Agenda:
Please contribute your comment and what you think should be on the agenda.
The broad topics to be covered are:
- Project updates (Camden)
- Partnership Protocol
- User Steering Committee
- Technical Steering Committee
- Experience sharing (West Sussex County Council)
- Metadata automation (to be presented by Cintra Ltd)
The finalised agenda will be made available online before the meeting.
* Demonstration of new features in 1.0.3
* Run through of new features coming up in 1.0.4
* Discussion around release process, testing and costs associated with it
* Discussion around joint procurement - presentation from one of the LAs?
* Presentation of issues/solutions for Local Direct Gov/xml output
* Presentation/discussion of other applications (such as bulletin boards, forms apps, ecommerce solutions) that are used with/alongside APLAWS
* Search engine optimisation techniques issues - discussion/presentation
Thanks
Giles
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Picking up on one of Giles's suggestions - I think integration with other apps, especially existing open source e-commerce solutions would be useful.
Perhaps a way to broaden the interest / user base of APLAWS beyond the local government arena is to show examples of it integrating with other applications. One example that springs to mind is the classic e-commerce "shopping basket" approach to selling products and services?
Many organisations looking to move to a CMS based approach to their websites will most likely have a need to be able to sell their products or services online.
Chris
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What about an open discussion on the Aplaws+ Documentation. There are loads of aspect of the system poorly or non documented. This will be valuable for both current and prospective LA looking at Aplaws as a CMS platform.
Cheers
Francois
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Or how about a quick talk about the configuration of subsites with regard to content sections, navigation trees, best practice config, example set-ups from individual councils etc.
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the 'user group' is finalising our presentation but - to pick up on Francois - we will suggest that funds be spent on a user survey. we are thinking of people like us but this could extend to actual frontline staff using APLAWS. I agree this is needed (it's actually a bizarre ommission!) although we have done user guidance here at cambridge, which others are using, but it's certainly not comprehensive and needs proper testing.
I agree possibly also about SEM, although maybe this should be / would become net marketing in general. in this context it would be useful to know what people are doing/planning and in particular the issue of Google, where we've experienced issues with results.
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Dear all,
The next APLAWS user group meeting will take place on 24th March, 2006, hosted by Bristol City council.
Please drop me an email if you wish to attend this meeting: tracy.wang@camden.gov.uk
Directions to meeting venue:
The council house: http://www.bristol-city.gov.uk/ccm/content/Council-Democracy/Council-Departments/visiting-the-council.en
Agenda:
Please contribute your comment and what you think should be on the agenda.
The broad topics to be covered are:
- Project updates (Camden)
- Partnership Protocol
- User Steering Committee
- Technical Steering Committee
- Experience sharing (West Sussex County Council)
- Metadata automation (to be presented by Cintra Ltd)
The finalised agenda will be made available online before the meeting.
Reminders:
- please put comment forward on the partnership protocol! http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1426437&forum_id=401109
Regards
Tracy Wang
London Borough of Camden
Dear all,
Any more thoughts on the agenda and topics to be covered?
The start/end time would be the usual 10am start and aiming for 4-4.30pm finish
Regards
Tracy.
Here are a few Ideas for agenda...more later :)
* Demonstration of new features in 1.0.3
* Run through of new features coming up in 1.0.4
* Discussion around release process, testing and costs associated with it
* Discussion around joint procurement - presentation from one of the LAs?
* Presentation of issues/solutions for Local Direct Gov/xml output
* Presentation/discussion of other applications (such as bulletin boards, forms apps, ecommerce solutions) that are used with/alongside APLAWS
* Search engine optimisation techniques issues - discussion/presentation
Thanks
Giles
Picking up on one of Giles's suggestions - I think integration with other apps, especially existing open source e-commerce solutions would be useful.
Perhaps a way to broaden the interest / user base of APLAWS beyond the local government arena is to show examples of it integrating with other applications. One example that springs to mind is the classic e-commerce "shopping basket" approach to selling products and services?
Many organisations looking to move to a CMS based approach to their websites will most likely have a need to be able to sell their products or services online.
Chris
Hi,
What about an open discussion on the Aplaws+ Documentation. There are loads of aspect of the system poorly or non documented. This will be valuable for both current and prospective LA looking at Aplaws as a CMS platform.
Cheers
Francois
Or how about a quick talk about the configuration of subsites with regard to content sections, navigation trees, best practice config, example set-ups from individual councils etc.
the 'user group' is finalising our presentation but - to pick up on Francois - we will suggest that funds be spent on a user survey. we are thinking of people like us but this could extend to actual frontline staff using APLAWS. I agree this is needed (it's actually a bizarre ommission!) although we have done user guidance here at cambridge, which others are using, but it's certainly not comprehensive and needs proper testing.
I agree possibly also about SEM, although maybe this should be / would become net marketing in general. in this context it would be useful to know what people are doing/planning and in particular the issue of Google, where we've experienced issues with results.
Agenda
http://www.aplaws.org.uk/download_content/2006-03-24_Agenda.doc