Monday, February 19, 2007

Production schedule set for national site build out

Our goal is still to go live with the new site prior to this April's big media event, America's Most Endangered Rivers. We usually see five times the traffic for a couple of days, so it's an opportunity for greater exposure that I don't want to miss.

Gearing up for next steps, our partners have created a production schedule based upon the anticipated finalization of wireframes and site design by Friday February 23, 2007. Anything later will cost us precious time early April.

The heat will be on for the next six weeks to build new templates, migrate content, create new pages (wiki, blog, google map), and make sure everything works. Note: the schedule below does not reflect the build out of the new features/pages mentioned above.

The schedule is broken up by our first level navigation - primary templates. We've attempted to front load the schedule with the low hanging fruit (based on content needs) and build up from there with increased relevance and complexity.

Friday February 23, 2007
- Final sign off on wireframes
- Final sign off on design
- All content transferred to partners
- Development of site begins

Wednesday February 28, 2007
- Weekly status update and team check in
- Sections for American Rivers review
  • Home page
  • Header/Footer
Monday March 5, 2007
- American Rivers feedback
  • Home Page
  • Header/Footer
Wednesday March 7, 2007
- Weekly status update and team check in
- Sections for American Rivers review
  • About Us
  • Subscribe
  • Newsroom
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy
Monday March 12, 2007
- American Rivers feedback
  • About Us
  • Subscribe
  • Newsroom
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy
Wednesday March 14, 2007
- Weekly status update and team check in
- Sections for American Rivers review
  • Take Action
  • Join Us
  • Your Region
  • Campaigns + America’s Most Endangered Rivers
Monday March 19, 2007
- American Rivers feedback
  • Take Action
  • Join Us
  • Your Region
  • Campaigns + America’s Most Endangered Rivers
Wednesday March 21, 2007
- Weekly status update and team check in
- Sections for American Rivers review
  • Community Tools
  • Fun Stuff
  • Shop
Monday March 26, 2007
- American Rivers feedback
  • Community Tools
  • Fun Stuff
  • Shop
Monday April 2, 2007
- Site content finalized for testing
- Overall revisions completed

Friday April 6, 2007
- Website launch

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