the developers (George)


2. Updated old website modules, and confirmed SMTP server functionality (George)


3. Set up developer log for keeping track of what everyone does (George)


4. Set up mailing functions on the site (George)


5. Set up taxonomy categories for Sewa projects (George)


6. Set up database backup for website (George)


7. Planned webpages for the Get Inspired Houston project (Rohan & George)


8. Wrote questionnaire for volunteer profiles (Rohan)


9. Partially completed profiles for volunteers that submitted biographic info. (Rohan)


10. Created webpages describing the Get Inspired Houston tab with the amount of content we have at the moment (George)

Tasks for the coming week

1. Test HTML mail functionality


2. Look into website backup


3. Incorporate printer-friendly functionality


4. Get RSS feed for newsletters, etc.


5. Complete description for Bhutanese project


6. Complete description for Get Inspired Houston 2009 project


7. Various Photoshop image designs


8. Create form for donor information/sign up

Comments on availability of resources (Did you use any special resources in completing the tasks? Do you need any resources for your tasks next week?):

1. We currently have the tools we need for developing the website, although a donut would be nice

Other questions/comments:

There was a lull in the work due to a lot of the web team having personal/family issues as well as the July 4th holiday. Ranju is out of town, Seif is moving to a new place, and Vikram was on a family trip.

Sewa International Houston Web Team Report 6/28

Team: Web Design
Date: June 28

Tasks completed (and by whom):
1. Tested and configured Drupal mailing list functionality (George)
2. Read, modified, understood Drupal theme, checked sample themes. (Seif)
3. Drafted volunteer/refugee information page (Ranju)
4. Talked with other teams for information (Vikram, Rohan)
5. Gathered summaries on each team in Get Inspired Houston (Vikram, Rohan)

Tasks for the coming week
1. Get access to Sewa Houston site. Give each developer customized user access.
2. Arrange system for logging each developer’s revisions
3. Complete newsletter template after testing Drupal newsletter functionality
4. Organize categories in anticipation for different types of content
5. Look into website backup
6. Incorporate printer-friendly functionality
7. Look into website security
8. Check for email server functionality
9. Get RSS feed for newsletters, etc.
10. Complete description for Bhutanese project
11. Complete description for Get Inspired Houston 2009 project
12. Create summaries for each team in GIH 2009
13. Various Photoshop image designs



Comments on availability of resources (Did you use any special resources in completing the tasks? Do you need any resources for your tasks next week?):
14. We are requesting intern biographies from everyone if not already given
15. Vikram gives thanks for Photoshop license


Did your group get any help from the advisors and mentors?
Yes.

Name: Seif Kungulio
Team: Web Design
Date: 21 – 27 June 2009

Assigned task during last week:

1. Read, install, and modify different themes to suit Sewa-Houston website
2. Create website with menus

Task completed (elaborate the details):

1. Read on sunny_sky and vigilianty themes that supports drop-down lists.
2. Modified Foliage theme header, replaced with one I made using photoshop.
3. Website created with menus, but they do not support drop-down lists yet.

What are you planning to do next week (breakdown into tasks)?

1. Take a look on security for the website and RSS feed.
2. Extras!

Comments on availability of resources (Did you use any special resources in completing the tasks? Do you need any resources for your tasks next week?):

1. Drupal website
2. Learn by the drop website.

Name: Vikram Murali

Team: Web Design

Date: 6/28/09

Assigned task during last week:

1. Meet up with other teams to gather information/pictures, and content.

2. Start editing the Bhutanese page using content from PR.

Task completed (elaborate the details):

1. Went to India House and interviewed the other three teams (Public Relations, Workforce Dev., Womens Rights) and gathered information to make summaries for each of the groups

2. Made and edited summary for the Public Relations group.

What are you planning to do next week (breakdown into tasks)

1. Make a banner for the newsletter, modifiying the original one, using Adobe Photoshop.
2. Make a Donate Button for the website, using Adobe Photshop
3. Continue to work on the Bhutanese Empowerment Tab.

