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Web Developer’s Meeting
July 29, 2004
Web Developer’s MeetingJuly 29, 2004
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Agenda
• CityShare
• NYC.gov updates:– NYC.gov Messenger– TeamSite– NYC.gov Policies & Procedures
• Events Calendar
• CityPoint
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CityShare
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CityShare- Introduction
• CityShare launched on July 20!• The backend is now an N-tiered platform.• The information architecture and interface
have been made to be more intuitive.• Content has been made useful and
integrates with NYC.gov sites.• Employee Search and Events Calendar are
the inaugural applications.• Phase II-- Disaster recovery implementation.
Completion September/October.
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CityShare- Infrastructure
• New platform is a UNIX environment featuring: – Vignette Application Portal (VAP)– Vignette Application Builder (VAB) – Interwoven (IW) Content Management System.
• Agencies will be able to deploy subportals/intranets using VAP and IW.
• Supports Java applications.• Future–Future–
– Web services for connecting to other types of applications.– Seamless integration of global and agency content
managed through IW templates and user authentication. Following Phase II Disaster Recovery implementation.
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CityShare Demonstration
• Best viewed at 1024x768 resolution. 800x600 still accommodated.
• Are you still seeing the old CityShare? Ctrl-F5 to clear cache. Can’t access content on NYC.gov? Contact agency MIS to obtain NYC.gov access for “intranet only” users.
• FutureFuture– CityShare will be accessible through the Internet via the
new DoITT VPN application.– Personalization– Content mingling of global and agency sub portal content
will be dependent on registry and personalization.
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CityShare’s Home Page
Features Area—will change frequently
Main Feature
Rotating City
Features
Global Navigation & Applications
Agency Ownership
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• Simple Employee Search ties into LDAP and displays the same data within CityShare.
• More advanced searches can be conducted in the Citywide Employee Contact Directory at http://citydirectory.nycnet.
• Advanced Search in the Employee Search module links to the Citywide Employee Contact Directory.
Employee Search & LDAP
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Employee Search & LDAP
• Advanced filtering options. • Email address lookups can
now reference ldap.nycnet.• LDAP participating agencies
need to keep data clean and sensitive accounts hidden.
• Batch upload agencies should automate directory exports and upload this on a weekly basis.
• Long-term strategy is to have an enterprise wide identity management solution.
• As part of this strategy, we encourage every agency to put every employee’s PMS ID and active code into the agency directory. HR can provide this data.
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• Centralized location for finding employee related events by borough and category.
• Categories– Exams & Training– Health Initiatives– Meetings/Events– Things To Do– Volunteer
• Use the Contact Us form to submit events for your agency. Specify event name, description, contact info, category, borough(s), and duration.
Events Calendar
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• Complete listing of DoITT supported community sites--including the IT Portal.
• Use the Contact Us form to request a community portal or contact Michael Hayes directly.
Community Portals
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The new OPA & OLR NYC.gov sites are often linked to from CityShare—allowing streamlined content updating from the agency end and a seamless user experience.
CS & NYC.gov Integration
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Contact and Procedures
• Use the Contact Us form found in the footer navigation to submit suggestions, questions, or comments on CS content.
• You may also send content changes and requests directly to [email protected].
• For immediate technical assistance please open up a ticket with the DoITT Help Desk—718.403.8888.
• Content will be published according to the same standards as are used for NYC.gov.
• Overall site and application updates are made on Wednesdays.
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Intranet- Next Steps
• Sub portals using the portal software and IW. The DR environment must be in place first.
• Identity management strategy and agency participation in LDAP will help determine how far we can go for supporting applications on the intranet platform.
• Develop strategy for supporting agency application development in the CityShare environment.
• Once personalization has been implemented, more communities of interests will be created with the capability of posting to libraries and forums.
• Workflow applications for needs such as wireless phone procurement or timesheets for agencies who are not using City Time right now.
• Upgrading event calendar.
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Intranet- Feedback Needed!
• Please be sure to utilize the Contact Us form. • Keeping content relevant and available is
largely dependent on the agency content owners.
• Contact me directly:
Dominic [email protected]
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NYC.gov
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Portal News Subscriptions and Vignette Messenger
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Portal News Subscriptions
• Portal allows users to subscribe/unsubscribe to news categories.
