Hannelore Hammerle NA2 F2F meeting, Manchester 8 May 2007 Websites Hannelore Hammerle NA2 F2F meeting, Manchester 8 May 2007 EGEE and gLite are registered trademarks

New on NA2 website Material order form back online EGEE in numbers Style guide NA2 face-to-face, Manchester, May 2007

Web Task Force Goal: Include more technical information on public website WTF Initially NA2: what would be needed? Hannelore, Christoph, Kwastas Discussing with PEB: input from other activities Main conclusions Categories of visitors Users Resource providers Developers Public, funding agencies, press Visitor’s experience Preliminary general information First users Experienced developers, resource providers Technical: CMS NA2 face-to-face, Manchester, May 2007

WTF – Timeline PRACTICAL STEPS FOR EGEE-II IDEAS FOR EGEE-III Web statistics For all web sites starting ASAP and for at least 6 months Public and central technical website are monitored by NA2 Activity websites should be monitored by the webmaster of the activity Extending the WTF with people from NA4, NA3, SA1, JRA1 Skeleton for the extended public website to be presented at next All Activity Meeting (including effort required) IDEAS FOR EGEE-III Install a peer review process for site layout and content. Install non-partisan review processes for Web sites, e.g. by academic institutions not financially related to EGEE-III Integrate a library science/media science position into the staff job chart NA2 face-to-face, Manchester, May 2007

Community area Currently ~450 people registered Increase by doing registrations to Industry Days through the community area Survey of members (~50 replies) How they join 28% EGEE events 24% EGEE website Main benefits 65% receiving latest news/announcements of EGEE/related projects 61% contacting other community members Areas of Improvement: 68% said that they never contacted other community members since joining Only 8% mention the on-line discussion forum as a benefit NA2 face-to-face, Manchester, May 2007

Community area II Missing Information/Functionality Information Functions Which events EGEE is Present Better navigation / search Collaboration possibilities Online dicussion forum more visible or advertised Current EGEE organisation A blog EGEE and DEISA (HPC) relationships Industrial companies connected to EGEE List of potential implementation solutions to problems On-site training for EGEE Community Members Graphic display of EGEE Grid Status of projects, milestones, schedule Concise practical benefits EGEE application communities Failures of the grid computer Workflow Documentation Interactive geographical display of EGEE grid Case studies Calendar displaying the different events planned NA2 face-to-face, Manchester, May 2007

Local websites 2 possibilities Full translation of public website For countries where people prefer to have information in their language Highlighting local EGEE activities With extensive cross-links to general information on the EGEE public website NA2 face-to-face, Manchester, May 2007