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---+ Imager Web: Status & To-Do (2008-09)
Updated Aug 09 2009 - KM

ANDRE, PLEASE COMMENT BELOW WHEN TASKS ARE DONE: replace [NOT DONE] with [DONE mm/dd]

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   * Web redesigner Contact: André Malan- 778 558 4516 [[andre.malan@ubc.ca]]
   * GOAL: release by mid-August
   * Current stable prototype version (php): [[http://www.cs.ubc.ca/labs/imager/new/imager.php]]


---++ BUG LIST (broken links etc) - EVERYONE ADD ITEMS HERE
   * (fixed) Research pages: hover on faculty names does weird thing
   * Sort for faculty on people page does not work properly. All the other sorts are working.

   [[Main.KelloggBooth]] - 02 Oct 2009

   * postdoc link under people goes to empty list with apparent error message. It appears that a null list is considered an error -- it should instead say "there are currently no postdocs"
   * list of students does not sort by supervisor (something weird happens)
   * it does not appear the student list supports co-supervision (it needs to do this, and it needs to support co-supervision when one of the supervisors is NOT an Imager faculty member)
   * instructions for updating student and postdoc list are missing

   Tamara - 2 Oct 2009
   * sortable column for supervisor on people page also broken - that sorts by supervisor. suspect an off-by-one error...
   * on home page, fixed it so *all* names are on two lines, it was an inconsistent mix before. but i argue area should be right below name, instead of having one line of whitespace - that makes the label appear to belong to the image below, not the image above as it should. that's a php not a text editing change, so leaving it for andre. Robert suggests making the images a little bit smaller to make five of them fit on a single line; currently at 106x106 pixels, should work at about 85x85.
 
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---++ ACTION ITEMS FOR ANDRE

---+++ [ALMOST DONE] style and layout
   * wrap "human centered tech" in left sidebar; then make left sidebar narrower

---+++ [Almost DONE] Banner
   * (done) HCI -> Human Centered Technologies
   * (done)put HCT on bottom (longer) and G, V on top
   * (done)make them all visibly clickable (according to random user test) 
   * Does not look good still. Too cluttered. Need to come up with a better idea around style  

---+++ [DONE 09/30/09] move prototype onto CS server, into current imager webspace with a ghost link so faculty can start editing directly.


---+++ [NOT DONE] Documentation: 
   * transfer "process" notes onto twiki, start organizing (probably best to organize by WHO does the task, with possible prominent subcategores being the topic, like News, Student Records, etc); and Frequency (like, once/year, once/month, etc).
   * Items to include:
         * Process for moving students to alumni (Juliet; but, is add'l contact info supplied by prof?)
         * See also references below, e.g. Under News.
         * Important NOW: instructions on how to modify text content that pertains to yourself, e.g.          faculty bio info.

---+++ [DONE] History - waiting on image from KB (??)
   * try to break up big block of text. Wish list: neat old photos, artifacts of old days that Kelly might have around? Original founding faculty photo?? Kelly might have (Kelly didn't have photo)

---+++ [DONE 09/30/09] Finding Us
   * add top link for "tips"
   * check permissions on maps links (floor maps) - still not working - check w/ someone else

---+++ [DONE 09/30/09] Contact list - see Karon's source mt'l from mid Aug

---+++ [DONE 09/30/09] News & Events
   * remove leading bullet (done)
   * (done)  Keep most recent 10 items (can adjust this) and automatically put everything else into a SINGLE archive. Which could be manually cleaned out when someone notices.

---+++ [SEMI DONE] Meetings: waiting on Juliet
   * Juliet had updated the content on the old site. I ported it over. I have left the notes on the page of what Karon wanted because I am not sure things align properly.
   * If the current system is okay, then the next task is to convert the sub-pages to the current look and feel.

