Closed Bug 870462 Opened 11 years ago Closed 11 years ago

List the partners we need to display on Webmaker.org

Categories

(Webmaker Graveyard :: General, defect)

Product:
Webmaker Graveyard
Component:
General
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
blocker

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED FIXED

People

(Reporter: matt, Assigned: daleee)

References

Details

* On the current Webmaker.org front page, we include many partner logos:
https://www.webmaker.org/en-US/
* Two questions:
1) Is that list still up to date? Any partners we need to add or remove. 
2) Do these partners need to be mentioned on the front page? Or with as much visual prominence as they receive on the current Webmaker.org? 
* I vote for no. We're going for a much more stripped down aesthetic, with less scrolling.
* @Erica: can we include the partners on the "about" page instead?
This dashboard has an up-to-date partner list: mzl.la

They all need to be on the home page. However, the carousel and the logos don't need to be that big or in colour. You can make it smaller, tighter, and grayscale the logos so they blend in.
:Geoffrey can you paste that link again? It didn't come through
@ Geoff: are you requesting that all of these partners below need to be listed on the front page of the new Webmaker.org?
* If so, I really don't think that is effective design
* I'd proposed that they be listed on a sub page. We can figure out where. 
* The new front page design is VASTLY stripped down and much different from what we have now. 

	• Chicago Instructional Technology Foundation
	• City of Chicago
	• Corporation for Public Broadcasting
	• U.S. Department of Energy
	• Ford Foundation
	• Google
	• Intel
	• Knight Foundation
	• MacArthur Foundation
	• National Endowment for the Arts
	• NESTA
	• The Nominet Trust
	• National Science Foundation
	• Ontario Trillium Foundation
	• Social Science Research Council
	• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
	• Telefonica
	• ZeroDivide
	• Chicago Instructional Technology Foundation
	• City of Chicago
	• Corporation for Public Broadcasting
	• U.S. Department of Energy
	• Ford Foundation
	• Google
	• Intel
	• Knight Foundation
	• MacArthur Foundation
	• National Endowment for the Arts
	• NESTA
	• The Nominet Trust
	• National Science Foundation
	• Ontario Trillium Foundation
	• Social Science Research Council
	• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
	• Telefonica
	• ZeroDivide
I'm suggesting a carousel that scrolls through them. Can show 3-4 logos at a time. Also saying the logos can be smaller, more tightly grouped, and in gray scale so they don't stand out as much.
@ Cassie: would that work for you?
Thanks for the info, Geoff, very helpful! Does this logo collection exist somewhere in vector format?

I would still prefer moving them to a secondary page, as Matt suggested. We could certainly have a more prominent link in the footer that links to that page - a more elaborate "thank you" message and link. 

To my thinking - the partner logo carousel is added functionality doesn't add that much value for the user. I'm having a hard time imagining why the majority of our users would want to take time to click through this carousel? Or why our partners wouldn't prefer a bigger logo logo on a page tailored for people looking for that information? Also, we do already have a carousel in the CTAs near the footer, so that repetition is not a great user experience imo. It's like have a tab right underneath bugzilla, which is unnecessarily complex.

So I'm wondering if this solution satisfies our needs, or our users needs. We have multiple partners we need to promote and with whom we should maintain good relationships with, but is there a way to do this without compromising the simplicity of our streamlined design? 

However, if this is a contractual obligation, I totally understand. Is it by contract that these partners must appear on the homepage? If they absolutely must must appear on the homepage, would an alternative be to feature them on the homepage, but not on the universal footer throughout the site? There are lots of  possible solutions actually, just wondering what is the absolute, legal, must. 

