Ideas for Site Upgrades

The following are some ideas that I have, or which have been submitted to me for improving this site.

Orange items are in progress. Green items are completed.

  1. Ideas Submitted by Visitors
    1. Research and enable on-line calling using ?Phone-3?, Ring-Central, Web Phone or some other (hopefully free) interface.(MWL)
    2. Allow bulletin board-type posting of family pictures informative information.(needs further specification/discussion - ELL)
  2. Content
    1. Verify contact information - Robin, Mariah, Roy++.
    2. Get new birthdays.
    3. Cleanup technical info.
  3. Research gathering information from visitors using forms
    1. Problem report/site survey.
      1. Gather info from history to determine sourced page for error management. (Bread crumbs)
      2. Popup to point to survey.
      3. Cookie to indicate survey taken.
    2. Add "send to me" to sample form.
    3. Modify sample form - add show/hide.
    4. Make "send" warning more informative. Does not work if browser not set up correctly.
    5. Simple order entry form (with amount calculations).
    6. Encrypted order entry - allowing protection of MC/Visa/Amex and customer data in general.
    7. Extended ordering. Connection with CC and rating companies.
  4. Applications / Flow / Technical Enhancements
    1. Enhance calendar to change month displayed.
    2. Enhance event management to include periodic events.
    3. Replace table-driven columns with absolute positioning.
    4. Research JavaScript solutions for dynamically modifying navigation lists - allow sub-menus in navigation bar.
    5. Consider applying dynamic visibility solution to NWSS FAQ.
    6. Research standard way to request that web-crawlers do not view certain pages.
    7. Enhance OLOL calendar for family birthdays
    8. Research JavaScript solution for asynchronous updates (time of day, moving lists etc.)
  5. Installation Automation / Site Management
    1. Automate "base" setting - local vs. on-line execution.
    2. Select files appropriate for full or incremental installation (NOTE: need also to resolve ISPs GMT vs my local MT).
    3. Automate the management of this page.
    4. Automate generation of Site Map.
  6. Future Direction
    1. Research the possibility of small Java applications. (Keep appraised on direction of the industry in light of recent court rulings.)
    2. Research the possibility of small database applications.
    3. Research XML and use the extended capabilities.
    4. Cleanup pointers and links
    5. Review use of content expiration
    6. correct copyright dates mail links
    7. update Resumes
    8. include links to all files
    9. review site map generation