---+++ [NOT DONE] Images of Imager: --- mostly waiting for Michiel
   * Michiel van de Panne is the person to bug. Grad students might take photos; can ask them to also generate thumbnails of desired size (smaller than existing)
   * rename to "images of imager"
   * good photos, some professionally acquired, laid out carefully one time. This is not an automatically updated repository. 
      * make "large thumbnails" (w/ varying aspect ratios) smaller than now, e.g. ~3/row.
      * [For now, use current images, and plan to augment or swap when get better ones.]


---+++ [DONE 09/30/09] Faculty
   * Remove all associates from both Faculty and Research pages.
   * Missing Michiel's bio (he needs to supply)

---+++ [NOT DONE] Students and postdocs: private contact
   * Do NOT need to separate into different tables for different programs (one for all)
   * password protected, not obscurity - ask anthony winstanley for how - anyone with a cs account
   * Put FULL student and postdoc contact info on private webpage (not twiki, which won't work well). Use same mechanism for updating as for public list.
   * Question: should this be two pages, or alright to be one for this piece?

---+++ [DONE DONE] students and postdocs public page
   * populate!
   * working with *Juliet*, ADD a "comments" column which will be on both public and private page; and ensure that the "ROLE" field is very consistent, limited to a small number of preset options. Any elabaoration on them like "on leave" or "research technician" or "visitor" should be in the comment field. See Juliet action item below.

---+++ [Not DONE 09/30/09] alumni - waiting on faculty to say what they want
   * make a skeleton that's visible for now both in left sidebar and a page
   * KM needs to ask faculty what they want here, and get 1-2  years past data to populate (w/ juliet's help)
   * then, hide until we have accumulated a database consisting of former students migrated into an alumni database. But, otherwise set it up with a few manually entered items.


---+++ [DONE 09/30/09] Research / Graphics etc
   * (done) when click on faculty name on faculty page, should take to anchor on respective research page.
   * (done) Link names at start of blurbs; remove caption names.
   * (done) HCI/Haptics tag in left menu: hold off until HCI fac decide what to call it
   
---+++ [ALMOST DONE] Publications & Theses
   * (done) procedures: link to twiki, which needs to be updated. This link is currently broken. (twiki location: WebMaintProcedures)
   * (done) papers need to be dumped
   * We need a plan for theses. Current database is not well populated. For now, Andre will dump what we have.


---+++ [ALMOST DONE] Courses - links, waiting on faculty; add cogs stuff
   * add COGS section as a high level section (add after Viz)
   * ask Rensink which courses should be included (appropriate given pre-reqs etc - say, top 2) plus blurbs and links
   * contrast between 1st and 2nd level headings - add a thin line delineation; could use this elsewhere (finding us, etc check other pages w/ sections)
   * consistency in linking (respond to faculty requests checking first pass)

---+++ [DONE 09/30/09] Joining Imager.
       * remove the notes par when done with it

---+++ [NOT DONE] Upper right image:
      * Right now, the tag is manually constructed and linked. (done by McLachlan, we believe).
      * Suggest: flat organization (not by professor)
      * New plan: files named in convention heidrich_15; associated with tag (title and full author list), and link to paper (eventually; for now, to pubs page?)






---++ Completed items
   * [DONE 8/4/09] combine grads, undergrads
   * plus a lot of other stuff... 

---+++ [DONE] News:
   * no outstanding items


---+++ [DONE] Staff: 
   * drop the bullet
   * BF the name

---+++ [DONE] *faculty / Research page*:
      * RB et al. 8/19/09: move associate faculty to a separate list at bottom, out of graphics/user interface/vis categories.
      * KM 8/18/09: HCI/Haptics on left sidebar -> User Interfaces
      * KM 8/03/09: change "HCI/Haptics" on hci.php -> User Interfaces:
          * and on line below: Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and Haptics (done)
      * KM 8/03/09: rename hci.php -> userInterfaces.php


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---++ ACTION ITEMS FOR KARON: ALMOST DONE

   * [NOT DONE] photos: van de panne will be handling through grad student Ben C.


