AiDA Redesign Phase II August 13, 2004

AiDA Redesign Status: –Phase I redesign implementation work is currently underway by the technical team –Phase II draft mock-ups have been finalized and they need to be discussed among team members Comments: –Interface resembles home pagewww.developmentgateway.org –Incorporated new intermediary pages such as a Donor/Country/Topic Page –Multilingual Home Page has been prepared (EN, FR, ES)

Home Page Quick Search Feature that allows users to search records in AiDA from every page Boxes for Spotlight, AiDA Community, Aid Statistics and Aid Harmonization. AiDA as a component of an overall effort Boxes that allow users to browse activities by Topic. Country, Donor. Possibility of highlighting a Topic, Donor and Country Top Navigation Bar to quickly go to other areas in AiDA Login/Register Box to encourage users to become members of AiDA. Text inside changes depending on whether user is already a member or not List of Partners and link to list of Participating Organizations References. Additional Information for AiDA users

Search Page Same Left Bar as Home Page Space to insert Text about Search Search Form. Same criteria as current AiDA

Search Results Navigation bar changes to allow user to see the search criteria he/she has performed. AmericaGrau: Need to think with technical team about this bar when user comes from browsing a topic AmericaGrau: Need to think with technical team about this bar when user comes from browsing a topic Buttons to perform a New Search, Export the result in Excel format (only registered users) and obtain a printer friendly format of results Display of search criteria used, total number of pages and browse to other Search Results pages

Activity Details Navigation bar changes to allow user to see the search criteria he/she has performed. Goes to different views for the same record provided by different sources Record Information is displayed separately to avoid confusion showed by some users

Topic View (All Topics) New Intermediary Page that displays all topics in AiDA and explains how topical views are obtained Explanation of how topical views are obtained. Link to keywords used List of All Topics. By clicking on one, user goes to topic page

Topic Page Same as current topic page Allows for customized text per topic, something that is currently lacking Theme, Country Breakdown boxes, as well as box to insert Additional Information on Topic. Some information will be identical for each topic, such as DAC Evaluation Abstracts, but provide room for customized information per topic

Country View (All Countries) New Intermediary Page that displays all countries with activities in AiDA. Explanation of how grouping sectors in country views are obtained. Link to information in Aid at a Glance List of Countires. By clicking on one, user goes to country snapshot page.

Country Snapshot Same as current country snapshot page Allows for customized text per country, something that is currently lacking Sector, Donor Breakdown boxes for the selected country. Also, a box with links to “Related Data.”

Donor View (All Donors) Intermediary Page equivalent to current “Donor Breakdown” page General Explanation of Donor View Page List of Donor classified by tip. We want to create a few lines of text for each donor that would be contained in a pop up window appearing when clicking on “i”. By clicking on one, user goes to donor snapshot page in the case of “big” donors, and directly to search results to those donors with few activities

Donor Snapshot Similar concept as Country Snapshot Allows for customized text per donor. Sector, Country Breakdown boxes for the selected donor. Also, a box with links to “Related Data.” (Maybe provide Agencies within donor in the case of most bilaterals?)

Trade Capacity Building Same as current Trade Capacity Building page Explanation of Trade Capacity Building Database Theme, Country Breakdown boxes. Also, box for Statistical Analysis (Data Beacon) and additional information

About AiDA Page with several information on AiDA General Description Boxes with information on Partners, Data Sources and Steering Committee. By clicking on “more”, user goes with a page containing more information about that item

AiDA Partners General Description

AiDA Sources General Description Boxes with information on different types of sources and explanation on historical Repository

Notes for Users Page with several information on how to read results in AiDA. Page is too heavy in text. Suggestions will be welcome

Registration Page to register in AiDA. DG Team is looking on how to integrate this in current DG Portal Structure

Site Tour/Help Similar page to existing help. However, instead of scrolling down, provide horizontal navigation as well as a printer friendly document for those users who would like to have the help document easily saved in their computer

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