Working Session

By Karen Dunne on 2020-05-05 16:04 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Status:  April 22 - May 5, 2020 Three submissions, none approved.  Approvals total:  449 
Topics Status on how to verify provider listings Maps component usage; working session for a mapping solution On the call: Karen Richard Deb Brian Next meeting: May 19, 2020

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Working Session

By Karen Dunne on 2020-04-21 16:03 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Status:  April 7 - 21, 2020 

No change since last meeting. One submission but declined for no Joomla experience.  Approvals total: 449
 
Topics Known error with duplicate username corrected Tabled discussion for georadius search On the call: Karen Richard Deb Zehn Richard Next meeting: May 5, 2020

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Admin Tasks

By Karen Dunne on 2020-04-07 16:03 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Status:  March 24-April 7, 2020

 One new approval Approvals total: 449
 
Topics Setting up Karen for admin access on JRD site.  Review of components and database errors On the call: Karen Richard Deb Zehn Next meeting: April 21, 2020  

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Mapping Solution

By Karen Dunne on 2020-03-24 16:18 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Status:  March 11- 24, 2020 
Approvals total: 448
 Topics Map solution: Dependency is either going to be custom code or a third party application. My Maps component by JoomUnited solves the mapping problem without added bloat. Solves all complex problems in regard to mapping which will allow us to move on. Decision made to move forward with trying the map portion of the directory. Brian will demo. On the call: Karen Richard Brian Deb Zehn Next...

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Listing Renewal Workflow

By Karen Dunne on 2020-03-10 20:20 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Status:  
February 19 - March 10, 2019

 Approvals total: 448 
Topics Reviewed campaign workflow and email notifications for listing verification.  Reviewed mapping extension options such as JoomUnited and Nordmograph On the call: Karen Richard Brian Next meeting: March 24, 2020     

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Listing Renewal Workflow

By Karen Dunne on 2020-02-18 16:08 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Status: February 4-18, 2020 Approvals total: 466
 Reviewed reported broken links
: 17 unpublished due to broken links 
449 approved
 
Topics Using marketing automation tool, i.e. Drip, for listing renewal:  Deb mocked up a workflow to notify users for renewal.  Team approved to use the tool and move forward with it.  On the call: Karen Richard Deb Zehn Next meetings: March 10, 2020 March 24, 2020 

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JRD upgrade and listing verification

By Karen Dunne on 2020-02-04 16:12 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Status: January 21 - February 4, 2020 2 new submissions: 1 potential trademark violation referred to Trademark Team 1 new approval Approvals total: 465 Topics Discussed status of JRD upgrade, pending response from potential providers to fill gaps in Joomla core functionality: Search custom fields content - ajax would be ideal Mapping and radius search Listing renewals Decide we need to clean up listing data before migrating to new system: Start with audit on existing...

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Renewals and Georadius

By Karen Dunne on 2020-01-07 16:13 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Status: December 17 - January 17, 2019 3 new approvals Approvals total: 463 Topics Discussed four options for registration renewal and mapping/georadius. Zehn and Brian will follow up on three possibilities for more information.  Karen and Zehn will convene offline to review specifications for new directory. Deb and Brian will send Karen spec list from previous project development.  How to become a team member: Starts with 90 days as contributor with regular...

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Listing Verification Process

By Karen Dunne on 2019-12-17 16:16 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Status:  1 new submission, approved Approvals total: 460 Topics Listing Verification Process: Richard presented a local installation demo to show an annual listing verification for the provider and how the information is captured in the database using Joomla’s core privacy suite plugins. Discovered that the workflow of the privacy suite does not match the necessary work flow for the JRD listing. The user cannot make corrections to their listings without approving the listing...

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Provider verification process

By Karen Dunne on 2019-12-03 17:29 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Status:  3 new approvals Approvals total: 459
 Topics Discussion on whether to start the process for providers to verify their listing. Going to use Joomla core’s privacy suite tools for this process. Richard to head this up and will do so before we launch the redesign. Will notify providers with listings that are more than a year old.  Mapping solution? Brian will reach out to Fabrik team, will consider Easy Social, and possibly asking Randy Carey or StackIdeas for a...

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Messaging and Mapping

By Karen Dunne on 2019-11-12 17:52 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Status:  October 15 - November 12, 2019 Two new approvals. Approvals total: 458 Topics Discussed the plan section of the StoryBrand brandscript Debate about what the best solution would be for geolocation On the call: Brian Karen Richard Zehn Upcoming meetings: Dec. 3 Dec. 17  

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Messaging and New Team Member

By Karen Dunne on 2019-10-15 17:11 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Status:  September 18 - October 15, 2019 One new approval. Approvals total: 456 Topics: Last meeting was at Joomla Day Texas with Brian, Richard and Karen. Discussed high level Joomla development.  Welcomed new team member, Zehn (John) Baskerville of Colorado Springs Colorado.  Going to use Zoom for future meetings.  Covered StoryBrand framework message development on the problem (external, internal and philosophical), and guide empathy and authority On...