   * [DONE] assign "other imager faculty" action items
   * [DONE] get Andre access to Imager Twiki (CS ID Q0T6, cwl = ramcio)
   * [DONE] find what current status on pubs database is from Wolfgang and Moyra
      * --> status quo for at least another year



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---++ ACTION ITEMS FOR JULIET: NOT DONE!

   * [NOT DONE] Alumni: start an alumni database which is same format as students database.
... When a student graduates, their record is simply moved into the alumni database along with any new contact info provided by professor.

   * [NOT DONE] People data file (students, postdocs):
      * (not done!) make sure it's updated.
      * Working with Andre: ADD a "comments" column; ensure that the "ROLE" field is very consistent, limited to a small number of preset options. Any elabaoration on them like "on leave" or "research technician" or "visitor" should be in the comment field. See Juliet action item below. Categories:
         * M.Sc.
         * Ph.D.
         * Postdoc
         * Undergrad
         * Research Associate

   * [NOT DONE] meeting page. Which meeting belong here, which elsewhere; calendar (google) or list display; can we keep it simple, and who maintains?
      * Imager fac agreed that Catalog belongs on website, for all; those which are "public" include pointers to further information. 
      * JOK,  please collect this list from faculty, with links and designation, and put it into a text file?
      * It will provide  a LIST of meetings including links (URL or personal contact), and designation of open or private.


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---++ ACTION ITEMS FOR OTHER IMAGER FACULTY


---+++ ABOUT US SECTION  - ALMOST DONE

   * [ALMOST DONE] *Lab overview* - JOANNA - Andre is porting; waiting for photos
      * includes NEW photos, to come from professional (drop the existing photos and separate section at bottom of
      * Include brief list of great places where our students go to work (solicit examples from entire group)

   * [ALMOST DONE] *History*: "short wikipedia" entry - KELLY has done; waiting for a photo or two
      * this section might get worked into the Lab Overview. Keep separate for now.

   * [DONE] *Finding Us* - TAMARA

   * [DONE] *lab Contact page* - JULIET / KARON


---+++ PEOPLE SECTION - DONE

   * [DONE] *Faculty bios* (xx words) and photo for each professor (later, these will be text-editable directly by the prof, but give to Andre in first pass) - (done: Dinesh, Robert, Karon)
      * Probably word limit = 50; embedded links fine.
      * Update your mugshot if desired

   * [DONE - check?] Staff - Information about Juliet - JULIET / KARON


   * [DONE] Research area overview text: this is a short (2-3 sentence) overview at top of each of the three research subgroup pages. 
      * Graphics - done
      * User Interfaces - done
      * *Viz - done
      * examples (shorter and longer respectively than our target): [[http://hci.usask.ca/]]  and [[http://web.cs.toronto.edu/research/groups/hci.htm]]


---+++ COURSES SECTION - ALMOST DONE

   * The plan: turn our courses into a shorter list, sorted into the three areas but grad/ugrad continuous, with course number, title and a couple of sentences. 
   * additionally, within each area section follow our courses with "external courses", which include dept, name/number and remarks like "most HCI graduate students are expected to take this one"

   * [ALMOST DONE] *courses*: RENSINK - cogs courses? EVERYONE - links
      * Supply 1-2 sentences for the course that you nominally "own".
      * E.g. TAMARA/ROBERT -> 314; KARON -> 344, 543; JOANNA -> 444, 544; TAMARA 533C,  ETC
      * EVERYONE: review external list and contribute remarks like "most HCI students are expected to take this one."

      * Ugrad, grad, external; we will use a flat list in numerical order since short.



---+++ JOINING IMAGER SECTION - DONE
   
   * [DONE] *Joining Imager* - TAMARA
      * TAMARA will take first pass, or farm out to someone else
      * ALLA has "information for prospective graduate students" on her website which could be used as reference.
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