Comments on availability of resources (Did you use any special resources in completing the tasks? Do you need any resources for your tasks next week?):

1. I finally acquired adobe Photoshop thanks to Kathy from the Public Relations Team.

2. Used Microsoft Word/ Open Office, to help edit content

Web Team 6/20

Team: Web Design
Date: 6/20/2009

Tasks completed (and by whom):
1. (Seif, Ranju, George) Installed web server, database server, local host server on our computers.
2. Created mock website on our servers, with tabs for About, Contact, Get Inspired Houston, etc.
3. Installed and configured a theme on our servers.
4. Installed and used a list of program modules we will be using to develop the website.
5. (Vikram, Rohan) Got in touch with PR and Women’s Issues regarding web articles and pictures.
6. Made or started content on About Sewa, Get Inspired Houston, Bhutanese project.
7. Started requesting volunteers for biographical information.


Tasks for the coming week
1. Reserving domain names for future Sewa projects.
2. Make it possible for volunteers to directly access necessary website functions, such as uploading articles
3. Making and managing databases for volunteer information, refugee information, and files.
4. Getting familiar with modifying themes for the website
5. Make newsletter template, implement it in website construction
6. Photo gallery
7. Request and compile photos
8. Content: FAQs, media, bios, graphics art, and other articles

Comments on availability of resources (Did you use any special resources in completing the tasks? Do you need any resources for your tasks next week?):
1. For making graphics, is it possible to get Adobe Photoshop somehow?

Did your group get any help from the advisors and mentors?
Various help was given to us and given by us in communicating with other groups and supervisors.

GIH Intern progress report form

Name: Ranju Shirish

Team: Web Design

Date: 06/20/2009

Assigned task during last week:
1. Install provided list of modules and themes
2. Create menus/submenus
3. Emulate Sewa Houston web pages



Task completed (elaborate the details):
1. Installed and Enabled fckeditor, front, nice_menus, imce, pathauto, mollom, token, poormanscron, cck, views
2. Configured theme acquia_marina with menus/submenus
3. Emulated Houston Sewa web page contents


What are you planning to do next week (breakdown into tasks)?
1. Add photos and flash photos
2. Analyze Refugee Database contents



Comments on availability of resources (Did you use any special resources in completing the tasks? Do you need any resources for your tasks next week?):
1. Used current content of Houston web site
2. Refugee demographics

Name: Vikram Murali
Team: Web Designing
Date: 6/20/09
Assigned task during last week:
1. Establish organized communication with PR, and Women's RIghts
teams.
2. Send out request for Bio's and Pictures from each team member in the
whole organization.
3. Edit the About tab, by recieving information from PR.

Task completed:
1. About tab for the Bhutanese Project is done and all that is needed is a apt picture.
2. Connection with PR and Women's Rights made, and content
is being recieved from both teams
3. Requests are made for Biography, so that info and picture can be uploaded onto website.

Comments on Availability on Resources:
At this point, I have a reasonable amount of content to work with, however I can only
work as fast as the content comes to me, and I understand that each of the teams are working
hard to send in content when they have spare time.
For the later portions of work, in which I was requested to use Adobe Photoshop, since I only had it at school,
I may need to find a computer or a person that I can ask to use the software to create banner, etc.
Still Need Biographies and pictures from PR, along with a good amount of pictures so that I can start sorting everything out.

14 - 20 Seif's Report

Name: Seif Kungulio
Team: Web Design
Date: 14 – 20 June 2009

Assigned task during last week:
1. Install modules (
2. Install themes
3. Create website with menus
4. To upload flash file into home page of the website

Task completed (elaborate the details):
1. Modules installed are:
Admin_menu, cck, fckeditor, front, imce, mollom, pathauto, poormanscron, token, and views
2. Theme installed are:
Foliage, jaded, paradise, sunny_sky, and vigilianty.
3. Website under construction

What are you planning to do next week (breakdown into tasks)?
To upload flash file into home page
Read more on themes
Extras!