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Changes to team positions

By Karen Dunne on 2019-09-17 16:04 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Status:  September 3 - 17, 2019 One new approval. Approvals total: 456 Topics New elections for team, due to Brian Mitchell moving into OSM Treasurer Voted Deb Cinkus as team lead Voted Karen Dunne as assistance team lead Secretary position is now open Brian to hand off to Deb: Resources directory https://resources.joomla.org/en/about-the-jrd needs to be updated c-Panel Volunteers portal,...

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Team Structure

By Karen Dunne on 2019-09-03 15:54 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Status:  August 20 - September 3, 2019 Approvals total: 455 - no change from last time. Topics Discussion about upcoming Joomla board nominations and future leadership roles and responsibilities on the JRD team. No decisions were made but different scenarios were discussed. On the call: Brian Deb Karen Richard Upcoming meetings: September 17, 2019 October 1, 2019  

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Message Development

By Karen Dunne on 2019-08-06 16:11 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Status: July 16 - August 6, 2019 One new submission approved. Approvals total: 454 Topics: 1. Privacy suite Richard contacted Sander Potjer to determine if our using the Joomla Privacy Suite on the JRD Joomla install would interfere with the work he’s doing with Joomla Identify Portal.Sander replied: Basically the Identity Portal will be the central location for personal data and consents. Data will be sent to a site such as the JRD, but only after a valid consent is...

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Next Steps

By Karen Dunne on 2019-07-16 16:07 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Status: July 2 - July 16, 2019 1 new approval Approval total: 453 Topics Front-end design and StoryBrand brand narrative: note, must be consistent with typography, header, footer, main menu in Joomla properties. We plan to have a working session to go through SB framework on August 6th meeting.  Functionality issue with provider editing their listing, i.e.. ACL and edit own, should be solved by using Joomla’s ACL settings.  Use of GDPR privacy suite: pending...

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Issues to Resolve

By Karen Dunne on 2019-07-02 16:12 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Status: June 4 - July 2, 2019 Approvals total: 452 Three new approvals Topics Discussion on mapping solution and ACL (allowing users to only see and edit their own stuff) On the call: Brian Richard Karen Upcoming meetings: July 16, 2019 JRD Team Meeting - Tuesday, July 2,  2019 - notes taken by Karen Dunne

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Nuts and Bolts

By Brian Mitchell on 2019-06-04 16:08 in Resource Directory Team

Nuts and Bolts     JRD Team Meeting - Tuesday, June 4,  2019 notes taken by Deb Cinkus JRD Status: Approvals total: 449   Topics Reviewed current menu structure for development JRD site Reviewed Privacy Consent information updated by Richard Discussed adding a Changelog to the JRD site for tracking differences Agreed to add JCE Editor Pro to new JRD site so we can build out full editor profiles. Did some customization to define frontend vs....

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JRD development

By Karen Dunne on 2019-05-21 16:00 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Status: May 7 - 21, 2019 Two approved, four rejected, one under further review Approvals total: 445 Topics Discussion about what the next steps are with StoryBrand narrative development  Discussed how the user could search the directory. Looked at Joomcar’s good search extension.  Discussed how to use the privacy policy plugin On the call: Karen Brian Richard Deb Upcoming meeting: June 4 , 2019 - regular team meeting

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Working Session

By Karen Dunne on 2019-05-07 16:30 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Status: April 16 - May 7, 2019 One approved: 4-22-19: Ruhe Potential, Germany Total approved: 443 Topics Discussed custom fields and whether to consider using Easy Layouts, which may not be necessary.  Richard installed and set up the GDPR plugins  Working session for editing article layout file On the call: Brian Karen Richard Deb Next meeting: May 21, 2019 - regular team meeting JRD Team Meeting - Tuesday, May 7,  2019 - notes taken by...

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Provider Account Registration with Custom Fields

By Karen Dunne on 2019-04-16 16:21 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Status: April 2 - 16, 2019 Three new approvals: 1) le5 GmbH Switzerland, 2), Bluepoint eCommerce Netherlands, and 3) E-BASE.GR One not approved due to lack of community involvement and company site was built in WordPress Approvals total: 442 Topics Users versus Contacts? Attempted to use con_contacts but then realized there’s nothing on the front end to create a new contact Keep them out of com_users to leave Joomla id alone Conclusion at this point is to use com_content and...

