Goal
The Triton release was the public launch of the new Calisphere site in beta mode. We released the site directly on the target date of September 14, 2015.
Requirements - what did we meet?
The following table was developed in consultation with the UC Libraries as a list of required and desired features for the launch. "Required" features were deemed essential for release; "desired" features were deemed important but could be tackled after release if necessary.
Colors are used to indicate what we were able to complete before the launch: green is yes, red is no, and yellow is partial.
Required:Must complete for release; essential for public access | Desired:Possible for release; actively underway but not essential for public access. | ||
| Harvest and metadata | All collections that have been designated for harvest (i.e., all the ones listed here) appear on the site. | Individual failed objects from various collections are fixed on a case-by-case basis. | |
Metadata is readable and polished (e.g. no extraneous characters are displayed). | Mapping adjustments and harvest of additional metadata fields are addressed on a case-by-case basis. | ||
Objects with special characters that are not displaying correctly are identified and resolved on a case-by-case basis | |||
UCSF Tobacco Library collections have been re-harvested from their new platform. (*in process) | |||
| Sitewide display and functionality | All pages are present with no known broken links. | PDF-type text objects harvested from Nuxeo have thumbnails. | |
URLs are nice-looking and persistent. | Collections without any objects with thumbnails have a better UX solution for collection "mosaics" than just a stack of format icons. | ||
All image objects--including complex objects harvested from Nuxeo--have a thumbnail/representational image. | Sitewide tweaks to labeling, counts, etc. on a case-by-case basis to continue to improve user experience | ||
Better design has been implemented so non-image objects don't appear broken or obscured. | |||
Site speed and performance are acceptable. | |||
Site behaves as expected on a mobile device. | |||
Google Analytics reporting enabled for CDL and contributors. | |||
| Homepage | All images featured on the homepage are in fact on the site. | Alternative "lock-ups" (top three images) are designed and rotate on refresh or nightly. | |
| Campuses "shuffle" (reorder) on the homepage on refresh or nightly. | |||
| Campus/institution and collection pages | Contact information appears for all campuses and institutions. | "Sticky" collections appear on institution landing pages (selected 3-5 collections rise to the top). | |
Descriptions appear for all institutions and collections for which they have been provided. | Tweaks to the default ordering of objects within collection pages and mosaics to privilege objects with thumbnail. (*yes on mosaics; no on collection pages) | ||
Collections sort A-Z within an institution/campus page. | |||
Institutions sort A-Z on the institution directory. | |||
| Search functionality | Filters, list view, related collections, and mouseover object title work | Sort (A-Z and/or date) is available. | |
Search with multiple keywords uses "and" instead of "or" to improve relevancy | "View all" available and better pagination behavior to avoid gaps in thumbnail tiling. (*yes on better pagination; no on "view all") | ||
| Object-level display and functionality | Complex objects redesigned for better UX (e.g. parent-level file as a "cover page"). | "Contact owner" button directly emails the institution. | |
| Texts harvested from Nuxeo are downloadable. | Images harvested from Nuxeo are downloadable. | ||
Carousel displays correct related objects depending on user's path through site. | |||
Related collections display. | |||
"Contact owner" button links to the institution landing page at minimum. | |||
Share buttons work. |