Comments on availability of resources (Did you use any special resources in completing the tasks? Do you need any resources for your tasks next week?):
1. Drupal website
2. Learn by the drop website
3. Using Drupal book published by O’Reilly

Name: Rohan Roongta

Team: Web Design

Date: 6/9/09

Assigned task during last week:

1. Content for Get Inspired Houston

Task completed (elaborate the details):

1. About tab, Application process tab, and part of Summer Project 2009 tab

What are you planning to do next week (breakdown into tasks)?

Meet the Interns tab, FAQ, and video introduction (if I receive the video)

Comments on availability of resources (Did you use any special resources in completing the tasks? Do you need any resources for your tasks next week?):

1. Used information from current Sewa Houston website

2. Need information about current interns

3. Need video introduction

4. Need reasons from other interns why they joined Sewa Houston

SEWA WEB: Task Completion Week of 6/15

Here is what I have done:

- created localhost wampserver 2.0

- downloaded and installed following themes:

. acquia_marina

. foliage

. marinelli

- Configured following modules

. fckeditor

. front

. nice_menus

. imce

. pathauto

. mollom

. token

. poormanscron

. cck

. views

I was able to create menus/submenus and emulate the

houston.sewausa.org pages with acquia theme.

Content

Right now I am editing the info for the Get Inspired Houston Page on the Sewa Houston website.

The website seems to be down right now but it doesnt affect my work too much atleast for now.

Also, today I, along with a few other people, visited some Bhutanese refugees.

List of Tasks

Here's a preliminary list. These are not set in stone. If anyone has a new idea, please share it with the rest of us.

DEVELOPMENT TEAM:
Make sure you enabled all the modules I listed in a previous email.

Before we look at the actual site, make a sample website in your
localhost with a new theme and some Pages.

Install one custom theme from online. I am using Zen Classic, which we
might be using as a basis for our actual theme:
http://drupal.org/project/zen
Here are a few I thought looked nice:
http://drupal.org/project/blix
http://drupal.org/project/earthen
http://drupal.org/project/appleweb
This was used by LearnByTheDrop.com: http://drupal.org/project/acquia_marina
This is currently on houston.sewausa.org:
http://drupal2u.com/2008/04/drupal-6-skin-marinelli/#more-129

Create Pages with following title links:
-About
-Contact
-News
-Bhutanese Refugee Project
For content, just copy and paste any article, most web developers use
paragraphs from this text: http://spot.colorado.edu/~hday/lorem.html

After that, specific tasks in actual site:
-decide on and modify theme
-refugee database
-contact form
-donation
-newsletter mailing list
-online forms for volunteers, computer donation pickups, etc.
-front page in flash

CONTENT TEAM:
Establish communication with PR.

Specific website content:
-About info
-Contact info
-Volunteer options, forms, projects
-legal articles (Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, etc)
-projects and descriptions
-events
-newsletters/press releases
-edited pictures for banner, articles, etc
-FAQ
-Bios/pics about prominent Sewa Houston volunteers

Additional tasks:
- html newsletter template
- computer classes, cooperate with workforce dev. team
- start Sewa in important social networking sites (e.g. Twitter)

Drpal Learning

. Downloaded Wampserver 2.0, installed and onlined on local host

. Downloaded Drupal 6.12 and added to www dir under c:\wamp

. Started learning tutorials at:
http://learnbythedrop.com/gettingstarted

SEWA: Updates after Conference Call

So the goal right now is for Ranju, Seif, and I to familiarize with Drupal within the next couple of weeks, I imagine this will help us have a better idea of organizing the work. Sugitha should be able to help with any questions related to houston.sewausa.org. I'll be testing a bit on my localhost, and collecting a list of Drupal help sites before tomorrow. I'll look into registering an Yahoo Group in order to communicate on our progress.

Rohan and Vikram will be collaborating with the PR team on organizing/editing articles, news, images, and other web content.

About India House: it has WiFi. When you go in, ask front desk for the Sewa office.

Conference call before 1st meeting

I'm arranging a conference call with Sugita, Vasu, Ranju, and Seif for Sugita to give an overview of the status of the website right now. Right now it's scheduled for tomorrow, Friday June 6th, at 3PM CST. If you have any problems please let me know, I'll try to call everyone to confirm.