• More than 61,000 registered users (up 55% since January ’04)
• More than 45 News Categories• 19 General NYC.gov Portal categories• Approximately 25 agency specific categories
in use by five (5) agencies through custom registration forms
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Portal News Subscriptions
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Vignette Messenger
• Web-Based application to communicate to registered users of nyc.gov
• Makes it easy to build, execute and measure e-mail campaigns
• Features– Delivers Messages to users– Templates– User Roles/Permissions– Tracks bad e-mail addresses– Reporting– Preview/Test e-mails HTML or Text– Scheduling campaign launch– Personalization
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NYC.gov News Subscription Enhancements:Custom Portal Registration pages
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NYC.gov News Subscription Enhancements:Custom Portal Registration pages
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NYC.gov News Subscription Enhancements:Custom Portal Registration pages
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NYC.gov News Subscription Enhancements:Custom Portal Registration pages
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NYC.gov News Subscription Enhancements:Custom Portal Registration pages
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NYC.gov News Subscription Enhancements:Custom Portal Registration pages
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NYC.gov News Subscription Enhancements:Count Tool
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NYC.gov News Subscription Enhancements:Registration Confirmation & More Categories Notice
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NYC.gov News Subscription Service
To develop a custom news subscription center for your agency, contact:
Chris LongDirector, Web Operations & [email protected]
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Interwoven TeamSite Rollout
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Benefits of Using TeamSite Templates
• Ease of Use
• Non-technical Users Can Publish
• Versioning
• Workflow
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Agencies Using TeamSite Templates
• Advisory Committee on the Judiciary - /judiciary• Board of Standards & Appeals - /bsa• Community Assistance Unit - /cau• Conflicts of Interest Board - /html/conflicts• Cultural Affairs - /dcla• Domestic Violence - /domesticviolence **• Ending Homelessness - /endinghomelessness **• Film, Theatre & Broadcasting - /film• Homeless Services - /dhs **
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Agencies Using TeamSite Templates
• Immigrant Affairs - /immigrants• Info., Technology & Telecommunications - /doitt **• Labor Relations - /olr **• NYC TV - /tv• Operations - /operations **• Payroll Administration - /opa **• Sister Cities - /sistercities **• Taxi & Limousine Commission - /taxi• UN Consular Corps & Protocol - /html/unccp **• Veterans’ Affairs - /veterans• Volunteer Center - /mvc **
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Agencies in the TeamSite Template Pipeline
• DOF• DOB• ACS• HRA• HHC• LMEC• Mayor’s Fund to Advance NYC• NYCHA• NYC Marketing• VACAnd more…
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City of New York Design and Content Resources
DoITT has a team dedicated to enforcing the brand quality for the entire NYC.gov Web site. Designers and information architecture specialists are available for consultation with, or production for, agencies looking to establish a new presence on NYC.gov or redesign an existing Web site. The team:– Has established design standards for Teamsite templates– Has created a design and content survey to assist Web site
development– Can develop brand identities for City Agencies lacking
professional design resources– Can assist with the Information Architecture– Will review agency “in-house” or outsourced designs to insure
compliance with NYC.gov design/IA and Teamsite standards
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Examples of Redesigns
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Examples of Redesigns
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Examples of Redesigns
Examples of custom NYC.govTeamsite templated sites include:– NYC TV– Design up for grabs
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Examples of Redesigns
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Examples of Redesigns
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Examples of Redesigns
Examples of designs created by outside vendor to the Teamsite template specifications, include:– DHS– Ending Homelessness
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Examples of Redesigns
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Examples of Redesigns
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Information Architecture
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Information Architecture
• User Based and Task Based
• Easier To Access Content for Public
• Greater Opportunity to Promote Services and Programs in an Interesting Format
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Information Architecture
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Information Architecture
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Agency Redesigns and NYC.gov Sitewide
• Please keep us informed of any redesign initiatives before work commences.
• DoITT will provide teamsite training and support
Chris LongDirector, Web Operations & [email protected] (212) 232-1228
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NYC.gov Policies Review Working Group
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NYC.gov Policies Working Group
• NYC.gov is in the process of updating the NYC.gov Policies and Procedures Manual (PPM). As a result, a small working group is being established to review existing policies. The revision of the PPM should be complete by mid to late Fall ’04.
• Teamsite Design Guide is available via CityShare > Community Portal > IT Portal > Library > Interwoven Docs (4 in total).
• Design and Content Survey is available on request.• For any questions or concerns about current policy, or to
please contact:
Chris Long Director, Web Operations & [email protected]
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Events Calendar
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Events Calendar
• The NYC.gov Events Calendar is being enhanced as an enterprise wide application to allow for the development of agency-specific calendars. Post-Labor Day availability.
• All agencies using TeamSite templates will be able to create and update their Events Calendar.
• Events can be queried by category, date range, location or keyword search.
• Events can also be deployed to the public (NYC.gov) or internal (CityShare) channels.
• The NYC.gov Events Calendar is currently being used by 311 Call Takers to provide detailed information on events in New York City.
• Future- For location information, the event will be linked to a graphical map.
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Events Calendar
Features– Long and short descriptions– Contact information– Event URL– Start and end times
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Events Calendar Template
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Events Calendar Screen
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Events Calendar Screen - Detailed
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Events Calendar
• Launching September 2004
• Questions– [email protected]– 212-232-1032
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CityPoint Portals
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• Intranet application for: – Communities of interest– Project teams
• Provides collaboration features:– Document & link libraries – Discussions– Full-text search capabilities– Announcements, events, alerts
• Site admins can customize their sites
What is it?
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CityPoint Portals
• Some examples:– Communities of Interest
• Payroll Administrators• MIS/Emergency Management• CIO Community Portal
– Project / Collaboration Portals• LDAP• GIS
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Project Status
• We’re building new templates
• Testing pilot sites over the next 2 – 3 weeks
• Coordinating with DoITT helpdesk for ongoing support needs
• Ready to roll out more sites starting early September
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Getting Started
• Who will use the portal?– Available only within CityNet– Users require special accounts
• Exploring how to integrate with LDAP in the future
– What kind of portal do you need?• “Push” portal• Collaboration
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Interested?
Contact: Teri Moore
212 232 0938
Michael Hayes
212 232 1044