How should we organize our website? Quite simply, in a way that maximizes the ease users of our website (both community members and the public) have in accomplishing the goals of our community.

About Categories

Note: The categories currently in place can be viewed on the Categories page. Technical information is available on how categories are created and used.

Categories are collections of terms that both the webmaster (informed by us) and users can create. Terms can then be associated with content as it is created and edited. Primarily, this process establishes:

• Content listed in category navigation
• Access permissions

Right now, there are two kinds of categories:

Category

The "Category" category is a controled vocabulary; terms are added and arranged heirarchically by the webmaster from the descisions we make here.

Tag

The "Tag" category is different in that users can make up any term that makes sense to them (as well as add existing terms suggested to them as they type). Terms in the "Tag" category are flat (non-hierarchical).

Here, we will discuss the "Category" category, which provides the navigation menu to the right of content, defining the "sturcture" of our site.

Descission Process

There are many ways to start… For now, let's just discuss on this page and see what materializes.

Remember, these categories are just a starting point and not an endorsement of the way things should be. Again, that is for us to decide amongst ourselves.

I (Dave) envision us watching the "Tag" vocabulary too for terms that are often used that we might consider for inclusion in the "Category" vocabulary.

Categories

Here are some of the ideas. These categroies are not set in stone, please edit and comment!.

620 Peachtree

Home Owner's Association

Architectural Control Committee

Board of Directors

Communications Committee

Online

The details of the online incarnation of our real-world concerns.

Roles (Online)

How we will devide permissions amongst users online. This will probably mostly be website issue (maybe it should be filed there?) but more generic now to cover other roles as well (like email lists).

Technology

Technology details most people will have little interest in, including running a web server, CMS, domains, email, etc.

Website (Technology)

Apache

Drupal

Categories (Drupal)

Website

Anything to do with the website from a non-technical standpoint. Like, what we want it to do, how we want it to look, how it should be managed.

Organization (Website)

Roles

Owner

Resident

Rules

Location

Anything to do with a physical place. Current sub-categories include Lobby and Social Room. This category allows for the contruction of more complex queries, like:

• Images in the Lobby
• Events in the Social Room
• Repairs on the Swimming Pool
• Rules governing the Garage
• Anything to do with the Storage Room

Lobby Level

Lobby

Mail Room

Mezzanine

Social Room

Sensitive

Anything under this category cannot be seen by anonymous users or registered users not part of the "trusted" role. In the future this may have additional specificity.

Social

Fun time! Might in the future include events, clubs, etc.

I (Dave) see that the "New User" tag sprung up. Perhaps it should be moved into the Category?