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Custom Fields for JRD

By Karen Dunne on 2019-04-02 15:52 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Status: March 19 - April 2, 2019: 3 submissions, no approvals Topics: Benefits of using custom fields for resource directory:  Core component Way to showcase core abilities May be some gaps in what’s available and what is needed, e.g. maps, geolocation, subscription component that requires a yearly confirmation of provider’s listing,  Could use privacy suite for listing renewal, can set trigger email to confirm their listing but it doesn’t connect with the...

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Using Core with Custom Fields for JRD

By Karen Dunne on 2019-03-19 15:57 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Status: March 5 - 19, 2019: 4 submissions: 1 approved and 3 rejected Approvals total: 439  March 12: ITronic / Harald Leithner - Approved Topics Introductions and role descriptions Discussion initiated about building the directory in core rather than third party vendor. Review of user information in the database to determine what it will take to move the info to the core rather than third party vendor.   There will be a hosting directory upcoming and no longer...

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User’s aim on the JRD

By Karen Dunne on 2019-03-05 16:26 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Listing Status: February 19 – March 5, 2019 Approvals total: 438 - none new Feb 26: WardrobeShop - an online store that sells Vintage Inspired Clothing, romantic rustic dresses and accessories - totally unrelated to Joomla. REJECTED Mar 4: Wolkenfutter - no community involvement: Sent back to them for additional information. Main Topic of Discussion: StoryBrand content development  (Used Zoom recorded meeting) Discussed the aspirational identity of a JRD user - how...

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Content Development - Users of the JRD

By Karen Dunne on 2019-02-19 16:13 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Status JRD submissions log: February 5 – 19, 2019 Approvals total: 438 Feb 7 = Sf Cable, Inc. (cables, components, and accessories) no Joomla services - Rejected. Time to review: 6-1/2 hours Feb 11 = eniky GmbH / Patrick Jungbluth - approved. Time to review = 2 days (submitted Saturday) Topic: StoryBrand content development  Review of current JRD menu structure and content. Noted that the menu items such as How to Contribute would not make sense to a user of the...

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JRD redevelopment updates, OSM voting, & dev recruitment

By Brian Mitchell on 2019-02-05 16:22 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Status None outstanding 437 approved and listed Topics Discussion on upcoming OSM elections Discussed by-law amendments and implications for Joomla As an active nominee Brian is recusing himself from the vote for Operations Department Coordinator. He is providing Assistant Team Lead, Deb with his voting link Discussed the nominees for President and Secretary to reach consensus on how the JRD votes should be cast for those positions. Discussion...

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Progress and Forward Movement

By Karen Dunne on 2019-01-22 16:08 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Status None outstanding 437 approved and listed  Topics Discussion on upcoming OSM elections Discussion on recruiting a dedicated resource for developing the new JRD Agreed that it’s been difficult to make significant progress on the redesign because all of it has been trying to do so on volunteer time Talked about reaching others for assistance  Brian will reach out to SobiPro (Rodig and Sigrid) to see if they can recommend a developer and we could solicit for...

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Direction for 2019

By Karen Dunne on 2019-01-08 16:05 in Resource Directory Team

2019 Annual Voting  Results: Team Leader: Brian Mitchell Assistant Team Leader: Deb Cinkus Secretary: Karen Dunne Approval Team Leader: Richard Sparks JRD Status None outstanding 437 approved and listed  How to present the content on the JRD Redesign:  Discussed using the StoryBrand approach to communicate to the providers and the users of the JRD. Decided to try this approach when we get to the point of designing the layout and writing the content. As a...

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JRD Redesign Working Session

By Karen Dunne on 2018-12-04 16:05 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Status 4 awaiting review going back to November 29 446 approved listings 4 tickets, one Saeed already took up, other three Brian will respond to today JRD redesign progress Early second quarter is the target to release new JRD Discussion of what to display on the frontend, e.g. community involvement, website examples, etc. What of the community involvement should be shown and can we standardize them into categories, e.g. speaking events, articles, extension development,...

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Team Collaboration

By Karen Dunne on 2018-11-06 17:26 in Resource Directory Team

Submission Status 424 approved None pending JRD redesign progress We went through the submission form and added issues to Jira for changes. We are at the stage that we can start designing for the front end Current Directory Google geocoding still has api error...Brian and Saeed will collaborate on this issue to resolve  Saeed will work in front end design of the application form (data categorization) Brian will update list of JRD team members on volunteers portal On...

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