Pro 2.0 Planning

It will not be called Pro 2.0, or if it is you may all lynch the webmaster. ;)

This wiki page is for ideas for the new-look site. At this stage we can be as ambitious and pipe-dreamy as we like.

Please add! No section is closed. Nothing is stupid, even if it's pretty stupid. What would the Best Co-Writing Site Ever look like? Feel like? Be like to use?

Basic aims

• Better tools and functions for a co-writing community - communication, collaboration and so on
• Great navigation - aim for a single click to find anything
• Search that displays results helpfully sorted: First "matched title", second pages that include the searched word in the title, and only afterwards pages that mention the searched word(s) only in their text.
• Storytelling and background material closely integrated: who's-who reminders or in-depth information available in one click - without interrupting the story
• Storytelling and meta-material (plot discussion, comments, etc) integrated but separate. "Turn annotations on? Add your comment to this paragraph?"
• Consistent approach to in-character and out-of-character interactions: linking character to author, giving both a voice, and even a way to post 'anonymously' when the occasion arises...
• The setup should make things possible, not limit what we can do
• Data out options in the form of feeds, email notifications... - keep up with the site the way you want to
• Data in where other sites or external journals exist, eg character LiveJournals

Diagrams

Mock-ups

Software

Drupal

the CMS (content management system) currently in consideration. Plus points: open-source, developer community, add-ons for everything. Minus points: forum software not great out of the box.