Open to more thoughts and suggestions...
Flags: needinfo?(geoffrey)
Hi All. The contractual obligation isn't the measure / gauge we use in acknowledging funding partners. What I've suggested is what I believe should happen.  Thanks, G.
Flags: needinfo?(geoffrey)
Hey Geoff - we understand your design preference, and acknowledge it. At the same time, I agree with Cassie and Matt that the effect will be that the neither the user nor our partners will be well served by the design you propose. We'd like to understand what we've promised (contractually) so we can use that as a design constraint. Can you please share the contract language in question with us (preferably here, but email works, too)

My own thought is that if we can build a little JSON snippet with triples of logo, name, URI, then we could randomly present 1-3 partners and offer a "see all Webmaker partners" link that jumps to a dedicated partner page which lists all partners. This makes sure the partner logos aren't just tuned out (they'll be changing) and also creates a dedicated space for us to acknowledge them properly.
@ Geoff -- one other question: how are we distinguishing between:
* _Maker Party_ partners, like the ones we're listing here:
https://webmaker.org/en-US/party/ 
* versus "general" Webmaker partners / funders.

* seems like we have two different requirements / stories to tell. Want to make sure I'm clear on whether they're one list or two. Thanks!
@Matt My understanding is that the front page is meant to list funders - so no confusion there with partners of the summer campaign

@cassie, @beltzner, in talking with Geoffrey, placing a high amount of attention to funders is a major requirement for progress on our sustainability over the year, so let's settle for the carousel solution with grayscale logos. 

These should be findable on the current webmaker.org, though not in vector format, sadly.
* Ok. But to confirm: what partners are we including on the front page then? 
a) the ones on the front page of Webmaker.org right now, or 
b) the list Geoffrey provided above? http://mzl.la/fundraising (listed out in comment 4)

* (side question: How is Webmaker connected to the U.S. Department of Energy? Just wondering.)
They gave us $100K.

mzl.la/fundraising is up to date. The Webmaker.org page is not.
* ok. so Brett's comment 11 about the logos being findable on present site isn't quite right. 
* correct list is comment 4. I've pasted it out of Geoffrey's mzl.la/fundraising  doc.
+Bobby

Bobby and I can take point on trying to collect whichever logos are missing. Or we can go with simple text.

Text is better, if it works with the design, as many partners will try to enforce their brand style guides on us re: size, spacing, colour, etc., which they don't do with text (usually).
* simple text is less work and probably also cleaner and better for users. easier to read. +1 for that route.
Just want to go on record: I think the carousel solution is worse for our end users, as well as for the "customers" of our partner program, and thus the future economic sustainability.

Also want to say that "they gave us $100,000" doesn't answer the rather simple question I asked, which has still gone unanswered.
Happy to chat it through in person.
Cool; I suspect you're misreading me as antagonistic. Not my intent. I have no problem listing sponsors/partners, and indeed want very much to do so, but want to design the best system possible, not just the first thing we thought of doing. To design that system, we need to understand the commitments and structure of our partnership program. We're totally in the dark. 

In the meantime, for this carousel design - are there partners who must be listed first? Should we randomize? If we're only showing three at a time, must we ensure equal presentations across our user base (taking Ito account the 1-5% of users who may acrally scroll)? Do we want the carousel to automatically scroll?

Help us help you!
Do we have the final list?
Severity: normal → blocker
Final list (excuse list, copy/pasted):
         <ul>
            <li>Chicago Community Trust</li>
            <li>Chicago Instructional Technology Foundation</li>
            <li>City of Chicago</li>
            <li>Corporation for Public Broadcasting</li>
            <li>U.S. Department of Energy</li>
            <li>Ford Foundation</li>
            <li>Google</li>
            <li>Intel</li>
            <li>Knight Foundation</li>
            <li>MacArthur Foundation</li>
            <li>National Endowment for the Arts</li>
            <li>NESTA</li>
            <li>The Nominet Trust</li>
            <li>National Science Foundation</li>
            <li>Ontario Trillium Foundation</li>
            <li>Social Science Research Council</li>
            <li>Alfred P. Sloan Foundation</li>
            <li>Telefonica</li>
            <li>ZeroDivide</li>
          </ul>
Assignee: erica → me
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 11 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Component: Marketing → General
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